Finally finished with my master board

Well after 45 grueling days of studying from 6 am to 12 pm almost 7 days a week I am happy to report that I am finally passed my board and have received my title as a Master Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician.   YAY!

What this really means is that everyone will finally leave me alone and I can get back to hunting and selling my stuff on ebay!

With that being said my wife has been pretty busy shipping all of the items I have sold in the past 45 days.

Here are just a few of the items I have sold recently.

Choose your own adventure books

Paid: $0.25 each  Sold: $56.99  - shipping  I have just been buying these books when I come across them and finally was able to get a lot of 16 together.

Diamond Syroco wall plaques

Paid:  $5.00  Sold:  $56.99 - shipping

Syroco wall plaques are still some of my best performing items.

Charlie Brown Cyclopedia

Paid: $15.00  Sold:  $59.99 - shipping

I always go dig around in the book sections looking for complete sets or near complete sets then look them up to see if they are selling.  If I find a near complete set I will buy them and wait until I can piece the whole set together.

ERTL pay hauler 350 parts

Paid: $4.00 Sold:  $39.99

At first when I bought this model I thought it was complete until I realized it was missing the wheels.  I know that's a hard one to overlook lol.  Anyways I changed the listing to parts only and it still sold for $39.99.

Vintage Asian temple gravel art

Paid:  $4.00  Sold:  69.99 - shipping.

Rock gravel art can be very desirable if you find the right kind.  I knew I could sell these two pieces because they were Asian and I could market them as Hollywood Regency.

Pendleton Rockabilly wool coat

Paid: $9.99 Sold:  $59.99 - Shipping.

Its Pendleton and Pendleton rocks!

I get an odd satisfaction when I am able to sell coats and jackets in the summer.  :)

World of Warcraft Collectors edition boxes

Paid: $2.00  Sold:  $99.99

I paid $138.00 for about 36 video games and these 3 boxes, and these 3 boxes alone sold for $99 which surprised me a little since they don't even have the games and are not complete.

And yes I did get a positive feedback for them.

Hollywood Regency faux bamboo pin cushion

Paid: $0.75  Sold:  $49.99

I picked up this little pin cushion because its faux bamboo and obviously vintage.  I was a little bit surprised that it actually sold for $49.99 but I am not complaining :)

Well that's all for now, I can't give out all of my sales in one session or I won't have anything to write about.

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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

The easiest cheapest way to ship clothing items through the mail.

 

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The easiest way & cheapest way to ship clothing such as shirts, pants, jackets & coats in the mail.

While I was packing up this vintage woolrich shirt, bound to South Korea, I snapped some pictures to show you the easiest way to ship clothing.

How not to ship clothing.

I use to ship my clothing in boxes. However, after a few months of I realized quickly that shipping clothing in boxes through the postal service is not the way to do it. 

I spoke with a fellow seller and had mentioned I was starting to sell quite a few pieces of clothing.   She said the easiest & cheapest way to ship clothing through the mail is to use poly pro mailers.   Man was she RIGHT.     

Click here for the cheapest mailers on ebay!

As you can see, I use these shipping bags myself because they are very cost effective. If you are shipping clothing, using these bags is probably the best way to go. They will save you a lot of money in shipping costs. They are easy to store and don't take a lot of room, compared to storing boxes. They can also help protect your shipments from water damage, because they are water-proof. I use these all the time and I would recommend everyone to start using these!

There are multiple sizes available, but I currently use the 15 x 19 inch bags for smaller shirts and I use my new favorite,19 x 24 inch bags for larger articles of clothing. These larger shipping bagsmake it easy to fit a fit full length coat and even fairly large boxes. If, for some reason, you end up "butchering" a box while trying to pack/ship it you can use these poly shipping bags to strengthen and enhance the appearance of the package

The shirt shown in the pictures above is a heavy wool shirt. The shirt alone weighs in at 15.8 oz on the USPS scale which means it is over the 13oz limit for domestic first class mail. Luckily for me, this one is going international which means I ship it first class.

Before you ship, you have to determine what size shipping bag you are going to need. In the example pictures shown, I am using the 15 x 19 inch bags Fold up the article of clothing, so it will fit inside the bag. As you can see, the 15 x 19 inch bags are just the right fit for these kinds of shirts. Once the clothing is in the bag, seal the bag up, add an address label and then you're ready to ship! It's as simple as that!Personally, I like to tape up the edges to make sure that nothing gets hooked while its traveling through the mail system. If you are shipping overseas, I would recommend using two poly bags for extra protection.

When it is all said and done my package weight went from 15.8 oz to 1.09 lbs. Which means there is only a difference of about one ounce, where some boxes can be 16 oz alone.

Well that's all for now, I hope you enjoyed the post! 

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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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