Items Sold on eBay Update!

Greetings!

Sold a quite a few items over the past 2 weeks or so. Here's how we did:

Vintage Lettermans Jacket:
Paid: $3
Listed at: $79.99 or Best Offer
Accepted Best Offer of $44.99 + Shipping!

Vintage Poncho with Thunderbirds
Paid: $4
Listed at: $79.99 or Best Offer
Accepted offer of $50 + Shipping!

Vintage Roadmaster Tricycle
Paid: $5
Listed at: $69.99 or Best Offer
Accepted offer of $60 + Shipping!

Vintage Portable Airmate Headset
Paid: $.75 cents
Listed at $69.99 or Best Offer
Sold for $69.99 + Shipping!

Set of 4 Vintage Homco Plastic Hummingbird wall Decor Items
Paid $2
Listed at $24.99 Buy it Now
Sold for $24.99 + Shipping!

Cast Iron / Metal Lighthouse Candle Holder (candle not included)
Paid: $3
Listed at $34.99 or Best Offer
Sold for $34.99 + Shipping!

Vintage Kodiak Racing Mesh Trucker Hat
Paid: $.75 cents
Listed at $29.99 or Best Offer
Accepted offer of $24 + Shipping!

1990s Michael Jordan Valentines (unopened box)
Paid: $.25 cents
Listed at $24.99
Sold for $24.99 + Shipping!

Vintage Made in England Ibex Suede and Shearling Bomber Jacket
Paid: $3
Listed at $299.99 or Best Offer
Accepted offer of $140 + Shipping!

Vintage Georgia Giant Work Boots
Paid: $3
Listed at $64.99 or Best Offer
Sold for $64.99 + Shipping!

Total Spent: $24.75

Sold For: $538.94

Profit Of: $514.19! (this doesn't include eBay and PayPal fees)

Happy Hunting!

The eBay Freshman

Items Sold on eBay Update!

Greetings!

Sold a few items over the past week/weekend:

Vintage Brunswick Bowling Ball Case

Paid: $4

Listed at $69.99 or Best Offer

Accepted Best Offer of $59.99 + Shipping!

Vintage Smith Corona Typewriter (with case)

Paid: $3

Listed at $69.99 or Best Offer

Accepted Best Offer of $35 + Shipping!

Antique/Vintage Jewish Menorah

Paid $2

Listed at $39.99 or Best Offer

Sold for $39.99 + Shipping!

Guess Brand Suede Women's Jacket (Faux Fur)

Paid $2

Listed at $59.99 or Best Offer

Accepted Best Offer of $35 + Shipping!

Lot of 3 Star Wars Figures

Paid .50 cents

Listed at $19.99

Sold for $19.99 + Shipping!

Vintage Scarf

Paid .50 cents

Listed at $19.99 or Best Offer

Accepted Best Offer of $15 + Shipping!

Vintage Nash Cruiser Roller Skates (with box)

Paid $4

Listed at $49.99 or Best Offer

Sold for $49.99 + Shipping!

1980s/1990s Letterman Jacket

Paid $3

Listed at $79.99 or Best Offer

Accepted Best Offer of $44.99 + Shipping!

Vintage Beige Izod Cardigan Sweater

Paid .50 Cents

Listed at $24.99

Sold for $24.99 + Shipping!

Total Spent: $19.50
Sold For: $309.94
Profit Of: $290.44 (this doesn't include eBay and PayPal fees)

Happy Hunting!

The eBay Freshman

Garage Sale / Thrift Store Finds

Greetings!

Been awhile since I've done an update.  Things are really starting to slow down in my area as far as garage sales go so pickings be mighty slim!  Here's what I've found over the last week:

'Vintage Empire Plastic Santa. Given to me for free at a garage sale.

 Interesting Mug with a revolver that says "The Colt Peacemaker" ... someone out there might want this. Paid .50 cents.

 Vintage Halloween Monster Fangs in the original packaging. .50 cents.

 Finally!  Scored a box scoring tool for .10 cents! This is invaluable for making your own custom sized boxes.

 Vintage Realistic brand radio from the 1970s. Has Patriotic / Revolutionary war theme. Paid $3.

 Vintage Brunswick Bowling Bag. Paid $4.

 Antique / Vintage Metal Plate / wall decor with horse riding / dogs / fox hunting theme. Made in England. Paid $2.

 2 vintage wooden Bosun Boats. Paid $1 for the pair.

Total Spent: $11.10
Estimated Resale Value: Appsox $150 - $200

Happy Hunting!

The eBay Freshman

Items Sold Update!

Greetings!

We have sold a few items recently

Antique Sheets Rock Tea Kettle w/ Burner. 

Paid $5

Listed at $179.99 or best offer

Accepted best offer of $75 + shipping!

Vintage Hunting Scene Lamp

Purchased for $4

Listed at $64.99 or best offer

Sold for $64.99 + shipping!

 

Vintage Magnus Electric Organ

Purchased for $4

Listed at $49.99 or best offer

Sold for $49.99 + shipping!

 

Vintage Steamstress Steam Iron

Purchased for .50 cents

Listed at $29.99 or best offer

Accepted Best Offer of $15 + shipping!

Olive Oil Plush Doll

Purchased for $2

Listed at $14.99

Sold for $14.99 + shipping!

Total Spent: $15.50

Sold for: $219.97

Profit of: $204.47 (this doesn't include eBay and PayPal fees)

Happy Hunting!

The eBay Freshman

Yard Sale Finds 9/21/13

Greetings!

Was out of town this weekend visiting family but was able to swing by a couple of garage sales. Here's what I found:

Two pairs of Wenoka Hyrdo-Lite Scuba Fins. $2.

 Pair of RF Harnett Wood Art Pieces with Civil War art work on them. They were asking $5, gut them for $3. Not sure how these will do.

 Antique 1960s light up pumpkin/Halloween decoration. Paid $2.

 Made in Mexico Metal and Glass candle holder with Moon. Not sure about this thing, picked it up for $1, we'll see.

Vintage Thermos Lunchbox - Metal. Comes with old Thermos. Paid $2. Should do ok on this.

 Definitely my buy of the weekend. Found a bag of antique and vintage holiday decorations (mostly Halloween). Beistle and Co. and others. Ranging from the 1950s - 1980s. Probably around 25 pieces in the bag total. Some in excellent condition, others a little beat up. Paid $3. Vintage Halloween stuff has done well for me so far .. just want to make sure you know the brand and if possible the year. The better condition the more valuable (obviously) but if you are selling them in a lot - which I have done in the past, throwing in a couple of beat up ones will help your #s a little bit and allow you to charge a bit more for the lot.

Total Paid: $13
Hoping to make back around: $120 - $180

Happy Hunting!

The eBay Freshman

It's Not All Rainbows and Butterflies

Greetings!

Just thought I would give a little update on how our store is doing. 

We technically started our store in June 2013 but it definitely wasn't a full month of sales. By the end of June we had spent more than we made on inventory and shipping supplies. Just started hammering out the beginning foundation of our store.  We had a loss that month of around $17 even though we sold $267 worth of items. We had 33 items in our store by the end of June.

In July we had tons of problems with our house (and health) and didn't get much done at all. Again we took a loss by the end of the month but our inventory had grown. We ended up with a loss of around $52 even though we sold $222 worth of inventory. We had 71 items in our store by the end of July.

August was our first full month of working on the store and making decent sales. We walked away with a profit of $318.60. That's after spending $200 on inventory and $129 on eBay fees, and buying a Brother Printer for the store for $129.47. So it was a great month! Sold 19 items for $760. By the end of August we had 174 items listed in our store.

Which brings us to September. We had a great first half of the month, sort of mirroring August. The second half of the month has been surprisingly slow. We've also spent twice as much on inventory this month to try to bulk up for the winter. We have taken out $400 total in September for buying inventory. Our eBay fees this month will be around $190. So far we've sold around $413 worth of items which barely covers our inventory spending money for the month. We still have 10 days to have a blitz of sales but we haven't made a sale since last weekend. Currently we have 265 items in our store.

So it seems like we're climbing up month to month and making more and building our inventory more. So that is good, but I've also started to feel a little bit of doubt about some of the inventory I've been buying. Why is this item and this other item still in my store since June? I think it's cool, but no one else is looking for it I guess? It's times like these that I have to remain patient and just keep on listing. When in doubt - list more stuff! Our goal is to hit 500 items in our store by XMAS this year. We will see if we can do it!

In closing - sometimes it isn't easy selling on eBay. It comes in waves of awesome sales and then nothing. I think the important thing is to just keep going and have a little faith in yourself. Try not to get discouraged if you have an awful week of sales. Just get back out there and find more cool stuff to list!

I wish you good luck out there friends and hope you wish the same for us!

Happy Hunting!

The eBay Freshman

Garage Sale and Thrift Store Finds 9/18/13 - 9/19/13

Greetings!

Grabbed a few items over the past few days. Here's what I snagged:

Metal Marks Deluxe Lamp - Paid $2.

 Jack Daniels Clock in Wooden Box. Paid $2.

 3 old Revolutionary War Prints. Paid $3. Was thinking I could sell the 3 together as a lot, or maybe throw them in frames (I have a few antique frames lying around already - not sure if these will fit or not though.

 Pair of Nocona Cowboy Boots - Paid $5.

 Calendar from 1982 with some nice imagery. Thinking about framing some of these as well. FREE BOX.

 Vintage electric razor/scissors in kit. Looks like it says "fostoria" but I'm not sure. Will have to research. Paid $.25 cents.

 1982 ET Puzzle. Paid $.25 cents.

 Metal Lighthouse Candle Holder that says "Keeper of the light". Paid $1.

 Nautical Popout ship in frame ... Paid $2. Took a risk on this thing, don't know much about it. It's marked 1959 in the corner. Not sure if that is the production date or not yet.

 2 Antique Perfume Pump Atomizers. One has a star pattern, the other is amber glass. $5 for the pair. Might have made a mistake on these.

 Antique Jewelry Box mae od glass and brass. Transparent with little pillow inside. Really cool looking. Paid $2.

Total Spent: $22.50

Estimated Resale Value (if I'm really lucky): $200 - $300

Happy Hunting!

The eBay Freshman