Weekly Update.....SLOW!

This past week has been very slow for me, at least as far as selling is concerned! I sold 3 items on eBay and 2 in my vintage shop. It's probably my own fault....things have been busy and I haven't had taken the time to photograph or list. I've GOT to get BUSY soon! Still looking forward to yard sales which should be happening soon....we had an 80 degree day the other day! Very nice!

 

30 Cassette Tapes

Paid $5.00 - Sold for $22.95 - Profit $15.60

Vintage Game of Life Game Pieces

Paid ? - Sold for $9.95 - Profit $8.33

GAP Shirt

From my sister - Sold for $9.00 - Profit $8.33

3 Ball Jars

Paid $3.00 - Sold for $21.00 - Profit $19.66

22 Ball Jar Rubbers

Paid ? - Sold for $6.95 - Profit $6.74

 

Well, that's about it! No button sales this week or magazine sales. I'm having a sale on my magazines with a 10% discount for the next few days. I have 73 in my store!

 

Thanks for stopping by! ~~Pam

Since Last Time

Time flies when you're having fun, right? :) It's been almost 3 weeks since I posted......yikes! Sales the first part of March are a lot slower than they were the first part of February. Here are a few of my better sales.....

 

I saw this box of wildlife cards at Goodwill and then walked away but the more I thought about them I thought I should look them up and I'm glad I  did! I would have been walking away from $30 profit if I had left them on the shelf!

 

Wildlife Treasury Cards

Paid $4.88 - Sold for $39.95 - Profit $30.47

 

I found these BIG shoes at Goodwill a few months ago. They are a size 17!!! The white on them was a little bit scruffy but they were in very good condition otherwise.

Nike Size 17 Shoes

Paid $4.38 - Sold for $27.50 - Profit $18.29

When my daughter and I went to an auction a few weeks ago we bought several button collectors cards like this. I figured out that I ended up paying about 14.5 cents for each button which is waaayyy more than I should have but there were some neat buttons! This collection is of pearl buttons. They are very pretty! Since there are 97 buttons on here I figured I spent about $14.00 on these alone so the profit margin isn't as good as I'd like but I did make something!

97 Pearl Buttons on Card

Paid $14.00 - Sold for $34.95 - Profit $16.15

 

Magazines......I figure I've sold 101 magazines so far and my actual profit so far is $693.67 which is $52.78 more than last time I posted!

 

The next few items are things I sold in my Etsy shop:

Robins Egg Blue Enamelware Bucket

Paid $7.50 - Sold for $21.95 - Profit $12.80

100 Old Keys

Free (they were my dads) - Sold for $15.95 - Profit $15.48

10 Sloped Shoulder Ball Quart Jars

Paid $10.00 - Sold for $59.95 - Profit $48.14

6 Sloped Shoulder Ball Quart Jars

Paid $6.00 - Sold for $30.00 - Profit $24.18

 

Soooo.....for February I kept track of how much I listed and how much I sold. My goal was to list 150 items and I listed 140, which is probably closer than I've ever gotten to that goal. What I listed added up to $1995.70. I wanted to really try to list $100/day so this is short by $805 but I'm still happy with what I did. I sold $1432.75 which is probably one of my highest months. That's not profit....just the actual sale. That makes my average sale $16.66 which I definitely want to get higher. When yard sales start I'm hoping to find lots of stuff that will bring higher prices. From reading others blogs I am learning what to look for so I'm sure that will help a lot! I'm starting off really slow so far in March...probably because I'm not getting as much listed yet. I need to pick up the pace!

 

Thanks so much for stopping by! ~~Pam

This Weeks Update

I hope everyone is staying nice and warm! It's been freezing here the past few days! I just wanted to do an update since my last post. I have had 21 sales this past week! These Born shoes were the highest profit of the eBay sales.

 

Born Mary Jane Shoes

Paid $8.88 - Sold for $27.50 - Profit $16.68

 

For jar sales I had an order for 10 of these half gallon jars with a profit of $72.15 on those. I ended up selling 28 jars total this past week for a total profit on them of $190.60!

 

 

Next up are my button sales! I sold this lot of button cards for $22.50. I sold these plus 8 other sets of buttons for a total profit of $50.69. My total button sales for February so far is $81.00. I've really been trying to list more buttons this month. Speaking of buttons, my daughter and I went to an auction the other night that probably had as least 50 feet of tables full of buttons! I will do another post on the ones I bought.....didn't get nearly what I would have liked....there were too many rich button fanatics there apparently!

 

On with the magazines! I sold 3 this past week bringing my magazine profits up to $640.89! I have definitely figured out that the sporting magazines like "Hunting and Fishing" sell better than say the "Farming" magazines. I wish I had more of these but I only have a few left. I do have LOTS of the Farming ones so hopefully there is a collector out there somewhere! I did have a guy recently buy some magazines from me and I checked his store and he sells the advertisements from the magazines! He has thousands of them in his store and it looks like he does pretty good! Maybe I should take that up instead of selling the whole magazine!

 

 

So, those are the highlights from the past 9 days. Here's the breakdown since Feb. 11th:

Items Sold - 21

Total Gross sales - $437.95

Cost of inventory sold - $44.27

Total profit after fees and packing supplies - $346.12

Average price sold - $20.85 per order

New inventory bought - $112.68 ($60.50 for buttons...yikes! )

New items listed so far - 102.....I might actually make my goal this month!!!!

 

I need to try really hard to get my profit up to at least $500/week. Those numbers above are for 9 days so actually that would figure out at about  $269/week average. Gotta work harder!

 

Thanks for stopping by! ~~Pam

Cushie Elmo

This BIG Cushie Elmo measuring 27 inches long was my one sale from yesterday. I found him at a yard sale last fall for 50 cents. I looked him up on eBay and there weren't any listed! I googled him....didn't seem to be any anywhere! I was excited! I think I started him out at $59.95 but it might have been higher...I don't remember for sure. He sat, and sat, and....I lowered the price...and he still sat....I've had him listed at $24.95 for quite a while. He sold last night. Now here's probably a good reason to just sit tight and not worry about lowering your prices....the nice lady left me this message...."You have saved me! Couldn't find this anywhere and my 4 year old sleeps with it every night." I don't know if something happened to the one she had or if she just needed to replace it because it was getting tattered but someone like that might have been willing to pay the higher price when she was looking and couldn't find another one! Anyway, I'm glad I had it for her and I hope they like it. I guess selling something I bought for 50 cents at a price of $24.95 isn't too bad!

 

Today I had errands to run, people to talk to, supper to cook and laundry to do...I listed one thing! A  magazine for $8.95...whoopee! I did sell 2 sets of buttons but I haven't even got them packaged up yet. It's 12:34 a.m. and I'm heading to bed! Thanks for stopping by! ~~Pam

 

Busy, Busy!

I've had a busy few days since I last posted! I've had 17 sales in 4 days!! I think that might be a record for me! I have really been trying to list lots. I've taken tons of pictures and almost need to take a ton more!

 

Here's what I've done since Friday:

 

Friday - listed 3 items totaling $21.95

              sold 5 items totaling $102.90

 

Saturday - listed 2 items totaling $9.75 (buttons)

                 sold 3 items totaling $28.00

 

Sunday - listed 3 items totaling $75.40

               sold 6 items totaling $102.60

 

Monday - listed 7 items totaling $121.85

                sold 2 items totaling $30.90

 

Today I listed $97.40 and have only sold one thing for $25.95 (so far)

 

I have listed $855.40 worth of stuff so far this month so for 10 days that's an average of $85.54/day so not too far off from my $100/day goal! I'll have to try harder though! Here's what sold:



 

2 Enamelware Refridgerator Dishes

Paid $1.00 - Sold for $15.95 - Profit $14.10

Nike Womens Shoes

Paid $1.00 - Sold for $15.95 - Profit $12.88

2 Hunting and Fishing Magazines

Paid 24 cents - Sold for $19.00 - Profit $15.99

Haeger Oval Planter

Paid 50 cents - Sold for $10.00 - Profit $7.30

2 Country Gentleman Magazines

Paid 24 cents - Sold for $18.00 - Profit $13.11

 

I just LOVE selling shoes! This was a nice big pair and a pretty good profit too! I can't wait till yard sales start up because I will definitely be on the lookout for shoes this year!

Nike Air Max Ken Griffey Shoes Size 13

Paid $4.88 - Sold for $45.00 - Profit $33.84

Pampered Chef Mini Cookie Cutters

Paid $1.00 - Sold for $7.95 - Profit $5.80

 

My total profits on the old magazines is up to $617.82!!! I bought about 300 old magazines in May of 2014 and paid $36.00. I've sold 89 magazines so far so that figures out at a profit of $6.94 each which doesn't seem like a lot but it does add up! Still have lots of magazines listed and lots to list too!

Hunting and Fishing Magazine

Paid 12 cents - Sold for $9.50 - Profit $7.94

Boyd Mason Jar

Paid $1.00 - Sold for $12.95 - Profit $9.38

176 Bingo Numbers and Markers

Paid 25 cents - Sold for $17.95 - Profit $15.40

9 Mini Angel Food Pans

Paid $1.00 - Sold for $12.95 - Profit $10.08

7 Ball Quart Jars

Paid $7.00 - Sold for $52.00 - Profit $45.50

Avon Eiffel Tower

Paid 10 cents - Sold for $9.95 - Profit $10.33

Ball Jar with #13 on Bottom

Paid $1.00 - Sold for $15.00 - Profit $

8 Pink Buttons

Paid 25 cents - Sold for $2.25 - Profit $1.36

 

Well, it's really late and that's about it for now! Thanks so much for stopping by! ~~Pam

Thursdays Sales

I sold a few things today. Nothing really big but every little bit helps!

 

Air Jordan Size 3XL Mens Shirt

Paid $2.00 - Sold for $19.95 - Profit $13.97

Vintage Hunting and Fishing Magazine

Paid 12 cents - Sold for $9.00 - Profit $7.35

2 Sets of Buttons

Paid 50 cents - Sold for $7.90 - Profit $7.17

2 Clear Half Pint Jars

Paid $2.00 - Sold for $13.00 - Profit $13.27

 

I didn't get as much listed as I hoped....I listed 6 items...1 on eBay, 3 on DownVintageLane and 2 on ButtonCrazy. I sold 5 things as shown totaling $49.85 so not a big day but I guess if I sold that every day it would be almost $350 week which I would gladly take right now! My goal is to sell at least $100/day. I can't wait till yard sales start up but that's practically 2 months away! I have noticed that since I've been listing more the past few days I've been selling more so I just need to keep at it! I really would like to get at least 3-5 sets of buttons listed every day so that they will start selling. I have 108 sets of buttons in my Etsy shop right now but I have SO MANY buttons that I could be listing. They aren't a really big ticket price but they're still sitting around here just waiting to be sold so I might as well try to sell them!

 

Thanks for stopping by! ~~Pam

Wednesday Update

I kept really busy today...lots of this and that and I also took tons of pictures! I think that is my least favorite part of this selling business and I've heard lots of sellers feel the same way! But, I guess it's got to be done! I took pictures of 23 items. I listed 10 of them tonight! I had a pretty good day as far as how many items I sold but they weren't very high dollar items....total sales was $75.85 for 7 things!

 

My sister Naomi loves to go thrifting and she's been finding things that she thinks I might be able to sell and bringing them to me when she comes for a visit. I actually got lots of those items photographed today and I also sold 3 things that she gave me. This next dress is a maternity dress she found. I should have pinned the front before I took the pictures but it sold after just being listed a couple of days!

Liz Lange Maternity Dress

From Naomi (my sister) - Sold for $10.95 - Profit - $9.45

 

These shoe stretchers came with the mens Florsheim shoes that she gave me that I sold a couple of weeks ago. I realized after I sold them that I must have accidently clicked on "free shipping" ... I could just kick myself! I don't think I actually clicked it....I sometimes use someone else's listing to "sell similar" and then I forget to unclick their free shipping. It's happened to me a couple of times here lately...got to be more careful about that!

Vintage Shoe Stretchers

From Noami - Sold for $15.00 - Profit - $7.16

 

And here's one of the many mens shirts she brought to me. Thank you Naomi for all the things you've brought for me to sell.....it helps so much!

Cabela's Mens Sweatshirt

From Naomi -Sold for $12.00 - Profit $9.35

 

My youngest sister had been looking through my vintage shop and spied these next 2 items and she wanted them for her new kitchen décor...she's going for a partly country/cottage look. She's very talented if you'd like to take a look!

 

Cute Chick

Gift to sell from one of my sisters - Sold for $10.00 - Profit $10.00

Vintage Gold Egg Plate

Paid $1.00 - Sold for $10.00 - Profit $9.00

 

Tigger Rattle/Lovey

Paid 50 cents - Sold for $8.95 - Profit $9.08

This Tigger is going to Canada and I actually made a little on the shipping.

 

Nike Team Baby Outfit

Paid 50 cents - Sold for $8.95 - Profit $7.03

 

Well, that's about it. I did list 10 things today for a total of $123.75.

 

Thanks for stopping by! ~~Pam