Our new cafe has now been opened for a week. Since it’s a college town, it was very busy right out of the gate. Good! If you’re ever in Harrisonburg VA (off I-81), our place is right in the middle of downtown. We purchased the building and are super excited with how it came out. […]
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The Numbers: Week February 18-24, 2024

It was interesting to hear everyone’s experience/opinion selling clothes in 2024. It’s a whole new world for those of us who started years ago. So many sellers selling so many clothes on so many different platformsI hear everyone’s argument that clothes are easy to store and ship. True! That being said, we love selling our […]
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The Numbers: Week of February 4-10, 2024

Ever year we think we’ll phase out selling clothes since competition has grown tremendously for used clothing. There are more sellers scavenging for pieces so thrift stores charge higher prices + there’s more pieces online on more platforms so clothes sell for less. That being said, 15 of the 35 items we sold this week […]
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The Numbers: Week of January 28-February 3, 2024

Quieter week on eBay but sales continue. That’s all we ask for! Steady sales. Haven’t had time to list recently so our large inventory will likely carry us for the next month. Here’s a sneak peak at our new cafe. Renovation is done and now we’re raining a new staff. We’re excited about how it’s […]
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The Numbers: Week of January 21-27, 2024

For the next several weeks it’s still all-hands-on-deck trying to get our new cafe open. All the details feel endless. In smaller towns/cities, it feels like all eyes are on us. Each day we’re waking up and getting more details done, pushing as hard as we can to open. Until we open, it’s costing us […]
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The Numbers: Week of January 14-20, 2024

Our new cafe opens in the next two weeks so we are completely slammed. Renovations are being finished, inspections being scheduled, supplies being ordered, staff being hired and trained, nuts. It’s like big production being put on! Its very stressful but we hope/know its a great emotional/financial pay off 🙂 eBay sales are going well. […]
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The Numbers: Week of January 7-13, 2024

We ended the year with strong sales and are happy with how are store is working. When you sell stuff you scavenge randomly, you just never know how it’ll do. It’s a much different business model from a store that does market research and stocks items that are popular for resell. As scavengers, we’re always […]
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The Numbers: Week of December 31-January 6, 2023/24

Happy New Year 🙂 The last week of 2023 was pretty solid for our eBay store. We sold a number of items that we got for free from a clean-out we did of someone’s garage. We love free. The woman was happy to load up our truck with stuff that was cluttering her place, but […]
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The Numbers: Week of December 24-30, 2023

We noticed that eBay seems to be trying to solve the issue of unpaid items on offers. The issue is when a buyer makes an offer, doesn’t pay, and keeps an item tied up in limbo. After a week or so, seller has to relist. A big waste of time and lost income. Over the […]
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The Numbers: Week of December 17-23, 2023

It feels like holiday season in our store. We sold almost six items a day this week, which is a lot for us. People wanted all our weird stuff. Old toy cars. Old pottery. Several pieces of artwork. Lamps. Drawer pulls. Sold a pair of sweat pants for $85. What? Good feeling of accomplishment. We’ve […]
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The Numbers: Week of December 10-16, 2023

We’re very happy about life in general, including our eBay business. Important to recognize when it feels like things are clicking and all our work is paying off. This isn’t always true 🙂 Our best sale of the week was a vintage doorknob from the NY public schools for $150. If you google it, the […]
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The Numbers: Week of December 3-9, 2023

Feels like people are buying which is good because we have a lot to sell! We’ve found a consistent source of inventory that’s been keeping our store full of cool items. Because competition is so fierce, we’re keeping it a secret. Good honey holes don’t seem to last long these days. When we renovate properties, […]
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The Numbers: Week of November 26-December 2, 2023

When things consistently sell in our eBay store, I have a noticeable spring in my step. Such a great feeling to be living our life doing fun projects and money is being made. It’s all the same stuff we’ve always been selling but this week people are buying. Our best sale this week was a […]
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The Numbers: Week of November 19-25, 2023

Sales felt good this week. Selling and average of about 4 items a day. Shipping is almost annoying. Always fun to wake up to see sales. Running a brick and mortar business (our cafe) is definitely so much very different than running an online store (eBay). We have set hours where someone has to be […]
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The Numbers: Week of November 12-18, 2023

We had another solid week on eBay. Selling random things we find is always so much fun. We still love it so much after all these years. That hit of dopamine when an item sells feels just as good as when we started. I’m quietly freaking out about a coming recession which is scary as […]
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The Numbers: Week of November 5-11, 2023

October is our busiest month at the cafe because everyone comes to our area to see the leaves change. Every weekend in October has broken our previous best weekends. The winter is coming so things will get slow till the Spring, but we hope we can give locals a reason to hang out with us […]
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The Numbers: Week October 22-28, 2023

We spent last week in NYC for a mini-vacation. It’s really a city where we feel so at home and love to wander. Ryanne and I met in Manhattan when we lived and worked there as young adults. We stay outside the tourist areas, have friends there, and love to explore the almost limitless places […]
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The Numbers: Week October 15-21, 2023

This week we had a dress returned for the second time in as many months. It’s a “mother of the bride” dress and we are suspicious people are “renting” it from us since it is wedding season We relisted it with “no refunds”. It’s interesting to read everyone’s comments on their end-and-relist habits + paying […]
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The Numbers: Week of October 8-14, 2023

Quiet week in our eBay store. We’re definitely in our reseller phase of “how passive can our eBay store be and still make money”. We are still scavenging, listing, selling, shipping, but with less time invested. Experiments are good and in our case necessary. The big project we’re working on now is trying to open […]
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The Numbers: Week of October 1-7, 2023

Quiet week for us with only twelve items selling. Our favorite sale was a magazine we found on the street that sold for $35. We’ve been enjoying the recent conversations in the forum. A successful seller really does have to find their own balance between efficiency and sustainability. As we’ve seen from other popular sellers, […]
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