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I tend to over pack.
Trucker hats are shipped in a box, after being placed in a plastic bag. T-Shirts are put in a clear bag, before being placed in a polymailer. I wrap books in brown paper (masking paper) before putting them in the box. Most glass or porcelain items are double boxed for safety.
I figure if the customer is impressed with the packing effort, they’ll be less apt to make an issue regarding condition etc.
This doesn’t mean I won’t get a negative tomorrow, but I figure it can’t hurt.
05/29/2018 at 3:14 pm in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 362: Scavengers Are Always Prepared To Clean Out A Basement #41213Some years ago, I did the Atkins diet and basically eliminated carbs from my diet for several months. I literally was consuming less than 20 carbs a day. I ate like a horse, eggs, meats and essentially any food without carbs.
The weight dropped off almost immediately and continued to as long as I was in Ketosis. I eventually got down to my high school weight peaking at a low of 160 LBS. I’m 5’11” and not a skinny guy at all.
The key is staying in ketosis. You can buy Keto sticks at the pharmacy that will report your level of ketosis. I knew of other people who tried it, but were unsuccessful, because they weren’t consistent.
It wasn’t the healthiest diet, but it did take off the weight better than any diet, I’ve tried before or since.
05/29/2018 at 2:30 pm in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 362: Scavengers Are Always Prepared To Clean Out A Basement #41209I don’t use the bulk shipping tool.
When I combine shipping on two separate orders, I ship one and add the tracking number to the other.
This is what I include on my packing slips.
“Thank you for your Purchase from Uncle Joe’s Vintage Emporium.”
When I leave feedback it says this.
“A+ Buyer..Thank you for your Purchase from Uncle Joe’s Vintage Emporium.”
That way, if someone else looks at their feedback, or they look themselves it’s free advertising. I also don’t see any harm in getting my store name on the internet and Ebay as much as possible.
Your store is doing great, regardless of how long you’ve been selling.
Your labors are clearly paying dividends.
Good Luck.
That’s a great idea.
You can also put a note on the shipping label itself.
The same note will print on all of them until you change it.
05/24/2018 at 11:25 am in reply to: New Catalog Based Search & Ebay's Re-Structured Business Model Plans #40922Yes.. +1 on the Silverback
No, I’ve been listing as usual, no out of stock option. Possibly there is some kind of glitch in the system indicating differently.
I’ve been ending my listings and relisting with sell similar. This probably explains the two listing numbers.
Thanks for looking.
JOE
I have some personal experience with an item not on the list, Baseball cards.
Back in the early 1990’s collecting was all the rage. There was no internet, so you either went to one of the many Baseball card shows, or you went to a baseball card store.
Fast forward to the internet and then later Ebay. Instead of searching months for a Rookie Carl Yastremski card and paying a king’s ransom for it, you could just go to Ebay and buy one of many listed cards for much less.
Brand new Upperdeck and Stadium Club boxes were selling for $150 and up in the early 1990’s. Now the same boxes, routinely sell for less than $20.
Anything newer than 1980 plunged in value, much the way books have today. The really rare ones, pre 1960 still have significant value, but are still below the peak values. Back in the day a Honus Wagner cigarette card sold for 4 million dollars. I don’t believe it has been topped since.
People were actually buying cards as investments.
I bought may too many.. I still own the older ones, including the Carl Yastremski Rookie Card. I have since begun to unload the newer ones.
Life is interesting….
Interesting.
Maybe Ebay is getting out of the business of listing sold items… time will tell.
Thank you both for checking..
05/19/2018 at 7:07 pm in reply to: New Catalog Based Search & Ebay's Re-Structured Business Model Plans #40394Wow what a great post on an important topic.
I’m having a tough time reading and comprehending some of your responses “Lady in Red”. You may want to consider some paragraphs and breaks, to make it more readable.
My brain doesn’t respond well to the large uninterrupted blocks of text.
Just the same, it’s a very interesting post.
Be sure to check the bottom for a Pontil mark. If it’s there it was most likely hand blown and should be mentioned.
Nice item.
Good Luck.
I think the real issue is that Ebay charges 10 cents a listing for every listing past 1000. You would think, the more you list, the cheaper the listings would be.
Listing fees are a fixed cost regardless of sales… At least with final value fees, you’ve sold something and have money (profit) as a result.
In your example, you state that 5000 items cost about $1 per year which comes to $5000 in listing fees alone.
If the average listing fee were down around 6 cents a month, then doing the math equates to 72 cents a year or $3600 for 5000 listings.
Also, reduced fees with a mid level store, may encourage people to list more and not look elsewhere to sell.
I have an item listed on “Offer Up” locally for $20.
Guy offers $15..
I say maybe, when can you be here.
He says “Can you do a drop off? (delivery)”
I say, “Just send an Uber driver over with the money and I’ll give it to him”
“You’re funny.. ha ha” he says.
I’m about to give up on offer up for selling.. It feels a lot like Craigslist now.
I bought a lot an an auction a few years ago. I ended up with some pretty cool and profitable items, but also many many personal items. There were hundreds of photographs and slides as well as the documentation relating to his WW2 service and later aerospace work. I paid $30 for six large boxes of everything.
The items were from the estate of his 2nd wife and basically ended up at the auction, one step before the dump.
I guess the phrase “One Man’s Trash is another Man’s Treasure” rings as true today as ever.
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