I got a nibble on some glassware

I advertised it on a local FB Online Garage Sale group. Of course the interested party didn't want to come to look, he wanted me to ship it. I asked him if he read the ad that says "No shipping or delivery. Pick up in person only." He was quite harsh in his reply to that:

If you dont want to make any money thats your perogative you will have it for quite some time .

Jeepers, it a local selling site so it's not like he had to drive 50 miles. Why do people insist I go against my stated terms?
 

You often ask us why other people can sell certain things yet you always have trouble selling stuff. In fact, you have trouble giving stuff away.

I think one of the reasons is that you aren’t flexible in your options for others to buy it from you

You don’t ship.
You don’t use any credit cards
You don’t use any type of online banking

You only allow people to pick things up from your house and even then you’ve had people pick up the wrong items and most of them don’t show up.

Maybe you aren’t flexible enough and it scares people away. I’ve never met anyone in person who doesn’t use online banking and doesn’t purchase things online. I’ve also never met anyone with so much stuff they want to sell who aren’t willing to ship. I think Mennonites even ship things out.

The guy does have a point.
 
Well, if the glass got chipped or broken in shipment, I can imagine what he'd say about that. I would never buy things sight unseen.

When my mom was alive and we had a sale, the front yard would look like St. Peter's Square on Easter morning and we didn't even advertise. Now I advertise all over and lucky to get 6 cars to stop in a weekend. Things have sure changed. Seems society is getting very lazy with all this online shopping. Brick & mortar store may become obsolete.

I'd like to know where my neighor advertises. He had a sale last weekend and everytime I looked out, there was at least one car stopped. Of course, because people stop doesn't mean they buy.
 

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You wonder where your neighbour advertises for his garage sale?
Craig’s List. You wrote about it in
this thread and you even added a link to his ad.

https://www.seniorforums.com/thread...ge-sale-on-saturday.49604/page-2#post-1435627

If something breaks that you’ve shipped and you’ve packaged it well, the insurance pays for the item and the person gets reimbursed.

Customers looking for antiques usually know what they want and how much they are willing to pay. With internet and new technology the chance of people finding what they are looking for has hugely increased which puts the price down since there’s more competition.

Most people no longer want to rummage through garage sales or second hand stores to find what they are looking for. They just do a web search . Places like Etsy are great platforms to buy & sell this type of stuff and the stuff sells. Sellers even have followers waiting to purchase the next item but you need to use a credit card and do online banking or your customers can’t purchase anything from you.

Of course the customers pay for the shipping, not you. Insurance is added on for the safety & protection of both you and your customers.

These people make money but these people treat this like a business. They know that shipping is a vital component of selling and that online money transactions are a necessity.

Years ago most things sold were sold from stores. Now that people buy more online than ever, most of these items come from warehouses. Overhead is minimal . Since there are no sales people or store to have to pay for, prices dropped. Now people have their own platforms to sell for free like kijiji or Craig list . Some people make great $ doing this.

Times have changed. Nobody had to worry about getting a virus while browsing at a garage sale.
 
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If something breaks that you’ve shipped and you’ve packaged it well, the insurance pays for the item and the person gets reimbursed.

Of course the customers pay for the shipping, not you. Insurance is added on for the safety & protection of both you and your customers.
If deb will make customer pay for shipping and insurance, I doubt the buyer will proceed buying UNLESS they have canvassed prices for the item and find it still reasonably priced with s/I. However, if deb wants top $ for her item, it boils down to whether she really wants to sell or keep hoarding items she thinks she wants to get rid of.
 
If deb will make customer pay for shipping and insurance, I doubt the buyer will proceed buying UNLESS they have canvassed prices for the item and find it still reasonably priced with s/I. However, if deb wants top $ for her item, it boils down to whether she really wants to sell or keep hoarding items she thinks she wants to get rid of.
If someone on her Facebook account wanted an item she was selling and she had her price listed, surely the guy is smart enough to realize that shipping will cost more and she won’t know how much more until she has his address.

Most people don’t want to drive to someone’s house to pick something up. The less interaction, the better the sale.

Most hoarders place far more value on their stuff than is logical. That’s why they end up with a house full of stuff. Add on the fact that Deb’s also obsessed with money, I’d say right now she’s going to desperately try and make up the money she’s losing from her house by trying to sell and salvage anything and everything that ‘might’ have value.

My parents had the same hoarding mentality and money issues. They were actually very easy to figure out since everything revolved around money and ‘stuff.’ It’s an illness which they don’t recognize since they can justify their actions through their bank account. Their self worth is always tied to materialistic value and since they’ve thought this way their entire life and feel it’s served them well, they see no reason to change.

What I worry about is that if her priority is constantly on selling her valuable treasures for the most money and her health is on the back burner then this will take its toll and when she can no longer walk or get to the bank, how is she even going to spend all this money she’s been saving her entire life? Stashing money in her house is a horrible idea.

I actually worry for her. If she’s not going to move until she sells her house and all her stuff, she will never leave and she’ll end up a millionaire who never gets to spend her money and it will all go to the government. Meanwhile she’ll have lived in an unhealthy environment when she had a perfect opportunity to leave which is a tragedy.

For most people selling their house first would be the logical thing to do. Then move. In Deb’s case, it isn’t.
She’s got the finances and resources to do move now and be healthy and happy. She’ll forfeit that for money and stuff. It’s permanently embedded. My heart breaks for her. :(
 
Packing and shipping costs can double or triple the initial cost of an item. People don't want to travel 10 miles to come and look, yet they will only pay the asking price.

Yes, my neighbor DOES advertize on Craig's List, but that doesn't account for the heavy turnout for his sale. He must use other places that dealers have access to. I advertise there when I have a sale, also local and regional FB Online Garage Sale groups, Marketplace, Want Ad Digest ( a regional classified magazine) and Charter Bulletins (the cable classified channel) and have nowhere the turnout he gets. Our merchandise is somewhat comparable (although his prices are a little high - he was asking $25 each for wooden crates) and he has several sales during the year, so it can't be that people figure "I've been there before so no need to bother again."
 
I've sold stuff on Marketplace on Facebook. The nice part of that is the fact that sales are local and I don't hesitate to take the best offer. I simply want to lighten my load and happy if someone else can use what I have.
But you’re a sharp one. What a perfect way to ‘declutter’ and ‘pass it forward’ all rolled into one. Everyone’s happy and the home becomes better organized.

Our charity shops are open for business now as well as the local garbage dump and we’ve already done a few runs. For the longest time the garbage dump was only accepting emergency dumploads.
We got our new extra large blue boxes for recycling too.

This pandemic has made me appreciate the things I probably took for granted before.

It feels great getting rid of stuff.
 
I just had an inquiry about my cuckoo clock. I had put it on FB for $100. The person asked if I'd take $75 and I said 'yes'. See, I am negotiable, but have not had a reply yet.

Two years ago, I had this large reverse painting out (it is a real painting done on glass and in an ornate frame) for $100. A young couple looked at it for a while and asked if I'd take $75. I said I would. After another few minutes they asked if I'd take $50, to which I agreed. Then they just walked away. Now what was THAT game?

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I just had an inquiry about my cuckoo clock. I had put it on FB for $100. The person asked if I'd take $75 and I said 'yes'. See, I am negotiable, but have not had a reply yet.

Two years ago, I had this large reverse painting out (it is a real painting done on glass and in an ornate frame) for $100. A young couple looked at it for a while and asked if I'd take $75. I said I would. After another few minutes they asked if I'd take $50, to which I agreed. Then they just walked away. Now what was THAT game?

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Our world is full of strange people, don't let them throw you, Deb.

Love the painting and REALLY love the frame!
 
It is a unique piece. In reverse painting, the artist uses a clear surface like glass, then paints the foreground and works towards the background, unlike traditional painting which is the opposite. Then the painting is turned over so it looks like a proper painting. There are videos on YouTube on how this works, if you care to watch any.
 
It is a unique piece. In reverse painting, the artist uses a clear surface like glass, then paints the foreground and works towards the background, unlike traditional painting which is the opposite. Then the painting is turned over so it looks like a proper painting. There are videos on YouTube on how this works, if you care to watch any.
I appreciate the mention, Deb.

Will be looking to YouTube for a watch!
 

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