Gary’s 2008 Garage Sale Challenge – Week 17

The auctions for items purchased during the sixteenth week of the 2008 Garage Sale Challenge ended Sunday evening with 29 of the original 65 items listed selling for a total of $422.69 and a sell-through rate of only 45%. Book sales on Amazon were productive this week with 17 books selling for a total of $492.56. This was due, in part, to the many books I purchased last week and the fact that several of the textbooks have already sold.

The low sell-through rate of only 45% was expected due to the number of pieces of railroad ephemera I had listed. Normally I would have put them directly into my eBay store, but decided to run them all through the auction format one time to see what happened. I was a little surprised at what a few of those that sold brought. One piece, going for $26.00 covered my cost for all of it, making the remainder all profit.

There were no auctions that really stood out this week so we’ll just take a look at how things stand after seventeen weeks.

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	$22.73	$0.00	$52.02	$717.86	$5850.30
8/03	$278.74	$338.05	$45.00	$9.50	$81.83	$9.80	$0.00	$58.99	$411.67	$6261.97
8/10	$367.58	$210.45	$45.90	$11.15	$66.61	$19.32	$0.00	$38.38	$396.67	$6658.64
8/17	$542.88	$185.98	$52.10	$8.00	$69.00	$20.33	$0.00	$46.96	$532.47	$7191.11
8/24	$422.69	$492.56	$78.25	$23.85	$118.01	$17.30	$0.00	$54.04	$623.80	7814.91
8/31			$108.00	$11.10				$36.87

This week there are 42 qualifying items on eBay consisting of ten items that didn’t sell previously and are being re-listed and thirty-two fresh items purchased at garage sales last week. Due the the three-day Labor Day weekend, these auctions will run from Monday to Monday rather than my normal Sunday to Sunday schedule. Here’s what they are and what I paid for each:

• 1955 Phi Alpha Delta Law fraternity directory – a re-list
• Enesco creamer, sugar, salt and pepper set – a re-list
• Sharples Cream Separator advertising song book – a re-list
• 1940 Fifth Avenue Modes woman’s modes fashion catalog – a re-list
• 1940 Summer Berth Roberts fashion catalog – a re-list
• 1940 Spring Berth Roberts fashion catalog – a re-list
• July 1940 Berth Roberts fashion catalog – a re-list
• 1964 CAPP-Home house plan catalog – a re-list
• 1961 National Plan Service house plan catalog – a re-list
• Woodsmith magazine vol. 17 – a re-list
• Set of 9 Little House On The Prairie books – paid $2.50
• Creating Radiant Flowers In Colored Pencil book – paid $.25
• Teaching Center Great Courses World War II History 1-3 – paid $10.00
• Teaching Center Great Courses Chemistry 1-3 – paid $10.00
• 1997 Cook’s Illustrated annual – paid $1.00
• 2000 Cook’s Illustrated annual – paid $1.00
• Anchor Hocking Patio Snack set – paid $2.00
• 12 Magic Crochet magazines – paid $1.20
• The Mage Winds Trilogy – paid $.75
• The House Of Windsor series 27 books – paid $6.75
• Red River Of The North Series – paid $.60
• The Mitford Years boxed set – paid $.40
• 10 Cornerstones Of Freedom books – paid $1.00
• 7 Terry Johnstone paperback westerns – paid $1.75
• 8 Ralph Compton paperback westerns – paid $2.00
• 14 William Johnstone paperback westerns – paid $3.50
• 25 Help Me Be Good books – paid $2.50
• P. Buckley Moss Atlanta print – paid $5.00
• P. Buckley Moss Joyful Gathering print – paid $10.00
• Mega Bloks Harley Davidson set – paid $3.00
• Mega Bloks space shuttle set – paid $3.00
• A.C. Gilbert Polar Club electric hair dryer – paid $5.00
• Leaf TV lamp – paid $.50
• Aladdin Lincoln Drape lamp bowl – paid $5.00
• Texas Instrument TI-83 Plus calculator – paid $1.00
• 3 Johnny Hart BC books – paid $.30
• 19 Mad magazine books – paid $1.90
• Big Game In North Dakota book – paid $.50
• Audubon Society Birds Of North America VHS set – paid $2.50
• 10 issues The Raven magazine – paid $1.00
• Alice In Bibleland 28 book set – paid $7.00
• Supernatural – The Complete 1st Season – paid $2.00

In addition, I purchased the following books and placed them on Amazon.

• Tomi – A Childhood Under The Nazis – paid $.50
• Instrument Commercial Manual – paid $3.00
• Students Who Drive You Crazy – paid $.25
• Theories Of Human Development – paid $.50
• An Introduction To Theories Of Personalities – paid $.50
• Gems Of The & Color Rays – paid $.25
• Cognition – Theory And Application – paid $1.00
• Culinaria Italy – paid $1.00
• Offenbach – The Tales Of Hoffmann CD set – paid $1.00
• How To Run A Theater – paid $.50
• Reading The Bible From The Margins – paid $.25
• The Dialogic Imagination – paid $.50
• The Lesbian And Gay Studies Reader – paid $.50
• Queer Space – Architecture and Same Sex Drive – paid $.50
• My Name Is Mr. Ryan – paid $.10
• The Horse In Blackfoot Indian Culture – paid $.10
• On Understanding Japanese Religion – paid $.10
• Management Of Organizational Behavior – paid $.10
• Social Psychology – paid $.10
• Compensation Management In A Knowledge-Based World – paid $.10
• Human Resource Management (I bought 2 of these) – paid $.20
• Secret Origins Of The Bible – paid $.10
• The Bedford Companion To Shakespeare – paid $.25
• Haynes Mercedes Benz Diesel 123 Series Repair Manual – paid $.50
• Haynes Saab 99 Repair Manual – paid $.50
• Race And Manifest Destiny – paid $.50
• Germany In Central America – paid $.25