What a Weekend!

Well I'm back! My husband and I drove out to Indiana over the weekend to visit my dear friend Tina. It was absolutely awesome to finally meet in person and get to spend the weekend shopping together!! We had a blast!!

We shopped, we yammered, we ate, we giggled. And I can hardly wait to do it again!


I had put my store on vacation the first day I was gone, and then took it back off of vacation Friday afternoon. I'm not sure what happened, but my sales have significantly improved since then. I'm still nowhere near my first quarter average, but I'm doing much better than I had been. Thank goodness.

Some noteworthy sales from the past week:



My hard-won Miche lot has been treating me well. This discontinued Cori shell sold for $29.99 this weekend.

• Date Acquired: 6/28/12 (yard sale)
• Date listed: 7/2/12
  
• Date Sold: 7/7/12
• Paid: $2
• Sold For: $29.99 + shipping
  

My Facebook yard sale group has been treating me well too. I bought these toddler Keen sandals on there recently. They sold fairly quickly.

• Acquired On: 6/11/12 (Facebook)
  
• Listed On: 6/14/12
• Sold On: 7/2/12
• Paid: $4
• Sold For: $25.00 + shipping
  

Another Facebook find. I'm amazed at how often people sell Converse on that group for dirt cheap!

• Acquired On: 6/14/12 (Facebook)
  
• Listed On: 6/26/12
• Sold On: 7/8/12
• Paid: $5.00
• Sold For: $25.00 + shipping
  

More Miche from the yard sale lot. This is a petite bag, only about 6"x8"

• Acquired On: 6/28/12 (yard sale)
• Listed On: 7/3/12
• Sold On: 7/7/12
• Paid: $5, but it had a shell on it too
• Sold For: $19.99 + shipping

And more Miche. This is the classic size bag. It also had a shell on it (which I'll be able to sell for $25-30), and the second set of straps you see in the picture.

• Acquired On: 6/28/12
• Listed On: 7/3/12
• Sold On: 7/7/12
• Paid: $10 (that included the other shell)
• Sold For: $29.99 + shipping

More Miche. Y'all are gonna get so sick of hearing about this lot. These 5 were stained, so I was going to throw them away, but I decided to put them in a lot with Best Offer, just to see what would happen. Imagine my surprise when they sold 2 days later, for 75% of my asking price!

• Acquired On: 6/24/12 (yard sale)
• Listed On: 7/3/12
• Sold on: 7/5/12
• Paid: Approximately $2 each
• Sold For: $30.00 + shipping
  

My sister-in-law brought me this denim skirt recently. It is a really dark blue wash with red stitching down the sides, so I wasn't surprised when it sold quickly.

• Acquired On: 6/25/12 (sister-in-law)
  
• Listed On: 6/25/12
• Sold On: 6/30/12
• Paid: $7.90
• Sold For: $29.99 + shipping
  

Remember how terrible my Kaya doll looked when I bought her? I got a really low offer on her last week. I counter-offered, but as usual, never heard back. I was thrilled to accept an offer yesterday from someone else.

• Acquired On: 4/6/12 (yard sale)
• Listed On: 6/7/12
• Sold On: 7/8/12
• Paid: $10.00
• Sold For: $75.00 + shipping

My American Girl lot has performed stunningly well! To recap, I paid $31 for 3 dolls and a ton of accessories. I have my Kirsten doll left, as well as 5 outfits. To date, I have sold $564.26 worth!!

A Day at the Spa

I'm sure many of you remember my American Girl find from April. Included in that purchase was a Kaya doll that I still have not listed. Her hair was a disaster!  So she has been sitting on my work table for a month and a half, mocking me. But I just didn't know where to start on her hair.

Someone on Proboards asked about fixing messy American Girl doll hair the other day, which inspired me to give it a shot. I grabbed my daughter's hair conditioner and my wide-tooth comb and we were off to the spa! First, I took all her clothes off (the doll, not my daughter!). I wrapped her in a dish towel and put her in a poly mailer, sealing it as tightly as I could around her neck. Then I taped cotton balls over her eyes. At this point, my 5 year old said, "Mama, are those cotton balls pretending to be pickles?"  lol

Then we headed to the bathroom. I laid her face down on the counter, hanging over the sink. I draped another towel over her, just to be on the safe side. I wish now that I had taken some pictures.  I peeled her hair into the smallest chunks I could manage. One at a time, I wet each chunk and smeared conditioner on it. Starting at the ends, I worked the tangles out and set that chunk aside. I worked through her hair, one chunk at a time. It took me almost 2 hours (split up into more than one session, because I could only take so much!) Finally, I finished the conditioning. I ran my comb through all of it again, just for good measure.

Then we headed to the kitchen, where I used the spray nozzle to rinse. That took a really long time, and I'm still not convinced I got it all out, but I did the best I could. I rinsed and I rinsed and I rinsed. Then I gently (gently!) towel-dried, but no matter how I tried to avoid it, I still made more tangled.

So off we went to the living room (more comfortable seating than leaning over a sink). I combed it again and set to styling it. It took me a couple tries to get the Native American-looking braids as opposed to the Pippi Longstocking-looking braids, but I finally got it.

I must confess (and I apologize in advance to anyone who is shocked by what I am about to say), I did trim her ends just a little. I know! I know! I'm sorry! It was just so frizzy! I only trimmed less than a centimeter, just enough to even up the scraggly pieces that I had pulled loose while combing it. But it is combed and neatly braided, and I'm pretty sure I've nearly doubled her resale value.

I got her listed today, so we shall see. Here she is, post-makeover:

Isn't she beautiful?

More About Miche

I bought another lot of Miche bags and shells from my Facebook group the other day. This one was a bag, 2 different sets of handles, a purse organizer, and 2 shells for $45. I was a little uneasy about that price. It felt high. I knew I would definitely get my investment back, but I was hoping to at least double my money. I wasn't sure I'd be able to do that. I got them Tuesday morning, listed them Tuesday evening. Wednesday morning, I sold the organizer for $14.99 + shipping. Thursday morning I sold the purse and handles for $29.99.  For those of you who may be math-challenged, that's the $45 I invested in the lot! So I still have 2 shells left to sell, which will be pure profit. Yay!  I need to stop second-guessing myself. I've been doing this long enough that I really should have more confidence in my business decisions.

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Since I've discovered this group, my progress toward saving up for my storage shed has drastically slowed. :-(  Therefore, I am setting a budget for myself. Every weekend, I will take out a fixed amount of money. That money has to last me for the weekend's yard sales AND for my facebook yard sale shopping. The only way I can spend more than that is if I also sell items on Facebook. So if I take out $100 and sell $20 worth of stuff, I can spend $120 that week, and NOT a penny more! I feel like I've been bleeding money the past 2 weeks. Yes, I've been getting great stuff, both to resell and to keep. The prices that I will be able to sell the stuff for will more than pay for the stuff I'm keeping, but I've been buying too much of it. I have to pace myself. I've been dipping into my business checking account too much the last two weeks.

I have been spending more on items than I normally would have at a yard sale, but I am justifying that with the simple fact that I'm not running all over creation to yard sales looking for stuff. I'm hand-selecting what I want to buy from the comfort of my desk, and I am working my meet-ups around times that I am already in town. So it's worth paying a little bit more for an item to save on gas mileage.

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I still have not set foot inside a thrift store since March 26. The twitching has subsided. I drove past there the other day and just smiled. I didn't call out to it or weep. :)  I'm just kidding about that part of course, but my point is, the longer I'm away from it, the less desperate I feel. Is that because I have broken my addiction? Or is that because I have replaced it with a new addiction? (Facebook group...) I'll let you decide :-D

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On the eBay sales front .... meh .... I mentioned the other day that I was in a deep, dark black hole for quite some time. I have still managed to avoid breaking my streak. I have had at least one sale every day during 2012. I have no $0 days. But they had dropped to about a third of what I had gotten used to. They are slowly creeping back up. Still nothing to write home about (or to write here about, apparently...), but better than they had been.

Some sales of interest from the last two weeks:

This has been laying in my "stupid junk I don't want to waste time listing" pile for quite some time. I finally listed it, never dreaming it would actually sell, but sell it did! During the first month too! It's just a small chunk of fabric, a little under a yard, but it sold for $7.99 + shipping.

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These came from the same pile :)  They are my husband's military shoes from years ago. They've been in our closet for as long as I can remember. I literally had to clean a layer of dust off of them before I could list them. Neither of us cared how much they sold for, so I just put $15 on them. They sold this week during a sale, so they went to Canada for $12 + shipping. Good enough for us.

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I absolutely fell in LOVE with the color of this Pyrex dish when I bought it last July. I bought it for $5 to resell, but I didn't have my phone with me, so I couldn't look it up to make sure it would do well. I loved the color, but I have absolutely zero use for a divided casserole dish, so I knew I wouldn't use it if it was a dud. Turns out it WAS a dud. It sat in my store for nearly a whole year before finally selling this week for a whopping $14.99 + shipping.

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I've had these since January, but just got around to listing them a couple weeks ago. They sold fairly quickly, which I suspected they would. Not sure why that wasn't enough of a reason to get me to list them earlier. $25.

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This is the Miche bag I just sold yesterday. I love the concept of Miche, but I really don't like the design/shape of this particular bag. Oh, and I don't like to pay more than $5 for my purses :-D  This sold for $29.99 and is on its way to Canada as we speak. Well technically, it's still in my mail lady's trunk on the way to the post office, but you get the point...

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This Miche shell was from the first batch that I bought. I'm doing alright with that batch. I paid $87 for 7 shells. I've sold 2 of them so far for $65, so I'll do just fine with them.  This one sold for $29.99 + shipping.

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I'm annoyed about this one. I've had it listed for several months now (possibly since November or December?) I've done my research. It is definitely an authentic Dooney & Bourke. I have gotten no offers, questions, anything on it. I was starting to get disappointed when I got an offer the other week for $40. I took it, without even counter-offering. I didn't pay anything for it, so I was perfectly happy with that amount. But the buyer still hasn't paid for it. Grr.

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And this sale came during a particularly dark, anti-eBay day, when the only sales I'd been getting were jar after jar after JAR of shoe cream.

More American Girl clothes. At the time that I listed these, mine was the ONLY 100% complete flapper costume. I'm surprised it didn't sell sooner than it did, but I'm pleased that it sold for my full asking price of $49.99.  To recap the American Girl project, I paid $31 for the lot and got 21 listings out of it. To date, I have sold 12 of those listings for a total of $458.88. One of the sold listings was a doll, and I still have 2 dolls left to sell. Not bad!

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I can't promise that I'm back to posting daily, but I can promise to make a better effort at posting more often than I have been. I miss blogging. I'll aim for every other day :)

Miche!

I wish I could come up with clever titles...

I joined a new local Facebook selling group. Wowsers! This one is CRAZY active!! I posted a couple things on there, and within minutes they were scrolled so far down the page! You've really gotta keep up on this one. There are nearly 2000 members, so the place is hopping.

I lined up 4 transactions for this morning. We all met at the same place -- along with many other people from the group. It was so funny. I got out of my van, and I could feel all the other buyers/sellers' eyes on me, trying to figure out if I was their contact with their item. It was like this big underground trading ring. It was so funny to see all these trades going on all over the parking lot.

I came away with 2 sets of bed risers, which we've been needing for extra storage space under the kids' beds, a pair of Converse sneakers for $3, and 7 Miche bag shells for $87. Gulp. That was a big chunk for me, for so few items, but I'm confident I can easily double my money on them. They're even already listed. I am on the BALL!

I'm gonna use my box lot system for tracking the sales. I'll update here as they sell.

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And 2 more box lot updates, then I need to get to bed. It was a long day.

I sold my last bit of play food. Final recap:  Paid $3.17 on 1/31/12. Sold it all for a total of $85.92 plus shipping, in just under 3 months. Not bad!

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My American Girl stuff is still selling too. I have sold 10 of my 21 listings so far.  And 2 of the unsold listings are dolls! Recap so far: Spent $31 on 4/6/12. So far have sold $398.90!

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On that note - good night!

That's More Like It!

I was getting ready to tell eBay that if Silver Power Seller meant a decrease in sales, that they could just take that title back, because I don't want it. Apparently they saw that coming, and they opened my store up! And they shined spotlights on my higher-priced listings. Hooray!

These were my daughter's. I bought them on fill-a-bag day at a library book sale a few years ago. I think she read them once or twice, but they've just been taking up space on her book shelf. I've tried to talk her into selling them a few times, but she always said no. But she's an obsessive book collector and has filled up 2 bookcases. I finally put my foot down, pointed out that she hasn't read them in 2 or 3 years, and that it was time for them to go. Once she realized how much they might sell for, she was much more willing to let them go. They sold in just under two months, for my full asking price of $31.99! She'll get half of that. I'm surprised they sold that high, because they are all ex-library copies.

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I always buy 3D mugs like this. I paid 99 cents for this one. There was only one other one listed at the time. I don't even remember now how much it was listed for, but it hadn't sold. I priced mine at $39.99 without best offer for the first month or so, hoping for an impulse buyer. Then I left that price but added a Best Offer button on it. It sold today for my full asking price! I got my impulse buyer after all :)

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Sold these for a good friend of mine. They're vintage ViewMaster reels from the 40s-70s. I priced them high with a best offer, just until I could gauge interest. I had a couple watchers on them, but I thought I'd wait to see if I got any offers. These also sold for my full asking price of $49.99! And quickly too. They were only listed for 13 days. They are going to Thailand. The buyer asked me to mark the customs form as Sample/$0 value. I wrote him that it is illegal to falsify information on a customs form, and that if he wished to cancel, I would understand. He wrote back, "No problem. Go ahead and ship."  Don't be afraid to tell a buyer no when they ask you to do that. It is NOT allowed, and if you get caught, you could get in trouble. It's just not worth it. I'd rather cancel the sale. If they leave you a negative for customs-related reasons, you should be able to call eBay and get it removed.

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I posted to eBay Underground awhile ago looking for information on these guys. I don't usually buy knick knacks, collectibles, glassware... I know nothing about them. I don't even know how to research these types of items. Apparently no one in the group did either, because I still don't know anything about them. I priced them stupid-high with best offer, just to see what would happen (are you picking on my pricing pattern yet??) I had several watchers on it, but no offers. Today, I accepted an offer of $50 + shipping. I paid $2.97 for it, so I am QUITE happy with that profit margin.

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I've spent too much time on the computer today, and it's late. I'm outta here! G'night!

My Streak Continues! :)

Yay! Someone bought a denim skirt at 11:30 last night! So my sales streak lives on. Still no $0 days in 2012.

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My husband and I decided today that this business has likely given me the beginnings of carpal tunnel syndrome :(  I'm on the computer most of the day, but it has never really bothered my arms. Then about a month ago, I was clipping last year's dead flowers from the flower garden. Even that didn't bother me, but the next morning I woke up and could hardly move that hand without excruciating agony. I took some Motrin and thought that would take care of it. It's been more than a month and my wrist STILL isn't right. I can go most of the day without it bothering me, but then I'll forget and lift something wrong and re-injure it. When I roll over in bed at night, because I'm not completely awake, I forget and use that hand to push myself over, and I hurt it again. And every time I re-injure it, it takes that much longer to heal. So I guess I'm going to have to be more careful with how I spend my computer time. Less time browsing and Facebooking, and more time actually being productive with listing and photo editing.

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I was out shopping most of the day today. Retail shopping. Not even clearance. Current season, retail prices. And I lived to tell the tale. Not that I care to do that often, but once in awhile it's okay. My daughter was desperate for clothes that fit her properly, and Goodwill just wasn't cutting it anymore. I'm excited about her new outfits! She's almost never had a new-clothes shopping spree. I've always either sewn her clothes or gotten them at Goodwill or yard sales. She had fun too, I think.

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About a month ago, my brother-in-law asked me to try to sell his old analog police scanner. He said he wanted $75 for it. I took one look at active and completely listings, laughed, and told him that wasn't going to happen, but that I would list it for $74.99 for a month. After a month, I was going to raise the price a bit and add Best Offer to it.

I also posted it to my local Facebook selling group. Someone immediately posted that it was useless because it was analog, and that our county had recently switched to digital. It annoys me when people interfere with Facebook transactions.

But wouldn't you know - it actually sold today for $74.99. So I had to humble myself and tell my brother-in-law that he actually got his asking price for it. It was a fun surprise. I never dreamed! I was also sure to comment on the ad on my FB selling group that it had indeed sold. So there. :-P

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Sold another American Girl outfit today. Time for an update! Initially paid $31 for the lot 15 days ago. Currently up to $358.91 in sales from it.

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That's pretty much it for today. I am clearly in a sales slump, so I don't have a whole lot of eBay activity to talk about...

My Top eBay Moments This Week

I had some fun sales this week! I sold 49 items. My shoe cream inventory is really low right now, so most of those sales were actually "real" items.

These vintage single-serving gelatin molds were given to me. I wasn't expecting much out of them, because less than half of them were brand name, so I listed them for $9.99 + shipping. I got two watchers almost immediately, so I raised the price to $11.99 and they sold overnight. I guess that was still too low. I am quite confident in my shoe and clothing prices, but these odds and ends stump me more often than not.

• Acquired On: 3/22/12 (from a friend)
• Listed On: 4/12/12
• Sold On: 4/13/12
• Paid: -0-
• Sold For: $11.99 + shipping

These Lite Brite pegs were from the same friend. I figured if they were being given to me, it was worth a shot to maybe make a few bucks on them. I decided to list them for 30 days, instead of my usual Good Til Cancelled, and if they hadn't sold by the time we have our yard sale, I'd stick them in the yard sale for a buck or two. They also sold very quickly.

• Acquired On: 3/22/12 (from a friend)
• Listed On: 4/11/12
• Sold On: 4/15/12
• Paid: -0-
• Sold For: $11.99 + shipping

Had some great American Girl sales this week. These are Kaya's winter accessories. They are still available on the American Girl website for $22. But for some reason, someone wanted to buy my pre-owned set (which was missing the feather from the hat). Go figure.

• Acquired On: 4/6/12 (yard sale)
• Listed On: 4/9/12
• Sold On: 4/10/12
• Paid: $1 for 18 outfits
• Sold For: $19.99 + shipping

From the same friend. They were hers when she was little. I sold them too low too, but once the buyer told me why she wanted them, I was perfectly fine with the price. She had this set for her daughter 30 years ago. Her daughter passed away, and about a month ago her nephew broke the cup. She's been looking for a replacement ever since. Sad story, but I'm so glad I was able to make her set complete again.

• Acquired On: 3/22/12 (from a friend)
• Listed On: 4/10/12
• Sold On: 4/12/12
• Paid: -0-
• Sold For: $19.99 + shipping

Circo cowgirl boots = good sellers. This is the fourth pair I've sold. I bought these from a girl on my local Facebook selling group. They sold quickly too. This was a week of quick flips! These sold on a Thursday night. The buyer messaged me that she hoped to have them by Sunday (she lives in my state), and she would pay extra for faster shipping. So she sent me extra money for Express mail. I packaged them up and made a special trip to the post office. They didn't make it in time, but she was very very nice about it. She knew it was a long shot right from the beginning. I'm sure her granddaughter will still love them, even if they ARE a day late.

• Acquired On: 3/29/12 (Facebook group)
• Listed On: 4/5/12
• Sold on: 4/12/12
• Paid: $6.00
• Sold For: $24.99 + shipping

I love SAS shoes. These were in fantastic condition, but they were a kind of odd size (10 narrow), so they took awhile to sell. I had gotten a couple offers on them. I finally let them go this week for a little less than I'd have liked, but they clearly weren't going to get me top dollar anytime soon, so I accepted the offer.

• Acquired On: 10/19/11 (Goodwill)
• Listed On: 12/11/11
• Sold On: 4/12/12
• Paid: $2.99
• Sold For: $29.00 + shipping (I had free shipping on the listing, but they went to Canada, so the buyer paid the shipping)

I have good luck with men's Ralph Lauren shirts. This is the 4th or 5th one I've sold since I started selling clothing in January. I had it priced at $39.99 or best offer, and I was glad to accept an offer for $35.

• Acquired On: 1/31/12 (Goodwill)
• Listed On: 2/6/12
• Sold On: 4/11/12
• Paid: $3.99
• Sold For: $35.00 + shipping

I'm kicking myself about these. These are earth brand (with a lower-case 'e'). I've had them for awhile, but I just got around to listing them last night. I researched and found the same pair (smaller size) that recently sold for $32, so I priced mine at $35 + shipping. I almost priced them for $40 or $45, but for some reason, I stuck with the $35. They sold within 3 hours. That's possibly one of my fastest shoe sales.  Always, always, always pick up earth brand shoes, as long as they have the lower-case 'e'. If they say "earth shoes" or have a capital "E" they are Walmart brand, and you should skip them.

• Acquired On: 2/21/12 (Goodwill)
• Listed On: 4/15/12
• Sold On: 4/16/12
• Paid: $2.99
• Sold For: $35.00 + shipping

I can't remember if I mentioned this pan earlier this week or not. I've had it for a really long time. I sold it probably 9 months ago, but it ended up being a UPI. Apparently I forgot to relist it. I saw it on my stack of listed pans a couple weeks ago and was surprised that it hadn't sold yet. I went to check the listing and see if I should make changes, and I realized it wasn't even listed. I listed it and it sold quickly.

I'm going to give you a very important tip about Wilton pans. They can ship in a poly mailer. Don't be afraid. Wrap them 3 or 4 times in bubble wrap, and they'll be just fine. I've shipped quite a few of them like that, and I've never had any problems.

That's a big part of why this pan sold so quickly. All the others ones listed were charging $7-10 for priority shipping. I knew I could ship mine for around $3. So I priced mine so that my price was just under the others, but offered free shipping. Because it only cost me $3 to ship, I still ended up making more than the other, higher-priced ones. For example, there was one listed for $37 + $10 shipping. I priced mine for $44.99 with free shipping. My total price was $2 less than that other seller, but that other seller is only getting $37 for theirs, whereas I still got $41 for mine after I substracted my shipping cost. Does that make sense? First class shipping on Wilton pans can really give you a leg up on the competition.

• Acquired On: ??
• Listed On: 4/5/12
• Sold On: 4/15/12
• Paid: ? probably less than $3
• Sold For: $44.99 - $2.99 shipping

Another Kaya outfit.

• Acquired On: 4/6/12 (yard sale)
• Listed On: 4/9/12
• Sold On: 4/10/12
• Paid: $1 for 18 outfits
• Sold For: $49.99 + shipping

I sold this for my hairdresser. I'm sure she paid more for it than what I sold it for, but she handed me 2 of these, 2 wigs, and a bag full of wig ponytails and said she wanted to get $100 out of it. I'm keeping one of the wig heads as payment, and I've sold the other head, both wigs, and 7 of the 18 ponytails for a total of $149.48, so I'm not too worried about the individual sale prices anymore. She's gotten her $100, so the rest is just bonus money to her.

• Acquired On: ? December maybe?
• Listed On: 3/18/12
• Sold On: 4/15/12
• Paid: -0-
• Sold For: $50.00 + $51.90 priority shipping to Norway!

Another American Girl outfit. This one belongs to Marisol. Marisol clothing seems to be in pretty high demand. I've sold 2 of her outfits for top dollar.

• Acquired On: 4/6/12 (yard sale)
• Listed On: 4/9/12
• Sold On: 4/15/12
• Paid: $1 for 18 outfits
• Sold For: $54.99 + shipping

And my favorite sale of the week:

Isn't she gorgeous? If I was a doll person, I'd have kept her. She's just beautiful. I love her face. Sigh. But I'm not. And if I kept her, she'd have gotten destroyed by my crazy kids. I hope she's happy in her new home.

• Acquired On: 4/6/12 (yard sale)
• Listed On: 4/10/12
• Sold on: 4/14/12
• Paid: $10.00
• Sold For: $139.99 + shipping

That was really a lot of highlights. I'll try really hard to post more regularly this week.

What did you sell last week?

Yes!!!

Check out what I sold overnight!!

Meet Nellie. She sold for a whopping $139.99!!! I'm not sure what makes her so valuable, other than she was only made for a couple years, so I guess there aren't as many of her available as there are of the other dolls. But whatever the reason - I'll take it! Now ... this is one of my very rare listings that I don't require immediate payment. I wanted to make it as easy as possible for buyers to buy more than one AG item at a time. The downside of that is that they don't always pay right away. So I'm crossing my fingers that this sale does actually go through.

Here's the recap. I paid $31 for all my AG stuff last Friday. To date, I've sold $259.95!

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Speaking of box lots, it's been awhile since I sold any play food. I sold my veggies yesterday, so I'm down to just my chips/fries/onion rings. I have several watchers on them, so hopefully they go soon and I can be done with that box lot.

Recapping that one, I paid $2.99 for them and to date have sold $72.93 worth.

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A few other good sales yesterday, and then I have to get my day going.

I mentioned on We Sell on eBay awhile ago that little girls' pink Circo cowgirl boots sell well. A woman had these available on my local Facebook group for $6. I met up with her and bought these as well as a pair of Gymbo boots. These sold within a week or so for $24.99 + shipping! Yes, Circo is a cheapie Target brand, but these have a VERY consistent sell through rate. This is the third pair of these that I have sold, plus a pair of brown and pink ones. Always pick them up when you find them in good condition. She bought them Thursday night and needs them by Sunday. She's in the same state, and she just wrote me that she'd like to pay extra for Express shipping, so we shall see...

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I underpriced this set for some reason. But once I heard the buyer's story, I was okay with it. There are none others of this set listed (current OR completed) for me to base my price off of, so for some crazy reason, I listed them for $19.99. Not surprisingly, they sold overnight. The buyer wrote me to let me know that she had bought this set 30 years ago for her daughter, who has since passed away. Last month, her nephew threw the cup and broke it. She was devastated and has been looking for a replacement ever since. It made me feel good to know that I was able to help her out.

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I thought these Tevas were absolutely adorable, and if they were my size, I'd have kept them. Fortunately, they weren't. I have enough shoes as it is!  That's the curse of being a shoe seller. :)  These did take a few months to sell, but they finally sold yesterday for my full asking price of $39.99 + shipping.

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I guess I'd better go hop in the shower, since I'll be making a special trip to the post office. Yay for deductible mileage....

American Girl Update

I sold 3 more AG lots yesterday! I sold $120 worth within 24 hours of listing. I have 2 outfits that I'll be listing shortly, then I'll just need to list my Kaya doll once I get her hair fixed.

Yesterday, I sold the purple Bitty Baby dress ($9.99), Kaya's jingle dress and accessories ($49.99), and Kaya's winter accessories ($19.99). I don't understand why the winter accessories sold as quickly and as high as they did, because they are still available on the AG website for $22. My hat was missing the feather. So for $2 more, why not buy new with the feather? I don't get it.

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This next sale made me smile. Last summer, my then-7-year-old bought these videos with his own money. I think they were either a quarter or fifty cents apiece. He literally never watched them and recently asked me to sell them for him. They don't sell for much at all, but I figured it was worth a shot. They sold in less than a month. They only sold for $5.99, but he's happy with that.

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And late last night, I took an offer on this Ralph Lauren shirt. I had it listed for $39.99 or best offer and was happy to accept an offer for $35. He hasn't paid yet, but it was late at night, so I'm not surprised.

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Just a short post today. I'm determined to keep the kids on track with their schoolwork today. Not to mention housework - laundry, bathrooms, dusting, kitchen... I have been so focused on listing this week that the house is a disgusting mess. Sorry. No pictures. :)