How much did you spend this weekend?

[Paleo_joe]

On the topic of inventory, I bought $300 worth of it his weekend and I have practically all of it scheduled to list tonight. That is more than I usually spend but you've got to buy it when it's there. I will probably triple my money. The most I spent was $40 for a WW2 patch that was originally $80 and has an ebay of maybe $120. The best buy I got was a bunch of vintage 1970s Old Space aftershave still in the box for $1 a bottle and a Black Belt cologne gift set from 1969 still in the shrink wrap that ought to bring $100+.
I am the only one in town who knows about vintage shaving and I have to credit this forum

Ending tonight I have a bunch of auctions where I am basically going to get my money back out of old inventory, selling stuff below the $25 threshold I normally don't go below. It is a lot of work but I'm glad to have the space back in my closet and the cash back in my paypal.

 

[Omega]

$2,136, big weekend over here.

 

[Jayers]

10 for Pyrex and 60s teal foot stool
25 for a Morgan, two silver halves, 5 40% halves, a quarter and two dimes
32 for thee boxes of Christmas blow molds ( killer score of the day).

And I might still be spending 400 for the rest of the guys coin collection. If he'll take that offer...

 

[Beachkid23]

$2,136, big weekend over here.

Good! I was worried I spent too much, I spent $1300. Mainly on that yellow metal everyone loves! But a ton of other stuff. 3 community sales side by side!

 

[batcap]

I spent $5.30. I got what's pictured (already posted to the auction site), and a wire strainer, a teac head demagnetizer, and a two-ink Chromatic pen with the C&O - B&O Railroad logo on it. I figure I'll get my money back.

 

[Turbo21]

10 for Pyrex and 60s teal foot stool 25 for a Morgan, two silver halves, 5 40% halves, a quarter and two dimes 32 for thee boxes of Christmas blow molds ( killer score of the day). And I might still be spending 400 for the rest of the guys coin collection. If he'll take that offer...

Which blowmolds did you get?

 

[clovis97]

Total bust for me this weekend.

I hit two estate tag sales...what a waste of time. I spent a whopping $11.25. It isn't unusual for me to drop $1,000 in a day.

 

[NJ Marty]

Lightest weekend for me in awhile, spent $130 but this vise I got for $20 should almost cover that.

 

[Jayers]

Which blowmolds did you get?

A couple of toy soldiers/nutcrackers that will go in the household collection, a couple of odd angels, and a children based manger scene that will go on the bay. Should be able to quadruple the 32 with the manger scene alone.

 

[dejapooh]

I spent $150 on electronics, silver, crystal, and bits and pieces of other stuff. Already sold the bose ipod/iPhone dock for $145... So I am happy.

The silver was 4 sterling salt shakers. 60 grams each for $50 for all. That's about
$. 21 a gram.

 

[diggummup]

$77 and I really shouldn't have spent that. No more buying until I can list of some of this crap!

I did give the estate sale lady from last week a $100 bill though, she was happily surprised. I spent $50 at her sale last week. I listed and sold just 2 of those items for $250. I have another $400-$500 worth left to sell (whenever I list them) so I figure she deserved it. Besides, she has called me in the past for private pre-sales and I always make money on her, maybe it will gain me another advantage in the future. Her sale this week only netted some household items and ​a bottle of Hugo Boss-

 

[Turbo21]

A couple of toy soldiers/nutcrackers that will go in the household collection, a couple of odd angels, and a children based manger scene that will go on the bay. Should be able to quadruple the 32 with the manger scene alone.

Nice score

Nutcrackers go for $20-$30

Angels depend on which model

And I have seen the precious mom et nativity go for up to $200

 

[jerseyben]

$82 on assorted coins and a box of junk including artwork, brass candlesticks x2, lantern, and NIB coffee mugs.

 

[mkulltra]

$0. Got a flat tire within 3 minutes of leaving house. Ruined my whole morning.

 

[billjustbill]

Digg,

I can say I did the same thing you did, but my dollars were 1/5 of yours.... At the last monthly local flea market, I saw a fellow I hadn't seen for almost a year. He had sold me five 85w solar panels for $40 each several years ago and got me on my way to my large solar panel array. They had been taken off an older Highway Dept. programmable flashing road sign. On the trailer was the control panel, inverter, volt and amp meters, and a lot of long heavy battery cables. He wanted $50 for the unknown inverter, I passed on it, and $30 for the long cables and meters.... The day before the flea market, I'd just re-opened the box I'd packed to the brim all the stuff and saw all those large heavy-duty low voltage cable connectors, the high quality of the heavy, long battery cables and thought to myself that $30 dollars just wasn't enough.....

He was selling huge HANKS of 1" diameter synthetic rope once used for pulling new high line wires from tower to tower. I had the $20 bill in hand and said, "This is for you." as I put it in his. The look on his face was one of wonderment and subtle shock.... I told him what it was for and that "It takes more Grace to receive than it does to Give."

It was the fair thing to do, and I'm sure I'll be buying more things from him....

 

[diggummup]

$0. Got a flat tire within 3 minutes of leaving house. Ruined my whole morning.

That's not as bad as locking your keys in the car, while it's running, in your driveway. Waited over an hour for AAA to show up. Morning was shot. This was several months ago. Flat tire? Nascar pit stop speed, done! Unless of course you don't have a spare or a jack, been there done that too lol.

 

[Baltimore]

$0 thankfully, I'm trying very hard to move into full on winter selling mode. Harder than it seems, but I've gone a few weeks without any buying and it feels great!

 

[Kendahlj]

$0 thankfully, I'm trying very hard to move into full on winter selling mode. Harder than it seems, but I've gone a few weeks without any buying and it feels great!

What's your secret? I haven't been able to cut myself off yet...

 

[Baltimore]

A few things, I've been trying to stop buying for the past few months and I realized that my buying was outpacing my selling by quite a bit. I'm a college student so I don't have a lot of space to work with, I'm graduating in the spring, and I'm trying to save money for my future. All of those factors combined gave me a good reason to give buying a rest.