Wednesday Update

Today is a typical Iowa summer day...hot and humid...only it's not really summer yet! It's only suppose to last a couple of days and then be back in the 70's where I like it! I got to go out to lunch with my mom today. We ate at Applebee's. I tried the Margarita Queso Chicken and Shrimp....dee-licious!

 

50 Gold Buttons

Paid 25 cents - Sold for $4.95 - Profit $4.11

40 Creamy Pearl Shank Buttons

Paid 25 cents - Sold for $5.00

10 Pearl Buttons

Paid 25 cents - Sold for $4.50

Profit for both sets of pearl buttons - $8.02

 

My youngest sister found me a few jars the other day. They cost me $2.00 each but they came with the zinc lid on them so I can still sell the lids separately for $1.00 each. I counted these 8  jars as costing me the $16 now though so the lids will be free and clear. She also got me 2 half gallon jars for $2.00 each with lids so I have them for sale also.

8 Blue Ball Quart Jars

Paid $16 - Sold for $59.50 - Profit $39.20

Ralph Lauren Mens Polo Shirt

Paid $2.00 - Sold for $22 with f/s - Profit $11.51

Avon Faithful Laddie Mens Wild Country Cologne

Paid 10 cents - Sold for $7.50 - Profit $6.76

 

Selling this Avon piece brings my profit on Avon up to a little over $130 on all the Avon I bought last fall.

 

I went to the eye doctor yesterday and the girl that checked me in was updating my information. Apparently last time I had told them that I was self-employed so she asked me if I still was and she asked what I did so I told her I sell on Ebay and Etsy. She said, "So you get to stay home and work? How neat!" I'm pretty sure she thought what a lot of people think...that working from home is the life of luxury! I am glad that I can do this from home though. I like to be home! I like to be with my kids. So glad I can do it! I just really need to focus on getting my store up to 500 or 1000 items! I just keep hovering around 100. Gotta focus!

 

Thanks for stopping by! ~~Pam

Avon Calling

Last October I bought about 40 different vintage Avon decanters for 10 cents each. I knew that old Avon sells slow but for 10 cents each I almost couldn't pass it up! Since then I have made a profit of $124 on what I've sold! I still have quite a few pieces left...I even have some left to list. It's not a ton of money, and each sale is usually a small profit of $5-$10 but as usual, every little nickel and dime adds up! These are my sales for the past couple of days:

 

Avon Somewhere Cologne

Paid 10 cents - Sold for $10.00 - Profit $7.90

 

This next item is an old folder from J & K Button Company here in Muscatine, Iowa. I guess they were sample buttons that companies could order from. I probably got it at a yard sale a couple of years ago and had it put away and forgot about it till this year. I thought it was neat and maybe would sell to some kind of button collector. I started it at $10 and got one bid. Guess it wasn't as neat to other people!

Sample Button Folder

Paid ? - Sold for $10.00 - Profit $7.61

These next 2 items are part of a 5 piece set that my 16 yr. old daughter spotted at a sale. They had $10 on the set and she asked them if they'd take $5 and they did! She's a good haggler!

Short Flatbed Car w/ Caterpillar Bull-Dozer

Paid $1.00 - Sold for $7.50 - Profit $6.25

Cen-Pe-Co Train Car

Paid $1.00 - Sold for $10.00 - Profit $8.01

 

I went to Goodwill this afternoon and got a couple of plush items and 2 sets of VHS tapes....a 3 tape set of Star Wars and a 5 tape set of Lucy....hopefully they will sell!

 

Thanks for stopping by! ~~Pam

I'm Still Here

Hello! I'm sorry I've been waaay lax about posting for like 3 weeks now.....we went away for a weekend and then life just gets busy and then I don't feel like I have anything thrilling to post and then the days just get away from me!!! I don't have much time right now either but here are just a few things I sold on Ebay these past weeks:

 

I've had these button cards sitting around for probably two or three years in a box and was sorting through some buttons and "found" them so figured I should just get them listed! I don't remember where I got them or how much for sure I paid for them. They are probably from several different places.



35 Cards of Pearl Buttons

Paid $3.00? - Sold for $29.50 - Profit $19.07

 

 

This is a talking Barney that I got ages ago when my kids were littler. I had to save my points up from packages of Luv's diapers to get this. He came with a computer disc and everything but I didn't have that part to put with him.

 

Talking and Singing Barney

Paid - FREE - Sold for $27.95 - Profit $25.40

 

My sister Naomi gave me some things to sell and these Cottage Living magazines were some of them. I looked them up on Ebay and it seemed like $15.00 for 12 was a good average to start with so I put them up for "Buy it Now" and they sold fairly quickly! Thank you Naomi!

Cottage Living Magazines

Paid - Free! - Sold for $15.00 - Profit $12.58

 

These Taste of Home magazines are magazines I've had sitting in my cookbook cupboard for years. I used to love looking through them but now with the internet and Pinterest I like looking online more so I freed up a little cupboard space! They took awhile to sell...I think because the shipping seems so high since they can't be sent by Media mail because of the advertising.

33 Taste of Home Magazines

Sold for $12.00 - Profit $10.11

 

Here are 4 Boyd's Mason jars that I got with my last jar haul. They are unique and different than the usual blue Ball jars I sell. I originally had them for $50 with best offer. Someone offered me $40 so I took it!

4 Boyd Mason Jars

Paid $4.00 - Sold for $40.00 - Profit $29.75

 

This next jar is a wide-mouth blue Ball Special jar. I've only had a few of these come through with all of the jars that I've gotten over the past few years. I put it up for $25.00 and got a couple of different offers. I finally took an offer of $20.00.

 

Blue Ball Special Wide-Mouth Jar

Paid $1.00 - Sold for $20.00 - Profit $16.24

 

My 3 youngest kiddo's and I went garage sale-ing last week in a small nearby town. It was fun although I really didn't find a whole lot of treasures. Then yesterday my Hubby and I went to a few but the day was cut short because of a doctors appt. that he had to go to. I'm feeling kinda disappointed because I've been really wanting to get some new inventory to try to up my listings and I just haven't found anything great yet! Hopefully next weekend will be better! I really need to get some more jars. I've sold most of the 120 jars that I got awhile back! My profit so far is at least $640!

 

Well, I need to get to bed. I will try to update more often. Thanks so much for stopping by! ~~Pam 

Friday Update!

I just sold the last of hubby's work pants from his old job. There were 7 new pair that he had never worn yet and he was going to take them to Goodwill. I thought 'why not try to sell them?' so I did! Total profit for all 7 pair was $71.22! Not too bad for something that didn't cost us anything and for something that he was going to just give away!

 

2 Pair Bulwark Protective Work Pants

FREE from Hubby's old work place - Sold for $27.95 - Profit $24.12

Friday's Facts

I've been trying to get more listed this past week...working on getting some buttons listed in my button shop. Haven't sold any yet this week though! In fact it's been 4 days since I sold anything! Anybody need some jars? :)

 

Since my last post I sold 14 more of the 120 jars that I got a couple of weeks ago. Profit on the  120 jars so far is $323.05! Two of the sets below are jars from another time and I didn't include them in this total.

 

10 Blue Ball Quart Jars

Paid $10.00 - Sold for $70.00 - Profit $54.07

5 Atlas Quart Jars

Paid $5.00 - Sold for $32.50 - Profit $21.46

3 Ball Jars

Paid $3.00 - Sold for 29.95 - Profit $25.05

4 Blue Ball Half Gallon Jars

Paid $4.00 - Sold for $38.50 - Profit $32.64

 

Mens Pierre Cardin Beer Bottle Shirt Size 3XL

Paid $1.69 - Sold for $12.95 - Profit $8.93

Pyrex 1 Qt. Divided Dish

Gift from my daughter Autumn to sell - Sold for $10.00 - Profit $5.01

Vintage Fisher Price Milk Jugs

Paid 50 cents - Sold for $10.00 - Profit $10.23

This one went to Canada and I charge a $2.00 handling fee on international orders so I guess I got a little extra on that one.

 



 

I was going to get up and go to some sales in the big town about  25 miles from us but there are only a few sales advertised and some of those started yesterday so I don't feel like I can justify the gas to go there. There probably are a few that aren't advertised and I'm really itching to get to some sales but then I think I should just stay home and work on our taxes and maybe work on listing some of the junk stuff that I still need to list before I accumulate more junk stuff!!! There is one sale in our town today so maybe I'll venture out in a while and go to Goodwill too.

 

Thanks for stopping by! ~~Pam

 



More Sales!

Sold a few more things the past couple of days! I sold a blue half gallon jar that has the #13 on the bottom for $35.00!!! The profit on my 120 jars I bought last week is up to $236.34. I also just sold 10 quart jars today for $70 that I don't have figured in yet! I love my blue jars! I have another #13 half gallon that I just listed on Ebay so hopefully that sells soon too!

 

Sam I Am Plush

Paid 88 cents - Sold for $10.95 - Profit $7.65

Vanity Mirror

Paid $2.38 - Sold for $14.95 - Profit $9.16

Vintage Office Stamps

These came with the office stamp holder that I sold the other day so I'm calling these "Free"

Sold for $10.00 - Profit 6.98

Total profit on the holder and stamps was $43.43!

Homer Laughlin Fancy Small Bowls

Paid $1.60 - Sold for $12.95 - Profit $8.19

Sold both sets of these black pearl buttons to one lady

Paid 50 cents - Sold for $8.50 - Profit $7.82

 

Blue Ball Half Gallon #13 Jar

Paid $1.00 - Sold for $35.00 - Profit $29.07

Anne of Green Gables Audio Cassettes

Paid 76 cents - Sold for $6.50 - Profit $3.00

 

Thanks for stopping by! ~~Pam

 

Got the Jars!

Well, I got my jars....120 of them! When the lady first called she thought she might have 50...then when I called her back the day I was supposed to get them she thought she had around 100....then when we went to pick them up she had 120 total! Good thing I had exactly $120 with me! She had mostly half gallon size which usually doesn't sell as fast but I do sell them for $9 or $10 so that's good! I actually sold  5 half gallons within a day or so and made a profit of $44.30 and then I got an order for 20 half gallons! I just shipped them out yesterday and made a profit of $162.97!!! It sure helps and at least I got our $120 back quickly! I figured that I could probably sell all of the jars for a total of around $1000....my profit would probably be around $800 after figuring the cost of the jars and fees. Not too shabby! Now I just gotta hope they sell soon....we could really use the $800!

 



 

I sold this office stamp holder within a few days of listing it. I had put $69.95 or Best Offer on it as it was the only one like it on EBay. I got an offer of $50 and I took it because I didn't want to take a chance that they wouldn't make another offer! I made a profit of $36.45 so not too bad!

 

Vintage Office Stamp Holder

Paid $7.50 - Sold for $50.00 - Profit $36.45

 

Hot Rollers

Gift from my sister Naomi to sell - Sold for $29.95

Cookbook

Gift from Naomi to sell - Sold for $21 f/s - Profit $13.12

24 Boxcar Children Books

Gift from my daughter Autumn to sell - Sold for $24.00 f/s - Profit $14.92

Replacement Lid for Enamelware Pan

Free with other enamelware I got - Sold for $8.50 - Profit $7.28

Homer Laughlin Dinner Plates

Paid $1.70 - Sold for $15.00 - Profit $11.80

 

3 Vintage Embroidered Table Runners

Paid $1.50 - Sold for $15.00 - Profit $12.14

 

47 Old Keys

Paid 50 cents - Sold for $6.00 - Profit 4.71

56 Vintage Spoons

Paid $2.50 - Sold for $46.95 - Profit $40.66

Vintage Egg Beater

Paid $2.00 - Sold for $7.50 - Profit $5.16

Shabby Kitchen Utensils

Gift from my sister Naomi - Sold for $12.00 - Profit $9.75

2 sets of Jars

Paid $7.00 - Sold for $46.45 - Profit $33.39

3 Milk Glass Vases

Paid $3.00 - Sold for $18.00 - Profit $15.94

Embroidered Doily

Paid 50 cents - Sold for 42.25 - Profit 96 cents

 

That's about it for now...I have to take my 8 yr. old to the dentist this afternoon. She has 4 cavities...yikes! I hope she can handle it! I hope I can handle it! Thanks for stopping by! ~~Pam