eBay on Location!

Well! Just as I suspected, Tina, Lesley, and I had an absolute ball at eBay on Location this week. It was a whirlwind and entirely too short, but we had a great time. Oh yeah ... we learned some stuff too. :)  I'll talk about that stuff later.

Here we are at the Seller Celebration dinner. It was so loud and chaotic! I missed most of the conversation that night. Delicious dinner though! 

Griff! 

When we discovered the elite Top Rated Sellers Only Lounge, we felt very special. So special, in fact, that I forgot all about good posture....

We had a little time to spare after the conference on Thursday, so we strolled through downtown Philly for a minute or two until we got scared and ran and hid in Burlington Coat Factory. But we managed to catch some fabulous city sights first ...... 

In some other, most excellent news! I am officially moved into my new building! I have been working out of it for 3 days. There are still just a couple minor things that need done, but my part is complete. The window and door trim need installed, and one piece of baseboard trim needs installed, and 2 more lights. But it is completely set up the way I want it. I've been doing all my packaging there, and mostly just standing and smiling at it.

It's late, so I don't have pictures, but I'll try to remember to get some this week.

Very Excited x 2 !

I know I've been a dud blogger lately, and for that I apologize. I have been very very busy. Today has been crazy. I am exhausted to the bone.

I don't have any pictures yet, but today was finally moving day! My mom came over and we spent 8 hours today moving about 75% of my eBay inventory from the house to my new building! I am absolutely in love with it! We have a fair amount of work to do yet, which we will do Friday afternoon/evening. But it's easy stuff. I have one wall of shoes to move, several bins of unlisted inventory, a couple small boxes of books, and all my broken down shipping boxes. We should be able to knock that out in 2 hours. Then we'll get straight to work on getting that bedroom cleaned up so I can paint it Saturday and get my daughter moved into it next weekend. Finally! My own workspace (outside of the house)! And her own room!


And the reason we can't finish that job until Friday:

I am VERY excited about this! There are some sessions that I am really looking forward to. And I'll be there with Tina and Lesley, which is triply exciting! Tina is already in transit. I'll pick her up at the bus station tomorrow morning and we'll head out to Lesley's for the next couple of days. Woo hoo!

So if you're also going to be at the Philadelphia eBay on Location tomorrow and Thursday, email me (link is at the top of this blog) and we'll try to meet up!

I'll report back this weekend!

Things Are Picking Up!

My sales are finally picking up! My June sales were about 80-85% of what they were before this big long dry spell. Woo hoo!

I sell a lot of the same types of items over and over again, so my sales posts get a little monotonous. I apologize for that. I only wish I could find the fun and exciting stuff more often :)

My sister-in-law brought me these Pikolinos to sell. It was a brand I had never heard of, but after researching them, I expected them to do well. I'm a little disappointed, but hey - I still more than tripled my investment, so I can't complain :)

• Acquired On: 11/26/11 (sister-in-law)
• Listed On: 12/13/11
• Sold On: 7/31/12
• Paid: $5.90
• Sold For: $22.50 + shipping

 More Converse! I don't care whether they are made in USA or Vietnam or China. If I see great condition Converse for $5 or less, I am buying them. They sell very consistently for me.

• Acquired On: 6/6/12 (Facebook group)
• Listed On: 6/14/12
• Sold On: 7/30/12
• Paid: $5
• Sold For: $25 + shipping

I've sold this particular design twice now. I absolutely love it, but I do not like the shape of the classic Miche bag, so I won't keep it for myself.

• Acquired On: 6/28/12 (yard sale)
• Listed On: 6/30/12
• Sold On: 8/1/12
• Paid: $2
• Sold For: $34.99 + shipping

I have sold this exact style of SAS sandals twice now. SAS is something else I will always buy in great condition. Some people can squeeze $50-60 out of SAS shoes, but I aim for $40 to get the quick sale, especially when I get them at Goodwill for $2.99.

• Acquired On: 7/7/12 (Indiana Goodwill)
• Listed On: 7/22/12
• Sold On: 7/31/12
• Paid: $3.94
• Sold For: $40 + shipping

I am making a killing on that huge Miche lot I bought in June. To recap, I bought 5 bags, an organizer, and 29 shells for $97. To date, I have sold all 5 bags, the organizer, and 17 shells for a total of $489! I still have 12 shells left, and I sell them for $30-35 each, so that's another $300+ once they sell. Woot!

I spent all day yesterday and the day before testing, cleaning, and listing hot rollers. I had 10 sets that had piled up. I just finished listing them a few minutes ago. That is easily the most detestable part of this job. I love almost every aspect of this job, but not cleaning hot rollers. I wish I could just learn to leave them behind, but the profit margin is so good on them that I just can't stop myself.

Big exciting news!! Several of us are getting together to go to eBay on Location in September! I don't recall it ever being anywhere near me in the time that I've been selling on eBay, so I was excited that it's in Philadelphia this time! I'll be sure to post pictures and my thoughts on the conference when it's over :)