I did my first consignment sale this weekend. It is a new one and pretty small, but the upside is you get 70% (the other one I do is 65%) and it's a $15 consignor fee (other is $25). Plus they sort all your stuff for you instead of the other one where you have to play find the unsold items in a frenzy of other people. I still find it secretly humorous that I do all these kids' sales when I haven't any kids myself. :) It looks like I made almost $85. It's a start, especially considering I left one tote at home... Hee...
I just went to Chicago with 10 students for our annual spelling bee. It was an exhausting trip (had to be at the school at 5:30 AM Friday and got back to the school at 3:00 AM Saturday, FYI Chicago is a 6-hr drive) but good news is my 5th grader won the 3rd-5th grade bee! Well she tied for first place because we were running way behind so they declared co-winners, but I bet she could have taken it all. There were at least 100 spellers. I am such a proud teacher.
On the eBay front...
Haven't been listing in awhile as work has taken precedence. I've been doing aftercare till 6 once a week and Saturday school which is test prep. Also had major grading to take care of for report cards, and a bunch of entries to submit to a writing contest. We've been going to the Y more often lately to work out too! Next week is spring break!! Maybe I'll get some items listed then.
CJ CHRISTOPHER AND & BANKS 3X BROADWAY MUSICAL NYC NEW YORK PLAYS THEATER JACKET
Looks way better in person. Sold: $23 (best offer) and free shipping. Forget what I paid, maybe $5? VOA I think.
DISNEY STORE SPECIAL SECRET AGENT OSO PLUSH STUFFED BEAR ANIMAL TOY 14" SOFT!
Sold $9.99 plus $5.00 shipping. FINALLY this was paid for. It sold probably half a dozen times and I had to open unpaid cases every time. So weird. Anyway picked this up for $2 at a GS. Thought I'd get more but alas.
VINTAGE SUSAN BRISTOL WOMENS SIZE LARGE CARDIGAN SWEATER RIBBONS BOWS
Sold $9.99 plus $7.50 shipping. Picked this up in my big collection of Christmas sweaters. Go figure it sold this close to summer time. Paid, um, $3-5ish?
LOT OF 6 VTECH VSMILE DISNEY GAMES CARTRIDGES TINKERBELL ALADDIN LITTLE MERMAID
Sold $27.88 plus $3.50 shipping. Picked up for probably $2ish. VOA.
HUGE LOT OF 9 NEW NIP BLU BLUE RAY BLU-RAY DISCS DVDS FACTORY SEALED SHEEN ALLEN
Sold: $14.99 plus $6.00 shipping. Last lot of Dollar Tree DVDs. Paid $9.00. Total profit for all 26 DVDs: $19.
Congrats to you and your student for winning. That's awesome! And yay for spring break!
ReplyDeleteWow 1st place. I bet you were really proud. It is funny that you do consignments and don't have any children. But your around kids all the time so that counts for something. I'm still afraid to take a chance on consignment sales. I find inexpensive kids clothing all the time when I'm yard saling and think I should try it but don't. Maybe next season.
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