eCrater and Wagglepop sales

You know that old saying, “When it rains, it pours.” Well, it sure applies to me today. And this is the kind of rain I love.Sales.First, I had multi-item purchase from my eCrater store. Not half an hour later, someone purchased three items from my Wagglepop store. Even better, both buyers paid immediately through Paypal [...]

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Return on our Clothing "Investments"

The last of my eBay auctions ended yesterday. It certainly doesn’t take a financial genius to realize that Hanna Andersson was clearly the leading brand for getting a return on my clothing “investments.”
I hope you can guess that I’m speaking tongue-in-cheek here about viewing clothing expenditures as investments. Still, I can’t argue with the fact [...]

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Day 33

Cello teacher — $105.00October lessons: four 45-minutes lessons.
Paypal shipping — $15.40Three packages, personal clothing auctions, sent via Priority Mail.
Whole Foods — $6.78Again with the spending money at the one grocery store for which I don’t have a grocery card. Bought a slice of pizza and a house-brand soda for The Son and an Odwalla juice [...]

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Updates

Auction UpdateMy second wave of auctions will start ending tomorrow. I have a total of 31 current auctions right now; there have been 18 bids placed on 12 of those listings totaling $100.73. This second wave of auctions is not going to bring in nearly as much money as the first batch — they’re just [...]

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Day 27

Best Buy — $20.00Gift card for The Daughter to give to a friend/classmate for his 16th birthday.Target — $10.22Shampoo, conditioner, elastic hairbands, and bobby pins — all for The Daughter.Gap Outlet — $76.92Socks, sweater vest, and khaki shorts for The Son. The shorts will have to be returned because the inseam length is ridiculously [...]

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Updates

Auction UpdateMy initial batch of auctions have all now ended. I had 36 listings; 35 sold. My total sales value $681.88.I currently have 16 active auctions. There have been 5 bids placed on 5 different items for a total of $39.95. My active auctions have a total of 15 watchers. [...]

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Updates

Auction UpdateMy auctions are doing great. I really couldn’t be happier. So far I’ve had 28 auctions close; 27 of them sold for a total of $569.36. I’m working hard to get as many items listed as possible before the end of the month as that’s when eBay’s listing sale ends. [...]

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Updates

Auction UpdateFourteen of my auctions ended today. My total sales were $314.16 — a total that I couldn’t be much happier with.There were a few items that ended a lower than I’d hoped but there were several that went as high as I’d hoped and one, The Son’s last year’s winter coat and snow pants, [...]

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Updates

Auction UpdateStill at 36 active auctions. Of those, 24 listings will sell (the others so far don’t have an opening bid). There have been a total of 61 bids placed and if everything were to sell this minute, my sales would total $288.08. The first auction ends in 1 day, 14 minutes, [...]

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Updates

Auction UpdateNow I’m up to 36 active auctions. As of right now, 23 will sell. There have been 52 bids placed and if everything were to end right this minute, my total sales would be $252.28.My boy’s suit lot (2-piece suit, 2 buttondown dress shirts, and a silk tie) has met the set reserve!I’ve pretty [...]

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