Listing Odds and Ends

I really like listing big piles of like items:  5 denim skirts at a time, 10 pairs of Clarks at a time, a stack of Pyrex bowls at a time ... you get the idea.  This evening, I am listing a really bizarre pile of miscellaneous stuff. I don't really love listing odds and ends, because it takes significantly longer. It's all stuff I don't know much about, either, so I'll have to research each item individually before listing it. It's slow going, but it adds interest to my store.

Here's what I'm up to tonight:

I haven't researched this Pyrex cake pan and carrier yet. It could be totally worthless, but it was given to me, so I thought I'd check it out. I do know that the carrier is vintage. Much research needs to be done on this.

I had this listed quite some time ago. I sold it, in fact, but the buyer never paid, and apparently I never relisted it. I came across it the other day and was surprised that it hadn't sold yet. I double-checked my listings, and sure enough - it wasn't even listed. Oops!

I have NO idea about this. It's a Kodak instant camera. I have had great luck selling Polaroids. My phone battery was dead the day I bought this, so I wasn't able to look it up first. My preliminary research doesn't look too promising for this though. I hope that my unspent flash bulbs will help increase the value. If not, I paid way too much for it.

This scanner is my brother-in-law's. He asked me to sell it. I know nothing about them. Not much else to say about that.

These Blackberries belonged to him too. Something else I don't know much about. See what I mean? This is all stuff I know nothing about. No wonder it all gets stuck in a box until that's all I have left and I have to face it...

Pyrex bowls I do know about. I know this is the Autumn Harvest pattern. They have some color loss around the edges, so I won't be able to get top dollar for them, but again - they were given to me, so I'll give it a shot.

I posted a picture of one of these guys a couple weeks ago, looking for information on them. I got a little information (thank you, readers!), but not as much as I was hoping for. I'll list them with the information I know. I'm planning to price them high with best offer and see what happens. I'd really love to sell them as a set, but if I still have them in 2 or 3 months, maybe I'll split them up.

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I just haven't been terribly motivated to list lat

My Doors Are Opened!

I've had a slow-ish week or so on eBay. Yes, I've had a few high-sales days, but mostly, I've just been cruising along at a lowish level. I spent most of my weekend listing, and I got a total of 85 new items listed Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. That seems to have done the trick, because my cash register was cha-chinging all day long today!

I'm also running a huge 25% off clearance sale on over 400 items, so between those two factors, I've done quite well.

I sold a lot of items for great prices that I'm thrilled with. But I also sold a lot of items for low prices that I'm just happy to be rid of. Sometimes you have to know when to cut your losses and let your stale junk inventory go to a new home.

Like this, for example:

I originally bought it intending to actually use it. Ha! Like I have time for that nonsense. I listed it in September and only ever got one low offer on it. This weekend, it was 25% off, marked down to $22.49. I just accepted a $15 offer on it. Yes, I was hoping for more than that, considering it's new in the box, but I know when enough is enough. I'm sure someone is thrilled with the bargain :)

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I had someone offer me $25 for these Allen Edmonds the other day. $25! I have them listed for $149.99 or best offer. He felt the need to tell me that they were "very overpriced, considering their sole modification and condition of the structure."  Yeah well ... I sold them today for $90. So there.

Sometimes it just feels good to be immature about things.

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Here's a sale I don't understand.

I just listed these Tupperware Shelf Savers last night, for $14.99. They sold already today. I checked the other listings for these same items, and mine were literally the most expensive ones. So why did my buyer choose mine over the pair for $8.99? I have no idea. There were several less expensive ones that were being sold by Top Rated Sellers, so I know it wasn't that. I checked on some of the other listings and saw that they were in good condition, no mention of melting, warping, smells, etc... Who knows. But who am I to question why they chose mine? :)

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Here's another example of letting something go, just to turn it over and move on.

Now, I've only had these since December, which for me, is pretty recent. So much of my inventory is slower moving. But these are bulky and were taking up a lot of valuable storage space. Also, this was the ONLY interest anyone had expressed in these at all, so I figured I'd take the bird in the hand on this one.  They sold for $50, so I'm not complaining!

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I was all caught up on my packaging this afternoon, and I was feeling pretty smug about that. But I had enough sales this afternoon that I'm going to have a lot to do in the morning anyway. Good thing I got the first half of the day's sales packaged early!

I'm anxious to see what this week holds, sales-wise. I plan to work on my overflowing basket of clothes over the next couple days. Then I really ought to get to that mountain of shoes that I've accumulated. Selling shoes is my first love, after all. And I've neglected them to the point where I think I'm down to only 140 pairs or so. I had over 300 pairs at one point, so 140 is a pathetically low inventory level. It's just so much quicker and easier to list NWT clothing than it is to polish and list shoes. But I must do it. I've got some great brands in that shoe pile. Lots of potential money. Can't sell it if I don't list it.

Quite possibly the most disturbing image I've ever posted here....