Monday, June 11, 2012

Maybe I Should Have Bought More

I’m sure we have all done this in the past. You see something and aren’t sure how well it will sell. Do you buy it or not? I usually do as long as the price is right. A few weeks ago I went to a garage sale. All clothing was 50 cents. Great price but none of it was name brand so I grabbed only two tops. I figured for a $1.00 investment I should be able to make something on them. I was planning on putting them in a lot but realized once I got home that the shirts were not the same size. So I listed them each for $12.00 and thought “these will never sell”. Well sell the both did and within a week of listing. I should have bought more. I didn’t make a lot of money but they were a quick sale. And that’s what I need right now. Here is the top that sold. It is really cheap material but a big size so I think that helped.



This past week has been the slowest I have had since I started a store on eBay. I only sold $77.00. It makes me so sad I could almost cry. Don’t buyers know that I have a vacation to pay for? Hmm maybe I can put that on my listings. "Please buy my items. I'm going to go party in Vegas in a month and need gambling money". Probably won’t help though.

So I am setting another goal this week. That always seems to help. Like somehow envisioning my goal makes it somehow happen. So here it is:

Sell $250.00 (need to make up for last week)
List 30 items

After the disappointing week I’m not very motivated but I have to keep trying. So far I have already sold $15.00 and listed 5 items. And it’s only Monday.

9 comments:

  1. Hi I sell tons of clothing on ebay I just wanted to let you know that when I come across cute clothing at a yard sale what I usually do is put it in a big lot for example I went to a yard sale a few weeks ago all the clothing was .50 I picked up 20 items they were cute some were even kmart and walmart brand then I combined it in a lot and sold it within a day for 89.00 plus 19.99 shipping people love lots of clothing just thought I would share

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    1. That's a great suggestion. I would never had thought of that. I will have to try that next time. I'm shocked at the $89.00 plus shipping. Great sale!

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    2. I'm going to have to try this as well. I have been listing my clothing separately

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  2. I don't know if this has anything to do with you being slow, but around here it's the last week of school. There are graduations and parties going on.

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    1. Lorraine - I hadn't thought about that but it is that season. Hopefully sales won't continue this way all summer long.

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  3. You and I think alike. I just wrote a post about the things I have passed up that I later regret. Things will pick up but usually it is not until late July early Aug. Keep your chin up and keep listing:)

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    1. That Buzz Lightyear toy you left behind would have been a great sale but you did find a bunch of other great stuff. I need to go yard saling with you.

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  4. "Please buy my items. I'm going to go party in Vegas in a month and need gambling money".

    That statement made me LOL.I'm glad I wasn't taking a sip of Diet Coke at the time-it would've been ugly.

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  5. Just a tip on what's been working for me - although I don't have an ebay store, I put things up for starting auction AND a buy-it-now price - things have been selling really well. Last 60 days I'm OVER $1,500!! And another $150 coming in tonight! YOU CAN DO IT!! KEEP AT IT!!

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