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I always have listings end on Sunday night. I have noticed the more feedback I get the more my sales go up sometimes beating people I shouldn't even. Some how I am actually getting pretty damn near the top with the best match crap which no seems to know how works. Despite all this this last month has been absolutely dismal. In fact I lost my little 20% which is hurting.

I ended up closing my store and going back to a standard selling account after six months of losing money to ebay. I'm not sure what some of these stats are. I wasn't able to find any correlation between sales and relative prices. Everything I put on ebay has sold in the last week at the price I set the BiN to, and every time I put ten or more games at least one sells immediately but then the rest sit for months.

While I sell a lot more then games but I'm starting to think a large portion of gamers must be retarded. When I offer a better price, better condition, faster shipping and I have better feedback and they buy from from someone else it makes me think. Going through the sold listing though it happens all the time.

I have been experimenting with vintage clothing but its been tricky. People tell me to try ETSY but its resembles a clicky mix of Facebook and Ebay. Its seems to be run by insane artsy spitting cobra types. Also its lack of a shipping calculator is infuriating. I ship over seas often and that really makes their lives more difficult when they have to email for a price since there are more then five countries out there.

Yeah, I wouldn't know vintage clothing from modern remakes. That might be one aspect I would look at if I was shopping around, but here in town the choices are slim. One suggestion I heard recently is to troll department store sales on name brand stuff like Polo and whatnot. When the sale price is 70% of normal (which I'd have to verify online not by the tag) then I could buy it and flip it and probably make a bit of profit. Now that I know ebay/paypal fees are 22% I am very glad that I've been limiting my initial expenses to 1/4th value at most.

If you are going to sell clothes keep your open for is military stuff. Vietnam stuff is starting to go up in value and if your so lucky to find anything WWII it can bring in much more. People in places where their was a strong US presence at one time seem to love it, not just Americans. Things like deck jackets, survival vests, and m-65 field jackets with the right patches can bring in a lot. Learn how to read contract numbers.

We have one military surplus place in town, and two Goodwills that won't let me lurk around in the pre-priced area. That sounds like an interesting area to research even if I don't find a "vein".

[Jesse813]

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[Iron Lizard]

Their friends are in blue body bags..

[MrMatthews]

I sell about 1/10th of what I put on ebay BiN/BO in a single month and my prices are always at or below recent completed listing values. I'm thinking of branching out into clothing to see if their sales are less lumpy. Games really don't sell except during school breaks, but at least they are currently only five cents a month to keep online. At fifty cents per month I'd probably wait until November to list anything game related worth less than $20.

Yeah, that sounds about right for me, too. The only items I have up are extras from my own collection and the odd game purchased specifically to offset the cost of another game. I usually have between 30 and 60 listings up at a time and I ONLY list during ebay's free listing promotions. I'm sure that's a scam since the final value fees are anything but consistent, but it feels good seeing "FREE" instead of a listing price, even though you'll just pay extra once the item sells.

[Iron Lizard]

The catch with the free listings is that Ebay only does it when business is slow for them. I still take advantage of it though.

[DarkDragon]

[Cucollins12]

"How many mexicans does it take to change a light bulb?"

Just juan

[Thierry Henry]

[Thierry Henry]

"How many mexicans does it take to change a light bulb?"

Just juan

[DarkDragon]

[Thierry Henry]

Ouch!!

[Jesse813]

[Thierry Henry]

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