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This item is a silver plated tomato server that I sold for $17. I bought it with a set, so the cost is probably less than $1. I don’t know why I’m posting it here except that I think it is cool. A fancy server just for sliced tomatoes …
https://www.ebay.com/itm/185576545230
My son got this tool pouch as part of a graduating gift (part of a grant) from the VoTech high school he went to. He didn’t need it, so I sold it for $48.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/185760900967
This Irish linen tablecloth with napkins sold within a few days of listing for $90. This was a commission for my neighbor; another gift lying around that he and his wife never used.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/185849352667
These are very old bibles in Dutch; I believe antique. They are in rough shape, but sold for $28. The strange thing is that they were returned to me as undeliverable, but the buyer insists the address is correct. I resent it (changing the address slightly) on my own dime. If they come back again, I’ll just refund her. I’ve had them for several years, so I prefer that they stay sold.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/185509176994
This is the first of the two Boehm figurines to sell; another commission sale for my neighbor. During my research, I found a YouTube video from the guy who bought the remainder of the Boehm inventory on how to ship these properly. I had several back and forth messages from the buyer who said that he had bought several of these figurines from that guy in the video and that a few had broken in shipping. In particular, he likes this particular design, and it’s very fragile where the flower stem is connected to the base. Now, I’m nervous. I used around plastic wrap around the figurine paying particular attention to the fragile area, but keeping it loose and folding it at the top so that it was easily unwrapped. I taped the bottom to a piece of cardboard that I fit into the inner box (per the video) and then used bubblewrap instead of packing peanuts (per buyer recommendation). That box went into a bigger box with the normal packaging around it. Buyer said it arrived just fine. Whew …
https://www.ebay.com/itm/185847355635
This vintage women’s suit had a few moth holes, but still sold for $52. Another commission.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/185710252135
A buyer asked to buy just the makeup from this kit for an offer of $75. I found that she sells each piece separately for around $75 each. I could have parted it out myself, but decided I wanted the sale more than I wanted the extra work. I do still have the two bottles to photograph and sell. Again, another commission sale.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/185847325969
A buyer from Texas purchased a painting and five pieces of jewelry for a total of $107. It’s nice to have someone buy multiple items, and the jewelry basically shipped for free with the painting.
Definitely a great week! Started right around tax day, so I’m thinking there were folks who got a refund and went to spend it right away. However, it ended on Friday, the 21st, and I just sold my first item today since then (i.e., no sales Sat, Sun, Mon).
I did do a sell similar yesterday, so maybe it will help. I haven’t had much time for listing.
Week of Apr 16 – 22
Total Items in Store: 1729 eBay, 30 Etsy
Items Sold: 17 eBay, 0 Etsy
Cost of Items Sold: $4 + $176 Commission
Total Sales: $503.46 eBay, $0 Etsy; includes fees but no shipping
Highest Price Sold: eBay $123 Boehm Flower Figurine Caribbean Hibiscus
Average price: $29.62
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 3I listed there. I actually thought that I hadn’t listed anything, so I’m doing better than what I thought???
Just busy with life, the part time job, and plans for the summer…
Amatino, I think Christine posted this morning. However, it is Tuesday. Only you and I posted on Monday, and your rule is to post by the end of Monday. You beat me, so I think you win for the week. Am I wrong? I don’t want to remove Christine, but I’d like to see you win for once!
@Amatino: From the rules you yourself set up, you are the listing winner this week!!! Congratulations 🤩✨✨✨
I don’t know; this week wasn’t bad for me. I’ve had slower months.
Week of Apr 9 – 15
Total Items in Store: 1739 eBay, 30 Etsy
Items Sold: 13 eBay, 0 Etsy
Cost of Items Sold: $3 + $68 Commission
Total Sales: $352.80 eBay, $0 Etsy; includes fees but no shipping
Highest Price Sold: eBay $90 Pure Irish Linen Tablecloth 12 Napkins Set
Average price: $27.14
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 7Hey Amatino – where is everyone? I thought I’d be late to the game since I kinda did my numbers a bit late.
Glad to hear you met your goal!!
I listed seven.
I had two things that diverted my attention. The first was to organize my neighbor’s clothing that I am now going to sell at an online auction. The other was buying a new (used) car. It has been 15 years since I bought my Sienna, and it now has over 272k miles. So, it was about time. We’re not getting rid of the Sienna, but it will now be our extra car when one is in the shop (ie up on jacks in the garage).
@antique-frog – I only can see the windmill painting in your IMGUR link, not the other one.
This was my neighbor’s, an old iMac a printer that sold for $40. The buyer was local and wanted to pickup. I would have made him come to me, but he happens to live in the town with the Trader Joe’s that I shop at on Saturdays. He had a very large van that he uses to transport his hot air balloons.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/185729003562
This Lenox Seder plate sold for $99. I paid $10. It sold on the second night of Passover, so it really wasn’t useful this year.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/185483029764
I was going to give away this wooden art with a lion’s head when my dad said that it would be good as a tabletop. So, I added that to the listing, but it still took another year or two to sell. Sold for $20.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/185657609267
I bought this dress for about $8, but I didn’t realize how skinny it was. I redid the photos late last year when I bought a smaller mannequin form. Sold on offer for $38.
I’m always interested in Jay & Ryanne’s new projects, but we always have to wait to find out what they are. I’m on the edge of my seat!!
My highest sale this week was a NOS Passover Seder plate purchased on the second night of Passover. The traditional Seder (service and dinner) at Passover happens the first two nights, so the plate isn’t needed after that. I came up with this story: The buyer broke the host’s Lenox Seder plate at the first night, so they bought the exact same one to replace it the next day.
Week of Apr 2 – 8
Total Items in Store: 1744 eBay, 30 Etsy
Items Sold: 18 eBay, 0 Etsy
Cost of Items Sold: $31 + $42 Commission
Total Sales: $430.78 eBay, $0 Etsy; includes fees but no shipping
Highest Price Sold: eBay $99 Lenox Passover Seder plate
Average price: $23.93
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 13Finally on the board with 13 listings this week.
My daughter wanted to buy something, so she asked to help with photography (to make some money). She is doing very nicely with photos now. I haven’t listed everything yet, so I should have some for next week as well.
For the March Madness / Crazy April whateveryoucalledit challenge, I brought some electronics to the recycling center today. They weren’t worth it!
I have not had an issue with creating listings. I am on a desktop. I haven’t created a listing in about two days, but I have posted ones I had started earlier.
Here’s another item that my neighbor/consignor received as a gift but never used: a set of 12 fancy steak knives made in France. Sold for $65.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/185793178381
This sale of $25 is for miscellaneous costume jewelry gathered from a consignor and my castoffs. I think I just became tired of selling them one by one. From the buyer’s user ID, I believe that they are going to resell them.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/185832876745
I purchased this in an online auction a few years ago for $5.75. Someone, in the 1930s, put together photos, newspaper clippings, and whatnot in this scrapbook about the actress Janet Gaynor. I thought it would sell faster, but I guess she never had a huge career. However, it did sell for $57.80.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/185639037237
This is what happens when an online auction company lists a bunch of stuff without doing any research. I purchased all the books in a bookshelf for very little. There were several higher value books in there. This one is a first printing of a Truman Capote book. Sold for $76.46.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/185576545316
My biggest sale was this Passover Haggadah (Jewish prayer book) for $90 on commission for a family friend. The holiday starts Wednesday evening.
