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I think ya'll are doing great!! keep doing exactly what you are! love watching you guys!!
Very wise decision. Love your videos.
Do you have land at your house?, if so, could there be the possibility of you building your own warehouse/building??
At the end, the two side tables, I saw some scratches that are showing. If you take some "Old English" wood stain fixer, and a cotton ball (wear gloves) and wipe over the nicks and scraps. Brings the color back on which staining color you need. Not sponsored by "Old English" but would love to be! Hint-hint, nudge-nudge!
Also a second home the property taxes are higher. Yes y’all are right slow and steady is the way to go. Who knows you may hit the BIG ONE!! Then you won’t need a warehouse
Rational thinking is a good thing . The Lord will provide ❤❤❤
amen - He always does =)
You are making the right choice with the storage units. If something changes and you need to downsize, it's easy to give up a unit, also easy to upsize. It's not easy to get out of a warehouse lease and then move all your stuff. Just stop thinking about all those possibilities and put that energy into the business.
I agree 100%
Exactly, Marie. Size up or down as needed.
Tell everybody who’s telling you what to do to mind their own bees wax 😉 You two know what you’re doing and have a “plan of attack” for yourselves. You do great work. Your videos are fun and entertaining to watch. I enjoy listening to the two of you make comments, like “Not too Shabby!” and your videos are also informative.😊
@@janiemiller459 I can totally see some new BTM merch in their booth that says, Not Too Shabby! 😆
I know SO who uses three booths at a local antique mall as their storage unit. Cheaper, and they sell stuff. They can't just set it and forget it though. Rotating back to their house or between the booths requires work, but they can't get a storage unit for the $$.
BOLO! If you ever come across a RECTAFLEX camera pick it up .Made in Italy in the 40's & 50's.
You are doing well!!!!! all the right considerations! You don't want extra headaches! you want to stay in the part of the business you love!!
You live in a gorgeous place! stay where you are! You've got this!
You two are so fun and so smart with your money!!! Good for you. You will go far. Slow and right beats fast and wrong.
Slow and steady, that's the way to go. How many restaurants or shops do you know that went "bigger," moved and then went out of business? Use this new transitional space as you've planned, and in the future if/when you decide, buy your own building. I'ts expensive to live anywhere near the ocean. Renting is more expensive than buying, and is often a nightmare. Great decision! About listing...the thing I've noticed and meant to mention to you is that some of your items are listed more than once. I thought eBay did not allow that, that you'd be paying for the same listing twice, and that you might be fined or worse. You can definitely take up an issue with eBay if you've been wronged and they will usually make it right. However, it's very time consuming and sometimes just a royal pain. If everyone were honest, we wouldn't have these problems. You are doing so well, and that surely will continue. You know from where your guidance comes. From last show...It's funny when your seat belt goes off! Ha, ha! Cat
I just heard another reseller say the exact same thing happened to them on Ebay recently.
Very smart y’all! Take it slow 😊😊
Should not be difficult to get a hold of eBay
Yes...keep your overhead low. It will allow you alot more flexibility thru life!!
I don't know if you two have been working out but you are looking very fit. Very good info and you're smart to wait.
Do you guys use your garage for selling? Kayla on Homeschooling picker has her garage set up so nice to do all her reselling. It would save you guys alot of money if you used your garage.
Just an idea if you have property to store a shipping container they can be insulated for the climent with ventilation, this can save a lot of doll hairs😊
Have you ever done an inventory audit? You might find more errors, like items not listed, or maybe consider redonating some things. Just a suggestion
I have had ebay relist stuff I already sold!
What if you found a way to get your logo on the Tight Lies??? I bet they'd sell just like those Snap-on lucite blocks!!
All good things come in time ! You know your area and what works best for you. Love the content from Ky here
Great vid guys! I've been reselling for 6 yrs. and once sold an item twice that eBay relisted from my ended items. I called them and even showed proof that this item has ended. They still dinged me and said I should be more careful with my inventory!
Happened to me twice and ruined my perfect rating and top seller status. Frustrating.
eBay duplicates or double posts my listing's quite often.
Nice to hear that you are thinking things out and making good choices! Keep it in your prayers and He will guide you!
I have had a double list before. The only thing I could figure is when the item was relisted they duplicated it.
eBay duplicated a listing on me but I caught it.
I’m from Georgia originally and yes it does get hot and moldy in those units, keep up the good work love your video’s.
I have had the “double listing” error 3 times this year. Sold the items then somehow they were auto relisted and then sold again a few days later. I have less then 100 items posted and I am 100% positive eBay auto relisted them. Still waiting to hear back from eBay, it’s been almost 16 days….
Wise decisions 😊
Proverbs 24:3-4
Through wisdom a house is built,
And by understanding it is established;
By knowledge the rooms are filled
With all precious and pleasant riches.
(TPT 😀 Proverbs 24:3
Wise people are builders-
they build families, businesses, communities.
And through intelligence and insight
their enterprises are established and endure.)
I sold 1 on eBay, and I was going back, though my listing and there it was. I deleted it, and I know I didn't double list it.
Good job, y’all did what is best for y’all right now. If something spectacular comes along y’all can jump on it.
Everyone is great at giving advice but they don’t have to live that advice 🥰
Good luck. I have always felt that reselling is an extremely difficult process that must be altered as the need arises. In the long run, without a wealth of opportunities to source, store and deal with the difficulties of this business model, you are in a rat race. How you manage to deal with this is amazing. I feel that you thrive on the pressures and demands.
You are so right … I just sold an Adams Tight lies for $4.00… love you guys… Yiayia pat
Excellent advice!! 🤗❤️👍🙋🏻♀️
I think you guys are smart in doing it the way you are. You gotta do what works for you.
I rent a two story resale store and do sell things on ebay, both floors are 4400square feet and have a back storage area of 1500 feet and my rent is only 550.00 a month! I don't know how you guys do it! You are continually in my prayers! Keep up the good work!
Smart choices not fast moves
Your making the right moves! Warehouse space is by the square ft.
How about renting an old empty store ?
No judgement here,but you could flash the picture of what you sold, it’s hard for us to see something that’s already packages….love you guys,I watch faithfully…stay well and Blessed.👍🤗🌹
I think you guys are doing the smart thing. I'm in the 6th year of my business( flowershop). I've done the "turtle method" also and grew slow. It has paid off because I watched my overhead! Businesses that are slow to grow, grow to stay! Keep up the good work!
I agree with your choices. Now you have a goal to work towards and you can reach that goal in your own timeline-whatever is best for you & your business. 🙂
We are in a similar situation. We need more space, but to get one location that is large enough is just not in the budget. So we have 5 store units. It works for now. Thanks for the inspiration.
Just send the buyer something else small, send them a message of what you are doing, and then refund them in full. No transaction defect on record then.
Have you considered looking into perhaps adding on a garage room or metal building to your existing home as the office/storage.
Had a double listing last night on 2 items...thank goodness I noticed it before they sold. Sorry that happened to you! I think you're being wise with your storage unit decision. Keep doing what you're doing...love your other channel, too. I've learned a lot! 💛
God always blesses the patient
Smart decision!
CAM = Common Area Maintenance. All commercial property leases have this above and beyond the "rent" price. And you're right that the CAM is your portion of the general costs of property maintenance, which can include anything under the sun. When you mentioned getting a warehouse space a couple episodes ago, I had a feeling y'all would back away from the idea for now. I think it's a great idea to wait because real estate prices are quite inflated and part of any CAM prices would be the landlords hedge against said inflation. Keep rockin'!
Guys, have you thought of trying to sell your sports equipment you want to get rid of to Play it Again Sports? I double listed once, and will probably do it again. Agree with you that these days you gotta find practical solutions. People get in financial trouble when they over-estimate or get excited about something, then they can't pay their bills, get repoed, or go bankrupt.
Your spot on with that comment Jullian " a steady pace wins the race " That way u can always reasess your progress and readjust accordingly, but if you go flat out too soon you could get too far ahead of yourselves, and it could be too late to do anything to change, then you have lost everything.. if that makes sense.. I know that you both have a very good business sense and have made the rite descision.. 👍🇦🇺🦘
Can you build a shed in your backyard like Kevin @commonwealthflipper?? One that can be climate controlled, of course.
Do you have the land to build your own warehouse?
Yep, Ebay has doubled a few of mine...keep those peepers open :)
This has happened to me so many times, Ebay has done this to me as of last week. It is frustrating, so far the buyers have understood and did not leave me negative feedback. Love watching you both, God Bless.
Hi❤❤❤
I’m an old man so no reason at all to listen to me. But, land is what you need. You want something that is cheap but usable so you can have what you want. A 60 x 80 pole building on the cheap can be fixed so it fit your bill. Or a derelict building than you can make do with at the beginning. Look for properties that the relatives are fighting over and make a low offer and see what happens. I bought a beautiful house and 55 acres farm for half price when I retired. You can too if you at least try. See what’s available.
Not sure how you feel about this but I heard another seller say they ask the buyer if there is another item they would like to get instead of the item that you do not have and if they say no and just cancel the order they mark it as the customer asked to cancel the order and that will not be a strike against your account. Something to think about regarding your gold club sale.
I have had that double listing thing happen many times. I lost my top seller status for year because of it.
Any workarounds for the non climate control units? Looking to get into something climate controlled soon, but for the mean time would dehumidifier & a fan do some justice?
I’m in Florida so it’s hot and wet lol
Same in the Charlotte, NC area, we own a small family sawmill business in Peachland, NC, I live in Concord, NC. I used to sell wood out of my garage but got tired of strangers coming to my house so I rented a 10x30 storage unit and now we have 2 10x30 storage units and just make appointments and meet people. Renting a warehouse or store front is making the landlord rich not you. Also, we did find a reasonable priced property with a nice warehouse on it with 2 acres but what happened was local politics played a role on who actually bought the property. Good luck and keep selling!
Now that takes the cake! Who would have ever thought of renting storage units for timber. That's a hoot! Know those areas well. Glad you didn't let anyone burst your bubble. Congrats to you, Cat
Totally agree, you need to keep your overhead as low as possible or you are working hard for nothing.
Hi guys. Thanks for the video. It will be very interesting to watch how you pack items. How do you send golf clubs? Fragile items? Electronics? Records? In the last video there was a very fragile item with flowers, it would be very interesting to watch how you pack and ship the sold items. Perhaps this will be of interest to many. Thank you! Good luck with your finds and sales!
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I have had a double listing that I know I only listed once and unfortunately it cost me my top rated status. It is what it is and eBay won't help. Another time I had a buyer open a return for a refund on a $100 item. I happily sent them a return label. They left a neutral feedback and even stated they didn't want to go through the hassle and just wanted a refund. eBay would not take down the feedback after I waited the 30 days and no action.
Hi happy day from Sunny South Florida. Question what is your eBay store name?
eBay has definitely re-listed my already sold items in the past. I have a very few clothing items, they re-listed the same dress up 4 days after I had sold it! Same thing on a bedding item, I had to keep end listing it 5 times within 2days, Same thing with pillows. They know it’s a glitch in the system! I have read that if you start to use a crosslisting website, be sure to have in the settings, the automatic re-list option turned off. Some have experienced that as the issue.
Keep your eyes open for a little piece of land for sale closeby and build a pole barn
Love your info comments.. Smart use of time & money.. However, since that unit isn't climate controlled, will you face the same problem (mildew, etc.) for things that stay in it for too long??? Luck on the unit ~ It's HUGE..
Very wise guys! Keep the tortoise going. He is faithful
I concur...Definitely better to build than buy warehouse. That can be done as over time..
Awesome guys keep doing what you need to do for your business! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💜
I have had the double listed thing happen to me so many times. I always thought that somehow it was me, then I heard that EBay is the problem. I could see re-listing 1-2 items, but it happened over and over. I just chalked it up to me being unorganized.
I took a break from eBay for a while and I’m back into it and it hasn’t happened since I’ve been back into it.
I enjoy your videos. I feel like I have learned so much from you guys!
Can't you guys operate out of your basement or garage like a lot of people do or just don't have the space?
Just a thought… Could you rent your home out and have it be affordable to rent with land then?
Smart 🤓
Be careful with furniture, it will get moldy too. Be sure to wipe it down regularly until it's sold.
I think y’all look super successful.
Interesting that you say that about a duplicate sale. I don’t have that many listing, so easier for me to see, but I have sold several items lately and they have stayed up. When I click on them it shows me the date I sold it at the top, but it still shows as active. I wonder if that’s what happened to you. I have had to “end” the listing.
can't you rent a basement t of someone's house..like Dixons pickings...don't use water and if your running electric get an elecrical generator big enough to run your needs and testing electronics..charge at home,drag it in and each night or weekend take it back home and charge it again..even a $1,000 can get you one then another $400 if you want solR panels incase your house goes out and it can run some stuff to keep you cool and a. cooler ran for meats etc to not sooil..you can out it under business expense while keeping it incase of emergencies and right now you can get the with tax reductions if your able to.
we don't have basements here.... you would be under water
@flipzquad3277 feel that...I'm in fort myers.
Yes, take it slow. You guys are good stewards of your money.
Bearded thrift money machine 🎉😊
Kayla? Can you clone Julian, pocket-size him, and let me keep him with me when I yard sale and buy to flip for a profit? **wink wink**
You're on a perfect path to amazing success!! I totally agree with your thinking about the warehouse, etc.
It's ok to pick up tips and tricks from others along the way, but only the two of you truly know what is best for you and why. Its our life, your business, do you! 😊
As a person who is the same age range as your parents, I can truly say, I am proud of you both. 😊 So I can only imagine how proud your parents are! They have "done good" as you say 😂
Have a great weekend!
We'll catch you.....on the next one!