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Christmas in July, Selling on eBay

by Lynn Dralle on July 23, 2010

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  • Hi Everyone,

    I know you’ve all been reading about what I did in Chicago, but before I had left Palm Desert I locked myself in my office on July 4th and finished my eReport on shipping. It turned out amazingly well. Yeah!!! The shipping eReport is done!

    And the weirdest thing was that on July 4th while I was writing the eReport, I sold twelve Nikko Christmastime salad plates for $70.00! It made me realize that it can always be “Christmas in July” when you sell on eBay.

    Check them out here.

    Christmas is a very lucrative year-round business!

    Kathy Flood sent me this email on July 4th with the winners of her jewelry contest:

    Happy 4th of July. I’ve been up for an hour checking and double checking to make sure every person who purchased my book, Warman’s Jewelry 4th Edition, has her/his name included in the drawing. Everyone is represented. After I complete the drawing for the red necklace, I am going to do three runners-up for additional jewelry prizes. The winner of the red rhinestones necklace and bonus add-on red rhinestone earrings is …

    Linda Martin!
    Congrats, Linda!

    The three runners-up are:

    Terri Crews!
    Marie Beiderbeck!
    and Carolyn Wright!

    Congrats to all of you!

    My heart goes out to everyone whose names escaped my clutches. If it’s any consolation, if you bought the book, if you liked it, if you will leave

    comments or a review at krausebooks.com and amazon.com (the publisher believes reader comments help sales), I’ll give you an insider’s tip on where to find jewelry. Thank you all! Sincerely, Kathy

    Congrats to the winners! And speaking of costume jewelry, lets see how my recent experiment turned out.

    If you remember, while I was in Omaha, I spent $60.00 on costume brooches. I don’t think that there is anything really antique in this bunch but I got about 40 pieces (quite a few are signed) and that means I only paid $1.50 each.

    I didn’t get all 40 of them listed. I only listed 26. Of those 26, two pieces sold for a total of over $20.00. Not bad!

    Here is a link to the brooch that sold for the most.

    I can’t wait to get the rest listed and the others placed in my eBay store at higher prices with the or Best Offer feature. I have found from years of selling jewelry on eBay that most pieces will sell from my eBay store. Not many sell at auction, so I am excited with my results so far!

    I must thank Kathy Flood and her awesome jewelry teleseminar for getting me motivated. That 90-minute recorded teleseminar is still available for purchase and instant download here.

    LIVE BOOT CAMP is filling up, we have ONLY THREE SEATS LEFT for 2010. If you are considering joining us, we recommend that you reserve your spot soon. This one will sell out. Click to read more about my eBay Boot Camp and learning to sell on eBay. We hope to see you there.

    Happy eBaying,

    Lynn

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    Lynn Loves Chicago, But Might Love eBay More

    by Lynn Dralle on July 21, 2010

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  • After my first day in Chicago I met Griff, Elizabeth, Cindy, Jordan and Cara (from eBay’s PR group) to run-through our on-stage presentation. After our run-through, Griff, Elizabeth, Cindy and I all went to lunch together. At lunch, something happened that made us all laugh so hard that we were crying. I don’t think it will ever be possible to explain it to anyone so will leave it at this: “mister.” That night, Elizabeth Summers (BookLovertoo) and her husband Brian took me and Mo’s sister (Anne) to the James Taylor/Carole King Concert. Elizabeth & Brian thank you so much for this incredible experience. Third row. Wow!

    But I get ahead of myself. When Anne and I got in the cab at the hotel, the cab driver turned around, looked at both of us girls and said, “How are you fellows doing this evening?” I looked at Anne and said, “Seriously?” We started cracking up and I don’t think I ever stopped laughing the entire time I was in Chicago. I think it is my new favorite city.

    As soon as we got out of the cab at the United Center (where the Blackhawks had just won the Stanley cup–Yeah!!!) we told Elizabeth and Brian the story. We were still laughing so hard we were crying so had Elizabeth take a photo of Anne and me in front of the men’s bathroom.

    Doesn’t Anne look just like Mo (Maureen)? Then we headed to our seats and as Anne and I followed Elizabeth and Brian down the stairs to the floor we kept saying “this is just getting better and better”! Check out our view from the third row.

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    The Queen of Auctions Has A Birthday!

    July 19, 2010

    Countdown to eBay Boot Camp Live 2010!!

    Hello again!
    Well, if you remember back to my last blog post, I had gone thrift store shopping, Lynn H (now known as the Duchess of eBay–love it).  After we were finished, I headed over to the Bank for the Chicagoland sellers meeting.
    Before I started speaking, the sellers group presented [...]

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    The Queen of Auctions Goes Thrift Store Shopping

    July 15, 2010

    Hi Everyone, I’m back!!  I’ve been so busy lately I barely had time to get this next blog post out!
    I had sooooo much fun in Chicago. I think it was my favorite eBay on Location yet. They just keep getting better and better! I hope that you will consider joining us in San Jose in [...]

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    How to Find Craigslist Items to Sell on eBay

    July 12, 2010

    Over the cold winter months, I hear from a lot of you that there are no garage sales, there are no estates sales, and the thrift stores price too high! Now that it is summer, I can totally sympathize with you. Here in the desert, when the temperatures soar up to 120, there are not [...]

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    How to Ship Dinnerware Safely

    July 8, 2010

    When I was finishing up the Dinnerware Success eBook, I got emails from a lot of you saying that you didn’t know how to ship dinnerware and that was a major reason keeping you from selling it.

    Learn how to pack to satisfy even
    the stringent requirements of UPS.

    Here is one of those emails:
    Hi Lynn,

    I am thinking of [...]

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    Shipping eReport is Now Available!

    July 8, 2010

    I’ve finished writing my Shipping eReport and it includes great tips for shipping eBay items. While writing I realized this is such great general shipping information that I’ve decided to open up sales to everyone, even those who haven’t purchased the Dinnerware Success eBook. Order your copy now, during our preorder special before the price [...]

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    The Queen of Auctions Goes Thrift Shopping

    July 5, 2010

    Welcome back to my trip back to South Dakota! At my dad’s family farm buildings had been torn down but we still found the land and were able to walk the fields. It was pretty cool. Here are my dad and Indy on the land.

    After South Dakota, we drove back to Omaha, NE to meet [...]

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    Shopping at Goodwill for eBay Finds

    July 2, 2010

    Another crazy two weeks. Planes, trains and automobiles! Indy and I drove four hours to Las Vegas in my SUV and then flew to Omaha on June 19th to meet my dad for Houston’s Slumpbuster baseball tournament. We arrived two hours before my dad, so we picked up our rental car and hit a Goodwill! [...]

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    Jewelry Teleseminar Sample Snippet

    June 23, 2010

    Hi Everyone,
    For those of you who have not yet purchased the fabulous teleseminar that I did with Kathy Flood, here’s  a little snippet to temp you: Selling Jewelry on eBay.  It was lots of fun to record with Kathy, and she’s so knowledgeable that I always learn something new!
    Happy eBay-ing!
    Lynn

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