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That is a really neat handmade prayer rug! Prayer rug based on the size and the directionality of the design in the center (supposed to point to Mecca in use) and handmade based on the construction and uneven stitching visible on the back. It is possible that the cardboard is to hold a corner down – handmade rugs sometimes have construction flaws that cause the corners to roll up slightly rather than lay flat.
The overall wear is not a bad thing, the patina is preferred by many. I have an idea of the design, but I will need to check some things first and get back to you. I am no expert but I love old rugs.
The term “Native American” itself should not be a problem at least in the US since there are eBay US categories using that term in the title. However, eBay prohibits the use of the term unless the item can be identified as authentic. Tourist shops especially in Arizona and New Mexico have employed tribal members to turn out vast quantities of jewelry and art for many years to the present day so there are more “authentic” items out there than you might think.
It is really annoying to hear someone nickle and diming, especially if it’s an item you like and for which you’d happily pay the asking price. But whether or not the guy is being a jerk, I think it’s still rude to break in, and that’s actually a civil tort in many states in the US. If you interfere with a business negotiation on a big enough scale you could sued for tortious interference with contract expectancy.
On the one relevant item I have listed in recent memory I was able to complete the listing after including the required information.
04/02/2019 at 8:31 am in reply to: does anyone out there has a subscription to newspaper.com? #59571Maybe he was raised on milk. Safe as Milk, that is.
Hi Alex. Sounds like you are in Paypal/eBay purgatory. You say you “trust” the buyer, but they have instituted a case to stop your payment, correct? So at the end of the day, you might not get paid. If you ship, you might lose the money and then you may have some trouble getting the item back.
So balance the factors. How important is it to you to not have a late shipment? Many people on the forum do not worry about late shipments; it’s not the end of the world. If you lose TRS status, eventually you get it back. How much did you pay for the item? If it’s a cheap item and on-time shipping is important to you, go ahead and send it. If you paid a lot for the item then assuming you don’t get paid and you lost the item, that might be bad.
You could also try calling eBay. They might be able to cancel the order for you if you ask for it, given the situation, or have some other resolution.
03/31/2019 at 8:27 pm in reply to: What Sells On eBay: Carhartt vest, Kaleidoscope paper, Twister game, JVC Speakers, Zenith record player #59452Mike, in my experience the effectiveness of various local selling apps varies on the area. A couple years ago back in Jacksonville FL I found Craigslist to be very effective for larger items and a friend had success on OfferUp but FB Marketplace was a mess and not worth the trouble.
Hmm. I wonder what reason SAS is giving Bonanza for the prohibition. A manufacturer cannot simply prohibit sale of their used items on the secondary market just because they feel like it. As poorly administered as eBay’s VERO program is, there is at least a legal basis, whether it is counterfeits or improper use of registered trademarks.
Awesome! Thanks for the update!
03/29/2019 at 9:35 am in reply to: What Sells On eBay: Carhartt vest, Kaleidoscope paper, Twister game, JVC Speakers, Zenith record player #59366Nice stereo sale. I can’t wait until I’m not in a “gated community” so I can local-sale some big items myself.
I’ve learned not to throw away old key fobs and rings that I run across. Mostly not big money but they are reliable sellers for me and no hassle to ship. This Alfa Romeo key fob dates to pre-1971 based on the word “MILANO” present on the round logo. Found in a cheap box lot so virtually nothing in it, sold quickly for $15 plus shipping. I would have listed for more but it was a little rough.
This tie bar is a representation of the MK48 submarine torpedo. Taxpayers should take comfort in the fact that the MK48 was put in service in the early 1970s and is still in use to this day by the US Navy, albeit with updated electronics, etc, of course. A couple dollars at a flea market, it sold for $19 plus shipping in about a week.
This t-shirt was mine, purchased new from a local motorcycle dealer I patronized in the mid-‘80s while at Ft Carson CO for a short while in the Army. Wore it for years, passed it to my kids when I “outgrew” it, then recently got it back in the family donation box. I was going to grab it for a car washing rag until I figured I’d better research the dealer’s name on the back. I was thinking he may have been a notable race driver – the hot rod and bike crowd is heavily into early racing nostalgia. Turns out I was smart to research it, but off base as to why. “Buttery soft and paper thin” from age and use, old distressed authentic auto or motorcycle themed t-shirts like this are apparently quite the fashion statement. Listed at $95, sold for a best offer of $84 plus shipping in about a month, going to Spain.
For a long while, there was not broad interest in the Iraq War souvenirs that soldiers brought back. Sixteen years later the items sell quicker and for better money. This is an Iraqi Army rifle bayonet “frog,” an issued item to carry the bayonet in a scabbard on the belt. I have $4 in it and it sold within a month for $25 plus shipping.
Many Iraqi items are unmarked but there is a distinctive property stamp sometimes present. The frog only had a partial stamp on the back, eligible unless you knew what you were looking for. If an item is stamped, it will look like some variation of this:
This bolo tie was out of my dad’s estate, purchased new in New Mexico in the ‘60’s. Turquoise jewelry pricing is all over the map and I’ve got no eye to differentiate why some pieces are worth more than others but this one was signed and felt well-made so I just stuck a high price on it, listing it over a year ago at $336 to gauge interest. There was a lot of interest (even had someone beg me to unblock him so he could buy it – I did not recognize him so it must have been my auto-block for too many unpaid items) but I did feel the price was too high and I got impatient. So I have been lowering the price, received a few offers that I tried to unsuccessfully pull up with counteroffers, then finally accepted an offer of $175 plus shipping.I got some tape last month and to me it doesn’t smell bad. Thin but strong. Very sticky, too. I like it.
Bad memories for sure. The ‘70s and ‘80s were awful. There was an even worse gas crisis in 1973. Gas prices quadrupled and supplies got so bad that some areas were down to $3 and $2 limits, gas station lines around the block, etc. Inflation was crazy, over 10% a year at times. Interest rates were ridiculous. They got into the high teens and peaked over 20% in 1980-ish, IIRC.
Anyone whose dance classes involve the use of balanced scimitars must lead a pretty interesting life. 🙂
All good advice above. I’ve never been a coin collector and know nothing about it but I’ve been selling off an estate horde for a while myself, bit by bit. I can usually get quite a bit above melt for older ungraded circulated silver dollars and such and I think they are worth selling individually. For example common Morgan Dollars in decent shape are selling right now in the $20s and melt is only $12.
It helps to have a little familiarity with grading to help assess value as you go through and check dates and mints for rarities. When selling individually I take good photos of front, back, edges, and angles (to show relief) and point out things that I know are important to collectors such as marks, and sometimes give an “amateur opinion” of the general grade. I also include a photo of the coin on a digital pocket scale. I have a book called Making the Grade by Beth Deisher that is extremely helpful. It has color illustrations and graphics on grading the top 25 most widely collected US coins.
The web site http://www.silverrecyclers.com is convenient to use to get current silver price because it gives you current gross melt value for specific US coins by the each or for multiples.
When the gold and silver market was really hot in the depression a while back I put coins up on 3 day auctions and always did well. Now I prefer to put them up BIN with free shipping and do not accept returns (though of course a buyer can always claim INAD). Many dealers are still using auctions and seem to do well.
For shipping an individual coin I put the coin in a tiny zip lock envelope, sandwich it between two pieces of heavy cardboard taped together with an indentation made in the center to hold the coin, and ship First Class Package in a 6×9 padded envelope.
All this has worked well for me as a coin amateur and I’ve never had any issues.
All good points. I disagree that the times of good, cheap inventory are coming to an end but the big deals can be really good.
For me, though, the thought of creating a huge backlog of clothing inventory would make me very unhappy. I hate selling clothes and I do so only if they fall in my lap. If it were me, I’d be talking to SEAM Store about a bulk deal – maybe even just a referral fee so I don’t even have to touch the stuff.
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