We traveled to beautiful San Francisco for a video job, while our store still runs on extended handling time. Big question of the week, can we transition to selling higher end items for more money rather than the treasure hunting with a fishnet model we do now? Only time will tell. Join the conversation […]

We’re all caught up, no death piles to list. Looks like we need to get scavenging again once we get home from our video work trip. Ebay is again allowing perma-sales for those who love them. Join the conversation in the forum>> Our Store Week Oct 7-13, 2018 Total Items in Store: 8163 Items […]

We ponder our total sales numbers from eBay for the last 10 years. What do they really mean in terms of having a scavenger life and not comparing it to regular office job lives? Check out the 50 ft tree being felled behind our building–  Join the conversation in the forum>> Our Store […]

Our latest scavegning at an auction was ‘meh’, but some local thrift stores filled in with some nice camo finds this week. We still feel like this is the good life though. How about you? Join the conversation in the forum>> Our Store Week Sept 23-29, 2018 Total Items in Store: 8057 Items Sold: […]

Join the conversation in the forum>> Our Store Week Sept 16-22, 2018 Total Items in Store: 8053 Items Sold: 42 Gross Sales: $1,494.33 Cost of Items Sold: $85 Cost of helpers: $144 Highest Price Sold: $175 (lamp) Average Price Sold: $35.57 Returns: 0 Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $8 Number of items […]

Troy joins us again to talk numbers for your eBay business. Thanks Troy! Join the conversation in the forum>>

 Lots of stuff happening. Concrete. Brick. Porcelain. Old Shoes. Join the conversation in the forum>> Our Store Week Sept 2-8, 2018 Store #1 Total Items in Store: 7918 Items Sold: 74 Gross Sales: $2,358.80 Cost of Items Sold: $125 Cost of helpers: $144 Highest Price Sold: $175 (pair of vintage ceramic plates) Average Price […]

I have to start by apologizing for the poor audio quality in part of  this recording. I don’t know what was going on this week, but our recorder made it sound like we had a fan blowing on us, which we didn’t. Sorry! Hope it’s mostly still listenable. Join the conversation in the forum>> […]

We wrapped up our two week trip to NYC by hauling a bunch of stuff to the post office to ship home. It’s fun for us to be urban scavengers sometimes. Jay points to Frugalwoods post on How To Stay Motivated While Working Toward Longterm Goals. Also to Mark Tew‘s post about The 5 […]

Running a business can be complex, stressful and take up all your time. But should it be complicated? eBay’s Fall Seller Update came out with no real big surprises, thanks goodness. We transferred all of our second store listings to our main store with InkFrog and it was a challenge, but in the end […]