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Post by chapeaunoir on Oct 21, 2019 4:29:39 GMT
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Post by somany on Oct 21, 2019 22:53:14 GMT
Eh, he's got 48 items in his solds, and while I didn't look at all of them, one of them had the "Updated XX/XX/XX" note as Jan 17. I take that to mean that is the day it was sold (although that may not be what it's indicating) so 48 for 9 months is just OK (more than my running rate, but still just OK). But you are right, I'm surprised he sells anything with his pics and sketchy descriptions.
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Post by chapeaunoir on Oct 21, 2019 23:44:51 GMT
I'm thinking they're in-demand character T shirts? I don't keep up with pop culture much so wouldn't know.
ETA: I mean, if they ARE in demand, I'll start looking for them, but I really hate looking through men's clothing ::snore:: unless I'm looking for pants for myself, and even then, it's mostly pleat front Dockers and jeans - even the DH thinks it's boring lol.
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Post by kat on Oct 23, 2019 1:05:39 GMT
Eh, he's got 48 items in his solds, and while I didn't look at all of them, one of them had the "Updated XX/XX/XX" note as Jan 17. I take that to mean that is the day it was sold (although that may not be what it's indicating) so 48 for 9 months is just OK (more than my running rate, but still just OK). But you are right, I'm surprised he sells anything with his pics and sketchy descriptions. The updated is the last day he shared or revised it. At least I think so. I was trying to look at something and was seeing my updated date were several days prior to the sale date at what I was looking at. It might have changed, I haven’t listed on Poshmark for quite a while. |
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Post by chapeaunoir on Oct 23, 2019 2:07:08 GMT
I'm finding Poshmark to be more and more work for less and less return. I'm on the verge of lotting up a lot of my items and offering them as reseller lots, 5 lb at a time.
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Post by somany on Oct 23, 2019 5:12:53 GMT
I tried a reseller lot to test the water with it but got little interest. It had I think 3 Elie Tahari items and a couple of other decent brands. I went as low as $6 each but no takers.
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Post by chapeaunoir on Oct 23, 2019 17:14:11 GMT
I sold a vintage lot of 7 shirts for $23 or something - just to get them out of here. The lot sold quickly and I had already had the work done the first time around. I haven't tried any more - I was thinking of like 8 little summer shirts or something for $25. Maybe I'll just redonate.
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Post by kat on Oct 24, 2019 8:16:29 GMT
I sold a vintage lot of 7 shirts for $23 or something - just to get them out of here. The lot sold quickly and I had already had the work done the first time around. I haven't tried any more - I was thinking of like 8 little summer shirts or something for $25. Maybe I'll just redonate. That’s not bad if you were just going to toss or re-donate. I’m done looking stuff up or chasing comps and trending prices unless I’m really unfamiliar. If it’s a Chico’s/EF and below I’m going with my gut and what I paid. If I can fill a bag for $5 on stuff a bag day I’ll slap a price on and drop it every week or so on CCO until it’s $9 or $10. The stuff I pay reg thrift prices for will drop slower which might not be wise but I just can’t train myself to look at the big picture. Humpty and Shopping With Gina both recently revisited the .99¢ auctions. Gina ended up selling about 80 items at an average of $17.66 plus she inflated shipping. I think some she started higher. Humpty's aren’t over yet but she sent over 600 items out at 99¢ many at actual shipping. She has bids on almost 500 I think and has until Sunday. She pays a lot for her inventory so she took a big risk starting so low and she did it the second night of the big glitch. It will be interesting to see if it works again. |
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Post by chapeaunoir on Oct 24, 2019 16:13:18 GMT
Both these sellers are much, much better at fashion than I am. If I start stuff at .99, I KNOW it'll end there. I'm moving stuff over, though, to my clearance ID where it's being blown out cheap with free shipping, no returns. Prices here are high so even if I redonate for a write-off, I still get about $2 per piece value at our tax bracket. We don't have stuff a bag or anything like that here, though I hit the 50% off sales and senior days which helps.
I don't purchcase anything for Posh - it's all the stuff I can't sell elsewhere so I have no money sunk into the site itself.
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Post by Desire on Oct 25, 2019 15:12:09 GMT
@kat Do you have Humpty's ebay name? I'd like to look at her auctions to see if there's anything to purchase. I know she used to be Thursday's Girl but changed it way back. Thanks! |
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Post by somany on Oct 26, 2019 3:19:21 GMT
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Post by chapeaunoir on Oct 26, 2019 4:50:21 GMT
LOL - I think they're great! With her figure she could probably get away with anything, anyway. Desire - I thought it was All My Pretty Friends but I can't remember how it was written out - can't find it in a couple of tries. |
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Post by kat on Oct 26, 2019 7:26:36 GMT
@kat Do you have Humpty's ebay name? I'd like to look at her auctions to see if there's anything to purchase. I know she used to be Thursday's Girl but changed it way back. Thanks! It’s allmyprettyfriends just written like that. |
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Post by chapeaunoir on Oct 26, 2019 16:29:31 GMT
Yeah - she gets way better stuff than I can find! I'll be curious to see how things end.
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Post by Desire on Oct 26, 2019 18:57:28 GMT
Thanks Kat - will check out her stuff - I used to purchase things when she was Thursday's Girl way back for myself. She would put on some great sales.
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Post by chapeaunoir on Oct 26, 2019 22:32:09 GMT
She's got a great eye and great resources.
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Post by kat on Oct 26, 2019 22:41:51 GMT
She pays up for her inventory, uses only one source, but she has an eye for it. She has several items in this auction she paid over $50 for and she posted earlier that she hopes this experiment wasn't a mistake. Very few things she started at 99 cents were bought for under $10. She had a fire evacuation notice yesterday and it ended up being sent in error, it was a few miles away that was being evacuated. Can you imagine? Deciding to take a leap like that will all your inventory and then have to evacuate?
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Post by kritter on Oct 26, 2019 23:57:28 GMT
She has some very nice things and a lot more nerve than I have to start at .99.
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Post by chapeaunoir on Oct 27, 2019 17:01:36 GMT
She definitely has an eye, but her source must be excellent, too, because her selection is so good. Yeah, she's got more nerve than I have, but back in the day she used to launch .99 auctions every Thursday and just let them run for a week. She said packing day was manic (I think her husband helps with that). After auctions started sinking she found she made a lot more with fixed price because auctions usually end so poorly, but she may be banking on having a LOT of auctions and people bidding on multiples.
Hope it works out well (and she doesn't have to evacuate with a hundreds of pounds of inventory!).
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Post by kat on Oct 27, 2019 20:06:25 GMT
I called it an experiment but her main goal is to clear out this stuff. She’s not one to hold her inventory for several months unless it’s a high ticket item. Her asp is $40 and she’s counting on auctions bringing half that.
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Post by treasuresencore on Oct 28, 2019 21:24:00 GMT
I must be doing something wrong. I tried to look up humptys listings under allmyprettyfriends and saw one listing for a lands end sweater.
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Post by kritter on Oct 28, 2019 21:29:59 GMT
I think most of her listings have ended. I was watching two items that I was going to bid on and then forgot about them. Both have ended.
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Post by kat on Oct 28, 2019 22:42:38 GMT
I must be doing something wrong. I tried to look up humptys listings under allmyprettyfriends and saw one listing for a lands end sweater. Everything ended last night. She sent all her items to 99¢ ten day all at once. If she has something listed it might be a re-list someone canceled? |
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Post by chapeaunoir on Oct 29, 2019 2:29:57 GMT
Wow - some of those prices are real heartbreakers.
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Post by kat on Oct 29, 2019 7:07:52 GMT
Wow - some of those prices are real heartbreakers. She’s happy with the results and the heartbreakers average out with the ones with multiple bids. Not too bad considering she moved about 600 things out that she no longer wanted to look at, covered fees, investment and expenses with a few thousand in her pocket to put toward fresh inventory. All in ten days (plus 5 days to ship). |
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Post by kritter on Oct 29, 2019 15:38:22 GMT
Wow - some of those prices are real heartbreakers. That is what I thought too. I cringed when I saw all those that ended so very very low. |
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Post by somany on Oct 30, 2019 3:45:11 GMT
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Post by kat on Oct 30, 2019 4:12:02 GMT
That reminds me of my first few clothing listings. I sold other things before but not clothes. I had an outfit, I think my title was Women's Outfit. I had one picture of jeans folded and t-shirt open next to it. I used my son's toy digital nickelodeon camera which looked like it was shot through Vaseline. I described it something like Levis size 10 and Pepsi logo tee. I had a few other listings just as bad that had bids and I didn't think anything of it until I got a sickly sweet message asking me all kinds of questions, but in a "tell me why I would want to buy these" and it was the best passive aggressive message I ever received. Light bulb moment. At least this seller has good pictures. |
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Post by chapeaunoir on Oct 30, 2019 17:45:47 GMT
The shoe pictures are OK, but the clothing photos are awful - laid out wrinkled on an unmade bed. Reminds me of that Stones song!
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