I have been reading My Dear Trash for a while now. On a whim, I decided to buy plus size clothing and put them up on ebay. I bought all of them at Savers from the 50% off sale. I researched brands and sizes, some I bought on a hunch,some based on what I read on that blog.
I already had a ebay a/c + paypal a/c linked to it. The hard part was writing a descripition. Whats the tie thing on a maternity blouse called? Measuring the outfit, typing out laundry instructions. And then figuring out shipping. It took me a while but I figured it out.
I listed 14 things and 7 sold. In 10 days! I didnt make much of a profit on most things, since I dont have dollar days in my local thrift store. Click to see my completed listings. Most of the clothes cost less than $3.99. That was my cut off point for thrifting. The first 3 clothing item sold, I bought for $1.99.
I know my local GW is having a $2 sale on the weekend of June 25-26th. NK would be back by then and I am hoping to load up and list more things then.
I am enjoying doing this and seeing my paypal balance add up. I might save all that money for a trip in Dec. I was thinking I could fly back to Singapore/India without the kids and its NK’s turn to hold the fort. Of course, it might not come to fruition but one has to dream and plans. If not, aise jeene bhi kya jeene yaara
PS: Notice NK’s absence means more blogging time. You know I love him and miss him and all that but the house is so peaceful when he is gone. The kids are in bed and I can read or blog or talk to my sister or just plain hide and not worry about ignoring him and hurting his feelings. Spending all day talking to the kids and running around, sometimes at night, all I want to do is just curl up and be left alone and he wants to talk.
PS:Dear if you reading this, then I take the above back.
You got yourself a gem of a man if he wants to talk at the end of the day!
I tried to sell my laptop on ebay and all I got was spam
Me: really!
Haha! I so know the feeling. I miss AJ when he is gone, but it’s good alone time for me without hurting his feelings at not spending time with him (which to him means, sitting next to him watching tv, and I am not a tv-watcher at all). You should totally take a trip. Good job on the eBay thing!
I’ve a million things to sell from my compulsive buying but I’m so lazy I usually end up giving them away. Especially now when I’ll have to list in Italian and just the thought of it I’m losing motivation.
Every time I see my pile of rubbish I think of selling them on eBay…bravo that you are doing that and making money!
Me: DO IT! And then imagine how much err rubbish you can buy. rofl
aah babe the peace lasts like a few days and then the missing him like missing a body part will start. right?
come on, blog more, show us.
i am sick of my east coast trips (much as i love new york city) i am going to come to california next time and then i really want to come over and have a drink and do origami at your beautiful place.
Me: We’ll be waiting.
thats brilliant!!!
LOL on the p.s
And super job on the ebay thing. I was planning to sell my TV but finally donated it and included it in tax return! You must write a post on how u did the whole thing..pls!
I hope you get the december trip. Your hindi saying reminded me of lyrics from a John Lennon song Imagine-”You may say Im a dreamer but Im not the only one:)”..Checked out the ebay listings..awesome work…Good luck girl..
-Bini
Hi from Georgia! I saw you on my dear trash and I am waiting on postage supplies so that I can try my hand at ebay selling. I was hoping to keep up with you so that we can see what works on ebay, what does not, etc.
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