Back burner...

Well my eBay adventures have been put on the back burner as school and college take precedence. This fall I'll focus on doing consignment sales; in fact I did one this weekend. It was a new-to-me sale. What I liked about it:

• They mailed you the bar codes & tags so I didn't have to print anything
• They sorted all the clothing for me at drop off so I didn't have to 
• They gathered all my unsold items together for me so they were in one location when I went to pick them up.

What I didn't like:

• No online database to see what sold
• The sale is under new management so they're still working out the kinks, and I don't think they had as much business as the other sale I do.

Nevertheless, I was able to make a wee bit of money (I'll let you know how much when they update the totals) and I still have loads more to sell for the other sales. My goal for fall consignment season is to make at least $1000. We'll see!

Paying off the Mattress: Week 4

Here's what sold last week...

LOT OF NEW NIP 8 MAXELL UR 90 60 BLANK AUDIO CASSETTE TAPES NORMAL BIAS RECORD

Sold for: $12.99

Paid: no more than $2 (probably VOA)

LOT OF NEW NIP 4 SONY CD IT 90 MIN BLANK AUDIO CASSETTE TAPES HIGH BIAS TYPE II

Sold for $12.99

Paid: probably .90 (probably VOA)

NEW NIP RARE BLUES BLUE'S CLUES BIRTHDAY PARTY ACTIVITY MAT PRESCHOOL NICK JR

Sold, again, and this time the buyer paid! $22.99

Paid: $2.92 (VOA)

NEW NIP X FILES XFILES CCG COLLECTIBLE CARD GAME BOOSTER BOX 12 DECKS 1996 RARE

Sold: $30.00

Cost: FREE (Dad)

I also have two items which sold but have not been paid for, and I'm doubtful they will be paid for as one buyer has 1 fb and the other has 0. Both are from foreign countries too... Interesting...

Total this week: $78.97

Grand total: $1191.98

Left: $161.32

I'm back...

from our short little vacation.

We did some hiking...

and here is my friend, the baby goat...

Paying off the Mattress: Week 3

Here's what sold this past week:

eBay

NEW NIP 3 MAXELL XLII 100 MIN BLANK AUDIO CASSETTE TAPES HIGH BIAS BLACK

Sold for: $12.99

Cost: Probably around .90 (VOA)

NWT NEW LANE BRYANT FLARE BLUE JEANS TROUSER SIZE 22 TIGHTER TUMMY TECHNOLOGY T3

Sold for: $31.94

Cost: $5.00 (Goodwill)

Blue's Clues play mat lady never paid. Argh. Unpaid Item case has closed. Need to subtract $22.99 from my totals.

Half.com

Battlefield 3 (Limited Edition) (Sony Playstation 3, 2011) (2011)

Sold for: $25.83

Cost: ?? (one of the games DH got when he bought a PS3 on Craigslist)

One Tree Hill - The Complete Sixth Season (DVD, 2009, 7-Disc Set, Canadian) (DVD, 2009)

Sold for: $16.74

Cost: $10.00 (Black Friday sale)

Craigslist

As previously mentioned, DH's iMac sold for $700. Most of the money will go to buying a new laptop, but I'm still including it in this list :)

Also sold an entertainment center we picked up near the construction dumpster at the end of our street.

Sold: $30

Cost: FREE

And I must throw out there, that despite my previous ranting post, I do love my husband dearly, and am appreciative of him because he is the one in charge of the Craigslist deals. He lifts all the heavy items and all that jazz. :)

Total- Week 3: $794.51

Grand total: $1113.01

$240.29 left

I am very close to my goal! However, priorities have changed a bit with where the money will be going. Instead of paying off the mattress, most of it is going to go to paying for my tuition as I was accepted into grad school and will be starting classes in two weeks! But money is money and it's nice to see my progress.

eBay has taken a back burner as I've been working on "school stuff". I start back the 13th. I'll be posting some pics of my classroom, as well as telling you about the sweet deals I got garage saling on Saturday. But first, I will be departing on a short trip for our anniversary!