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| Selling Clothes on Ebay Sucks
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Added on 01/04/07 by Betsy
The first thing I ever sold on Ebay was a lot of Baby Gap things my son was given when he was born and never wore. I thought it was great- and it is a great way to buy clothes especially high end stuff for cheap.
I think selling clothes on Ebay sucks though.
Don't get me wrong I totally do.
See what I haven't told you guys is that I have a little problem...ok so you figured but this is a different little problem.
I love baby clothes. I spend so much time looking for stuff to sell that I naturally trip over beautiful baby clothes- who can resist Hanna Andersson for $2.12 or a Baby Lulu ensem for $3.13.
I sure as hell can't so I end up with a crazy glut of designer baby duds.
They are hard to display correctly, people always say don't put them on the floor- but what else are you supposed to do?
Seamstress dummy dealies cost a lot of money and clothes look weird on a hanger on the back of a door.
There is a very smart resale suit seller who has a beautifully landscaped pool with a wrought iron fence and she hangs the used suit so you get a beautiful view of her lovely yard...and the Goodwill suit sells for triple the similar listings.
I don't have a cement pond in the back yard.
I could dress my Golden Retriever up in a Hanna Andersson dress- he would be. . . (read post) |
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| What should I buy?
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Added on 10/31/06 by Betsy
One of the things people always when they are interested in getting started on Ebay is-"How do I know what to sell?"
I had an English teacher long ago tell me that it is best to write about what you know. I think the same is true of Ebay crap. I sell predominately baby and child related items for a couple of reasons.
It first occurred to me to sell when I was online years ago looking for clothes for my then 6 month old baby boy. I went on Ebay thinking I could get cheap clothes, maybe a whole box since it was supposed to be like an online garage sale.
I was astonished when I realized that not only were the clothes sold mostly piece by piece they were selling for nearly as much as they retailed for in the first place.
That is when I got the idea to not only sell the massive amount of Baby Gap crap I had gotten as a gift in size 0-3, but that I could go to garage sales and get other people's baby junk to sell.
As a freaky first time parent I had done all of that research into what the best car seats, high chairs, bouncer, activity centers, breast pumps and on and on. So I started doing Ebay searches for completed listings. Looking up Peg Perego strollers, Graco strollers, Pack and Plays and anything else I could think of that is on that list.
After a few nights of staying up late looking at completeds. . . (read post) |
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| BREEDER SALE SPECTACULAR!
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Added on 09/25/06 by Betsy
This weekend was the GREATEST GARAGE SALE OF ALL TIME. Alright, so I say that every weekend, but this weekend was a special one. TMOTTC (tri cities mothers of twins and triplets club) threw their annual fall clothing and toy resale event. These chicks may have weak pelvic floors, but they throw a serious sale. Their organizational techniques are unmatched. Dont mess with a chick who has developed a flow chart to get her laundry done.
So this is how a big sale works. A club like the good old TCMOTTC rents a space, these guys rent a stadium which is brilliant you already know by the location in the newspaper ad that this sale is going to be huge. Lesser local clubs for the explosively fertile actually get together and rent livestock and specialty county fair barns to house their sales. Nothing says quality, clean merchandise like ducking through 4H banners on your way to the breastpumps.
The idea behind these sales is to raise money for cash strapped mommies as well as the organization. In order to sell at the sale, you have to be a member. Unless you put your name on a waiting list, pass a phone interview and submit to an inperson interview and information session. I know this sounds like hell a work but I completed all 3 rounds and was granted the golden password to resale nirvana. My. . . (read post) |
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