Sales as of late

My sales have been pretty good the last few months. I have had a steady stream of them every week. I have been able to keep 50-70 listings in my shop at a time, which has been perfect for me and my busy life. All you 200+ listing sellers are probably rolling your eyes at me right now... I know... I am a total baby when it comes to listing.

So this last weekend, hubby and I decided to go on a mini vacation to Palm Springs, Ca- without our kids! It was so much fun.. and the best part? We spent one of the mornings there going to thrift stores, garage sales, and estate sales. It was so much fun... and I got some GREAT finds that I will post about later as soon as I take some pictures.

So here are some more recent sales for me:

 Starbucks 2006 Pink Mug Paid: $1 Sold: $21.95 FS

 Pampered Chef Accent Decorator Paid: $1.50 Sold for $16.95 FS (Shipped first class! Wohoo!)

 Wrangler Jeans Paid: Free (given to me) Sold: 15.95 FS

 Bailey's Irish Creme Mug Set Paid: $2 Sold: $15.95 FS

 Starbucks Cork Base Mug 2013 Paid: 50 Cents Sold: $19.45 FS

 Starbucks 2007 Easter Mug Paid:$1 Sold: $13.95 FS

 Prince Consort HungryMan tie (This sat for MONTHS!) Paid: 50 cents Sold: $22.95 FS

 Blues Clues Dancing Singing 14" plush Paid: $3 Sold: $28.95 FS

Prada Sport Shoe. Paid: FREE (My husbands shoes he barely wore) Sold: $77.95 FS

 

So these are just a few of my sales. I know its a ton of mugs..(this isn't all of the mugs I have sold). Even though mugs are not a huge profit, they are very easy to sell. They are usually very cheap to buy, easy to list and easy to ship. I ship all my mugs in a priority padded envelope using the jelly roll method. I have perfected my packaging method for these babies and will have to share sometime!



Another BOLO: LPS

I have another great TOY BOLO for you. One probably some of you already know about.

Littlest Pet Shop!
This is another one of my friends finds.....

This is a Littlest Pet Shop Rare Collie Dog #58.

She bought a whole bag of these "LPS" dogs at a thrift store for a couple of bucks.. and some of them are worth alot of money.

This one sold for $49.99 plus shipping.
A huge profit!

She has another one listed for $100 right now with watchers!
A great find.

BOLO: Lego Duplo Tubes

So my eBay bestie, Mandy, who I blogged about not too long ago... is letting me share some of her sweet finds since she is not a blogger. So I am going to highlight some of her awesome flips in the next few days. Here is one of my more recent favorites of hers:

Lego Duplo Tubes

Now if I saw these at a yardsale, I might have over looked them. They look like a "thousand pieces I don't have time for."
She picked up a box of these for $3 at a yardsale and sold them for $60.99 + Shipping.
An awesome flip, and I am jealous.

i love INK! A BOLO

A small tip for your Friday afternoon from me to you!

Always, always, ALWAYS pick up printer ink when you see it for sale for cheap. I love love buying ink. Even if it goes for cheap on eBay. Why you ask?
It either sells for cheap, but sells SUPER fast.... or it can make you a big profit but still sell FAST!
I always see new ink at yard sales or thrift stores and I make sure to buy it every time (even expired ink).

I bought these for $3 each. They both sold in one listing for $28.49. Minus $2 shipping and some seller fees, I profited $18. Best part; they sold within an hour!

Happy Friday!

....ps. Notice the marking on the ink boxes? Yep those are from Goodwill... Remember my post here? More about what happened with that later.

Merry....errrr Late Christmas? And a Happy New Year!

I totally neglected my blog the last month. My life has been insane. This is what happened:

1- My kids BOTH had horrible reactions to flu shots. Causing a week of my 24/7 time with them. (104 degree fevers, and cranky kids = no fun). (Also it means I get NO SLEEP)
2- Family Visiting
3- I took on multiple DIY Christmas presents... some took WAY MORE TIME than I thought.
4- Severe Jalapeno Burns on my hands from canning hot pepper jelly. No I didn't wear gloves.
5- We re homed our dog. It was SO SAD! We love him, but he is a gigantic 60 pound puppy that loved to jump, and unfortunately our kids were becoming scared of him because of his size and energy... so he wasn't getting the time he deserved. We homed him... and to make a long story short he ended up being in 6 different homes (badly mistreated by one, and abandoned by another) and it was a 2 week nightmare... BUT he ended up finding the PERFECT home, and his new owner and I have become good friends... so there was a happy ending.
6- We are currently getting over pneumonia and sinus infections in our house. (My poor kids have pneumonia and hubby and I sinus infections)...

Luckily the winter illnesses are starting to fade, and the holiday hustle and bustle is calming down. I feel like I can finally get back into the swing of things. My eBay sales were FANTASTIC right before Christmas. I was selling about 3-4 things a day which was awesome for me. It has since slowed down, but luckily I still have a stream of sales happening. Despite all the craziness I have been able to keep up my listings. (yay me!).
So with all of that being said, Happy Late Holidays and Happy New Year!

Here are some note worthy sales I had during the last month:
(All sales free shipping unless noted)

 Paid: 50 Cents Sold: 14.95

 Paid: $1 Sold: $21.95 (This is seriously hideous)

 Paid: $0! My father in law was going to toss it out. Bell Pit Boss Motorcycle helmet. Used. Sold: $59.95

 PG&E Mug. Ok so I grabbed this without looking this up. I knew it was probably unique since its the power company in California. When I got home I listed it at 15.35 and it sold right away. I should have listed it a little higher. (Paid 50 cents)

So after I posted my previous post about perfection pieces, I went to an estate sale and found this baby for $5! Complete with all the pieces. I listed it right when I got home at auction and it ended up selling for $45.05 plus calculated shipping! One of my favorite sales of 2013!