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Can someone give me the price for this ring:
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/pjs-14k-yellow-gold-7-mm-tahitian-472983756Thanks so much!
03/27/2020 at 3:28 pm in reply to: Can anyone recommend a good place to send scrap/broken jewerly? #75525In the past, I have grouped broken jewelry in one listing and used words like Arts Crafts Reuse and so on. It will sell to someone who likes to fix jewelry or make their own. I’m actually planning to put together one in the next few weeks once I get the good stuff listed.
I do run a bunch of auctions for stuff I want to get rid of. I have a premium store, so I have pay an extra $0.10 for anything over the 1000 allotment. I can move a bunch of items to auctions and save a little money.
I lower the price to about half of what I had been asking. I’d say half the time I sell one item a week and nothing for the rest. Since the COVID thing started, I’ve been selling one item a week.
03/26/2020 at 9:18 pm in reply to: 4” Reel tapes, Portable B&W TV, Car part, Chopping blade, Leather Corvette bag #7550703/26/2020 at 9:15 pm in reply to: 4” Reel tapes, Portable B&W TV, Car part, Chopping blade, Leather Corvette bag #75506Steve – If you ever move to business policies, you won’t get that issue with eBay deciding to check the free shipping box.
Last week was pretty poor for me as well, but I did have one sale I wanted to mention:
I don’t like to do commissions, but I do for one family friend. His wife passed away a bit over a year ago, and she used to sew quite a bit. I grouped several partial spools of elastic into one listing, which sold for $29. The buyer said that she was going to make masks for a local hospital.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/184092509977Huh, I’ve got a water filter that I haven’t listed – one that you connect to a faucet. Good idea! Funny, there hasn’t been any concerns about water quality, but, when people panic, they panic.
@Almasty – For fresh meats, I’ve been using the meal delivery company Every Plate. If you are interested, I’ll set up a separate post on the forum, and I’ll figure out a way to send you a $40 coupon via email. They send you all the ingredients for three meals for 2 or 4 people with recipe cards. The coupon would get you a free week for two people or more than half off for four people.
I’m at the point in the month where my listings are going above my 1000 allotted for a premium store. So, I should not be charged for the listings that renew to the end of the March. Then, the same thing should happen towards the end of April.
The world is certainly crazy, and it changes by the day. My high school aged son is in the second week of online school, and my college aged daughter just started today. NJ announced the closure of non-essential businesses this Saturday.
So, with just the weirdest timing ever, I will be starting a new job at the end of this week or beginning of next. Granted the whole process started in November last year (or was it October?), but I feel strange starting something when others are hurting. On the other hand, we’ve been hurting since 2014 when I lost my job. It’s really a good position, so I’m excited to get back and keep eBay on the side. I’ll be part time in the beginning.
eBay slowed down drastically for me, and I sold all lower value items, but it has picked up a bit since the weekend. On Saturday, I sold several partially full spools of elastic to a lady who is planning to make masks for a hospital. She is also in NJ, a little over an hour drive from me.
Week of March 15 – 21
* Total Items in Store: 1480 eBay, 37 Etsy
* Items Sold: 12 eBay
* Cost of Items Sold: $9.50 + $20.50 Commission
* Total Sales: $199.35 eBay
* Highest Price Sold: $29 Lot partial spools of elastic
* Average Price Sold: $16.61
* Returns: 0
* Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
* Number of items listed this week: 34I have been using this company:
https://ghalys.com/They sold on eBay at one time, but moved off because of the fees. I gave this link elsewhere on this forum, and one other seller said that he was happy with the quality and fast shipping. I made another purchase about two or three weeks ago, and I’m happy with their products.
Yup, I just finished up myself. I definitely had a better week because we are all cooped up at home with no place to go. I listed 34 this week.
The online company MaxSold closed all my local auctions as NY, PA, and then finally NJ announced a “shelter in place”. One of the live auction companies I use announced that they were delaying their March auction to April and making it online, but that was before NJ’s shelter in place. The other auction house I use had an April 3 event planned, but I’m sure that will be delayed.
This is a good time for me to go through my stuff and sell some of it on eBay. It is something that I have been planning for a while, so I think the time is now. It also prevents me from spending money on inventory. I still have some backlog to list as well.
I just sold several spools of elastic to someone who is going to make masks for a local hospital. That’s certainly a pandemic related sale!
I do have a number of sewing related listings that might see better action in the next month or so.
My sales slowed down last weekend, and I’ve only been selling about one low value item a day. I don’t really have unlisted inventory that might be considered good for our current situation, so I’m listing for when we get out of this craziness.
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