Thrifting Scores

Here are just a few of the sales I have had from the toy "collector" estate sale. This gut had a lot of stuff!!

 

This is a box of Walt Disney monorail accessories. I love finding Disney stuff at garage sales and thrifts. Eventually it all sells.

I paid $15.00 for the monorail set and it sold for $255.00!

Buyer paid shipping. And the buyer lives in the same city as me.

 

Elvis has left the building! I love velvet paintings.

Paid $2.00. Sold for $54.00 buyer paid shipping

 

 

This was in a box with other nuts and bolts.

Paid $1.00. Sold for $39.99 buyer paid shipping.

 

This was part of another monorail set that included the trains. Since there were pieces missing I broke the set up into seperate listings.

The set was $15.00 and you can see this set sold for $51.99. Buyer paid shipping.

 

Country bear jamboree ceramic bank, paid $1.00. Sold for $29.99

 

This is just a few of the sales. Overall, I am pleased with my purchases. I ended up spending close to $145.00. That was a lot if money for me to spend. Usually I don't go that high.

 

To date, I have grossed almost $600.00 from the items I bought at this sale. I can live with that.

 

Money Monday: Much Improved

Sales were much improved last week. As I read through my blog list, it seems that it pretty much true for the majority of eBay sellers. Isn't it nice to hear the "cha-ching" on your phone when you have a sale? I still get excited when I hear it.

 

Last week I was busy with chores around together house so my listing numbers are about the same. We have a lot of fix it projects to complete before the end of the year. Sometimes it is hard to find a balance between eBay and things that need to get done around the house.

 

One of those projects is both eBay and house related. I am trying to get my inventory under control so I know where items are and how many I have of each. Definitely a thankless task, but needs to be done. This project will definitely take more time to complete.

See the Banker's Boxes in the picture? I am attempting to put my mug inventory in them. It is time consuming, but at least I can see what I have, tweak the listing and improve the picture quality. I am also trying to include 12 pictures into my listings. eBay provides twelve free pictures, and I figure of I can use all of them ( at least on my new listings) my items will place higher in the search.

 

I had a couple of good sales last week. My best sale was the Indiana Blue Teal Thumbprint Tumblers. These tumblers were part of the church estate sale over a month ago. I paid $5.00 for the whole box of glasses (48 total). That was the specific price on the box, but if I average all the listings by the $50.00 I spent for the WHOLE lot, the price would be closer to 0.83 cents a listing. ($50.00 divided by 66 listings)

 

Back to the tumblers. Monday, a customer bought ALL 12 of the tumblers! She paid $151.00 with F/S.

 

 

Mug sales this week were pretty good. This is the best one, I think. Four Zodiac mugs ( vintage Federal glass) sold for $45.99 and shipped internationally to England. The buyer paid $65.00 in shipping, can you believe it? If they would have sold in US i would have paid shipping. All four mugs cost about $3.00 total.

 

 

 

 

Last week was a pretty good week on eBay!

Here is how last week went:

Active listings: 615

Cost of items sold: $27.50

Number of sales: 20

Total sales: $485.00

Amount spent on new inventory: $30.00

Average selling price: $24.00

International sales: 2

Returns: 0

Feedback: all positive this week

Hope your week was awesome!!

 

 

 

 

Estate Sale Update

Almost two weeks ago I was fortunate enough to attend an estate sale at my church. The estate sale was that of a member who has been getting older and not doing well and she went to live with her family. It was her wishes that whatever her family didn't want to save and keep, that the church have a sale and benefit from whatever was sold.

I am happy to report that I have sold enough items to break even on my investment of $50.00.

The first sale of $37.19 was the vintage Penguin ice bucket. It went to England.

The next sale was the Regalware Dutch oven for $23.24 shipping paid by buyer.

And now whatever sells from this lot will be profit ( minus fees.etc.). In fact this morning, the lighthouse cookie cutter sold for $17.59 f/s.

I haven't had any hits on the dinnerware or glassware, I suspect they will be slow to sell. But,that is okay. I am confident they will their way to just the right buyer eventually.

Have you had any experiences buying from Estate sales?

Friday This and That

A few things to finish out the week.

I have just about finished listing the items from the estate sale. There is a copper cookie cutter, one of the Revereware pans, the ice tongs which are Bakelite, a Vera scarf, a lil oscar cooler, the westmoreland plate and the line dance videos.

 

Yesterday I had a mini-meet up with with an eBay specialist and for me meet-up coordinator from New Hampshire. She moved to Florida in January and is going to start her meet-ups again.

 

I missed her first one which was the same day I had the new windows installed. So through Facebook, we agreed to meet at a local Goodwill and thrift it up! Bobbi is a wealth of information and such a sweet lady! We had a great time exchanging ideas and info over dinner.

We both had a blast!

 

Today I called eBay to request an increase in my listing limits. It was getting to the point where I was about to reach my max. The call went well, and the CS rep increased my dollar amount and my listings amount. Have you had to call to increase your limits lately?

 

Happy Friday and I hope your weekend is full of sales!

 

 

Estate Sale: How I Spent $50.00

This weekend, our church had an estate sale in their basement. The belongings were that of a member who recently went to live with family members and Maine. Her family had already gone through everything that they wanted and decided to donate the rest of the items to the church and all proceeds from the sale will go to the church.

Last thing I need to do is to go to an estate sale, thrift store, or Goodwill and spend more money. But, I am weak, I admit it. I had to go.

I went Sunday after church and pick the items that I wanted. I put them in the cleaning closet so I could pick them up later on this week and that was yesterday.

Here are a few pictures of the items that I picked up at the estate sale. I was able to get most of them listed yesterday. This was made easier by the fact that they were multiples. The blue glasses each design had 12 and a set. So there were 12 cordials, 12 sherbets, 12 goblets, and 12 tumblers.

The pattern is Indiana teal blue king crown thumbprint glassware.

I have them listed in sets of two with prices ranging from $19.99 to $24.99 with free shipping.

Next I listed Warren Kimble coastal breeze by Sakura dinnerware.

These are listed BIN with prices ranging from 19.99 to 29.99 includes free shipping. The prices might be a bit high, but the dinnerware is heavy and I need to make sure I can cover the shipping.

Of course ther are mugs. I think the most interesting one is the National Security Agency one. I priced that higher at $34.99 as it is a bit unusual and hard to find.

The needlepoint is beautiful, and then there is the vintage ice bucket! I love it, it's round and has penguins on it.

There are a few more items to get listed. Several Revereware pots and pans and about three really heavy forks. I have no knowledge on flatware so this will take some research. A couple of vintage scarves and a cross stitch table cloth. I will get those listed and share with you. **Here is the last bit of the haul**

Over all, I think it was a pretty good haul for $50.00!!