List It and Forget It

Not too long ago I purged a huge amount of my eBay listings. It was close to 150 listings ( a mix of everything) items that I either re donated to the Thrift Store or gifted to a friend or two.

 

This morning a listing that I have had up for over two years sold. These two blue Mickey Mouse votives sold for $29.99 FS. I probably paid $2-$3 dollars for the set.

 

Notice the "quality" picture, blue towel on top of the grill with my old car in the background. Yep, that is a great eBay picture. Not.

 

This listing always had several watchers and usually and eventually anything Disney will sell. And many a day I would scroll through my listings to see which one I was going to improve or pull,this one was always on the list. Anyway, it just proves that eventually most things eventually sell even with a crappy photo.

 

 

I like to sell dinnerware but I am not a big fan of packing it up to ship. This time I used pool noodles to secure the plates and keep them safe durning shaping.

 

I cut a pool noodle down one side, then on the opposite side of the cut I take my scissors and cit in hash marks about every two inches or so. This make s it easier to wrap the noodle around the plates. Then I put them in a Large Flat Rate Priority Box and off they go.

 

These plates are Warren Kimble Coastal Breeze dinner plates. I both the set probably 12 months ago. When I say set, I mean the plates, salad plates, soup bowls, coffee cups and four sizes of teal blue goblets. Average price of each item bought that day was 0.83.

 

Sold for $29.99 buyer paid shipping. Cost $1.66 per set.

 

 

Here is a list it and forget it failure. Again, I probably had this mug for 18-24 months. It never had any watchers so I deleted it. I THOUGHT I pulled the listing when I deleted it. Apparently not.

 

Last week it "sold" for 24.99 FS. It's an understatement to say that I looked Everywhere!! Because I looked Everywhere!!! I had to refund the buy his money. I hate when that happens.

 

Oh well. What are you going to do?

 

• How was your week?

 

• Do you list it and forget it?