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I bought this wood frame along with some other items in an online auction, maybe last year, for only $1 or so. Sold for $44.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/185434393504
I’ve been listing Christmas stuff as fast as I can. A buyer asked me to take these two new stockings out of the boxes so that they could be shipped First Class. Sold for $23. This is a commission item.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/185639677993
My neighbor found a large collection of match boxes that his wife had been saving. I’ve decided to put those aside for now, but I put up this match box album, which sold for $17 on commission. Match boxes aren’t terribly valuable, but I will be able to sell them in large lots. Many in the collection seem to be from the 50’s or earlier because they show only five digits for the phone number.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/185626313808
These are sheets to record genealogy from before ancestry.com and such. It came with a book lot from an online auction. I can’t remember what I paid, but it was very little. Sold for $28.
@temudgin – Not sure how you found the link to this page. The place below the video that usually has a link did not this time. Anyway, glad you found it, let me catch up.
From my ongoing consignment, I found a vintage Shetland wool sweater that sold for $26.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/185625747422
I mention this metal trivet, which I sold for a mere $7.61, only because I sold it to someone in China using Pirate Ship Simple Export rate like Temudgin’s postcard above. The big issue with shipping via first class to China is that tracking ends when it gets on that plane in the US. You have to trust the buyer.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/185072469813
My dad’s old iPad keyboard sold for $40.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/185259280218
A few more things on consignment:
A set of Lennox ornaments for $44; I believe these were purchased off one of the shopping channels.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/185351863419
Spanx, for $54.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/185636224215
Lastly, a vintage golf course glass for $29. I once had a set of similar style baseball glasses, but they sold for much less. Not sure why the golf course one is more valuable.
@Amatino – Thanks for that suggestion. I think I will take it.
I listed 38 items this week.
On Friday, I was carrying too many things at once going down my stairs, and I fell and twisted my ankle. I had an X-ray, and I don’t have a broken bone, but I tore up something. I’m moving slower, and it may affect my numbers next week.
Good week in volume, but no so many higher value items. I did peak up over 1800 listings.
I have a strange situation with a buyer from 2020. When I have time, I’ll discuss it in a separate post. So far, I’m dealing with it by radio silence.
Week of Oct 30 – Nov 5
Total Items in Store: 1802 eBay, 32 Etsy
Items Sold: 19 eBay, 0 Etsy
Cost of Items Sold: $19 + $100 Commission
Total Sales: $372.93 eBay, $0 Etsy; includes fees but no shipping
Highest Price Sold: eBay $44 Wood frame
Average price: $19.63
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 38Funny, I was seeing it a few weeks ago and planned to get to it at some point, but never did. Then the message went away. Maybe it pays to be lazy?
Ugh. So sorry you are dealing with another emergency like this. I have you and your family in my thoughts.
Ah, so you picked the correct one that didn’t match the other two! Congratulations! That is quite a skill.
I think I can tell a good cup of coffee from a bad cup, and a dark roast compared to a light one, but I think that is my limit.
So, when you yell out “Dots!”, what does that mean?
I didn’t see how to expand the video, so I really couldn’t see what was happening.
I first try to sort the stuff over at his house. Anything I don’t want to sell, he has different donation trucks come pick up. Anything I deem junk, he will put right in a garbage bag.
When I am organizing at home, I find items I realize don’t want to sell. Those I give away through freecycle or throw out as appropriate. Yesterday, I gave away a standing Christmas bear that was dirty, but I didn’t want to bother cleaning. I also threw away a vintage skirt where the elastic band had lost its stretch.
At the house, I will work on similar things together as best I can. I will want to work on the winter coats together so that I can clean and then list them around the same time.
Today I plan to go through the small Christmas ornaments and group them by style or material or something.
And so on. Best I can do to group things up and work on one category for a while.
I have different boxes of match books, scarves, hangers, clothing, etc. that I will tackle at some point in the future.
Sounds like a glitch to me. We should not be filling out tax tables anymore. Maybe email customer service or contact eBay for Business on Facebook.
My #10 is challenger’s choice. My goal will be to buy the lamp supplies I need to repair a mess of lamps I have sitting around doing nothin’ but taking up space. I just have to buy the supplies. I don’t have to fix anything or list it.
In the process of my consignment job for my neighbor, I am finding many Christmas related items. My priority is to get those listed as soon as possible. Second level priorities are coats (many are 100% wool), other clothing for colder weather, anything that would make a good gift, and anything large. Third on the list is to test a few electronics and get them listed. The rest of my goals are to just find enough room by stacking up boxes and bins to store the rest of his stuff until I can get to it.
It has been a pretty overwhelming job, but he and his wife had lived there since the 80’s, and his wife seemed to have an issue with throwing things out.
@Amatino – It’s the beginning of the month!
I know that most aren’t working towards their monthly challenges as they had hoped, but I want you to know that I purposely did NOT work on mine this month.
My challenge was “Buy 2-4 higher priced items at auction with lower ROI but higher dollars”. Problem is that I did not know at the end of last year that I would have a consignment agreement with my neighbor that would absolutely flood my home with inventory. I am just running out of space, and I can’t do any additional shopping except for a random rummage or garage sale here and there.
Thanks! Much better after several weeks of lackluster sales. Nice to take 11 packages to the post office and one to FedEx today.
Seems like FedEx lost a relatively large box weighing 34 pounds that I shipped on Oct 14. It was an electric typewriter. I had a pretty nice buyer who gave me about a week to submit a claim and check up on it before opening a return on eBay. Who loses a 34 pound box? I’m thinking someone screwed up and damaged it somehow, and they just waited until someone made a stink.
