nharmon
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posted on July 21, 2002 08:53:11 AM
I doubt I will make enough money to pay my cable bill this month. How slow are your sales? Is there anything that is hot right now?
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marcn
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posted on July 21, 2002 09:11:57 AM
Sales have been excellent for me! I specialize in Women's Plus Size clothing.
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nharmon
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posted on July 21, 2002 09:51:27 AM
marcn
good for you and happy selling 
[ edited by nharmon on Jul 23, 2002 10:47 AM ]
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docpjw
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posted on July 21, 2002 09:56:19 AM
Ok, I have Eight auctions ending tonight and it looks Like they will all come in around what they are Supposed to. I specialize in Makeup and Fragrances (Tough items,BUT I sell ONLY Retail,and I have a pretty good rep).
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nharmon
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posted on July 21, 2002 10:29:01 AM
docpjw
I have purchased all my make up on Ebay-there are some really good deals on it. Happy selling
[ edited by nharmon on Jul 23, 2002 10:48 AM ]
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dadofstickboy
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posted on July 21, 2002 10:31:30 AM
Hi!
June: was the best month this year for me.
July: Sit here and wonder why I bother.
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wwtraders1
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posted on July 21, 2002 10:32:57 AM
This has been my best weekend since spring.
Selling mining and prospecting equipment. Running 60 % sell thru. Still have 3 ending tonight. All sold with buy it now yesterday and day before.
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NanasTurtles
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posted on July 21, 2002 11:07:13 AM
I mainly sell collectables and a few other things on ebay and YES, my sales are down also. I'm still listing but not listing alot. I figure the weather is nice everywhere and people are able to get outside and do their own buying so I'll just have to wait it out until the weather cools and people are back inside doing their buying!
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kyms
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posted on July 21, 2002 11:14:10 AM
I sell books, games, Lp's and similar items. This has been the worst two months ever.
I am unsure how to pay a few bills this month. I am selling about 1 in 10 auctions and these are mainly going at opening bid...If things don't improve soon I will be back on a job hunt. My sales are too slow to continue to support me.
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marcn
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posted on July 21, 2002 11:21:38 AM
nharmon:
I do a few Lane Bryant items but mainly we sell Silhouettes. We sell more Silhouettes than anyone else on eBay and have many repeat customers.
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fluffythewondercat
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posted on July 21, 2002 11:48:29 AM
Smokin'. Over 95% sellthrough. Partner just wrote a quick program that gives me a cumulative total of the month's sales so I can see how we're doing and what cash flow for the coming weeks is likely to be. Currently selling 400-500 items a week and having to scramble to keep up. Thank heavens the EOA program he did for me sends out mail within 30 minutes of an auction's end. eBay keeps trying to trip us up by changing the EOA format but so far we've been able to adjust.
Really looking forward to September, when my monthly nut is reduced by $3500. I'll have a lot more discretionary income then. I might just take October off and rest up for the Christmas push.
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nharmon
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posted on July 21, 2002 11:55:32 AM
fluffy
what the heck are you selling? 400-500 auctions on. I try and keep like 40-60 auctions on each week with used clothes and and some toys. I am a stay at home mom with two kids and 4 cats and my hands are more than full- 400-500 blows my mind. When do you find time to clean the house or run errands. My hat goes off to you.
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fluffythewondercat
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posted on July 21, 2002 01:09:09 PM
We sell jewelry, mostly. I do eBay fulltime. We took a couple hours out to vacuum up and down stairs yesterday and rediscovered the original color of the carpet.
7 cats: 6 indoors and 1 stubborn porch cat.
Had to empty the vacuum cleaner three times, there was so much cat fur.
When I had a fulltime job, it was hard to find time to run errands. Now I can do them whenever I want, unless I'm expecting a delivery or a temp worker showing up.
I used to think 100 auctions a week was a lot, then we started automating some of the processes.
It's all a matter of scale.
There's one eBayer doing jewelry who runs about 6,000 auctions a week and they are all unique items. I've scratched my head trying to figure out how and finally concluded that she does not actually have all the merch in stock but buys what she needs from the wholesaler to fill her eBay orders. Just keeping an inventory of so many items would be a staggering task, so perhaps she is drop-shipping. I seem to recall once I figured she was paying eBay about $50,000 a month in fees.
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Japerton
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posted on July 21, 2002 01:21:39 PM
Got three payments in one day!
Got one bid on three auctions!
Hoping that I can list in August and sell a stack of victorias that took too long to list and generated one sale.
"Bother"
- Eeyore
Japerton
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nharmon
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posted on July 21, 2002 01:24:20 PM
fluffy
wow sounds like you've got it all under control. Ya I bet the jewelry goes well. I wanted to replace a gold watch I lost at the lake a month ago so I found one I liked on Ebay and it went very very high- so glad you have found a good market. Happy selling
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auctionarizona
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posted on July 21, 2002 05:49:55 PM
I do computer and network related items mostly end of lease turn in recycle stuff and it seems to be a solid steady ratio of about 55% on sales but most of the items go 100 to 300 area not getting rich but having a lot of fun and with the larger items like im selling my limit is about 40 active auctions at a time
who else out there does computer related items we may get together to help keep our supplies going good always need a good supplier
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smenkveld
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posted on July 21, 2002 07:26:00 PM
Sales are great for me I sell lapidary items "rocks".You should see the look that the UPS clerks give me when they ask whats in the boxs and I tell them that they are full of rocks.
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feistyone
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posted on July 21, 2002 08:10:31 PM
Sales are at this point looking to be better than last week. Thank heavens for that.
Last week was our worst since 9/11/2001.
Finer Fashions on Ebay, top designers, latest styles.
http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/feistyone/
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yumacoot
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posted on July 22, 2002 05:05:39 AM
32 item(s) with bids = 91% sellthrough rate. 2 items with no bids out of 36. I feel pretty good about it. Bought the lot for 20.00, still have 45 of those items to list, so far made 290.00 of the lot....(I am not full time ebayer, have other job, so I am small time!) But hey, it's money to play with.
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quickdraw29
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posted on July 22, 2002 11:30:25 AM
I've checked my auctions 17 times in the last hour and no new bids!
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toolhound
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posted on July 22, 2002 03:46:53 PM
I just closed out 25 with 18 sales so I guess about normal for me.
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sanmar
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posted on July 22, 2002 04:19:32 PM
Since the 1st of July, I have had only 3 sales running 12 to 15 auctions daily. Worst it has ever been. I am not going to list anything for the rest of this month. Then I will see what happens with the stock market. If it keeps falling, I may have to jump, but I live in a mobil home, so I'll have to find something higher. Can't get hurt from 5 feet. LOL. In case you haven't figured it out, I am retired & the profit from eBay is what can use at Laughlin, NV for playing poker every 3 to 6 months. I'm 73 & still love poker, vodka & women. Not necessarily in that order.
[ edited by sanmar on Jul 22, 2002 04:30 PM ]
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REAMOND
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posted on July 22, 2002 06:47:26 PM
Sanmar- I hope your sales pick up just so you can go enjoy yourself. I hope those better things in life still appeal to me at 73 !!
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nharmon
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posted on July 22, 2002 07:09:38 PM
sanmar-
I too hope your sales pick up. It sounds like you are really ejoying life to the fullest. Please remember to enjoy all three in moderation.
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nightbird84
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posted on July 23, 2002 03:30:14 PM
slow sales for me too. And even my Buy it now's that are going - it says to pay within 48 hours by paypal and everyone who bids doens't have paypal. So that's more frustrating in addition to lack of bids. Right now I have 4 items listed, no bids. I keep checking over and over...and things that have ended are not going as high as they should. I think I am going to take August off if I can and start again in Sept and stock up. I've been stalking up since fall.
My boyfriend is now my ebay partner in crime and he's so excited about any bids and watches ebay like a hawk. Kind of funny. I've been doing it for almost 5 years and it's fun but doesn't excite me like the newbie he is! Had to teach him at yard sales not to say the word "ebay" although we hear it often enuf.
I have 2 cats btw and they do take up my time but I work full time and list only part time. I LOVE cats for all you cat lovers!!!
I sell collectibles, some clothes, purses, books, etc.
Lauren (not nightbird84 on ebay)
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caffeitalia
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posted on July 23, 2002 05:53:53 PM
Good thing there is Yahoo. Right now it is the only place generating sales for me. I figure around Labor day that will change, but for now, it is Yahoo.
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