Recent sales

Well I am once again doing my master board so I don't have much time to write these days.  I am just going to do a quick snapshot of some of my recent sales.

My seller's guide


http://cgi.ebay.com/BASIC-EBAY-SELLING-ADVICE-POWER-SELLER-HELP-GUIDE-/140549562602?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20b96820ea

Sold: 10.00  I sold my first sellers guide and it was a complete success.

I did ended up going way over the 30 minute session because I was having fun and I wanted a make sure I received a positive feedback.

I checked up on my customer's listings a couple days later and she had already sold one of the items we had talked about how cool is that!?


Sega dreamcast lot

http://cgi.ebay.com/Lot-Sega-Dreamcast-Evolution-2-sonic-lightblaster-/140565532636?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20ba5bcfdc#ht_1442wt_1118

Paid:  5.00  Sold: 60.00 - shipping   People love lots.

Vintage Farberware skillet


http://cgi.ebay.com/Farberware-USA-camping-electric-skillet-fry-pan-344A-12-/140567786655?pt=Small_Kitchen_Appliances_US&hash=item20ba7e349f#ht_1178wt_1118

Paid:5.00  Sold: 49.00 - shipping.  Vintage farberware stainless steel made in the usa = win.

Vintage burwood peacock wall hanging


http://cgi.ebay.com/Vtg-Hollywood-Regency-peacock-wall-plaque-parlour-den-/140567022272?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20ba728ac0#ht_1416wt_1118


Paid: 7.00 Sold: 125.00 - shipping.  Peacocks are hot so I knew this one would sell.  It was a fun sell but at almost 4 ft in diameter it wasn't so much fun to ship.

Hollywood Regency faux bamboo pincushion

http://cgi.ebay.com/vtg-hollywood-regency-faux-bamboo-sewing-pin-cushion-/140535986215?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20b898f827#ht_500wt_1133

Paid: 0.95  Sold:  49.99    I had no idea how to price this so I just made up my own price and it sold :).

Dorothy Thorpe roly poly cocktail glasses

http://cgi.ebay.com/Lot-Regency-Dorothy-Thorpe-madmen-roly-poly-glasses-/130536385211?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e64932abb#ht_1458wt_1118

Paid: 0.45 x 6   Sold:  159.99  This is the first set of gold rim dorothy thorpe I have found, and I am glad I found them.

Well thats all for now.   I hope these sales will motivate you to get out there and find those treasures!.

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Olivia11dancer's wish list

Over the past few months Olivia11dancer has been sending me links to listings that are on her "wish list"   I was cleaning out my inbox and realized that there are quite a few of them so I decided to recreate the list on the blog for all the hunters out there.   You can find the link at the top of the blog, or you can click the link below.

Olivia11dancer's wish list

Summer sales

Now that we are getting into the summer season I have noticed an interesting change in my biggest day for sales.  For the past 8 months my biggest sale days were on Sundays but for the past month or so I seem to be selling much more on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.  I am going to have to assume that it is because more people are getting out and enjoying the weekends.  I expected May to be a slow month and it turned out $3888 in sales.  June is turning out to be a bit slower, but the sales are still coming in.

Today alone I sold...

Siamese cat gravel art      Paid $0.95  Sold: $39.99      I really need to start buying more cat items, I have sold every piece I have ever found and for a nice profit to boot.

Hollywood Regency faux bamboo Trivet   Paid $2.00  Sold: $20.00   Nothing too spectacular, I am just glad it sold lol.

Crombie style skinhead coat  Paid:$12.99  Sold: $89.99   I sold this jacket to a gentleman in the UK.  I knew there was something up with this coat when it said crombie on the inside.   I did some research which lead me to the keywords I used to list this coat.  I originally listed the coat much much higher to see if I could get a bite, but ended up bringing it down after a couple months and got the offer of $89.99 which I happily took.   Its a cool coat so I hope he enjoys it.

Lucite space age lamp  Paid $3.00  Sold:$18.00   I had this lamp listed for much higher, but ended up breaking down and taking the $18.00 offer.  I am not going to lie, sometimes it just makes me feel good to sell something, even if its not that much profit.     

Hollywood Regency Faux bamboo tissue set  Paid $6.00 Sold:  $79.99  This set took a little while to sell, and I had a couple of lower offers which I almost took, but I am glad I didn't.  I really liked the detail on the faux bamboo which is what made me price this set at $79.99

Broken Xbox lot   Paid $30 Sold:  $95.00 - shipping.  This is a success and failure at the same time.  I figured out that broken video game systems have been selling pretty well.  Why are they selling you ask?  I am going to assume they are fixing them to resell.  I made the mistake of listing them with free shipping.  ( 30lbs )  Of course someone bought them in FLORIDA.   I still made about $20.00 in profit but that is below my 100% profit rule!   On the other hand this is a big success because I have been purchasing these system piece by piece whenever I come across them and so far I have found 4 full up working systems and the 3 broken ones which will sell for much more.

Well folks that's all I am going to talk about for now.  I am currently generating a list of items that have the following details.

#1 Items that I am always looking for.

#2 Where to find these items.

#2 How much I am willing to pay for these items.

#3 Quality control checks for these items.  

#4 Keywords to use for these items.

#5 Websites for research

#6 How to price the items.

I am considering selling this list on ebay for a couple bucks, but I need a few people to review the list and give me an idea about how much they would be willing to pay for such a list.  If you are interested let me know.

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