Swimming in sweaters...

I've been working hard trying to get my Christmas sweaters photographed and listed. I know, I'm a little late, but I'm doing what I can. So far, no interest... sigh... It better pick up or I will have to start wearing them myself... Yikes... I am happy to say I actually used up my 50 free listings this month! It sucks having to pay the insertion fees, but my hope is this junk will sell...

Since we spoke last time:

LOT OF 5 SHEETS VINTAGE SCRATCH N SNIFF INNOCENT MOODIE STICKERS BABY POWDER


 
Sold for $3.99 plus $3.00 shipping... You might remember I bought a pack of 75 sheets for $9.99 in the summer... This is the second set I've sold... I still need $2.01 to break even, but I have 65 sheets left.

NEW AKAI Pro SynthStation25 USB MIDI 25 Key Keyboard Controller For iPhone iPod

This was a gamble, and I lost, essentially... I paid I think $30 for this... Sold for $39.99... However did get great feedback out of it... You win some...

Sooo relieved.

These past few weeks have been so stressful for me. Let's begin on the medical front.

About three weeks ago, I went in for my routine eye exam. The doctor gave me a peripheral vision exam, and noticed a visual defect in my lower left eye. So I had to go back the following week to repeat the test, and then had to go to an opthamologist. He then examined my eyes again and I had to repeat the visual field test, which I again failed. Good news at that point was that my eyes themselves looked good, and the nerves and everything were fine. So then I had to get a brain MRI to see if there is anything of concern in my brain which is pressing on my optic nerves or inflaming anything... You know, like multiple sclerosis or a tumor... Well great news! I found out on Tuesday that there is nothing of concern in my brain! The doctor says I am a medical mystery. Chances are it is a birth defect in the way my nerves fused together and it just hasn't been detected until now. I get to go to the neuro-opthamologist in January to see if he has any theories, but it appears to be non life-threatening. After all, I went 25 years not even knowing I have a blind spot!

That was a huge sigh of relief. Well then today I tackled my other stressor... I finished my final projects for both of my graduate classes. I keep telling everyone, it's not that the classes are hard, it's just that they are time-consuming! My case study was all I've been thinking about for the last week. But everything is done, all the citations were entered, the work samples copied, and inteviews put on DVD. Tomorrow night I present and then I'm done till January... Hoping for A's... :)

Now is time for me to get caught up with my odds and ends. I am ready to get back to working out (I gained 3+ pounds last week at Weight Watchers!) and I am ready to dive in on holiday listing on eBay. Recent sales:

Halloween Fall Thanksgiving Hershey's Kisses Pumpkin Spice 4/Four Bags NIP

Sold for $25.99 plus $6.00 shipping; purchased for around $3.00 a bag (Kroger).
Thanks to Julie at The Thrifty Momma Says for encouraging me to go out and check for seasonal candies! It's worth a look! I have some gingerbread Oreos to list as well as candy corn M&Ms.

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

Sold for $15.99 plus $7.00 shipping ; purchased for $2.92 at VOA.
I purchased several of these back in the summer and they have a great sell-through rate. You probably already know this, but decor and toys from preschool shows do well, especially as their popularity runs through quickly but they keep getting new generations of fans.

VINTAGE BROWN SOUP'S ON UNITED SOUP MUG CUP UNITED AIRLINES

Sold for $7.99 plus $5.00 shipping; purchased for 15 cents (yes you read that right) at VOA.
Remember those days when they actually fed you soup on airplanes? Yeah, me neither...

LOT OF 4 BLANK TDK MC90 MICROCASSETTE CASSETTES TAPES NEW NEVER USED

Sold for $9.99 plus $3.00, cost me nothing! Apparently someone at DH's work was cleaning out her desk... DH's boss grabbed these and gave them to DH... Said to give them to me to sell on eBay... It's all a matter of who you know... :)

NEW NIB NIP Star Wars The Clone Wars EMBO CW33 BOUNTY HUNTER HASBRO FIGURINE

Sold for $9.99 plus $4.00 shipping; purchased for $3.99 at discount store... purchased a bunch of these, hope to unload them during the holiday season...


Happy Thanksgiving & Black Friday sales to you!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

Well let me rephrase that. The weather outside is not yet frightful, and I could easily go all winter without seeing snow. But alas, I live in Ohio, and I doubt this year will be as mild as the last...

But it's beginning to look like Christmas selling season on eBay. Just this morning, I've gotten more inquiries and bids on my items than I have in quite awhile. So I can only hope that it's a good sign and will stay this way because I need the money!

I am going to try to take advantage of the selling season specials (pardon the alliteration, I am an LA teacher after all so sometimes I can't turn off my crazies) like the one currently which is free fixed listing. I don't have a store so I rely on the 50 free listings each month, but I have a feeling I will go over those in November & December. I have acquired more than a dozen ugly Christmas sweaters and last week ending up finding some seasonal candy which I hope will go too.

The few sales I've had since I last posted...

SANDRA BOYNTON COFFEE MUG PLEASE HASSLE ME I THRIVE ON STRESS TEA CUP VINTAGE


Paid... 59 cents? (GW) Sold for $12.98

NEW NIB Lego Studios Jurassic Park III Spinosaurus Attack (1371)


Paid... $5.00 (GS) Sold for $45.00 ...EEEEE!! BOLO!

NEW NIB NIP NICKELODEON GAK IS BACK GACK REBEL RED


Paid... $4.99 (discount store... originally bought for myself as I was falling into the nostalgia trap...) Sold for $11.50


Also, rumor has it that this recession is on its way out... I wonder what that will mean for us resellers in the next 5 years?