Sunday, February 22, 2015

My Best Sales This Week

 

Lands End Boots paid $10 Sold for $37.99 plus shipping. I bought these for myself but they ended up not fitting. They were like new.




Vintage Kids Converse Sneakers Paid $3 Sold for $47.50. I learned a new trick with these shoes. The store had written the price in black marker on the soles. Previously I've been able to eraser off the marker. This time it was fading but still obvious. So what I did was I took some sand paper and lightly scrubbed at it until it came off. The soles were well worn anyway so it didn't look out of place. The eraser also worked to fade the black marks on the toe caps. 

 

Vintage Macrame Plant Hanger Paid $7 Sold for $94.99 plus shipping. This was 7 ft tall. I've sold a couple vintage macrame hangers but this was the biggest and most profitable. It smelled very musty when I purchased it but I left it hanging outside for a while and it totally cleared up.


Children's Video Tapes Paid ?? Sold for $33 plus shipping. I purchased these one at a time usually for 25-50 cents. They sat for a long time and took up too much room. 

Scottish Kilt Paid $3 Sold for $45 Best Offer plus shipping

Overall I had a good week of sales. It was very cold here and I didn't really want to go out thrifting so I was glad to keep busy shipping!

6 comments:

  1. Those are some great sales Nancy. What a great flip on the plant hanger. I've seen Ryanne sell some of the owl wall hangings in the past too. My hubby saw you planter and couldn't believe they sell for so much money!

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    1. I know. I priced it at the high end of others I saw that sold. I hope she likes it! I'm feeling a little nervous.

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  2. I love the vintage macrame plant hanger - so elaborate! I have a couple of simple ones (and several packs of macrame beads) and they have an odor - I call it the vintage odor. I'll hang them outside for a while before listing - thanks for the tip.

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    1. You're welcome. I find that works for a lot of things that have an odor. Even in the winter cold.

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  3. I had no idea you could get so much vintage macrame?! That's great! I've also used the sand paper method and found it to work very well.

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    1. I know. It's hard to believe. I remember these from when I was a teen. We'd make them, though I never made any this big or elaborate.

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