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Overlooked junk at garage sales may have resale potential.
On Apr 29, 1:14 pm, rjn wrote:
incoherently inscribed: 'Decorative collectibles' ... kipple ... make up the largest Ebay category of collectibles found atgarage-sales, yard-sales,estate sales, etc. eBay is a great place to buy this crap, but very little of it is even worth the effort to list. * Lenox e.g., figurines, ornaments, ... We have Lenox and Tiffany fine china we'd be willing to sell on eBay, but the market for it appears to be collapsing. The generations that preferred class to convenience are all shuffling off to assisted living. * Bradford Exchange "yes, the collector plates." First rule of collecting: Never collect anything sold as "collectible". Philip K. Dick is dead. Kipple died with him. -- Regards, Bob Niland /rjn email4rjn AT yahoo DOT com NOT speaking for any employer, client or Internet Service Provider. Link to auctions (at bottom of post) of items sold (receiving at least one bid) worth at least $20; that is the items that make-up (approximately) a quarter of all Ebay auctions (receiving at least one bid) for decorative collectibles. Link to auctions are only intended as rough benchmarks of what to consider for purchase and subsequent resale. Most 'decorative collectibles' are worth less than $20; collectibles that sell for more than $20 are harder to find. Once again, the 'OTHER' categories -- other brands, other items are the watchwords; esp. with the higher-priced, more unique items. Ironically, the best finds are often those found after digging through the junk to avoid; as good finds may have been overlooked/undervalued, and hence got lost, well....in the shuffle! Do these items show up often at your local garage-sales, estate sales? * PartyLite - candleholders, candles. * Enesco - Other than the 13 items categorized. * Longaberger-Other than the 12 items categorized. * OTHER brands (Other than the 66 brands categorized) Picture frames. * Unbranded items (Other than the 22 items categorized) Bookends. AUCTIONS LINK: http://tinyurl.com/2y5pqh P.S. With all of the worthless junk largely made of plastic, I'd love to see this alot of this plastic distilled into oil. Yes, there are industries (outside the U.S.) that do this recycling on a profitable basis. |
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Overlooked junk at garage sales may have resale potential.
Don:
The minimum profitable eBay sale is $19.63 When the hell are you going to adjust that for inflation? |
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Overlooked junk at garage sales may have resale potential.
BrotherBart wrote:
Don: The minimum profitable eBay sale is $19.63 When the hell are you going to adjust that for inflation? Your 30:1 sell/buy ratio gives you a measure of inflation protection. -- Many thanks, Don Lancaster voice phone: (928)428-4073 Synergetics 3860 West First Street Box 809 Thatcher, AZ 85552 rss: http://www.tinaja.com/whtnu.xml email: Please visit my GURU's LAIR web site at http://www.tinaja.com |
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Overlooked junk at garage sales may have resale potential.
On Apr 29, 2:07 pm, Don Lancaster wrote:
BrotherBart wrote: Don: The minimum profitable eBay sale is $19.63 When the hell are you going to adjust that for inflation? Your 30:1 sell/buy ratio gives you a measure of inflation protection. -- Many thanks, Don Lancaster voice phone: (928)428-4073 Synergetics 3860 West First Street Box 809 Thatcher, AZ 85552 rss:http://www.tinaja.com/whtnu.xml email: Please visit my GURU's LAIR web site athttp://www.tinaja.com Hello, The main concerns are finding items suitable for resale that yields reasonable profits in the first place. I've found that concerns for specific buy/sell ratios, inflation, etc. are irrelevant. As for reasonable profits, a two to four fold profit for specific items (esp. the "better" decorative collectibles") seems to be the norm. Usually, specific items are purchased for up to a couple of dollars, and resell for a few dollars each. It is the collective sales of many of these low priced items where the majority of profits are made. For most Ebay sellers, ebay sale only deliver part-time, extra income. Hence, most sellers don't have to concern themselves with what are best left to MBA wonks e.g, buy/sell ratios, inflation, etc. |
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Overlooked junk at garage sales may have resale potential.
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For most Ebay sellers, ebay sale only deliver part-time, extra income. Hence, most sellers don't have to concern themselves with what are best left to MBA wonks e.g, buy/sell ratios, inflation, etc. Losing money part-time is safer than losing it full time. Lumpy -- In Your Ears for 40 Years www.lumpymusic.com |
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Overlooked junk at garage sales may have resale potential.
rjn wrote: incoherently inscribed: 'Decorative collectibles' ... kipple ... make up the largest Ebay category of collectibles found at garage-sales, yard-sales, estate sales, etc. eBay is a great place to buy this crap, but very little of it is even worth the effort to list. * Lenox e.g., figurines, ornaments, ... We have Lenox and Tiffany fine china we'd be willing to sell on eBay, but the market for it appears to be collapsing. The generations that preferred class to convenience are all shuffling off to assisted living. A rough survey of Ebay auctions regarding what percentages of Lenox and Tiffany Fine China actually sell (auctions receiving at least one- bid): * Around seventeen percent of all Lenox items received at least one- bid. * Around one-third of Tiffany Fine China peices received at least one- bid. Again, these are rough figures. How have specific Lenox, and Tiffany Fine China sold on Ebay? I always check to see how the specific item(s) I want to sell are selling (or not selling). * Bradford Exchange "yes, the collector plates." First rule of collecting: Never collect anything sold as "collectible". Philip K. Dick is dead. Kipple died with him. -- Regards, Bob Niland http://www.access-one.com/rjn email4rjn AT yahoo DOT com NOT speaking for any employer, client or Internet Service Provider. |
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