Besides the fact that I'm moving, the other reason I haven't posted for awhile is that I'm trying to sell all my worldly possessions on Ebay before moving (exaggeration)! It's going really well and I'm thinking that when we move, I will start making this my part time business. Besides selling things around the house I've also had success selling things I've bought at yard sales. One of my best so far was a Home Wine Making book that I got for free and sold for $20.50! Another was a new in the box kids Sing Along CD Player that I bought for $1 and sold for over $30! I was thrilled! Since we are moving, I'm trying not to go to any more yard sales right now and it's killing me! I love yard sales and now that I'm addicted to selling what I find on Ebay, it's so hard!
It's been awhile since I wrote. Part of the reason is that we have so much going on! My husband got a job in Ann Arbor so we will be moving our family this fall. It's very exciting for him and although it's exciting for me too, it's also scary since I've lived in one area my whole life. I'll have to find all new discount stores and hopefully grocery stores that double and maybe even (I might be too hopeful here!) triple coupons. My daughter is young enough that this won't affect her too much although she does love to see her Gramma and Poppy!
So we've been looking at homes out there and getting ready to sell ours here. It's actually working out well for us since here it's a seller's market and out there it's a buyer's market. We haven't put our house up for sale yet, since it will go quickly (our neighbor's house sold in 6 days!). My DH has gone out to Ann Arbor to look at houses and will be going out again next weekend.
We actually thought we found our dream house a few weeks ago. It was on the market for 3 1/2 months when we saw it. We went to put in a bid and just the day before they had accepted an offer:( I was devastated!
The other news is that we are expecting a new little one in May! How exciting!
Well my first auctions ended on sunday and I was happy with how they turned out! Out of 22 listings, only four didn't sell and I relisted them this week. One already has a bid. There were some things that didn't sell for as much as I had hoped (vintage tupperware), and some that did well (Wonderoos and Children's books). I had so much fun watching my auctions end, receiving payments and packaging my things up that I stayed up way too late that night. I also put up around the same amount of things up for auction this week and am having fun watching the bids go up. http://tinyurl.com/8nmps I have to say it's quite addicting, I tend to check on my auctions multiple times per day! Last week when I went yard saling I found a bunch more things to sell which I am working on putting up soon. I'm thrilled that I'm catching on to this and may be able to make this business work!
Today is my birthday! There are quite a few freebies you can get on your birthday. I'm getting a local freebie for my birthday. Nearby there is a smorgasbord that gives you a free meal and a free cake on your birthday and that's where I'm headed tonight! The best part is my sister is watching my daughter so it will be a nice date with my husband. Anyway, if you don't have a good local place that offers a freebie on your birthday, maybe you can find something on this list. http://tinyurl.com/dao9z
Yesterday I finally sat down and listed a bunch of things on Ebay. I mostly listed Wonderoos and other cloth diaper supplies, but also some children's books, sunless tanning lotions, power flosser, vintage tupperware, etc. The kids books and tupperware I picked up at a yard sale specifically to sell, my first ever. Usually I just sell what's around the house. I've been a part of a Yahoo group, Ebay Establishings that has been a huge encouragement as well as a wealth of information on what sells and how to do research on what is good to sell on ebay. They have helped me tremendously and I hope to get better at this with more research as time goes on. One of the best pieces of advice I got from them is to take the time to research what sells by looking up completed items in the categories that you are interested in. Look at it as an education. For most things you do you must go to school and spend a lot of time and money to learn a profession. For this you also need to put time in to it by researching. But the best part is, that the money you spend on this education is minimal. For instance, I went to a yard sale and bought a series of kids books for a few dollars. If they don't sell, my education on that only cost me a few dollars. So just jump in and try it! Oh by the way, Here are my current auctions if you would like to see what I've listed. http://tinyurl.com/8nmps
I got a ton of great mail while I was gone on vacation including: 25 pieces of decoy mail (6.25) $25 Amazon GC from credit card points $20 survey check 5 rebate checks HC book Winning by Jack Welch (free) Book from Amazon paid for with free GC Fuse TV Tshirt (free) Tons of magazines including People, EW, Time, SI, Child, American Baby, Working Mother, Domino, Country Marketplace, Week, World, Men's Journal, US News and World Report, Ladies Home Journal, Family Fun, Triathlete, etc (all free or super cheap except World) Letter saying I won first prize of an iRiver player - YAY! ARV $200! Will be getting the end of the month Best of Oprah's What I Know for Sure Other stuff I'm sure, but I can't remember.
We just got back from our vacation in Williamsburg the other day and I am TIRED! We had a good time, but I threw my back out the night we got home and haven't been able to move or sleep much the last couple of days.
