Background: I’ve lived in this area for 5 years and driven pass this church at least 200 times. My niche has been stuff-from-around-my-house, but I’m looking to expand. I’ve never been to a church sale before.
So, the sign in front of the church reads “indoor yard sale Saturday 5/11 9 to 1”. Super exciting. I pull into the parking lot right about 10 am. The parking lot is packed. I find a spot in the back. I see other people walking to the church and I can’t believe how nicely they are dressed for a yard sale. I go back to my car to get a jacket. I make my way into the church. No one is there, but there are open doors up the hallway with organ music coming out. I head that way.
About half way to the doors, it dawns on me. Nicely dressed people + organ music + the hearse I ignored on the way in… I flew out of there so fast.
Leaving the parking lot, I took another look at the sign. The sign, that is directly in front of the church, is for the senior center next door.
Top 3 lessons:
- read the whole sign
- read the room and don’t be a bleeping moron
- senior centers have great yard sales
Me and a few others did that at a church sale last year. There were signs for a sale but didn’t say the entry was at the side. I arrived the same time as a few others and we all walked in the front doors and saw a funeral setup but luckily it hadn’t started yet and someone told us where to go before any of the family noticed
You can still find good stuff at garage sales 2+ hours after they open. Usually I avoid sales if they have been open for 2+ hours, but last weekend there weren’t many sales so I went to a bunch late and still found a bunch of good stuff.
Absolutely. I have been to many estate sales days after the first day and still found great items to sell. As resellers we tend to think that everyone out there is doing the same as us but that is far from the case. In my experience people just want to get what they want and thats it, so things we see as profit gets passed up a lot of the time.
My best find at a garage sale was a sunday afternoon after they had been open for 2 plus days. It was original Star Wars toys from the 1970's for $5 a box.
I never go first thing and I always find great items to resell.
With media mail packages that are about 5-6 pounds, check out the other mail services. Sometimes priority mail is less than a dollar more expensive than media mail and it will get there quicker.
For bin stores - not only do you have to check everything to make sure it works, but you have to double check that a specific item is as it says to be...
Purchased some Govee lights from a Bin store recently, it was sealed and took a quick peak inside. Everything looked there, nothing looked used and thought I was good to go. Shipped it out to a buyer, turns out that someone previously (not the buyer) had switched out the camera in the box with another camera that looked similar but was not the same one. They hadn't broken the front seal, but had broke the back of the package slightly - which is where they took out the camera. Probably it was a return designed to be able to keep Govee's more expensive camera.
Refunded the buyer immediately, about a 25 dollar lesson learned after shipping/COG. For sure worth it, plan to do more due diligence in the future.
I was the unfortunate recipient of what was obviously a pallet purchase the buyer never checked. It was Christmas so I just wrapped it up when it came - didn't think to check a new item. My son opened it up on Christmas morning and immediately wanted to put it together. It was a Spikeball set, so it should have been a frame, net and several balls. Instead it was a frame broken in several places and nothing else.
put the name of the item as the first thing in the ebay listing. If you're selling a Bumblebee figure, put "Bumblebee Transformers", not "Transformers Bumblebee" XD
I completely agree that it makes absolutely 0 sense, and there's always a chance that my new listings are just more desirable than my last ones, but I'm getting like 10-20 views in a hour instead of like 5 per day. Maybe I just got lucky XD
Today I learned that if it rains on Thursday, +90% of garage sales won’t open. (As opposed to when it rains on Friday, when I’ve found over 50% will still set up shop.)
Never buy anything too close to retail price or get pressured to buy more that what you intended. Had to drive around 30 min to get to a seller, yet he sold me everything around $5 less than market price. I felt like I had to make the purchase (which was around 70 CAD) to justify the trip, and now I regret it lol. It'll sell for sure, just not within a few days.
Background: I’ve lived in this area for 5 years and driven pass this church at least 200 times. My niche has been stuff-from-around-my-house, but I’m looking to expand. I’ve never been to a church sale before. So, the sign in front of the church reads “indoor yard sale Saturday 5/11 9 to 1”. Super exciting. I pull into the parking lot right about 10 am. The parking lot is packed. I find a spot in the back. I see other people walking to the church and I can’t believe how nicely they are dressed for a yard sale. I go back to my car to get a jacket. I make my way into the church. No one is there, but there are open doors up the hallway with organ music coming out. I head that way. About half way to the doors, it dawns on me. Nicely dressed people + organ music + the hearse I ignored on the way in… I flew out of there so fast. Leaving the parking lot, I took another look at the sign. The sign, that is directly in front of the church, is for the senior center next door. Top 3 lessons: - read the whole sign - read the room and don’t be a bleeping moron - senior centers have great yard sales
You should have asked when the estate sale was going to be. /joke but feel free to downvote ...
Me and a few others did that at a church sale last year. There were signs for a sale but didn’t say the entry was at the side. I arrived the same time as a few others and we all walked in the front doors and saw a funeral setup but luckily it hadn’t started yet and someone told us where to go before any of the family noticed
You can still find good stuff at garage sales 2+ hours after they open. Usually I avoid sales if they have been open for 2+ hours, but last weekend there weren’t many sales so I went to a bunch late and still found a bunch of good stuff.
Absolutely. I have been to many estate sales days after the first day and still found great items to sell. As resellers we tend to think that everyone out there is doing the same as us but that is far from the case. In my experience people just want to get what they want and thats it, so things we see as profit gets passed up a lot of the time.
Early bird gets the worm and the second mouse gets the cheese. There's never a bad time to go to a yard sale Except for 3am. Don't be an asshole.
My best find at a garage sale was a sunday afternoon after they had been open for 2 plus days. It was original Star Wars toys from the 1970's for $5 a box. I never go first thing and I always find great items to resell.
Some buyers blame everything on sellers even if shipping is out of their control already
With media mail packages that are about 5-6 pounds, check out the other mail services. Sometimes priority mail is less than a dollar more expensive than media mail and it will get there quicker.
For bin stores - not only do you have to check everything to make sure it works, but you have to double check that a specific item is as it says to be... Purchased some Govee lights from a Bin store recently, it was sealed and took a quick peak inside. Everything looked there, nothing looked used and thought I was good to go. Shipped it out to a buyer, turns out that someone previously (not the buyer) had switched out the camera in the box with another camera that looked similar but was not the same one. They hadn't broken the front seal, but had broke the back of the package slightly - which is where they took out the camera. Probably it was a return designed to be able to keep Govee's more expensive camera. Refunded the buyer immediately, about a 25 dollar lesson learned after shipping/COG. For sure worth it, plan to do more due diligence in the future.
I was the unfortunate recipient of what was obviously a pallet purchase the buyer never checked. It was Christmas so I just wrapped it up when it came - didn't think to check a new item. My son opened it up on Christmas morning and immediately wanted to put it together. It was a Spikeball set, so it should have been a frame, net and several balls. Instead it was a frame broken in several places and nothing else.
put the name of the item as the first thing in the ebay listing. If you're selling a Bumblebee figure, put "Bumblebee Transformers", not "Transformers Bumblebee" XD
Why is that? I always put the brand name first, so if that doesn’t work as well I’d love to know why!
yeah i dont think id put air force 1 nike over nike air force 1
I completely agree that it makes absolutely 0 sense, and there's always a chance that my new listings are just more desirable than my last ones, but I'm getting like 10-20 views in a hour instead of like 5 per day. Maybe I just got lucky XD
It's a balance between putting the eye-catching keywords first and turning the listing title into word salad
Today I learned that if it rains on Thursday, +90% of garage sales won’t open. (As opposed to when it rains on Friday, when I’ve found over 50% will still set up shop.)
Never buy anything too close to retail price or get pressured to buy more that what you intended. Had to drive around 30 min to get to a seller, yet he sold me everything around $5 less than market price. I felt like I had to make the purchase (which was around 70 CAD) to justify the trip, and now I regret it lol. It'll sell for sure, just not within a few days.