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Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Ka-Ching! Round 6 of Reselling

Beware Barbie clothes listers, there's a new girl in town! In second hand shopping, you never know what will appear and when. So true of the Barbie clothes scored over the years for just a few dollars. Here is the container full starting me on my Barbie clothes selling journey. 

I like to list in lots when I can. I have 9 lots grouped mainly by color. Sure, I could list items individually but that is a lot of extra work, grouped as a lot they might grab more attention. 

Barbie may or may not have changed outfits a couple of times during this sorting session. I kept duplicates of outfits and really cute stuff like the outfit she is wearing (something I would wear).

Did I also mention I have an off site storage that I haven't even added to my home sourcing mix? I used to be embarrassed by my buying and storing hoarding. Not anymore! Now I can just call it foresight and reap my $$$$ blessings. 

I began letting loose of my "product" stash last July. There is so much more that I want to do. No reason to be encumbered by things, especially things that I could sell and put money in my pocket. It really is freeing. Of course, there is the work involved in getting listings prepared. Once they are active, there is no sweeter sound than hearing "Ka-Ching."

Saturday, August 31, 2019

Fresh blackberries/grapes and a hoarder in recovery

Had to lead off with this image of freshly picked blackberries and grapes. I got myself in gear this morning to pick blackberries before the heat wave, then made a blackberry pie on the BBQ.

I was going to wait to list more stuff on Ebay, I am highly motivated right now so I will ride the wave. I don't know what changed in my mind when I turned 60. Maybe it is dreams of travel, it is definitely the desire to be debt free. Had some expensive dental work performed last year that threw me off too. 

My resell listing focus will be fabric, quilt kits, a sampler, and some jewelry groupings. They will be priced to move quickly. My goal is 10 listings, as of this post, I have 4 live. 

Quilting away on composition quilt. Pairing down my projects yet again. Asking myself, "When can I realistically complete this?" or "Can I resell it?" I had been collecting Asian-inspired fabric but have lost interest in that type of quilt. I will see if it will sell as a bundled lot. 

At first, I regretted buying this $4 bag of precuts. After I saw what I had, these can be made into cornerstones or some even piano borders. 

You get spoiled when you find so much for so cheap, like I did last weekend. Those finds have already been listed for sale. 

I picked up this counted cross-stitch for $2.49. I had returned to the same Goodwill, hoping for the big find again but settled for this never-opened craft kit. If it passes the "Tami likes it" test then I will either keep it for myself or resell it. 
You can see it is a tug and pull with me. I sell some things then buy others to replace them. Let's say I am a hoarder in recovery.