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Buying a laser printer was the best purchase I’ve made in a long time.
I bought a variation of one of the Brother ones that Ryanne recommends.
You’ll never worry about ink again. Even if you buy the expensive OEM toner cartridges, they last forever. If you are super cheap, you can refill your own.
Of course the library is FREE.. tough to beat that deal.
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So Cal Joe.
Well the escrow on my present house just fell through. There were other interested buyers, so hopefully another will come through. My house needs updating, so it’s priced on the low side, but has a huge lot for the area.
As luck would have it, a small house on 5 acres just showed up today in the new area. There’s no garage, but it’s cheap enough that I could easily add a large steel building on a concrete slab. It’s hooked to the water company and is on a paved road with mail delivery to the house.
I just need another buyer….
The real estate market seems to be slowing somewhat here, but I’m happy with the sale. It’s more than enough for me to take the next step.
All my inventory is in storage and in numbered containers. It’s all accessible and I’m still making sales. Shipping is not a problem. Before I can get back to listing and sourcing, I want to get a permanent home.
The next couple of weeks will be crazy busy for me. After that I can really start looking for my next home. Hopefully I can find a real deal.
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Thanks everyone for the comments.
The house I’m selling is now in escrow. It’s a real short escrow.. so go go go…
The rest of my stuff will be in storage very soon. I’m not sure what I’ll do short term..maybe get a small used camper or do the Airbnb thing for a while. For the long term of course, I’ll need to find a home.
Having a 15 day handling time has been liberating. Most of my items are shipping within 2 or 3 business days, but there’s just no stress about my shipping statistics. Today I went to the post office and there was a line at the counter. Instead of waiting to get each item scanned, I just left them in the drop off box. Life is just too short to stress over nonsense.
I don’t think I’m going back to next business day shipping. It just feels too much like a job.
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JOE
The sell through rate specifies a time frame. Generally it’s calculated per month. If your sell through rate is 5%, it means you sold 5% of your entire inventory that month.
The system looks pretty nice, but 37 cents a tag seems like a high enough cost to consider this a luxury, at least for me.
I put the location number at the end of the description. I can search by the item (title) or search by the location (ie: H37). When I search by location or bin number, I specify item description.
When it comes time to combine containers, this simplifies the process.
It’s far from a perfect system, but it’s simple and works for me.
I am in the process of moving everything, including my inventory (1800+ items) , about 100 miles away. As a result, I’ve been combining bins left and right. I’m so far amazed at the lack of missing or lost items.
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08/30/2018 at 10:49 am in reply to: What Sells On eBay: Sun Tachometer, Deneuve perfume, Eveready flashlight, Leather duffle, Polar Care, Lone Scout books #48179I generally sell folding road maps in lots of 25 to 30, so they can ship in a flat rate padded envelope, otherwise, I use flat rate boxes.
$60 is a great sale. Good deal.
Congrats on the new house.
Wow, I’m glad you were refunded.
Does Paypal really expect us to take a screen shot of every confirmed delivery, in order to protect ourselves?
Interesting…
Hi Amatino,
Wow.. you guys are out there.. great post and good advice.
I see homes with upwards of 40 acres (mostly in the more rural areas.) I’m tempted, but it appears, big is not always better.
In reality 5 acres with some functional out buildings would probably be more than large enough. It’s not uncommon to just bring in a 40 foot storage container and use it as an out building. I’m also not adverse to just having a large metal building out up with a concrete foundation.
Most of the properties, reasonably close to town, either have city water (mutual water company) or have their own wells. In the end as long as one or the other exists, I’ll be fine.
Although we get all four seasons, the winters are mild, compared to most areas. Just the same, I do want a wood burning stove and they are fairly common. The town has free firewood available for residents, you just need to cut it up.
Most of the homes also have swap coolers for the summers. It will take a while to get used to the heat, but I’m not overly concerned.
I’m looking forward to the change. The lack of local jobs is what keeps the housing so reasonable, which is fine for me.
I’ve already been told by my relatives to always combine trips and maybe get a dedicated freezer. I’ll have to start making lists.. no more impulse purchases.
I won’t miss the traffic, at my present area.
Hopefully it will all work out.
Thanks for the post..
Hi Jay,
I agree, passable roads, water and electricity seem to be non negotiable options for me.
Internet will probably be satellite or by cell phone. I’ve been using the cell phone for years (ex trucker), so to keep doing so is no big deal to me. Whenever, I check the reviews for the satellite companies they seem to be disasters.
I’ll be less than 20 miles away from a population center, with all the big box stores and conveniences. The town I’ll be in has a couple of stores, so the necessities are available, if needed.
Your numbers are in the ball park, although $400K won’t get you a starter home around here. The real estate market is absolutely nuts.
If I play my cards right, I’ll be able to pay off some recent debt and also have a home without a mortgage.
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If you go to the business policies page, look to the right of the individual policy and it will tell you how many listings it has and will have a link to view and edit them.
A year ago, I took out a loan for $1000 with a 30% payback. It ended up taking about 45 days to pay it back and the total fees were $23. It was a great deal for me.
I agree. Ebay needs to make a lot of changes to be in the same value and earnings category as Amazon.
I wonder, in the long run if Ebay is going to have room for the small seller of vintage one of a kind items.
The rare one of a kind items are great for window dressing, but in total, is it worth it to them? It’s like a Chevy dealer who has a mint condition 1965 Corvette in the showroom. Sure, they’ll sell it, but they really want to sell you a new car.
Also, I imagine the cost to maintain customer service for the small sellers is much higher than the guys selling all the commodity items.
It will surely be interesting to see how Ebay progresses.
A lot of buyers have a their accounts set to automatically pay, once a purchase it made.
I once sold an item to a local buyer. After paying me cash, he hit the buy it now and I got paid again automatically, through Paypal, so I had to refund him.
I generally want them to buy it before the pickup, but this was an unusual item that required an inspection.
If you go to your seller manager, you can sort by time left.
I believe this problem occurred on 6/21 to 6/23. Since June had 30 days, the items that renew on 7/21 to 7/23 should be the affected items. This is where I would look for the items with missing photos.
Good Luck.
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