I'm new here from NW Indiana! My name is Chris and I work PT and love to thrift shop & yardsale looking for treasures to sell on ebay to make a little extra $$$ to use for vacations or paying off bills.

Hey Chris,

Welcome to the board! Good to have you on here. So have you heard/been impacted by the new ebay fees? I hear they are charging something like 8% for items that sell. Hits hard for the garage sale ebay seller.

Mike

Yeah, of course, I've heard I don't sell alot but maybe an average of $200. a month. I will probably be alot more selective in what I buy for resale and then take more to consignment shops, like I have in the past.  Time will tell.  I can say I won't sell on ebay anymore but I know better. It's just in my blood, I think. I used to own a consignment shop myself for 4 years.

This post was last modified: 02-05-2008 09:30 AM by FrugalFrog.

Interesting, when did you have your consignment shop? I bet that gave you a ton of good insight on what to look for at garage sales!

Hi Frugal!! I'm here!! I am getting ready to list some stuff before the fees go up....I just have to get off my butt and take some photos...

This post was last modified: 02-06-2008 10:07 AM by schmoopy.

Hey Schmoopy......me too. Trying to list as much as possible before the fees jump!

Selling anything good?

I have some size 11 snow boots, new in box childrens bicycle helmet, 12" Santa blow mold (wouldnt sell even before xmas) and a new briefcase. Hoping to hit the jackpot at this weekend's yard sales.

Mike, I had my shop in Michigan, when I lived up there from Oct. 1996 to Dec. 2000.  We closed when my husband had health issues and he was off work for like 3 or 4 months. The shop wasn't a good steady supporting income at that time. I was making more every year but it still wasn't enough to support so I closed it to get a better job and then hubby got better and went back to work like a couple weeks before we closed.

This post was last modified: 02-07-2008 07:28 AM by FrugalFrog.