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It took my test post with no issues.
I haven’t had any technical issues with the site for a while. I recently posted (actually my post above) when my password needed to be entered in again, and I lost my edits. I had to retype it in.
I seem to be selling the amount I’m listing which is not much. My high sale was a rare Etsy sale.
Week of May 11 – 17
Total Items in Store: 1331 eBay, 33 Etsy
Items Sold: 3 eBay, 1 Etsy
Cost of Items Sold: $3 + $16 Commission
Total Sales: $53.85 eBay, $29 Etsy
Highest Price Sold: Etsy for $29 for Bordallo Pinheiro Coupe Soup Bowl Yellow
Average price: $20.70
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 3I listed three.
I just have the sniffles now. It would have been gone had the weather not turned to unseasonably cold with days of rain. It appears to be warmer now, but rain is predicted for this week.
I hope everyone has a great day and a good week of sales!
I listed two items.
I’ve been switching between garage sales and auctions over the years, so I can’t talk to year over year. However, I’ve been busy with all of my volunteer activities the last few weekends, and I haven’t been able to go to many. I believe there has been a reduction in online auctions (MaxSold) in my area.
My cold was just enough to feel miserable, but not bad enough to call sick from work. I did work from home last Wednesday. I still have congestion, but I’m mostly over it. I was good (bad) enough of a mother to share it with my daughter and son. My husband was the only one not affected.
I’ve decided to try running a sale or a promotion during the period when I am better able to ship items and see if that helps. Perhaps Wed through Sun. My sales keep at a very low level. I’m sort of ignoring it because my career job has taken over, but I do want to move inventory. I’ll also throw some end and sell similar in there.
Week of May 11 – 17
Total Items in Store: 1333 eBay, 34 Etsy
Items Sold: 4 eBay, 0 Etsy
Cost of Items Sold: $2 + $6 Commission
Total Sales: $70.37 eBay
Highest Price Sold: eBay $25 for 4 Lenox Floral Meadow Plates
Average price: eBay $17.59
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 2@craig-rex – If you hesitate to buy that desk, chair, and shelves, consider freecycle. If you do Facebook, use freecycle and the name of your town to find ones in your area. Outside of Facebook, there is the website freecycle.org. Of course, there is Craigslist as well. You do have to keep coming back and checking, and it might take a while, but you might be able to find what you want.
Six listings for me last week. I seemed to have caught some type of cold, so I’m not sure what I will get done this week.
I was finally able to go to some yard/rummage sales this past weekend. I didn’t get much, but I did buy a fun box of vintage tools. I managed six listings from it. Here’s a couple:
This is just a metal hook, but it is cool looking:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/187197623280
This is a manual drill. From what I can gather, it is pretty old; almost antique. It’s not in great condition, but I’ll be happy with anything over $20.
I listed two items. I am still working on the death piles, but I did get to some yard/rummage sales this weekend. My number will be higher next week.
@VT – I am so glad your husband’s surgery went well! I wish him good luck in his recovery.
Good luck to everyone!
I finally found time to go to some rummage sales this past week. I must be a bit rusty because I found one of the items had a chip when I got home, but the rest I bought will make up for the $2 wasted. I had some buyer’s remorse after buying a box of vintage tools, but I felt much better once doing the research. I really enjoy the old tools. I also enjoy buying rusty hooks or chains and then listing them for $25 or more. This I learned from someone who no longer posts here. I don’t remember the username, but he was located in Florida.
Anyway, still very slow. Maybe better sales this week since I have a bunch of drafts for these new purchases. I still have a small death pile from before my auction, but I am still listing those items as I can.
Week of Apr 27 – May 3
Total Items in Store: 1333 eBay, 34 Etsy
Items Sold: 4 eBay, 0 Etsy
Cost of Items Sold: $5 + $9 Commission
Total Sales: $89.15 eBay
Highest Price Sold: eBay $31 for 4 Lenox Floral Meadow Plates
Average price: eBay $22.29
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $22
Number of items listed this week: 2Nothing to say here.
Week of Apr 20 – 26
Total Items in Store: 1335 eBay, 34 Etsy
Items Sold: 3 eBay, 0 Etsy
Cost of Items Sold: $0 + $0 Commission
Total Sales: $74.85 eBay
Highest Price Sold: eBay $27 for Set 4 Primagera Dinner Plates
Average price: eBay $24.95
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 4Someone here called that process predatory. eBay disputed a UPS charge for me once, but I’ve had no help for the others. I sometimes round up an inch or a pound to be sure. I stopped putting fragile stickers on FedEx and UPS boxes. I don’t know if that was a problem, but I haven’t had a cost adjustment recently.
I’ve heard that Pirate Ship will back you up. I’m usually too lazy to break up my boxes between Pirate Ship and eBay.
Strangely, for USPS, the cost adjustments have mostly been in my favor.
I listed four.
I was planning to go to two rummage sales this past weekend, but they were rained out. They were both rescheduled to days when I have plans. I could go to the one on May 18 if I get there early and then go to where I need to be at 11 AM.
There is a rummage sale next Sunday right around the corner from my house, and I’m sure I’ll find more to go to. I haven’t bought anything in a long time.
With my part time job growing in hours, I’m not putting the effort in eBay as much. My sales have suffered, but I know that sales are slow in general. I’m sure everyone is doing much better than me!
Retro – Not sure whether you can completely blame yourself on the low sales. I’m pretty sure that the current political / market turmoil has something to do with people’s spending habits. Of course, you have lots of mouths to feed, but I’ll be interested in if you try out PL again to see what happens. I’m annoyed with them myself. Going forward, I’ll be listing higher priced items, but it’s killing me to pay additional fees on my remaining inventory.
Anyway, talking about low sales …
Week of Apr 13 – 19
Total Items in Store: 1338 eBay, 33 Etsy
Items Sold: 8 eBay, 0 Etsy
Cost of Items Sold: $1 + $17.50 Commission
Total Sales: $131.23 eBay
Highest Price Sold: eBay $28 for Denim Co Twill Jacket 1X Camel NWT
Average price: eBay $16.40
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 13My high sale was actually something that sold in the past and then returned.
