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3/10-3/16
Total Items in Store: 2750
Items Sold: 31
Cost of Items Sold: $35
Total Sales: $1105
Highest Price Sold: $135 (1950s Mens shirt)
Average Price Sold: $35.64
Returns: 3
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $68
Number of items listed this week: 50Slower week compared to basically all of 2019. But I have barley been listing for over a month and I figured it would catch up. This week has started very slow as well. Then again, last weekend was St Patrick’s day and we are right in between seasons. I just need to get back to more. List when you’re hot, list when you’re not!
Yeah. I do a short promoted listing and keep starting new promotions. So no old promotions going.
Total Items in Store: 2700
Items Sold: 32
Cost of Items Sold: $35
Total Sales: $1405
Highest Price Sold: $142 (Vtg Hiking Boots, pair $3 for them)
Average Price Sold: $43.90
Returns: 1
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $50.50
Number of items listed this week: 30Another week of barely listing. However I think I’m pretty well finished with my carpentry gig so hoping to list all week.
2/17-2/23
Total Items in Store: 2730
Items Sold: 39
Cost of Items Sold: $40
Total Sales: $1645
Highest Price Sold: $166 (Vtg 1990s Wolfenstein 3D video game, which I got for free from local thrift free section)
Average Price Sold: $42
Returns: 2
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $107
Number of items listed this week: 30Barely listed again. Was busy with some flooring and tree trimming side work. I do that here and there for cash, plus I like it. On Sunday we sold 9 items to the same buyer! All random vintage and military/workwear clothes.
T-Satt:
Thanks! Yeah, when I look at what we sell, each item is nearly free. Last week we sold some Spanish American war photos for $150 and I had paid $12 for them in 2016. That’s one of the highest prices I paid for any of our inventory. This area is great for us. St. Louis has low cost of living and the rural areas nearby have great thrift stores. St. Louis City also has tons of estate sales every week.Total Items in Store: 2730
Items Sold: 38
Cost of Items Sold: $35
Total Sales: $1321
Highest Price Sold: $101.50(vintage sweater)
Average Price Sold: $34.76
Returns: 2
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $41
Number of items listed this week: 16 (was busy with some carpentry work this week so not much losing)Our manifesto is the same. Buy for as little as possible from places that aren’t Goodwill. We live in St. Louis city, but if we drive 30 minutes in any direction we are in rural areas. We have thrift stores all over that we hit which have very low prices. Also we go to estate sales most weeks. We price high and wait for the right buyer.
2/3 – 2/9
Total Items in Store: 2750
Items Sold: 39
Cost of Items Sold: $41
Total Sales: $1432
Highest Price Sold: $159 (Spanish American war photos)
Average Price Sold: $36.71
Returns: 2
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $10
Number of items listed this week: 501/27 – 2/2
Total Items in Store: 2735
Items Sold: 38
Cost of Items Sold: $32
Total Sales: $1419
Highest Price Sold: $189 (mid century ash tray and drink stand)
Average Price Sold: $37.34
Returns: 2
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $40
Number of items listed this week: 77Like I said last week, we do sell a lot of clothes. I’m have a lot of knowledge in vintage workwear, denim, military and also 80s and 90s streetwear. We sell a lot in these categories as well as hats. We have been slowly growing this store since shortly after Rita and I began dating (now engaged). This store started in spring 2016. Before that I had a different eBay store. Beyond clothes we sell lots of estate sale vintage household items, old books, etc.
Out sales slowly increase as our store size increases. We haven’t noticed any slowdown in clothes or hard goods.
That’s why we were calling. The rep finally removed the late shipments.
Update: The buyer has received the item and left positive feedback. So the sale disappearing was some system glitch. Glad we noticed it.
1/20 – 1/26
Total Items in Store: 2720
Items Sold: 47
Cost of Items Sold: $45
Total Sales: $1570
Highest Price Sold: $172 (Vietnam era Army winter coat)
Average Price Sold: $33.40
Returns: 2
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $162
Number of items listed this week: 52We sell a lot of clothes, but niche clothes. Vintage workwear, streetwear, rockabilly etc. But also a little bit of normal Polo no and then if we find it for low prices…not a lot of this. Also sell the normal estate sale household items. I can’t list items I’m not interested in. I’m interested in vintage clothes and retro household items. So I list and sell that.
Thanks all.
We called eBay. They said, and who knows if this is correct, but that it is a system error that has been happening. They said the sale was not fraudulent. So apparently a glitch.
