Entries from July 2008
The auctions for items purchased during the twelfth week of the 2008 Garage Sale Challenge ended Sunday evening with 16 of the original 32 items listed selling for a total of $384.93 and a sell-through rate of only 50%. Two of the 32 items didn’t surive the week.
I ended the auction for the LeBlanc Noblet Paris wood clarinet when, in response to a question from an interested buyer, I found it did have a small crack in the wood. The description has been changed to reflect that crack and it has been re-listed this week. eBay ended the auction for the SPSS 13.0 Windows Student Version software, saying I was in violation of it’s VeRO policy.
Three additional items were sold Sunday evening. The other two Zippo Vargas lighters were sold via second change offers for $38.88 and $36.00. In addition, after the auctions closed, I received an offer of $35.00 for the Pen Sketches Of Nebraskans book that I accepted. These sales bring the eBay total for the week up to $495.80.
This weeks auctions were led by the 1998 limited edition Remington Wildlife pocket knife that sold for $101.11. Amazon sales accounted for an additional $469.26 in revenue this week from the sale of fifteen books. Amazon sales were led by three algebra textbooks that sold for $60+ each.
Here’s how things look to date:
| 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 |
$701.34 |
$139.91 |
$74.97 |
$12.35 |
$69.99 |
$25.42 |
$0.00 |
$49.49 |
$609.03 |
$3474.12 |
| 7/06 |
$935.78 |
$118.42 |
$41.75 |
$14.55 |
$78.21 |
$29.73 |
$0.00 |
$39.90 |
$850.06 |
$4324.18 |
| 7/13 |
$365.10 |
$125.98 |
$42.72 |
$5.35 |
$44.21 |
$16.12 |
$0.00 |
$21.71 |
$360.97 |
$4685.15 |
| 7/20 |
$366.07 |
$321.05 |
$89.50 |
$9.55 |
$86.45 |
$11.91 |
$0.00 |
$42.42 |
$447.59 |
$5132.44 |
| 7/27 |
$495.80 |
$469.26 |
$50.75 |
$11.35 |
$110.35 |
$19.01 |
$0.00 |
$52.02 |
$721.58 |
$5854.02 |
| 8/03 |
|
|
$45.00 |
$9.50 |
|
|
|
$58.99 |
|
|
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Categories: Gary
Tagged: The 2008 Garage Sale Challenge. Selling On eBay
Howdy, howdy all 
I finally did it, Woohoo!! LOL Granted it’s a small one, but it feels good to be out of the hole. The past few weeks have been so very hectic with little time for the challange or even e-bay for that matter. I figued that once hubby’s vacation and grand kids visits were over I’d have more time. Wrong! The garden is coming in and I’ve started canning. I have not been buying anything new for the challange lately as I’m listing from items already bought for the challange in previous weeks. This update on the challange totals are from July 9th - July 28th. I’m going to make more of an effort to post stats every week like I used to.
Ebay Sales…155.81
COG….0.00
LF……10.10
FV Fees….8.49
PP Fees….12.16
Net…….125.06 (-26.40) 98.66
Total challange net….98.66
Rita
Categories: Rita
I think it’s time to start looking for Christmas items when you’re out hunting and getting those Christmas items listed!! I just sold four Christmas items out of my store this weekend.
Diane
Categories: Diane
Sorry it’s been so long since we posted. We still here, still plugging along and still in the hole. I think we were more than a tad ambitious when we set our goals for the challenge. We’ve been buying more than we can get listed, in spite of a few weeks when we couldn’t get to sales. Deb is tied up this weekend so I’m going to try to get as much of it listed as I can rather than going to sales. Lets see if we can get into the black by the end of next week.
| Week # |
Week |
Sales |
Cost |
List Fee |
Fv Fee |
PayPal Fee |
Misc Fees |
Mileage |
Net Profit |
Total
|
| 1 |
5/8/2008 |
|
105.50 |
8.40 |
|
|
|
53.03 |
-166.93
|
| 2 |
5/15/2008 |
353.33 |
27.85 |
13.80 |
25.80 |
16.73 |
2.99 |
71.71 |
194.45 |
27.53
|
| 3 |
5/22/2008 |
161.94 |
86.35 |
6.86 |
15.57 |
11.45 |
|
74.74 |
-33.03 |
-5.50
|
| 4 |
5/29/2008 |
314.36 |
584.50 |
3.15 |
24.62 |
13.06 |
5.52 |
44.44 |
-360.93 |
-366.44
|
| 5 |
6/5/2008 |
108.78 |
20.20 |
9.80 |
8.16 |
3.81 |
0.00 |
90.40 |
-23.58 |
-390.02
|
| 6 |
6/12/2008 |
155.09 |
|
2.80 |
12.94 |
|
|
|
139.35 |
-250.67
|
| 7 |
6/19/2008 |
56.98 |
73.00 |
2.45 |
4.71 |
3.55 |
0.00 |
48.48 |
-75.21 |
-325.88
|
| 8 |
6/26/2008 |
94.93 |
41.14 |
13.30 |
8.43 |
4.35 |
|
59.59 |
-31.88 |
-357.75
|
| 9 |
7/3/2008 |
155.70 |
|
5.60 |
13.21 |
6.60 |
0.00 |
|
130.29 |
-227.46
|
| 10 |
7/10/2008 |
66.46 |
183.40 |
4.06 |
4.94 |
|
|
|
-125.94 |
-353.40
|
| 11 |
7/17/2008 |
151.70 |
41.75 |
3.88 |
1.62 |
|
|
95.36 |
9.10 |
-344.30
|
| 12 |
7/24/2008 |
136.17 |
|
|
9.41 |
1.75 |
|
|
125.01 |
-219.30 |
Categories: Ken & Deb
The auctions for items purchased during the eleventh week of the 2008 Garage Sale Challenge ended Sunday evening with 19 of the 27 items listed selling for a total of $366.07 and a sell-through rate of 70%. Amazon sales accounted for an additional $321.05 in revenue this week from the sale of twelve books.
Once again, there were no really exciting items sold this week. The highest priced item was the Pepsi-Cola advertising thermometer that sold for $46.95. During the same week I had two books that each sold for more than that on Amazon. When that happens, eBay didn’t exactly rip it up for the week.
For the third or fourth week in a row the garage sales in Grand Forks failed to produce anything really exciting. Probably the item for sale this week with the most potential is the Noblet clarinet I have listed. Two sales this past week did have nice selections of antiques but, in both cases, the prices the sellers wanted made it impossible to buy anything and expect to make a profit on it.
After 10 weeks of sales here’s how things look.
| 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 |
$701.34 |
$139.91 |
$74.97 |
$12.35 |
$69.99 |
$25.42 |
$0.00 |
$49.49 |
$609.03 |
$3474.12 |
| 7/06 |
$935.78 |
$118.42 |
$41.75 |
$14.55 |
$78.21 |
$29.73 |
$0.00 |
$39.90 |
$850.06 |
$4324.18 |
| 7/13 |
$365.10 |
$125.98 |
$42.72 |
$5.35 |
$44.21 |
$16.12 |
$0.00 |
$21.71 |
$360.97 |
$4685.15 |
| 7/20 |
$366.07 |
$321.05 |
$89.50 |
$9.55 |
$86.45 |
$11.91 |
$0.00 |
$42.42 |
$447.59 |
$5132.44 |
| 7/27 |
|
|
$50.75 |
$11.35 |
|
|
|
$52.02 |
|
|
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Categories: Gary
Tagged: The 2008 Garage Sale Challenge. Selling On eBay
Hello everybody,
WHEW, that was a rough ride, feels good to be back!!
I gotta tell ya if you don’t back up your info on a regular basis you’re just asking for trouble!!
Here’s a tip, spend a few $$ on a USB external hard drive and save your most important folders and files there, so in the event you have a complete system failure like I did, you’ll have your most important stuff safe, secure and accessible.
Luckily for me, 3/4 of my most important files were stored on a 2nd hard drive I had installed when I built my now dead (RIP) PC, but the 1/4 of my MOST important stuff was on the primary drive…oh well.
I’m back to about 95% capabilities, hungrier and wiser
Still trying to get my numbers together for update purchases and final sales figures, which I hope to have finished late this week or early next. Bear with me, I’m a slow poke!
Also work continues on the review of my PDA Media scouting endeavours which I hope to post this week… stay tuned!!
BTW - If you have any particular questions you’d like addressed in my review, just add a comment to this post and I’ll do my best to ensure it’s covered… if I can!!
Remember, this was a leap into the dark for me, as I’ve not used any type of media scouting tool/service, so I’ll only address findings and experiences particular to this individual service/method as I found them to be during my use.
Categories: Stephen
We had 18 eBay auctions ending this week for a total of $345.50. Fifteen of 18 items sold for a sell-through rate of 83%. In addition, we sold items on Amazon for a total of $96.50. Some of the highlights were:
- Longaberger Candy Corn Crock - paid $.50, sold for $23.39
- Vintage Royal Typewriter - paid $5.00, sold for $39.55
- Nikon 50mm Camera Lens - paid $3.00, sold for $35.01
- 11 Agatha Christie Books - paid $2.75, sold for $39.00
- 12 Wilton Cake & Cookie Pans - paid $12.50, sold for $77.48 (in two lots)
|
Ended
|
eBay Sold
|
Amazon Sold
|
Cost
|
List Fees
|
FV Fees
|
PayPal Fees
|
Incid. Fees
|
Miles
|
Net Profit
|
Total
|
|
5/08
|
$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
|
|
6/19
|
$0.00
|
$98.29
|
$4.50
|
$0.00
|
$22.84
|
$0.00
|
$0.00
|
$4.94
|
$66.01
|
$755.95
|
|
6/26
|
$0.00
|
$114..30
|
$4.25
|
$0.00
|
$23.90
|
$0.00
|
$0.00
|
$6.48
|
$79.67
|
$835.62
|
|
7/3
|
$0.00
|
$100.95
|
$13.25
|
$0.00
|
$24.05
|
$0.00
|
$0.00
|
$6.49
|
$57.16
|
$892.78
|
|
7/10
|
$0.00
|
$61.25
|
$4.75
|
$0.00
|
$15.29
|
$0.00
|
$0.00
|
$3.52
|
$37.69
|
$930.47
|
|
7/17
|
$345.50
|
$35.25
|
$46.40
|
$8.41
|
$34.47
|
$17.12
|
$0.00
|
$19.58
|
$254.77
|
$1185.24
|
Last weekend was a busy one for us personally so we didn’t get to very many sales, but the ones we did visit didn’t produce anything. Are we already to the “dog days of summer”? We will be on vacation the next two weeks so our next update won’t be until the first week in August. We wish you all the best as we head into the last half of the Challenge. Larry and Kathy
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Categories: Larry
Tagged: The 2008 Garage Sale Challenge
The auctions for items purchased during the tenth week of the 2008 Garage Sale Challenge ended Sunday evening with 9 of the 14 items listed selling for a total of $365.10 and a sell-through rate of 62%. Amazon sales accounted for an additional $125.98 in revenue this week.
No one item really stood out this week, but the Hartz DeLuxe keywind coffee can for $83.00, the complete set of Time Life Civil War books for $90.77, and the partial set of children’s ValueTales books for $76.00 were the three best selling items.
This was another not very exciting week of garage sales in Grand Forks but I was able to buy some nice Stampin’ Up sets at one sale for $2.00 each. The same sale produced two Creative Memories scrap booking albums and a Creative Memories Tote Mate. I also bought several good books for Amazon at three different sales. Without the items from those four sales, this would have been another disappointing week.
Here’s how things look after the eleventh week of this years 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 -
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 |
$701.34 |
$139.91 |
$74.97 |
$12.35 |
$69.99 |
$25.42 |
$0.00 |
$49.49 |
$609.03 |
$3474.12 |
| 7/06 |
$935.78 |
$118.42 |
$41.75 |
$14.55 |
$78.21 |
$29.73 |
$0.00 |
$39.90 |
$850.06 |
$4324.18 |
| 7/13 |
$365.10 |
$125.98 |
$42.72 |
$5.35 |
$44.21 |
$16.12 |
$0.00 |
$21.71 |
$360.97 |
$4685.15 |
| 7/20 |
|
|
$89.50 |
$9.55 |
|
|
|
$42.42 |
|
|
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Categories: Gary
Tagged: The 2008 Garage Sale Challenge. Selling On eBay
I am behind in my updating so will update from three weeks this time.
|
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
|
|
6/19
|
$0.00
|
$98.29
|
$4.50
|
$0.00
|
$22.84
|
$0.00
|
$0.00
|
$4.94
|
$66.01
|
$755.95
|
|
6/26
|
$0.00
|
$114..30
|
$4.25
|
$0.00
|
$23.90
|
$0.00
|
$0.00
|
$6.48
|
$79.67
|
$835.62
|
|
7/3
|
$0.00
|
$100.95
|
$13.25
|
$0.00
|
$24.05
|
$0.00
|
$0.00
|
$6.49
|
$57.16
|
$892.78
|
A few highlights were these books that all sold on Amazon:
-
Delmar’s NCLX-PN Review - Paid $.25; sold for $29.50
-
Telecommunications - Paid $.50; sold for $29.95
-
Network Programming With Perl - Paid $.25; sold for $29.00
- Head First Java - Paid $.25; sold for $22.95
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Categories: Larry
Tagged: The 2008 Garage Sale Challenge
The auctions purchased in the ninth week of the 2008 Garage Sale Challenge ended Sunday evening with 23 of the 24 items listed selling for a total of $935.78 and a sell-through rate of 96%. Amazon sales accounted for another $118.42.
The majority of the money came from the partial set of Imperial Sterling flatware in the Joan Of Arc pattern. I broke the set down into fourteen different auctions. All fourteen sold for a total of $706.69. Not bad for a $20 investment.
Last weekend was the long 4th of July weekend and the garage sales in Grand Forks were nearly non-existent. For the four days from Wednesday to Saturday there were less than 10 sales. That means the number of qualifying items on eBay this week is pretty small with 14 items listed and 3 of those are re-lists from previous weeks.
Here’s how things look after 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 |
$701.34 |
$139.91 |
$74.97 |
$12.35 |
$69.99 |
$25.42 |
$0.00 |
$49.49 |
$609.03 |
$3474.12 |
| 7/06 |
$935.78 |
$118.42 |
$41.75 |
$14.55 |
$78.21 |
$27.35 |
$0.00 |
$39.90 |
$852.44 |
$4326.56 |
| 7/13 |
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$42.72 |
$5.35 |
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$21.71 |
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Categories: Gary
Tagged: 2008 Garage Sale Challenge, Selling On eBay, What To Sell On eBay
