My review of selling stuff on eBay

My Bottom Line:  Selling stuff on eBay is a lot of work, but it's also nice to get things out of your house. 

I think to really be profitable, you could make selling on eBay your full time job. I have other interests in my life, like my volunteer career and my science class, so I'll just put a batch of items on My eBay from time-to-time.

I did recently buy a new cheap camera tripod and I really love my choice. It was about $40 from B&H. I used to dread trips to the real B&H in NYC and if you've been there you know why, but now I kind of miss it and I was happy to order from them. Because even though I don't want to be in their over-crowded nutso store, I know they are fucking fierce over there. There is a method to their madness.


Here I am holding the wonderfully compact Canon tripod in it's carrying case. I love the carrying case. It's nicer for storing the tripod. A tripod w/out a case is kind of a snaggly monster in your closet.

I am my own model and photographer so that helped. I just picked a sunny day and mostly used natural light and ran around the apartment changing wildly fast in and out of the items I sold.

It's best that I was home alone. Thank goodness.

Putting stuff up is way smoother than it used to be. Even back a few months ago eBay would peck you to death with all these tedious questions, but somehow they really got their shit together and the listing process is much more streamlined and looks better too.

I just sat at my desk with my items in a stack near-by and used a tape measure as I went to enter them into eBay online.

I didn't get too many dumb questions about my items. That was a relief. I do have an extremely solid eCommerce background on my resume, so I think I am good at predicting the questions the item-viewer  will have.

I set-up my auctions to all end on Sunday evening THINKING everyone would pay and I could have this big trip to the post office on Monday morning, but that was not the case at all. I received rolling payments and took several trips to the PO and LUCKILY I live within walking distance of a post office so it was pretty convenient. I just had to remember to bring my own packing tape over there.

Most of my buyers bought USPS Priority Mail Shipping service so I got to use the free packing stuff supplied by the post office. My post office here in Little Rock is SO MUCH NICER than the ones in NYC. Here in LR the supplies are stocked and the works are so eerily nice.

I had a surprising amount of international buyers.

I didn't pay too much attention to how much money I actually made. I also started almost all of my items at .99. I had rescued several of my items from thrift stores and some of my items were things I no longer wanted to use/wear, so it was really a mission of sending things off to new homes.

I would relate the prices I got to those of yard sale prices. Except for in the case of a Marc Jacobs handbag. 

eBay Sunday

eBay modeling at home... by yourself... is hectic and a little crazy. I like to just go fast to photograph the items so I can put them up before I lose interest. There was no time for make-up today, so sunglasses hide the most damning evidence of my bare face. Though the pale skin and lips lead you to believe how monotone I am, literally, here in the coldest, dreariest part of winter.

If you're interested... here's the link to all of the items.

After looking at my recent haircut, I found some errors and cut it more myself.

The other night at an art opening, a girl stopped to ask me who cuts my hair and I was like "Girl, we need to just do it ourselves." Because she also cut her own too. I guess it's pretty domestic to cut your own hair. We're all about DIY and doing stuff at home these days. Why not.














These overalls are the thing that I'm saddest about getting rid of.  They just do not fit me. My torso is too long. They're so precious, but now they're on the eBay chopping block.

They look pretty cute in this pic, but the straps are extended as fully as possible and they're up my butt. I've got so much butt.

It's so hard to say goodbye... to yesterday...

I am putting stuff on Ebay b/c it's too hot to live in Manhattan today.
Here's my crazyEbayLady look for Sunday. Arkansas Thrift Romper!

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I never got my booty small enough to wear these in public so I'm putting them on Ebay. Kind of sad, but I was dreaming.



I also am having a new adventure with Photobucket. Usually I think Photobucket looks ghetto as hell, but apparently they won't threaten to shank me in the heart like Flickr was going to do, over hosting images there for Ebay auctions.

Flickr was like "Bitch, we are going to delete your 7 years of 13,000 photos if you don't get all that Ebay shit off by sundown" Naturally I freaked out and deleted all my Ebay Auctions.

I've had this tub of stuff sitting here. Many, many things with tags, never worn, so I'm putting it up for sale.

Just won on eBay - Deer Backpack by Stella McCartney

I just won this deer backpack for bicycle riding. It's going to look adorable on my back with some cute country-style vintage sundresses on my new bicycle.


Someone is hating on it right here.

But I love it and can't wait to get it! I think even cynical Matt will be happy to see more deer heads in his life.

Here's my sweet little bicycle. She won't be ready for the streets until Thursday evening. I'm sooooo ready to ride!


It has pink in 2 tiny spots and the stitching on the handlebars is one:


This is a single-speed Schwinn Cream if you want to do some research. Fenders, overall style, simplicity and low-price were my objectives in the new bicycle search. I have not had a brand new bicycle since I was maybe 13?

Free Haircut!

My hair was feeling extra thick and conservative and since I'm spending so much time on Craigslist (and other job sites of course) looking for jobs, I like to look into other adventures too. I wrote someone who needed short-hair hair-cut models. The salon turned out to be really swanky and it turned out to be in the neighborhood.

The owner is one of those "Celebrity Stylists" and he was actually there. I read his press book in the waiting area and was surprised that someone who works there is on the Michelle Obama hair team and the owner himself does Renee Z. When I met my lady she had to show me to the owner so that he could see the "Before." After my personal dealing with "celebrity stylists" he was typical. No one (fancy, who I've met and is famous and owns their business) is as friendly as Eva S.

So the haircut was nice. Nice space, tons of cute people working there. If I need free haircuts long-term, I know where to go. I overheard that "Apprentice highlights" are $40. Woo hoo! If you're not familiar with the "Apprentice" system, people who are licensed in NYC have to "Apprentice" for 2 whole years before they graduate to working on the floor by themselves and generating their own clientele. I guess it's more serious in upscale salons. I appreciate the charity!

This is just an outfit pic. The flannel shirt is not your typical lesbian flannel- It is Vintage Diane Von Furstenberg that I purchased in Malvern, Arkansas. Hello.

I did a little photo shoot and put some things on eBay yesterday.
I was professional and invested $25 in a roll of seamless paper to shoot my items against a nice background: