Scavenger Life

Trash to Cash. A podcast about making a living on eBay.

Scavenger Life Episode 384: Was Packing Annoying?


Yes, yes it was. And that’s a good thing!

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Our Store Week Oct 28-Nov 3, 2018

Total Items in Store: 8194
Items Sold: 88
Gross Sales: $3,488.47
Cost of Items Sold: $186
Cost of helpers: $123
Highest Price Sold: $600 (Antique Ouija Board)
Average Price Sold: $39.64
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $100
Number of items listed this week: 0

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Scavenger Life Episode 383: Resource Hoarders


Back from our work trip to SF. 35 items to pack. Not bad, but not amazing. We like to think of our sales when we are out of town as a bonus, so that helps.

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Our Store Week Oct 14-20, 2018

Total Items in Store: 8254
Items Sold: 32
Gross Sales: $1,345.36
Cost of Items Sold: $140
Cost of helpers: $120
Highest Price Sold: $480 (Three Programmable Thermostats)
Average Price Sold: $42.04
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 150

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Scavenger Life Episode 382: Treasure Hunting with a Fishnet


We traveled to beautiful San Francisco for a video job, while our store still runs on extended handling time. Big question of the week, can we transition to selling higher end items for more money rather than the treasure hunting with a fishnet model we do now? Only time will tell.

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Our Store Week Oct 14-20, 2018

Total Items in Store: 8198
Items Sold: 43
Gross Sales: $1,416.10
Cost of Items Sold: $130
Cost of helpers: $65
Highest Price Sold: $90 (vintage role playing book)
Average Price Sold: $32.93
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $40
Number of items listed this week: 100

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Scavenger Life Episode 381: All Caught Up


We’re all caught up, no death piles to list. Looks like we need to get scavenging again once we get home from our video work trip.
Ebay is again allowing perma-sales for those who love them.

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Our Store Week Oct 7-13, 2018

Total Items in Store: 8163
Items Sold: 61
Gross Sales: $2,473.94
Cost of Items Sold: $130
Cost of helpers: $144
Highest Price Sold: $225 (vintage Quimper)
Average Price Sold: $40.55
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $20
Number of items listed this week: 50

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Scavenger Life Episode 380: What Do Lifetime Sales Really Mean?


We ponder our total sales numbers from eBay for the last 10 years. What do they really mean in terms of having a scavenger life and not comparing it to regular office job lives?

Check out the 50 ft tree being felled behind our building–

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Our Store Week Sept 30-Oct 6, 2018

Total Items in Store: 8137
Items Sold: 35
Gross Sales: $1,203.14
Cost of Items Sold: $65
Cost of helpers: $144
Highest Price Sold: $100 (vintage art)
Average Price Sold: $34.37
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $40
Number of items listed this week: 100

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