Scavenger Life

Super slow week. We sold mainly low dollar clothes. No idea why. But as always, grateful for everything we did sell. Ryanne and I both have a birthday this month. Happy bday to us!

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Our Store Week June 4-10, 2023

Total Items in Store: 9454
Items Sold: 20
Gross Sales: $626.75 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $502.42 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $34
Cost of helpers: $80
Highest Price Sold: $37 (guitar case)
Average Price Sold: $25.12
Returns: 2
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 40
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(Your numbers can be found here: https://www.ebay.com/sh/performance/sales)

Solid week of sales for us. We’re still trying to change our clothing inventory system so we can make room for a home laundromat. As you guys know, it’s all the mundane details that make any business a success.

We’ve been selling stuff on Facebook Marketplace more and more. Big stuff that we cant easily ship that we scavenge on our daily adventures. Lots of old furniture and wood. Facebook is sooooooooooooo flakey, but its a nice source of cash.

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Our Store Week May 27 – June 3, 2023

Total Items in Store: 9435
Items Sold: 28
Gross Sales: $1,457.10 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $1,041.73 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $12
Cost of helpers: $80
Highest Price Sold: $125 (pair of antique tea cups)
Average Price Sold: $37.20
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 20
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(Your numbers can be found here: https://www.ebay.com/sh/performance/sales)

We had a very busy weekend at our cafe and are just coming up for air. Celebrating two years in business, our cafe was completely mobbed this holiday weekend (which is a good thing). From 8am to 3pm each day, we were just making coffee and food without stopping. Our staff was great, it was exhausting, and also gratifying. Running a business where you meet your customer is so very different than running an eBay business.

As far as eBay goes, sales have been steady for us. Packing has been annoying (which is also a good thing).

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Our Store Week May 21-27, 2023

Total Items in Store: 9429
Items Sold: 33
Gross Sales: $1,438.18 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $1,127.87 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $150
Cost of helpers: $80
Highest Price Sold: $270 (vintage mirror
Average Price Sold: $43.57
Returns: 2
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 40
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(Your numbers can be found here: https://www.ebay.com/sh/performance/sales)

When we first sold on eBay, it was all clothes all the time. When we purchased our home, we renovated an old garage into a 500 square foot climate controlled clothing storage. It felt BIG compared to what we were used to. We built these rolling clothing hangers that also stored shoes. We were psyched. No more digging into piles or fooling with bins.

Over the years as reselling has become popular, clothing became a grind because it’s the gateway drug for anyone new to the scene. We still have a lot of clothes for sale and still scavenge them when we can get high quality for cheap, but our focus is on all the weird stuff we now love to find and sell. Possibility for better profits.

We’re now in the process of taking over half of that 500 square feet room to turn into a huge laundry room for our rental business. We’re currently washing all the towels and linens of three houses (each with three bedrooms) sometimes several times a week. Currently we do it all in our tiny 50 square foot utility room. It’s laundry madness. So we’re going to build a personal laundromat.

We put all our clothes on sale and some sold this week. We may do some culling soon. Evolution.

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Our Store Week May 14-20, 2023

Total Items in Store: 9396
Items Sold: 38
Gross Sales: $1,547.74 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $1,223.49 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $143
Cost of helpers: $80
Highest Price Sold: $125 (vintage cast iron pot)
Average Price Sold: $32.19
Returns: 1
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $50
Number of items listed this week: 0
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(Your numbers can be found here: https://www.ebay.com/sh/performance/sales)

We list stuff. It often sits for months or even years. But it all eventually sells. If we list enough, things sell every day. And if we can get inventory cheap enough, we’ll always make money.

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Our Store Week May 7-13, 2023

Total Items in Store: 9423
Items Sold: 18
Gross Sales: $1,175.30 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $916.81 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $166
Cost of helpers: $80
Highest Price Sold: $110 (vintage movie poster)
Average Price Sold: $50.93
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $50
Number of items listed this week: 30
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(Your numbers can be found here: https://www.ebay.com/sh/performance/sales)

Sold the fewest items during a week in a long time. BUT the items we did sell were for over $50 so our average profit was about the same as most weeks. You just never know.

We’ve been doing a lot of scavenging lately which has been nice. Trying to find places that are overlooked and items that other scavengers don’t want. We like cheap!

We are full steam ahead at our coffee shops and roastery. Please consider ordering some coffee. Our two roaster employees, Izzy and Shane, are ready to roast!

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Our Store Week April 30 – May 6, 2023

Total Items in Store: 9385
Items Sold: 9
Gross Sales: $954.30 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $752.79 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $96
Cost of helpers: $40
Highest Price Sold: $200 (vintage lamp)
Average Price Sold: $83.64
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $40
Number of items listed this week: 40
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(Your numbers can be found here: https://www.ebay.com/sh/performance/sales)