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10/30/2018 at 11:27 am in reply to: Sellers Aren't the Only Ones Getting Fed Up With Goodwill Pricing! ;) #50956
Our Goodwills have stayed good on pricing, but our ARC thrift stores are getting crazy. I rarely go there anymore…
Welcome! Glad to have you join us!
Nicely done BethGreen!
Doubly: No worries man, it is a big decision, so don’t go into it lightly! Make sure you are ready when you do.
Just don’t stay in the nest too long either. That is a hard line to walk. I was in the nest too long, but I had a great wife to help push me out!
Cool that you can get solid returns from an antique mall. Everytime I’m in there, there just isn’t any meat on the bone to flip!
Weird, but probably the best choice!
I felt like I was at another game show on Saturday. I went to a charity Poker tournament. It started at 4pm, and after 80+ people, I went out 5th at about 12:30am. We got to pick our prize in a “draft” type of mode. So the person that won got their pick, then the person that went second, etc. The prizes were so good that I had to stay (rather than just guess). Long day, but got some great Colorado Rockies Tickets and $120 at Texas Roadhouse out of it. So, my $100 landed a $500+ prize.
Funny part: I took a bad beat in the game, and all bad beats were put in a raffle for prizes. I got picked, and had three choices: Candy, tickets to a comedy club, and a portable LP player. I chose the LP player and it will shortly be listed on eBay… 🙂
Careful about overdosing on T-Satt. This could lead to symptoms of enjoying spreadsheets and saying phrases like “STR”, “ASP”, and “Move the Merch!” 🙂
Yeah, I saw where you and some others started to post your Labor numbers for the week. I like that!
So last week we paid $224 in labor. That is pretty normal when we have 2 drops (where he drops off inventory and photos and we give him the next batch). Some weeks we only do 1 drop if either he or we are out of town. We usually have a minimum of $100 for a drop, more if we get to it.
This week, he is looking for some more cash as his golf gig slows down in the winter, so he is going to help Veronica pack up more hard goods for the warehouse.
Welcome Nick!
Nice job on the two scavenges. Very well played!
Mike: You are pretty close on strategy! She gets mad on Words with Friends because I play Game Theory (not opening her up to double and triple word tiles), so I stay competitive. Make her play small words…that is what I use a lot…small words… 🙂
Lingo was on the Game Show Network back in the day. She has always loved Chuck Woolery and loved the game, so on a whim, she signed us up for a tryout. We went in and did well, then they called us back a month later to tape. It was in LA, and her mom and sister were there, so the travel was fun.
You can see our strategy: I memorized 52 words, 2 starting with each letter of the alphabet, where I can get all 5 vowels and as many common consonants as possible in those 2 words. I set her up with the potential letters, she nails the words. All that studying and even I got a few.
Was a total blast. Found out that a LOT of the other people that were at the tryouts and the taping did multiple game shows (since they live in LA). 1 vs 100 was one that a lot had done…
“Speaking of Hoarders, whenever I watch an episode I instinctively start cleaning my house without really realizing I’m doing it. The show makes me feel dirty. ”
That made my morning! 🙂
Aperture: Well, watching one half anyway… She is cute isn’t she?! 🙂
Retro: Completely agree on the line for new listings. This is EXACTLY why I started to include on our numbers, to drive us to keep that number up. Keeps us accountable to ourselves!
Good luck when you make the leap Doubly! I’ll be pulling for you, just make sure you do it on your own terms, and know what your “low season” sales are going in. When it hits and eBay is your lifeline, you don’t want to get in a panic!
10/29/2018 at 11:29 am in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 382: Treasure Hunting with a Fishnet #50867The boys have different drivers right now. Our oldest is staying focused on a double major (Accounting and Sports Management) and possibly may triple major in 4 years (Business Management). He wants to stay in the sports realm right now, and if he opens his own shop, it would be on a travel baseball team/indoor coaching facility.
Our youngest is looking at Chiropractic work now. He has worked in the business for the past year while going to college, and he thinks that may be his route.
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