Recent yard sale and auction items

[hunts with son]

Attended an auction in May and purchased 3 box lots for $130. I kept some items thug valued on the low end for about $30. So with a cost of about $100 I've been doing well on eBay. Not to mention having a great time at the auction! Herd are some pics, I still have about 10 items from the auction to list. The last couple of weekends I was able to go to a few yard sales, but with kids activities I'm not able to get there early or on the first day. With that said, I did okay. It amazes me how much "stuff" people just give away for free. I guess they just want it gone. Here is what I paid for the items in the pics below.

Naruto and dragon ball cards - free
Sony Walkman- $0.25
Girl Scouts needlepoint- $0.50
Fly box - $2
Fly case - $2 (the key chain and pin were in my junk drawer)
Atari and controllers - $3
Pixter- $2
Lootcrate items - free.



Thanks for looking and good luck to all.

 

[nathan104]

Do you actually make any money selling something for 1.99?

 

[hunts with son]

Sure. Depending on the items past performance in recent auctions. If an item has numerous bids and has preformed well I'll list an item at a low starting price.

The items I won at the auction that I listed have sold in past by BIN, so that is how I sold them. Items like the cards and Walkman do well at auction, the kind of items that could cause a bidding war.

 

[hunts with son]

Not bad for free!!!

 

[vpnavy]

 

[Mkelly315]

how do you get your shipping so cheap. I feel like I'm getting ripped off when it comes to to start shipping.

 

[hunts with son]

how do you get your shipping so cheap. I feel like I'm getting ripped off when it comes to to start shipping.

I purchased a good scale from eBay. I box the items, them weigh them. Then I go on the USPS web site and put in a zip code across the country and use that as my cost. I try to keep shipping as low as possible, I feel it attracts buyers. I always use the cheapest way to ship. So far I have had no complaints about shipping times. Some times I make up to a dollar on shipping and sometimes I loose up to a dollar. I have been keeping track and after about 60-70 items sold I'm down about $7 total. But I'm okay with that because several items sold way over my projections.