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I just ordered the Matching Pajamas. I decided to buy the smaller bag because I’m not sure whether we will like a medium roast, but I want to try it out. I did see the Ethiopian on your website earlier, but definitely not sure about a light roast for us. Does sound interesting, though.
Steve – You didn’t mention how much you paid for the Garrard turntable. What an incredible sale!
Last year, I purchased a closet full of linens for $1 some of which is unused. I’ve already made a few hundred off that purchase. This set of bathroom linens in a vintage orange sold for $19. This week, I sold the other two sets I had, one in brown and the other dark blue, at $20 each.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/184672473414
This is a small sale of a blue and green vase on commission for $11. I only mention it because someone paid $38 ish to ship it to the UK through the GSP.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/185036357040
Other decent sales are a bible for $25; paid less than $1:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/185138765334
And petrified wood from Arizona for $22. I believe one of my parent’s friends gave it to me. I don’t think they ever displayed it. Petrified wood is a rare resource, so I like that this person is buying one already sold by a local gift shop.
Week of Nov 7 – 13
Total Items in Store: 1426 eBay, 35 Etsy
Items Sold: 9 eBay, 1 Esty
Cost of Items Sold: $15 + $4.50 Commission
Total Sales: $138.06 eBay, $17 Esty; Includes fees but no shipping
Highest Price Sold: $25 Antique bible
Average price: $15.50
Returns: 1
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 44I usually don’t have a huge jump in 4th quarter, but I also don’t usually have summer type weeks either. On top of slow sales, I have a $79 return that was my highest sale from last week.
The quiet week did give me more time to list, though. I decided to finish up a large lot of jewelry that a family friend gave me to sell on consignment after his wife passed away over two years ago. These should give me some boost during the holidays as these are probably the more “giftable” items in my inventory.
After listing only one item last week, preparation, easy items to list, and slow sales all culminated to a superstorm of 44 listings this week!
I can also add 2 death boxes to the challenge.
Most of my listings were jewelry. To make the process faster, I didn’t obsess with the photos (it’s hard to get excellent photos for small items), I didn’t try to find the exact gemstone (“blue gemstone” was good enough for me), and I didn’t clean anything up (used the word “tarnished” a few times right up there in the title).
I still have one to two dozen jewelry listings to go, but I have to test the pieces that are marked as gold. I don’t like to ask for high prices without being sure.
@Ryanne – the link on the front page below Steve’s video doesn’t work. I was able to get here from the “Latest Activity” links on the side.
I picked up these two matching frames at an online auction for about a dollar. Sold for $70.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/185126116567
This dress was also part of an online auction. I’ve already sold several items from this lot, so I had very little money into it. It is new with tags and sold for $79.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/184688335490
A few years ago, I helped a friend have an online auction. I did take a few items to sell on eBay for her. This is a 1979 set of baseball cards from Burger King, new and sealed. When I listed it, it really wasn’t worth that much. However, with baseball cards much more popular now, it finally sold for $33.
I recall seeing a message on the shipping page recently stating that FedEx labels was having issues. I didn’t have an issue myself, so I can’t speak to it.
I did recently switch to UPS on a package, but my go-to is still FedEx because I can drop off late at a Walgreens. I usually don’t compare my FedEx charges with the original estimate, which gives me a false sense of security. I’ve heard plenty of stories, though, so I should be checking.
I listed one item.
That one item was a big death pile all of its own! It is a child’s size Estey Organ from the 1940s that I bought in an online auction more than a year ago. So, one for the challenge.
@Amatino – May I say that your death pile timeline of one week is hilarious? One week? Holy cow, I measure my death piles in YEARS!!! I’ve got a few more things from the summer that I haven’t listed, but I consider that my backlog. At this point, I can consider the leftover frames from my art buy at the beginning of the year as a death pile, but that is about as young as they get 🙂I keep looking at the online auctions and seeing some good deals out there, but, THANKFULLY, I talk myself out of it. My part time job keeps getting busier, and I don’t have the time to list new purchases right away. I need to clear out the old stuff before I start buying again.
After all this time, I’m amazed that those old markers keep selling like that. Your buyer must have a pretty big prop budget.
Week of Oct 31 – Nov 6
Total Items in Store: 1387 eBay, 36 Etsy
Items Sold: 15 eBay
Cost of Items Sold: $10.50 + $24.50 Commission
Total Sales: $325.39 eBay; Includes fees but no shipping
Highest Price Sold: $79 Donna Ricco Dress NWT
Average price: $21.70
Returns: 0 (one chargeback that I disputed)
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 1Sales did pick up a bit, and they seem to be going steady. I did have a few bigger sales that helped. I need more of them.
I’ve done better about giving away the lower value items, but I still do list them. I’ve come to realize that I need to do the research ahead of time. If I think something has value, take photos, and then find it’s a less than $15 item when I go to list, I list it anyway. I sold a Lenox Christmas ornament yesterday for less than $5. Ouch.
Funny story: I had a doctor’s appointment last week. She likes to chat a bit, which is nice. Somehow she (not me) brought up the topic of thrift shops. My medical doctor! So, now I have to check out a Red, White, and Blue thrift shop that isn’t far from where I work. I don’t think I will have time this week, but maybe on the weekend or the following week. LOL
@Cheryl – You are using shipping as part of the fees, but, really, that isn’t a fee. Shipping is something you get paid for and then buy. You can consider the fee that eBay takes from the shipping income, but not the shipping itself. At least, that is my point of view.
I did the call back thing this morning. I was told that all I needed for seller protection was to confirm that the tracking number was correct. So, I pressed submit, and now I wait.
I do not get emails when Ryanne announces new posts. I get notices of most of the forum posts, but not the main one. I don’t know if I should be subscribing to something that I’m not. Not a big deal because I know when to know.
I don’t have much from the past two weeks, mostly lower priced items. Here’s a couple:
This framed painting was from a large art purchase I made at the beginning of the year. I paid hardly anything. I had it listed for over $100, but someone wanted it for the frame. The frame is pretty awesome, and these paintings take up so much space, so I sold it for $65.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/184718613261
These German made pocket shrines were going for about $45-50, I think, but most had nicer metal boxes. It came in a vintage tool lot I bought last year. It sold for $32.
Right before I posted here, I had submitted a question to eBay for Business on Facebook. I did get a response today, and the service rep told me that this was something where I need to contact a specific team.
After following the directions they gave me below, and looking through the help area, I find that the help process is different. You have to work through the chat in order to get in line for a call back. Interesting. I have no idea if this is good or bad. I’ll work this out tomorrow and comment here when I have more information.
They do have a help phone line, but it is only for when you need to report fraud in your account.
Good afternoon, Sharyn. I can understand your concern with that dispute. Anytime a buyer opens a dispute outside eBay, it is then up to their financial institution to decide the case. Our payments team handles these disputes and can assist you with it but they can only be reached over the phone. You can contact them by going to the contact us at the very bottom of this page: <span role=”gridcell”>https://ebay.to/3aRrdzd</span>. You’d then want to select a reason for contact and chat with the automated assistant. Within the chat, scroll down to click see more – you’ll then have a live agent option.
The issue I have is not seeing a way to upload any supporting information. It doesn’t give me that option.
I listed eight items this week. I’m working on more difficult items, so it is slow going.
Two of those items met the challenge, and my total for the month is 17.
I have plenty I can do for the death pile challenge. I’ve kept myself from buying, so I’ve gone through most of the newer stuff.
Yesterday, I went to get a pin I sold from my jewelry inventory, and I noticed a necklace that I don’t remember seeing in eBay lately. After a bit of research, I realized that it plus a dozen or so others were from a Mercari experiment two years ago. After the listings expired, I was going to relist them on eBay but never did. That’s a death pile I didn’t even know I had!
