I know....long time, no write! I haven't really had anything too exciting to share. Things have been slowwwww....at least on the selling front. Everyday life is anything but slow! I did have the goal of listing 100 items in August and late last night I finished listing 10 more things to make it to my hundred! Those 100 things were divided between my eBay store and my 2 Etsy shops. I am up to 325 listings on eBay which I'm glad of. I'd really like to get up to 500 as soon as possible. I really do think the yard sales haven't been very good this summer. Last winter I had big plans to get lots of good stuff to sell this summer and it just seems really hard to find anything around here!
So.....here are a few of the better sales I've had of the 46 items I've sold on eBay since the first of July.
Hot rollers always seem to sell for me. Here are 2 sets that sold recently:
Remington Hot Rollers
Paid $2.50 - Sold for $25.00 - Profit $18.78
Windmere Hot Rollers
Free from my daughter - Sold for $27.95 - Profit $21.41
I debated on whether or not to sell this chopper thingy.... my daughter works for a lady that didn't want it anymore and I had it around for quite awhile and finally tried to figure out how to use it. I figured I've been cutting up my own veggies and lettuce for ages and I'd rather have the money that this would bring than to have to figure out a place to store this contraption!
Genius Salad Chopper
Free from friend - Sold for $29.95 - Profit $27.07
This mug was only a quarter so I bought it and looked up the completed listings and realized it probably wasn't going to sell for a whole lot but I did finally give the "jelly roll" method of shipping mugs in a padded priority envelope a try. It must have worked because I haven't heard otherwise! I was really nervous mailing it out that way but I guess it got there okay!
Oklahoma Mug
Paid 25 cents - Sold for $8.95 - Profit $7.15
Lot of Flower Frogs
Paid $4.00 - Sold for $30.00 - Profit $21.40
Nike Shoes
Can't remember if these were given to me or if I bought them!
Sold for $35.00 - Profit $31.14
These Polaroid One Step cameras can go for quite a bit if they are tested. I didn't have any way of testing mine and I only paid a dollar for it so I listed it for $25 and got a best offer of $20 on it within a short time. I also sold a Polaroid Impulse camera after that but it was less money.
Polaroid One Step Camera
Paid $1.00 - Sold for $20.00 - Profit $17.02
I did get a call a couple of weeks ago from someone that had about 200 jars for me! My hubby and I went on a Friday morning to a town about a hundred miles from here and picked them up. Now I'm stocked up on jars for awhile! I actually sold 20 jars the next day so that helped to pay for the new ones!
I've also been selling more buttons this past month because I have been listing more buttons! Funny how that works! I'll never get rich on selling buttons but I love buttons and there's just something about sorting them and getting them ready that is just relaxing to me!
Well, that about wraps it up. Hopefully I will have more good sales to show soon! Thanks for stopping by! ~~Pam
The sales you did show were pretty good. That is a score on the jars. Do you buy them if they have small nicks on the rim? Just curious. Good to see you back!
ReplyDeleteDianne
Hi Dianne! Well, I like to buy them without the knicks but sometimes they do have some rough edges. I have actually been able to sell some even if they have a little bit more chippiness on the rims. I just list them as "shabby" and sell them for less! That way I still make a little on them! ~~Pam
DeleteGood to see a post from you. You're not the only one disappointed with yard sales this summer. I think perhaps more and more people are using Facebook to list their items. Even the pickins at GW are slim lately.
ReplyDeleteLorraine....I know, right? I think that's what's going on too, and even if somebody has a yard sale, they look up their items on eBay and try to get those kinds of prices! The nerve....! :) ~~Pam
DeleteI love to read your posts - great sales. Way to go on the listings! I love buttons too. I love putting them in jars so I can see and enjoy them. But most of them are hidden in all my hoard of vintage. I made some cute bingo cards to use as button cards, intending to sell in my antique mall booth but secretly I think I want to keep all my buttons.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I love my buttons too! I have lots of them in old mason jars. I've seen some neat ideas on Pinterest for displaying buttons...even in old bubble gum machines, which I actually found a small one last week! Already have some buttons in it! Thanks for your comment! ~~Pam
DeleteIt's alright. Those highs and lows will always pop up when you’re selling things. Sometimes you have great sales; sometimes you don't. What matters is that you keep the inventory replenished, so you’ll have a lot of stock for those busy moments. Good day!
ReplyDeletePorter Sommers @ Plumb Marketing
Yes, I agree! Thanks for your comment! ~~Pam
DeleteOur garage sales have been dismal this summer, too. I think more and more people are doing their selling on facebook groups :( Congrats on your sales and your new supply of jars! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Kim! I think you're right about people selling on Facebook. I've been trying that too! ~~Pam
DeleteNice sales, and yay for reaching your listing goal!
ReplyDeleteI am curious how much cleaning the rollers take? Do you only buy them if they look new? I bought a few sets early on, but they give me kind of an ick factor, and they're still sitting neglected in a box somewhere, unlisted. Now at yard sales I just pass them by. (And I also felt like they yard sales around here weren't as good or as plentiful as they have been in years past.)
Hi Kari! Yes, I usually only buy them if they look practically new. I've passed up some icky ones! ~~Pam
DeleteNice score on the jars Pam. I need to go back and re-read some of your older posts to see how much you're willing to pay for them. I was at a garage sale this spring and when I approached, I saw a guy (that had just gotten there before me) taking all the blue jars..they had about 20 of them. Missed it by that much! LOL
ReplyDeleteI love selling the hot rollers too, especially when I find new ones. I have some that I still have to clean.