The 2008 Garage Sale Challenge

Entries from June 2008

week 8 ? Update

June 30, 2008 · No Comments

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 .

Ended eBay Sold Amazon Sold Cost List Fees FV Fees PayPal Fees Incid. Fees Miles Net Profit Total
5/14/08 95.23 0 $59.25 6.30 6.60 5.27 6.05 14.00 3.81
6/16/08 394.49 25.00 93.50 57.22 29.78 0 0.0 12.62 226.13 229.94
6/26/08 81.42 15.00 0. 15.29 6.81 7.81 0 0 66.51 296.45

Categories: Kelly

Gary’s 2008 Garage Sale Challenge - Week 8

June 24, 2008 · 2 Comments

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:

Ended eBay Sold Amazon Sold Cost List Fees FV Fees PayPal Fees Incid. Fees Miles Net Profit Total 
5/11 $193.46 $59.99 $35.35 $6.30 $18.04 $10.27 $0.00 $24.75 $150.37 $158.74
5/18 $923.70 $247.40 $59.55 $8.15 $109.00 $35.63 $0.00 $46.97 $911.80 $1070.54
5/26 $589.03 $298.12 $65.50 $10.40 $92.46 $15.59 $0.00 $59.09 $644.11 $1714.65
6/01 $348.10 $174.30 $30.70 $6.15 $50.69 $24.89 $0.00 $23.74 $386.25 $2100.88
6/8 No auctions -
went fishing in Canada
6/15 $518.38 $57.34 $58.25 $10.25 $45.60 $27.83 $0.00 $36.87 $396.92 $2497.80
6/22 $215.92 $241.08 $21.25 $3.05 $56.44 $8.97 $0.00 $0.00 $367.29 $2865.09
6/29     $74.97 $12.35       $49.49    

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June 23, 2008 · 5 Comments

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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

 

Categories: Rita

BanksAuctions - Weekly Auctions Recap - Week 5 & 6

June 21, 2008 · 4 Comments

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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week 3 to now plus More update

June 20, 2008 · No Comments

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.

Ended eBay Sold Amazon Sold Cost List Fees FV Fees PayPal Fees Incid. Fees Miles Net Profit Total
5/14/08 95.23 0 $59.25 6.30 6.60 5.27 0 14.00 3.81
6/16/08 394.49 25.00 93.50 57.22 29.78 0 0.0 12.62 226.13 229.94

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2008 Garage sale Challenge weeks 4-7

June 19, 2008 · No Comments

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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Categories: Janie

Gary’s 2008 Garage Sale Challenge - Week 7

June 17, 2008 · 4 Comments

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:

Ended eBay Sold Amazon Sold Cost List Fees FV Fees PayPal Fees Incid. Fees Miles Net Profit Total 
5/11 $193.46 $59.99 $35.35 $6.30 $18.04 $10.27 $0.00 $24.75 $150.37 $158.74
5/18 $923.70 $247.40 $59.55 $8.15 $109.00 $35.63 $0.00 $46.97 $911.80 $1070.54
5/26 $589.03 $298.12 $65.50 $10.40 $92.46 $15.59 $0.00 $59.09 $644.11 $1714.65
6/01 $348.10 $174.30 $30.70 $6.15 $50.69 $24.89 $0.00 $23.74 $386.25 $2100.88
6/8 No auctions - fishing in Canada
6/15 $518.38 $57.34 $58.25 $10.25 $45.60 $24.52 $0.00 $36.87 $400.23 $2501.11
6/22     $21.25 $3.05       $0.00    

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WEEK 6 STATS

June 17, 2008 · 1 Comment

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

Categories: Rita

Confession Time and Highlights

June 16, 2008 · 1 Comment

Okay, I must confess, life and my other job have taken over (excuses, excuses), and I am really behind on my paperwork, so I don’t have a chart to post yet. 

On to the highlights:  I have actually had several challenge sales this past month, and sold them from my ebay store as well as auction.  I thought I’d list some of the highlights…. (more…)

Categories: Diane

Larry and Kathy’s Updates - Weeks 5 and 6

June 14, 2008 · No Comments

Sales slowed down quite a bit here this week for some reason.  All of our Challenge sales were on Amazon.  We’ve been busy with consignment sales on eBay so we aren’t just sitting around twiddling our thumbs, but we need some time to get Challenge items up on eBay.  Here is our update for the past two weeks:

Ended

eBay Sold

Amazon Sold

Cost

List Fees

FV Fees

PayPal Fees

Incid. Fees

Miles

Net Profit

Total 

50/8

$0.00

$46.93

$5.50

$0.00

$9.74

$0.00

$0.00

$10.74

$20.95

$20.95

5/15

$0.00

$231.92

$24.75

$0.00

$51.17

$0.00

$0.00

$21.97

$134.03

$154.98

5/22

$61.97

$299.91

$72.50

$2.50

$68.29

$3.01

$0.00

$12.59

$202.99

$357.97

5/29

$77.06

$186.25

$41.25

$3.55

$42.95

$4.61

$0.00

$10.12

$160.83

$518.80

6/05

$0.00

$139.65

$6.00

$0.00

$15.25

$0.00

$0.00

$4.71

$113.69

$632.39

6/12

$0.00

$93.59

$8.75

$0.00

$20.80

$0.00

$0.00

$6.59

$57.45

$689.94

The one big highlight of the week was selling a “Training Manual: How to Train the Trainer” on Amazon for $99.50 (paid $1.00).  We could use a few more of those. :-)  We also did well with a “Medical Parasitology” book which sold for $32.99 (paid $.50).

We visited about 25 rummage sales this weekend which was just a fraction of what we could have done with more time.  We really only hit the sales in our part of the city. 

Categories: Larry