posted on December 6, 2012 08:02:11 AM new
While there have been no spectacular finds or sales, I've been picking up a lot of saleable merchandise and sales have taken a jump.
I recently got on the bandwagon and bought a android phone, which has paid for itself many times over in a short period of time.
While I have concentrated on pottery and glass antiques for 13 years, I've noticed a big slowdown in demand. I now am picking up more recent collectables, not only in pottery and glass, but kitchenware, toys and just general merchandise.
Sales are great, and I'm actually picking up more than I need for immediate sale.
posted on December 6, 2012 12:30:40 PM new
That sounds great. I have been trying to downsize personal collections lately and have been putting American Sweetheart Monax on and getting pretty good bids. I have a lot that I collected over the years.
posted on December 7, 2012 02:37:19 AM new
I love American Sweetheart Monax but I don't collect it. I could never find but a piece here and there.
Sales have been slow so far this month but I really haven't been working much.
I ended last month with a big bang.
As for finds, I found a beautiful diamond platinum ring - Edwardian I think. I got it for resale but so far it hasn't left my finger.
[ edited by ebabestreasures on Dec 7, 2012 02:37 AM ]
posted on December 7, 2012 06:27:56 AM new
Yeah,good news,just spent one hour trying to figure why cant I print express or priority mail labels on USPS,EBAY and Paypal going to Russia?
Ebay grapewine said huge hacking of sites printing shipping labels to Russia is the reason,how do you hack USPS site??
posted on December 7, 2012 09:14:32 AM new
Sales have been great for us... but it really depends on what we have. I had a pair of chairs we had reupholstered recently. Had to wait to put them in the local shop due to space constraints. While they were waiting for space I listed them on eBay and sold them in just a few days for double what I would expect locally.
I have been tracking sales and see that our monthly totals keep ticking up. I had a monthly sales goal that seemed logical earlier this year, but now we are almost doubling those goals. I am going to have to raise the bar.
