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09/18/2018 at 7:32 pm in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 377: Talking Numbers with TSatt (Troy) #48905
eBaymom,
What to defend another wife! However, I asked her JUST NOW (this moment while poking these words) and she still says she doesn’t know! It was on a flat base, she knew what it was. She knew I kept it up there. She was very upset I remember. It was so funny how she stacked the pieces like it would magically repair itself.
I packed and shipped the chandelier today. A nice win. It did take almost two hours to pack but I charged $40 for the handling. Also all new packing materials were paid for through handling as well. I purchased a box for $12 but did not care for the box strength. I had a very durable box stored in my garage, a bit smaller than I would have liked but very strong. The smaller dimensions actually allowed me to ship Priority rather than regular Parcel. There was money left over that I thought about sending to the buyer but did not. Two reasons for that. One, I actually had to file a non pay to get paid and the buyer waited right to the last day to pay and with no communication. Also, with a project like this, it is understandable if a piece arrives broken. I have the extra money available to help with a small refund if need be.I ship direct. For the past 10 years or so I have little or not issues with International shipping. I had a problem on Etsy once where a pair of expensive and heavy wooden Printers letterpress Trays bounced around but finally made it to the very understanding buyer. Only once I had a problem on eBay where an International buyer complained about the high custom costs and left me a negative feedback. eBay promptly removed it because I add the following disclaimer in red to every listing and have done so since almost the beginning:
International buyers please note that you are responsible for any additional customs, import duties, taxes, border charges, and any other additional charges to your country. Items will also be marked only as merchandise and not below value on the Customs Form.
I wonder if eBay does not inform the International buyer as well somehow during the transaction? Either way, including this disclaimer seems to work for me with no known negative effects so I’ll continue. Also, I don’t care to have my packages opened and repackaged by anybody, regardless of them taking all the risk (GSP). If I sold more Internationally I would consider the GSP because of increased chances of issues due to the higher shipment numbers. Not so right now.
I sell about 3 items per month on average First Class International, and about 2 per month Priority International. I determine based on weight, value, durability and other factors what mode to offer for international shipping, or offer no International shipping at all.
The right answer for somebody new to eBay would be GSP. Maybe someday I will give the GSP a go. Right now, direct has simply worked for me.
By the way, the only country I will not ship to is Italy. I have not shipped there for 10 years now. Horrible pain in the butt for me over and over again back then for a variety of reasons. And I’m Italian!09/17/2018 at 10:38 pm in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 377: Talking Numbers with TSatt (Troy) #48861OK, got it. Thank you.
09/17/2018 at 6:21 pm in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 377: Talking Numbers with TSatt (Troy) #48854Funny tales!
09/17/2018 at 6:04 pm in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 377: Talking Numbers with TSatt (Troy) #48853Ok, so if I started with 603 items in my store last Sunday, and sold 10 items over the week, my sell though rate would be 1.65%, correct? Now what to do with this number? How will knowing this number help my business? I have a feeling there is no simple answer to this question.
09/17/2018 at 5:14 pm in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 377: Talking Numbers with TSatt (Troy) #48844Silverfoxfinds,
I too would like to add more clothing other than vintage, or graphic tees, so I guess I’ll be looking for what everyone else looks for.
It seems you will obviously do well with whatever you are hunting.09/17/2018 at 5:07 pm in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 377: Talking Numbers with TSatt (Troy) #48843Ahem…hows about a wife story? The only damage my kids ever did was wanting my finds, and sometimes getting them. At least the appreciation for vintage seeds were planted. Now the Wife story.
Earlier on, an offspring of my eBay sales was doing consignment custom model builds. Buyers, later turned clients would ask me to build this or that model tank or such war thing from such and such an era from this or that unit. One build was for a WWII vet who served in France during WWII with the field artillery. I built up a vintage plastic 155 mm howitzer model kit up, and custom built the tube to show the recoil effect that I knew a fellow artilleryman would appreciate. I made mud, lined up wheel tracks in the mud, strew combat debris here and there and was almost done short of some final black wash painting. I put the diorama up on the top shelf of my closet away from the kids. I came home from work that night to check on my baby, it was all in pieces, arranged on the diorama mud to look something like a field gun. My wife had pulled it down for some reason, it slid off and broke into many pieces. She offered no reason why she pulled it down, she still doesn’t! It almost broke me. The project was finished successfully in the end and on time. I don’t build models for money no more.09/17/2018 at 3:07 pm in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 377: Talking Numbers with TSatt (Troy) #48831Yes, it was so interesting listening to the two of you bounce the different business styles off one another and all of the factors, numbers and nuances involved. I have been doing this more or less numbers blind for 16 years, sold in the fields another 3 or so prior to that. It is only early spring this year that I paid attention to numbers not counting what I needed to know for taxes.
Oddly, I’m not even so sure exactly what Sell Through Rate is! Yup! Since this was one of the three big numbers you mentioned, it would be prudent for me to take a look at that, closely.
Thank you again.09/17/2018 at 12:25 pm in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 377: Talking Numbers with TSatt (Troy) #48809T-Satt,
You and Jay put out some great information, one to listen to again without doing chores!
I deeply appreciate you making yourself available to put out info like that, (following the great example of our hosts I’m sure).
Here is the free chandelier, small enough to ship without having to suspend in a hanging mode from the top of a very sturdy box (or crate!). I still have a bear to tame.I have another like it listed as well for $500 make an offer. The two were found together next to a dumpster outside of a lighting store. Its were I go for good free packing materials and every now and then a surprise. If a $300 offer comes in on the one still listed, I’m grabbing it. With the packing involved, anything less than that, I hope I continue to have the luxury to say NAH!
09/17/2018 at 12:14 pm in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 377: Talking Numbers with TSatt (Troy) #48808ebayMom,
Thank you for the congrats on the dumper find! I have told her about SL couple times, I sure hope so.09/17/2018 at 10:49 am in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 377: Talking Numbers with TSatt (Troy) #48796Zero day sale? You’re lucky! I had zero ebay sales from Sun-Wed!!!! Weird! Glad I went through that, once is enough though. Then a nice explosion of sales Thurs and Fri. Your sales as well turned around nicely!
My 22 year old niece has three young boys and started ebay a few months ago in typical bull fashion! She is up to 1000 items and is doing well at this stage, and said she is trying to find higher price items. I told her, “Don’t we all!” Special hats off to the eBay Moms!09/17/2018 at 10:04 am in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 377: Talking Numbers with TSatt (Troy) #48794Will be listening while tackling 10 packages to ship, including a crystal chandelier dumpster find!
9/9 – 9/15/18
eBay store totommyto
Total store items: 608
Number of items sold: 10
eBay sales (not counting s/h): $896.25
Cost of items sold: $30
Consignment payouts: $58
Highest price sold: $400 dumpster find, one of those ‘busy’ vintage crystal chandeliers
Average Price sold: $89.62
Returns: 0
Money spent on new inventory: $22
Number of items listed this week: 14Etsy store oldfleatoymarket
Total store items: 608
Number of items sold: 7
Etsy sales (not counting s/h): $180
Cost of items sold: $14.50
Consignment payouts: 0
Highest price sold: $40 two card stock die cut sheets vintage Halloween graphics
Average price sold: $25.71
Returns: 0
Money spent on new inventory: $20
Number of items listed this week: 28A rare Monday off from the regular job, so now to the garage for some wonderfully hot & annoying shipping, and a first run listen to the Podcast!
09/13/2018 at 3:39 pm in reply to: What Sells On eBay: Projection screen, Models, Penguin hot/cold server, Desk lamp, Mailbox #48711Silverfox,
Love that candle, I hunt ugly Christmas every trip to the market!09/13/2018 at 1:30 pm in reply to: What Sells On eBay: Projection screen, Models, Penguin hot/cold server, Desk lamp, Mailbox #48706For sure Steve, Tammy is a money maker, not quite old Barbie, but better than most of the old clones.
Have not seen the car or even knew about the car until you mentioned it.09/13/2018 at 9:17 am in reply to: What Sells On eBay: Projection screen, Models, Penguin hot/cold server, Desk lamp, Mailbox #48699Steve,
Very cool sales, thank you for the weekly posting!
I would love to come into a cache of older plastic model cars.
There is a pretty good pipeline going for me with 1:18 Diecast metal, yet sales are quiet right now. I’m posting a good sold on a Barbie sized jukebox, made for the Tammy Doll, circa 1960’s. There is good money in vintage dolls and accessories, especially if you ‘buy it all’ and sort it out later! I’m about done working on my third ‘buy it all’ purchase of vintage doll stuff and I’m looking for more.This 9″ tall plastic jukebox sold for best offer of $240. It comes from a huge lot I purchased for $100 total.
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