Several things came up here last week and one results was the update for week 15 of the Challenge didn’t get posted. I had most of it done last Tuesday, but finishing it kept getting delayed from one day to another, and it never got done. Now the update for week 16 is due too and I find myself no closer to having week 15 done than I was a week ago.
So, to get up-to-date, this is going to be an abridged version of both weeks 15 and 16. About all you will get is the table showing the results for the two weeks along with my expenses so far for week 17.
I do have 65 qualifying items running on eBay this week, but I’m not going to list them all here. They consist of 20 unsold items that I re-listed along with 45 fresh purchases made last week. Anyone interested in what they are can see them by using the link to my auctions in the “Information” section of the right sidebar.
Here’s how things look at the end of week 16.
| 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 |
|
|
$78.25 |
$23.85 |
|
|
|
$54.04 |
|
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Things are getting back to a semblance of normal here so next week’s update should be on time and in the regular format.
Categories: Gary
Tagged: Add new tag, The 2008 Garage Sale Challenge. Selling On eBay
Here is our update for Weeks 14 and 15 of the Challenge. No big deals at all. Rummage sales are not producing much of value. We haven’t had time to check many thrift stores, but we are going to need to do that on a more regular basis plus check out some auction sales in order to get our sales closer to where we would like them.
|
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
|
|
7/24
|
On Vacation – No Sales
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$1185.24
|
|
7/31
|
On Vacation – No Sales
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$1185.24
|
|
8/7
|
$56.96
|
$107.84
|
$11.55
|
$3.45
|
$28.71
|
$3.67
|
$0.00
|
$5.76
|
$111.66
|
$1296.90
|
|
8/14
|
$161.61
|
$78.20
|
$34.15
|
$8.10
|
$28.43
|
$10.62
|
$0.00
|
$10.70
|
$147.81
|
$1444.71
|
Categories: Larry
Tagged: 2008 Garage Sale Challenge
Good morning 
What is the best and cheapest way to ship books internationally? I have many that are too large for the flat rate envelope and in my opinion, they are not good for shipping books anyway. I would appreciate any help on this.
Thanks and have a wonderful weekend hunting treasures! lol
Rita
Categories: General
Hi Everyone!
Where on earth does the time go? I can’t believe it’s August already and summer is coming to an end. This challange has really taught me some valuable lessons about trying to get a business started and how life can and does affect it. I won’t make my challange goal at this point, but with the lessons learned, I’m hoping to do better with the way I buy and managing my time. My DSR’s have come up, as has my feedback percentage which I have always worked hard at since starting on ebay years ago. I have numerious physical disabilites which also have affected how often I can get out and about. I have days that I can barely do anything and that was another reason I wanted to try this challange, too push myself and not let them take over my life. We planted a garden this year and with my hubby’s and daughter in laws help, we have managed to can several quarts of veggies and we will have enough that we won’t have to buy this winter. Keep reading →
Categories: Rita
The auctions for items purchased during the thirteenth week of the 2008 Garage Sale Challenge ended Sunday evening with 12 of the original 24 items listed selling for a total of $278.74 and a sell-through rate of only 50% for the second week in a row.
As if my sell-through rate wasn’t bad enough, this week my sales on Amazon were higher than my sales on eBay. I don’t remember that ever happening previously.
Twelve books sold on Amazon during the last week for $338.05. The highlight of eBay sales was the early Hohner accordion catalog selling for $54.00 (280251371290).
Here’s how things look after Sunday:
| 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 |
|
|
$45.90 |
$11.15 |
|
|
|
$38.38 |
|
|
Keep reading →
Categories: Gary
Tagged: The 2008 Garage Sale Challenge. Selling On eBay, What To Sell On eBay
Our two-week vacation ended last week so we have no sales to report. We did hit a few sales this weekend, and things seem to be picking up a little from the July slump. We found the following and have listed them on eBay this week:
- Southwestern Student Handbook, 4 Volumes – paid $2.00
- 18 Stampin’ Up! Stamp Sets – None of them will be big sellers, but I paid only $1 or $2 apiece.
- Lot of Miscellaneous Rubber Stamps in a Case – I ditched the case and listed the stamps in a lot. You couldn’t beat the price – FREE!
- Lot of 34 Stampin’ Up! Ink Pads – I paid $15 but hope to double or triple my money.
- Lot of 51 Children’s Books (Barbie Book Club, Pokémon, Magic Tree House, Disney) which I divided up in lots – Paid $.10 apiece
- Tupperware Push-Button Gallon Pitcher – Paid $.25
- Vintage Glass Pitcher – Paid $.50
In addition, we picked up the following which I listed on Amazon:
- CD – Peter Mayer, Elements – Paid $.50
- CD – Plas Johnson, The Blues – paid $.50
- Book – NIV Discoverer’s Bible – paid $.10, sold for $9.99
- Toy – Pokémon Battle Arena – paid $5.00 (probably too much)
- Toy – Pokémon Pikachu Figure – paid $1.50
- Toy – Pokémon Cranida Figure – paid $1.50
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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
|
|
7/24
|
On Vacation – No Sales
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
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7/31
|
On Vacation – No Sales
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Categories: Larry
Tagged: 2008 Garage Sale Challenge
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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Keep reading →
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 |
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