A Pretty Good Day!

Today I sold 4 items in my Ebay store and 2 items in my Etsy shop! I also washed lots of jars and got them into different lots and took lots of pictures! I now have 11 different sets of jars just waiting to be listed! I guess I did already list 2 different things on Ebay. Here they are:

Square Ball Pint Jar

4 Half Pint Atlas Jars

 

I listed them both on 3-day auctions. I hope they sell that soon! The rest of the jars I will probably list in my DownVintageLane shop.

 

Here's what I sold today!

 

 Sold both of these sets of tea towels for $17.45. I paid $3.50 for them.

 

 Boys NIKE Jacket Paid $1.00 Sold for $8.95

 

An old scale my Dad had - free - Sold for $15.00

 

2 Square Ball Jars - Paid $2.00 Sold for $26.00



Buzz Light Year and Friend with lots of pieces - Not sure what I paid for this as it's been awhile.

Sold for only $8.95....was hoping for more!

 

So there you have it. Wish I could do that well everyday! I should have gotten busy packing them up right away....now I have to do it in the morning! Never enough time!

 

Thanks for stopping by! ~~Pam

An Expensive Mistake!

I sold these tapes tonight! Started them at auction for $10.00 and that's what they sold for. I just had them in a cupboard for ages gathering dust so I was glad to sell them! Trouble is, I must have made a mistake when listing them and hit "free shipping" and didn't realize it! So shipping to New York cost me $7.48!! Fees were $1.19 and the padded mailer was 40 cents! I made a whopping 93 cents on the deal! Now that was worth it....(rolls my eyes). I have noticed that sometimes when I change my shipping when I'm listing that it will go back to what it was before and I have to change it again....does this happen to anybody else? I'm going to have to be more watchful....don't want this to happen again! At least it wasn't on something that might have cost $20 or more to ship! Yikes!

Have a good day! ~~Pam

Selling Summer Clothes?

Well, the mirror I showed the other day sold tonight! I put it on a 3 day auction and started it at $12.50.....it went up to $31.00!!! I wasn't expecting that at all. Now the other 2 that I have sold that look similar to this one sold for $9.95 and $12.00 but if I remember right I just put them up for Buy it Now. I guess I need to rethink auctions!

And who says you can't sell shorts in the winter? I had lowered the price on these and re-listed them a couple of days ago. I sold them for $7.95. I paid $1.00 for them. Glad I won't have to hold onto them till next summer! I guess you really can sell about anything on Ebay...sometimes you just have to be patient!

Thanks for stopping by! ~~Pam

Two Sales Today

 

Today I got to hear my "ca-ching" sound twice! I paid 50 cents for this sewing box and all of the supplies in it. I started it at auction for $10 and was hoping to get at least $15. It sold for $10.00.

This set of Disney encyclopedias went for $25.00. I paid $8.74 for them. At first I paid $1.00 for them at a yard sale and I thought it was a complete set. Then I realized it was missing one.....so I found that one on Ebay and paid $7.74 for it so that I could hopefully get more for my set! Well then after I received that book I realized that I was still missing another book! How could I have missed that? Instead of sinking more money into them I decided to just sell them as is. If I would have had the complete set I probably could have gotten anywhere from $30 - $50 for them. Maybe next time...!

Tomorrow I am shooting for listing 10 items. I'll let you know how it goes! ~~Pam

Does This Scare Anybody Else?

When I opened my Ebay this morning this is what I saw....I had a message! Now you wouldn't think that would put a fear into me but it does! What's the message going to say? Is it going to be good...or bad? Most of the time it's good but I did have a case opened against me a couple of weeks ago so then that scares me....the case turned out well...it was an international order and she did finally receive her package. Or I have had someone say that something broke or whatever. I guess I've only had a handful of "bad" messages but it still kinda scares me to open up the message to begin with! Does anybody else feel this way? The message this morning just ended up being about some coupon that I could use. Scared me for nothing!

No sales today. I really need to get more listed but just can't seem to find the time the past few days. Hopefully Monday I can get busy!

Have a great day! ~~Pam

Today's Finds

Paid $6.38

Paid $3.38

 

Well, I actually got out of the house today! Went to Goodwill and found these 2 items. I've had pretty good success selling the vanity mirrors. I think I've sold 3 in the past couple of months. Not a huge money maker but like I said...every little bit helps!  The Yankee Candle cost me more than I wanted to pay but I figure I can probably still make at least $10 clear on it. This scent is apparently discontinued as I tried to find it on their website and it wasn't there. This candle is used but only about an inch of it is gone. I sold a Yankee Candle "Lily of the Valley" scent a couple of months ago for $17.50! The thing is I only had to pay 50 cents for it at a yard sale so I ended up making $13.42 profit on that one! I started this one at $21.95 with a 3 day auction. We'll see what happens. I'm kinda hopeful because this one sold for a pretty good price! It was new but mine is almost new!

 

I was reading Adley's blog and his interview with Tiffany Nabors. She said she "starts everything off with a 3 day auction" and she says it increases the sales in her store. I think I'm going to try that tactic for awhile and see what happens.

 

Thanks for stopping by! ~~Pam

Todays Sale

I found this nice new in the box remote control caddy at a sale a couple of weeks ago for $1.00 Sold it today for $10.95 plus shipping. Take home pay after fees and everything is $8.06. Not a ton but I guess "a nickel here and a dime there" all adds up!

I'm lovin' reading all the "ebay" blogs I'm finding! It gives me incentive to look for new things and try harder. The hardest thing for me seems to be listing. I'm just not crazy about it at all! I love when I sell stuff though so I guess I can't do one without the other! I just find it hard to keep up with everything around here and get time to do the Ebay thing. We still have 5 kids at home so it gets hectic around here! I'm hoping my hubby finds a job really soon so that I don't feel so much stress about trying to sell more! Anyway, I'm listing some of the blogs that I love to read over on the sidebar. If you have one or know of one that I don't have on the list let me know...I'd love to check it out!

Have a great day! ~~Pam