Wednesday, April 24, 2013

eBay as a lifestyle allows us a lot of freedom. We get to do other things like grow food!
Wendy and Mikey talk about what it's like living the eBay scavengers lifestyle. Sitting on the beach, but still selling stuff. Visiting new places and having the perfect excuse to explore a city through yard sales. Living in the waste stream can be extremely fun, satisfying and profitable.

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Even selling stuff that's broken can be a success on eBay. Full disclosure is the key!

Mikey and Wendy get real honest about what they should keep and what they should sell on eBay when they open their tool shed and it's filled up to the hilt. So far, so good- they've been selling tools, even broken ones, for a good profit. That's the beauty of eBay, it's one of the best recycling resources in the world.

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Thursday, April 18, 2013

Hey, I'm hanging at the beach, but my eBay store is still selling!

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Jay and Ryanne talk about what it is to live the eBay lifestyle. Always on the hunt, always scavenging, but also always selling. Even when we travel to look for cool stuff, visit family or do freelance work, our store is open and ready for business.

This episode brought to you by all sizes of Sharpie markers. I've recently bought the Sharpie Magnum and it's brilliant at covering print on old boxes for shipping.
eBay's Global Shipping Program- only time will tell if it helps our customers.
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Jay and Ryanne discuss one of the biggest topics of their ebay store this week- eBay's new Global Shipping program. Will it help or hurt their business? Only time will tell.

This episode brought to you by all types of shoe polish. We mentioned cleaning and polishing about 200+ pairs of shoes this last week. These are the tools to do it!

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Might look like trash to some, but these are essentials for ebay packing.
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Packing is an acquired skill. You quickly learn that if sold items reach your customers in broken pieces that you need to change your packing techniques. Wendy and Ryanne explain how they use their favorite packing materials and offer many tips to newbs on becoming a master packer.

Our eBay stores are rocking the owl hangings and very Euro moped helmets. Mikey likes it.

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Every week stuff sells and there are stories behind it. Wendy explains how she filled her car for $5 and sold some high end helmets and boots. Ryanne's selling lamps, owls, sweaters and shoes. They both had to show some restraint on talking about packing techniques as that is the topic for episode 10.

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

What is valuable? We all agree the money is in the owl!

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Is value what you are attracted to? What you are interested in? Is value an item you learn from? Jay and Wendy explore what is valuable for them. Items from Japan, rare items, kitch and much more.
Cool sales of old license plates, designer clothes and records in our eBay stores.

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Wendy and Jay catch up on what is happening on their stores this week. This episode includes stories about brittle records, big vintage fabric rolls and tortoise shells used as currency.

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