tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341866154277464609.post2874485102759261616..comments2023-09-30T06:09:32.306-04:00Comments on NOVA Frugal Family: Thrifty Thursday: Selling Lots Before MovingNOVA Frugal Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10298382094101689880noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341866154277464609.post-14488845334218252232015-04-23T17:01:35.761-04:002015-04-23T17:01:35.761-04:00I tried to sell books and a few other things on eB...I tried to sell books and a few other things on eBay that I thought that I could get a higher price online then I could locally but I was just trying to get rid of few things quickly and locally was an easier way to go. I hope to try again to sell a few things on eBay but I haven't done it in awhile. I am going to do another round of things to clear out before the final move and hope that we can get less things going to the new house :) Then I will go through and see what is left to go up on eBay!!!NOVA Frugal Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10298382094101689880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341866154277464609.post-62510481390676434442015-04-23T07:56:05.088-04:002015-04-23T07:56:05.088-04:00Alison, did you ever try to sell your things on eb...Alison, did you ever try to sell your things on ebay? They do have a local pick up too you can check when you list. I know you were selling coupons now and then on there, I started selling January 2nd to try and make extra cash, I try to list daily, even if it's only 1 thing. I actually opened up a store by mid January to get more free listings each month. The hardest thing was trying to figure out postage, that is what my down fall was, but I think I have it figured out. Good Luck on your selling, the extra money is great isn't it?Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08799858416930700210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341866154277464609.post-63458979073128978162015-04-15T10:27:44.670-04:002015-04-15T10:27:44.670-04:00I actually took four loads of stuff to goodwill to...I actually took four loads of stuff to goodwill too but the hardest part for us to get rid of things is that we know that we spent a pretty penny on the items when we got them and we have a hard time to get rid of things. I am going to through and try to sell a whole bunch more things and hope to get rid of a few other things and make a little more money. I know that it is a little bit of work but at least I am bringing in a little more money when so much is going out the door. I have done a yard sale every year and made about $200-$300 but I am not sure if I can do one this year because we never know what is going on at our house with people coming to see it and all of the selling process. I should have thought of that before putting the house on the market but we were really busy with so many other things to even think about it!!! I am going to need some tips on half because I have so many boxes of books that I want to cut down on all of the junk at the house. I totally need to start doing it!!NOVA Frugal Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10298382094101689880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341866154277464609.post-57322560335259865072015-04-09T09:37:17.223-04:002015-04-09T09:37:17.223-04:00Wow, that is amazing! Great job, Alison! $788 is...Wow, that is amazing! Great job, Alison! $788 is nothing to sneeze it, especially when you could have just donated everything and not gotten a cent for it or just moved it to your new house and spent a lot of time and effort to keep things you didn't need anymore!<br /><br />I'm guilty of not wanting to put the time and effort in selling our stuff. I'm very introverted and the idea of dealing with people to sell stuff just gives me hives. So I donate everything to the local thrift stores. My husband doesn't like Craigslist because he thinks we'll get murdered if we use it (!), we're not on Facebook, and the local Freecycle group is run by people I really dislike so I quit that group a couple of years back.<br /><br />The only "success" I've had selling stuff is books that I was going to donate to the library. Since they couldn't store them and asked me to keep them until June, I listed the best ones on Half.com and I've sold about a dozen of them. Aside from listing them, the shipping process is very easy so it's not a big burden at all. The only thing is that I'm barely making any profit since I priced them very low (I followed their guidelines based on the price the book raised the last time it was sold, originally, but then I raised my prices slightly because... I'm greedy, kidding, because I needed to make sure that I was making something after paying for postage and the shipping materials). I haven't figured out how much I've made yet but I should... Half.com transfers the money twice a month and I would need to deduct my shipping materials and estimate how much gas I spent driving to the post office too.<br /><br />When the kids were younger, we'd have yard sales that I let them conduct (they loved it!) and let them keep the money but again we always priced our stuff very low (because my main goal was to declutter) so we never made more than $30-$40.Nathaliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01654610295436446555noreply@blogger.com