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Steve – You can see the buyer’s address when you sell through the GSP, but it is hard to find. Click on the pull down menu on the left of your sale, and select “view order details”. On the right hand side under Shipping details, click on “See buyer address”. I think they hide it because they don’t want you to ship directly to them.
Not a huge week for me, but I sold several whiskey pitchers since I listed a bunch the week before. Here is my biggest sale; I sold a Teacher’s pitcher that was labeled as a prototype, and an Early Times pitcher for $60 to someone in Italy. I shipped direct.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/184699347218
My sister gave me some vintage clothing she no longer wanted a few years ago. I took this pant suit to my son’s VoTech high school because they have a dry cleaners there. It cost me $4 to clean, and I finally sold it for $22.
Week of March 7 – 14
Total Items in Store: 1383 eBay, 43 Etsy
Items Sold: 11 eBay 2 Etsy
Cost of Items Sold: $2 + $14.90 Commission
Total Sales: $230.97 eBay $50.90 Etsy
Highest Price Sold: $60 for 2 whiskey pitchers shipped direct to Italy (eBay)
Average price: $21.68
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 5Slow week for me, but I’ve been very busy at my day job.
From an online auction lot of Sports Illustrated magazines, I sold a set of four on Sunday that featured Marvin Hagler & Sugar Ray Leonard from 1986/87. This morning, I read an article that Marvin Hagler passed away over the weekend. So, that explains that sale :).
I listed five. One for the purse challenge (I actually went in my closet to find something so that I could participate 🙂 ), and one for the MCM.
My day job has been very busy lately, so I haven’t found as much time for listing.
Julie: What fun, and good luck with that haul! I’ve just started to list the art from my haul a few weeks ago.
Amatino: I was in a Zoom meeting with the vendor from Texas I mentioned a while back. He mentioned as much about not being able to get a plumber to come in and that the plumbing isles in places like Home Depot are bare. Ugh, I hope something works out soon.
I just read through a newsletter email that I get every week day morning. It gives a summary of the news from the past 24 hours. It is called “The Skimm”. It is written in a “millennial” style of writing, so just keep that in mind. I like the style, it is just different. But, I think they try to give an explanation of NFTs that is a bit more understandable.
WTF NFT
The Story
NFTs are a BFD.Yeah…you lost me.
NFTs. They stand for non-fungible (read: irreplaceable) tokens. They’re kind of like unique deeds or trading cards…but make ’em digital. Normally when an artist sells a painting, people buy the physical thing. But in a world of GIFs, JPGs, and MP3s, collectors want to be able to say ‘I own that’ about art that’s circulating in the digital space for free. Enter: NFTs.And they are…?
Expensive bragging rights. NFTs have unique identifiers to track who sold and bought anything in the digital world – from Jack Dorsey’s first tweet (on track to rake in $2.5 million) to a Kings of Leon album. How do you own a tweet, you might ask? You don’t. You own the idea of owning the tweet. Eccentric? Sure. In any case, whoever pays up gets a token – encoded with fancy crypto magic – that proves they did it. Quite the flex.Why am I hearing about it now?
Yesterday, an NFT by an artist known as Beeple sold for $69 million – putting Beeps among “the top three most valuable living artists.” It surpassed bids for work by artists like Frida Kahlo and Salvador DalÃ. And was the first time auction house Christie’s ever sold a completely digital NFT. Another first for Christie’s: accepting Ethereum – a cryptocurrency. The auction house reportedly says it would be open to selling tokens like this in the future – but that it won’t quit its day job of selling actual, physical paintings.Idk how to feel about this.
It’s a lot. But there’s more to the story than just bragging rights: NFTs can provide musicians and artists with a new source of revenue. For the buyer, NFTs can be a form of investment that could earn some profits. But keep in mind: the market is still evolving. And investing in NFTs isn’t exactly a tried and true strategy.theSkimm
The digital age for buying and selling content is taking a new direction. Now, some artists and musicians are cashing in on the opportunities cryptocurrencies are creating. And people with lots of money are finding new ways to spend it. And that’s the NFTea.The first time I had a problem with buying a media mail for a book, I called eBay and asked why I was having issues. The customer rep said that the only method to do it would be to buy a label outside of eBay. So, yes, it is copacetic.
Hey Steve – I have a cousin in Pittsburgh (which is where I grew up) who is an artist, mostly cartoon type drawings. A few years ago, he did one for a retired Steelers player who was inducted into the hall of fame. The drawing went on a cereal box for a fund raiser and was sold locally. I had my sister buy me two boxes, and my son ate the cereal. I’ve been saving the boxes. I’ve thought of selling them, but it’s a family thing. Just a note that the family relationship is through marriage, and I have little to no artistic ability.
Anyway, I agree, the past two weeks have been a bit slow. Here are a few.
My neighbor held a MaxSold auction about two years ago, and I bought this antique lamp from her for about $3. It sold for best offer of $70.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/184507982842
I bought this antique sterling nail buffer in a MaxSold auction about five years ago. The seller described it as something else (I forgot what), but a fellow eBayer corrected my description. I must have had it initially listed too high, because it still sat there for years. Finally sold for $19. I think I paid a few dollars.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/184006037588
I bought this at an auction for around $16 knowing that cast iron and signs are good sellers, but it was just a reproduction. It sold for $47, which took maybe 2 years.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/184298619182
A friend of my parents sold a house in MA and gave me lots of china a few years ago including a full set of fancy dishes. I didn’t see much of this style listed, so I decided to sell it as a set with local pickup. Seems like no one in NJ was all that interested, so I have a buyer from GA that bought it for $150, and I’m waiting until they find a shipper for it. I have a feeling that, in the end, I’m going to have to ship it myself to be able to keep the sale.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/184688335373
I purchased a large number of whiskey pitchers at an auction in September 2019. I initially listed over half of them right away, and they have been a nice pipeline. I finally listed the rest last week, and here is my first sale for $52 to someone in the UK through the GSP. All 150ish pitchers cost me about $28, and I’ve already used up the COGS.
When you send something media mail, everything in it has to be media. The metal box isn’t, so it shouldn’t be shipped as media mail.
However, eBay only allows you to buy a media mail label if you have something listed in an applicable category. This recipe set was probably not listed in any book or media category, so that is why you weren’t allowed to buy one. I’ve had a few books listed in a collectable category instead of a book one, so I imported the sale to Pirateship and bought the appropriate label there.
VL – Thanks for that clarification! In that case, I count 29 for the challenge!
Amatino – Sucks that you still don’t have water. I’m guessing that every plumber in the area is working 80 hour weeks, so hiring one to do the work for you would be a challenge.
I’ve been waiting to signup for the vaccine. I can wait for others to get theirs first. However, I did go to an outside auction on Feb 27 (where I got all that artwork). It was a bit crowded, and maybe 30% wore masks, so I’ve taken a risk here and there. I should sign up now, so that I’m in line come later in the Spring.
Thanks for the podcast! I’ll be looking to downgrade to a basic store, but I want to see an official statement from eBay saying that the fees will be waived.
Week of Feb 28 – March 6
Total Items in Store: 1392 eBay, 45 Etsy
Items Sold: 9 eBay
Cost of Items Sold: $255 ($250 of it for a computer) + $17 Commission
Total Sales: $425.78 eBay
Highest Price Sold: $150 Large set of dishes with local pickup (buyer figuring out how to hire shipper)
Average price: $47.31
Returns: 1
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 42In either 2018 or 2019, someone posted on Facebook that they had an iMac only a “few” years old that they wanted to sell for $250. So, the normally level-headed me said I was interested, but didn’t ask for model or year. I did check that the computer booted up. This was very unusual for me; I guess I got caught up in the idea of getting a newer computer. Well, that computer, although in good condition, was from 2007. I was so pissed off at myself that the computer sat for maybe 6 months or more before I listed it. This week it sold for $115. The buyer did give me positive feedback, so I’m happy for that. I’m also glad I don’t have to look at it anymore.
I now have two “local pickup” items where I’m waiting for the buyer to figure out shipping. The sale this week was of a 92-piece fancy dish set. I tried to explain that the shipping was going to be prohibitive, but they wanted it. Normally, I would break up a set and sell it a few pieces at a time, but I didn’t find any similar dishes out there. So, I figured people wouldn’t be looking for replacement pieces, and I listed it as a set.
I listed 42; mostly the remains of a whiskey pitcher haul from Sept 2019.
There is a difference between mid-century and mid-century modern (MCM). Depending on how it is defined, something from the 50s through 70s may or may not meet the criteria. It has to do with the style as well as the age.
For instance, I sold a few of those whiskey pitchers pretty quickly. The ones in first link below could be consider MCM. I think that they have that look, or close enough. The second one is more old fashioned, but I think from the correct time period.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/184699347218
https://www.ebay.com/itm/184692200039
So, could someone provide a bit more clarity on what is MCM for this challenge? Does it have to have that modern sort of look?
I’ve seen those comments on the community page as well. What I would like to see is an official announcement from eBay providing the details. I want to see it in black and white before I go and downgrade.
Thank-you for this! Looking at the select categories, collectables and books are a large part of my inventory. I will have no issues keeping the rest of my listings under 1000. I’ll lose a little in the eBay supplies coupon, but I’ll make up for it in the $38/month savings.
I’ll wait to get something a bit more official about them waiving the fees first. My renewal isn’t until October, so I want to make sure.
I currently have a premium store level with 1000 free listings, but eBay added an extra 10,000 items in categories such as collectables. I have a little under 1400 items, but I don’t pay any additional insertion fees because I have lots of items in those categories.
The new basic store will now have 1000 free listings. However, does it have those extra listings in the select categories such as collectables? I couldn’t tell from the page I was reading. If not, then this change will not helpful for me.
One other thing, I saw in an eBay Facebook group that eBay will be waiving fees if you chose to downgrade your store during a certain time period (one person said to April 1 another said April 30). I can’t personally confirm this, but, apparently, this information on the community boards.
On the other side of things, my husband bought something from eBay for the first time towards the end of last year. It was shipped from Texas and got stuck in USPS hell. In the meantime, he was able to get something else instead. He contacted the seller and said that he didn’t want the item anymore. The buyer said to ship it back when it arrived, and he would refund.
When it did arrive, about a month late, my husband opened a return, and the buyer refused it. He called eBay help, and the customer rep said that even though the buyer promised to take it back, they couldn’t force him to. So, the rep said that my husband would get a $30 credit to buy something else on eBay.
Guess what? That credit never appeared even though my husband called three or four times to fix the issue. I think that if the customer rep just said that this was a no-return item and that the buyer didn’t have to take the return, that would have been that. But, there was a promise by the rep, and it was unfulfilled.
I don’t think that my husband will be buying anything from eBay any day soon. I have to say, as much as I do like eBay, their customer service is about the worse of any company I’ve had to deal with.
Hum, come to think of it, I did have an issue with AAA recently that took about six or seven phone calls to resolve. So, maybe not?
