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You shouldnt get caught up worrying about what your flipping customers are getting for your items. I dont know about anyone else, but I may hit three thrift stores in a day before I find one item I can flip for the kind of markup mentioned. ($20 golf clubs sold for $85) Thats a few hours of my time and gas, and if theres a reward in it for me its usually due to my product knowledge. So I have something invested in it too.
Of course if youre really pricing things too low an adjustment is due, but jacking everything up across the board isnt wise. Again it comes down to product knowledge, and the color coding or crytic date tags will really help.
Whatever you do, dont copy an ebay page with what a similar item sold for there and place it on the item. Goodwill does that from time to time and its really a turn off, especially since the price items sell for on ebay widely varies.
You shouldnt get caught up worrying about what your flipping customers are getting for your items. I dont know about anyone else, but I may hit three thrift stores in a day before I find one item I can flip for the kind of markup mentioned. ($20 golf clubs sold for $85) Thats a few hours of my time and gas, and if theres a reward in it for me its usually due to my product knowledge. So I have something invested in it too.
Of course if youre really pricing things too low an adjustment is due, but jacking everything up across the board isnt wise. Again it comes down to product knowledge, and the color coding or crytic date tags will really help.
Whatever you do, dont copy an ebay page with what a similar item sold for there and place it on the item. Goodwill does that from time to time and its really a turn off, especially since the price items sell for on ebay widely varies.
Especially when it's a "Listed on Ebay for $X.xx", not even a completed listing.
You shouldnt get caught up worrying about what your flipping customers are getting for your items. I dont know about anyone else, but I may hit three thrift stores in a day before I find one item I can flip for the kind of markup mentioned. ($20 golf clubs sold for $85) Thats a few hours of my time and gas, and if theres a reward in it for me its usually due to my product knowledge. So I have something invested in it too.
Of course if youre really pricing things too low an adjustment is due, but jacking everything up across the board isnt wise. Again it comes down to product knowledge, and the color coding or crytic date tags will really help.
Whatever you do, dont copy an ebay page with what a similar item sold for there and place it on the item. Goodwill does that from time to time and its really a turn off, especially since the price items sell for on ebay widely varies.
Yeah, you want to sell for eBay prices, you pay the eBay fees and hassle with shipping and returns and such. That's the cost to reach that huge online customer base. Otherwise, just price for your customer base.
Goodwill has an online marketplace, Shopgodwill.com . I've bought two sewing machines there for great prices: about $30 each, including shipping. One works well, the other not at all, and there are no returns. If I'd bought in store, I could have returned the broken one.
At least it's a popular vintage model; I could sell it "for parts or repair" for more than I paid, but that will include the hassles.
Yeah, you want to sell for eBay prices, you pay the eBay fees and hassle with shipping and returns and such. That's the cost to reach that huge online customer base. Otherwise, just price for your customer base.
Goodwill has an online marketplace, Shopgodwill.com . I've bought two sewing machines there for great prices: about $30 each, including shipping. One works well, the other not at all, and there are no returns. If I'd bought in store, I could have returned the broken one.
At least it's a popular vintage model; I could sell it "for parts or repair" for more than I paid, but that will include the hassles.
Im a man who strangely enough knows how to sew and sewing machines are something I both buy and sell. I think of them like a tool, similar to a drill press. I almost got burned on a Janome Sew Mini from ebay, sold as working but the timing had skipped a gear tooth and wouldnt pick up the bottom thread. Seller denied the return but after appeal ebay gave me a refund.
A few months ago I decided I had to have a vintage Elna Stella, its a small machine where the sides fold up to make a case. (An update of their Lotus)
I knew it was missing the needle plate, but getting a repro of that added $90 to the $150 paid.
Its collecting dust in storage because it doesnt have an automatic threader like my 2 Janomes do. Beautiful Swiss made machine though.
Sewing machines almost always cheap at Goodwill. Another thing Im finding at thrift stores is Miele vacuums. German made, retail for $6-900 new, Ive found 3 now for $20-25. People pay $100 for them on CL the day you list them.
Thrift stores around here died out a long time ago. They take anything good and sell it themselves online. But I'm selling costume jewelry on ebay. I had to clean out my cousin's house and she was a hoarder so this is my reward--box upon box of costume jewelry. I'm not working hard at selling though--just having fun getting rid of it and receiving a bit of money.
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