Friday, January 18, 2013

{The Pic Free Post}

I don't understand why Blogger has decided to hate me but I can't seem to upload any photos to my posts from my computer! Is there some sort of update I missed or thing I need to do? Why do you hate me Blogger?!

Anyway, I have had a STELLAR month so far sales wise, shocking actually! Its not so much the high profit just the high number of sales. Most of the things I've been selling have been sitting around in my storage room/Mason's bedroom for months just because I didn't feel like getting around to listing them because they weren't high dollar items. Well since I haven't been finding a lot of high-dollar treasures lately, those low-dollar storage items have been selling like hot cakes!

{MUGS}
I have a mug buying problem. I buy any and every Starbucks mug I find and other mugs I find to be cute or possibly worth something. Most of the time I don't even look them up before I buy them anymore which has led to quite the stockpile of mugs. So this month I made it a goal to list every single mug in the room and see what happens. So far I've sold 6 mugs, have 8 currently listed and about 10 more to get listed before the end of the month. Maybe I can make a big dent in that collection. Plus, I've kind of started to be picky again and actually look up completeds before I buy... sometimes... :)

Also a tip that probably everyone is aware of but somehow I tend to overlook it: Really examine mugs before buying them. I can't believe how many times I've come home with a chipped or cracked mug because I didn't run my fingers along the tops & bottoms or notice that a handle was cracked. If it's dirty or stained that can sometimes be fixed. The ceramic portion on the bottom of mugs that usually doesn't have glaze can easily be cleaned up with a magic eraser. I can often make an old dingy mug look almost new again with that little trick.

{TOYS}
I haven't found a lot of excellent toys lately but have had a few things I was holding onto because I didn't think they would sell well. I was wrong, toys are still hot and worth the effort! I had found one of the infamous Pat Pat Rockets a while back for $3 but it was missing the lid that folds down and didn't have any figures with it so I just gave it to my kids. They loved it and played with it a lot but when I happened to come across a June and Annie figure at VV earlier this week (and when Annie sold overnight for $11) I decided that I might as well give it a shot and see what happens. So I included June with the rocket and was shocked when it sold within 30 min for my full asking price of $39.99! I certainly never pass up any Little Einsteins toys even when they are in terrible shape they have always been a consistant and quick dollar for me.

{RANDOMS}
Some other things I've sold this month have been a few vintage goodies on Etsy, some flatware and other little toys; all things that have been in my storage room for months and I never bothered to list them because something else more exciting came along and got listed first! I am still going through my back stock of inventory trying to list everything, it's not going to sell itself afterall, but I'm also still out hunting - I can't stop! Yesterday I had a very exciting trip to Value Village and spent too much but hopefully I'll double or triple what I did spend.

You never know what you are going to find and it's the thrill of the hunt that keeps me going in these cold winter months with no garage sales, so as long as I can keep up my goal of listing within a week hopefully I can keep everything organized and we'll have an excellent year!

How have your sales been this month? Find anything super exciting out there hunting??

9 comments:

  1. Sounds like it's been a good month!

    Not sure what is going on with blogger but I can't upload pics to my blog either?????

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  2. I too have brought home mugs that were damaged because I didn't detect the flaws when I bought them. Grrrrr. I have to stay away from mugs. They just don't work for me.

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  3. Hullo there, long time lurker here. I have discovered my temporary fix for uploading photos... Just switch from Compose to the HTML tab and mysteriously it lets you upload photos... Strange.

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    1. Thank you SO much, that will work yay! My next post won't be photo-free! Thanks!!

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  4. Little Einsteins is always a good seller. I've even taught the kids to zero in on it at yard sales. The last Pat Pat Rocket I bought was spotted by my 9 year nephew. I hear you about wanting to empty out the collections of "goodies" that already exist and get the listed. It's so much easier to shop though then to list.

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    1. I hardly ever come across them but when I do I always get SUPER excited!!

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  5. Speaking of mugs...I just saw a great tip on shipping them in the padded flat rate envelopes(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4PHQ0s_U14). I wish I would have seen this yesterday..I just shipped a mug to Colorado today and it cost me almost $7 to ship priority mail. This would have saved me $2 bucks. I'm always thinking...$2 saved on a million items is $2 million bucks..it all adds up! ;)

    Hope this helps someone!

    Margaret @ Live Like No One Else

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    1. Thanks Margaret I will have to look at that one, that would definitely save me some cash. I sent one to New York once and it cost me almost $9! Insane when you offer free shipping on most of your items! Thanks!

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    2. You're very welcome. I enjoy learning from everyone else. I too sell most of my things with free shipping and accepted $12.99 BO on that particular mug..killed me to pay that much. It's great when you can do flat shipping. :)

      Margaret @ Live Like No One Else

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