The 2008 Garage Sale Challenge

The auctions purchased during the eighth week of the 2008 Garage Sale Challenge ended Sunday evening with 26 items selling for a total of $701.34 and a sell-through rate of 79%. Amazon sales accounted for another $139.91.

The highest priced item for the week was Alice Starmore’s Pacific Coast Highway (28023909830 which brought $10.50. This was one of three knitting books I had on eBay this week. The other two also sold - “Knitting In The Nordic Tradition” (280239098502) selling for $40.20 and “…And A Time To Knit Stockings” (280239098700) selling for $16.49.

The surprise of the week was a book titled “American Bottles And Flasks & Their Ancestry” (280239098293) that sold for $63.56. This was between two and three times what other examples of the same book had brought on eBay over the last three months.

Here’s how things look after last week’s auctions ended.

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I’m currently writing this from our local library because my main computer crashed and my backup is so slow I REFUSE to try and work from that one. All my updates and posts will be coming later this month.

I ordered a new custom built 17″ notebook (it was suppose to be my new “desktop”) but it won’t be ready until sometime between the 9th & 15th of July so I’m stuck until the old desktop (new back-up) is repaired or the “Super-Notebook” arrives.

If it wasn’t for bad luck, I’d have NO luck at all!!

Good Luck Everybody!!

I didn’t get to go out at all last week due to Graduation, end of School & Lousy Weather.

I have 0 in cost ,because I paid for the items in the past weeks

Yesterday, I bought $36.50 of costume jewelry & gorgeous enamel coffee pot.
I also went to this strange Mission church bazaar, reminded me of the moonies.
Anyway, I bought Some Rich Dad cd’s & Books ( Thank you , Gary) for $8.00 .

The auctions for the remainder of the items items purchased during the fifth week of the 2008 Garage Sale Challenged ended on Sunday evening.

I had just nine qualifying auctions running this last week. These were items I’d purchased before leaving for Canada but hadn’t had time to list before I left. Of the nine items, eight sold for a total of $215.92. The sell-through rate was 89%. Amazon accounted for another $241.08 in sales during the last week.

The highlight of the week was the Getzen trumpet that I paid $10 for that sold for $102.50.

Here’s how things look after last Sunday’s auctions ended:

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 Good morning everyone

Hope all is well in your little corner of the world. My little corner is sunny at the moment, but a tad bit cool with thunder storms on the agenda for the 3rd straight day. I really dislike storms, especially here in Ohio as we are prone to tornadoes.

I’m going to treat myself to breakfast this fine morning and go to Goodwill, no garage sales today in our area. I decided not to go to the vintage glassware auction this past Saturday, but am thinking of going to a local estate auction this coming Saturday morning as it’s about 6 miles from me with my favorite auctioneer. Lots of box lots!

I will post my weekly update a little later. How are all of you doing with finding good stuff to sale? I see an awful lot of clothes in my area, guess thats why I like the estate auctions better for getting the kind of items I sell. One piece of advice, don’t get too caught up in the excitement and pay too much like I do sometimes. LOL
Have a wonderful day!
Rita

BanksAuctions - Weekly Auctions Recap - Week 5 & 6

These last three weeks (and looking like the whole month), real life has gotten in the way of the eBay challenge, eBay and most everything else. I’ve been dealing with some family issues, which have me flying back and forth between California and New York.

Hopefully things will settle down so I can start earning some $$$ and stop using up my “emergency stash”, oh well that’s what it’s for right?!?

I’ve mostly been doing relisting and listings of items purchased earlier during the challenge but yet unsold.

I’ve been able to do some treasure hunting nonetheless, and will do a separate update covering my most recent finds.

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What i Bought & What I sold in the last few weeks

My Major sale was

Coach Bag $5.00 sold for $91.13

Other items that I bought ” Sat” Books- Amazon

Bible Craft book.

Stamps

Cloisonne Necklace

Pin

Buckle (listed did not sell)

Pamper chef? Tupperware ( listed did  not sell)

Necklace & Ring

Berberi Earrings

Florenza Earrings

Red, white blue necklace & ears

In the last few weeks, I’ve gone out with over 100.00 in my pocket . I never spent more than 20.00.

Perhaps, I am coward about taking chances

On the other hand, my kids appreciated that I actually had cash, lol.

I have put all vintage jewelry that did not sell , in my etsy store.

Fvf & Paypal fees are lumped together . Also , I put all the money I spent in cost, regardless of whether I Listed it or not.

Hi! I hope everyone is making progress towards their goals. I have been listening to QBQ The Question Behind the Question. by John G. Miller. It’s about personal accountability and excellent motivation. Highly recommended!

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The auctions for items purchased during the fifth week of the 2008 Garage Sale Challenged ended on Sunday evening after I returned from Canada.

I had a total of thirty-three qualifying auctions running while I was gone. Of the thirty-three, twenty two sold for a total of $518.38. The sell-through rate was 67%. Not the greatest, but still well above eBay’s average. My Amazon store was placed on “Vacation” status while I was gone, but before leaving, Amazon did account for an additional $57.34 in sales.

The highlights of the week were two Creative Memories sticker binders with protectors I paid $5 each for. They sold for $76.25 and $73.00 respectively.

Here’s how things look after the seventh week of the Challenge:

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Hey everyone

I didn’t get listing done until later in the week, so have nothing to report for week 5. I’m going to try and go to a huge vintage glassware auction this Saturday, just can’t resist that one, but where I’m going to put anything else is beyond me. LOL We are going to be busy the first 2 weeks of July with hubby starting my ebay room downstairs the first week and then we’re going to PA to see our kids and bring back 2, maybe 3 of our grandsons to spend a week fishing and camping with granpa.

Hey Gary,
How was the fishing trip?
Rita