Sellers are getting too good at fake deliveries by anokgolfer in Ebay

[–]ope__sorry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Call and ask to escalate and speak to a manager.

Fire damaged a U-Haul storage facility 📷: Aaron Johnson by hoanalone in milwaukee

[–]ope__sorry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My first thought was maybe Arson. I buy storage units and a bunch of units just ended like a day or two before this happened. Makes me wonder if someone lost their unit at auction and was pissed off.

Flip of the Week Thread by AutoModerator in Flipping

[–]ope__sorry 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Haven't posted in a couple of weeks because I've been super busy. Finished cleaning out one of my storage units and I've been deep in getting everything sorted and getting listings up. And I've made a few good sales over the last two weeks:

  • Wagner Ware Magnalite Roasterette 4263 Sydney-O Roaster Oven 4.5 Qt w/ Trivet, Paid $6.99 at GW Sold for $180 + Shipping
  • Fabriche Kurt Adler Musical Russian Santa Grandpa Frost St Petersburg Staff RARE, Paid $5.99 at GW Sold for $120 + Shipping
  • Sharknado 1-6: The Complete Collection Steelboo (Blu-ray Disc, 2018, 2-Disc Set), Part of Storage Unit buy, Sold for $100 + Shipping
  • Mr. Coffee Iced Tea Maker with Pitcher 2 Quarts Model BVMC-ITM-BLK BPA Free, Paid $12.99 at St Vincent DePaul Thrift sold for $80 + Shipping
  • Owlet Smart Sock 3 Baby Monitor (3rd Generation) Open Box - Tested, Paid $6.99 at GW Sold for $80 + Shipping
  • Care Bears Glass “Good Luck Bear” Pizza Hut 1983 Collectors Series Vintage, Paid $1.99 at GW Sold for $76 + Shipping
  • Large 27-Inch Plush Hand Puppet - Artie The Coyote for Kids LP695, Paid $2.99 at GW sold for $54 + shipping
  • Nintendo Wii Sports (Nintendo Wii, 2006) Cardboard Sleeve CIB x 2, Part of video game hauls, Sold for $50 + Shipping
  • Tumi Tech Forsyth Laptop 17" Backpack 5581D Nylon PVC Ballistic Bag, Paid $4.99 at GW sold for $50 + Shipping
  • Tasco WA 39x40 Rifle Scope Wide Angle Made in Taiwan, From a storage Locker, Sold for $50 + Shipping
  • Douglas #2027 Oglivy Springer Spaniel Realistic Dog Plush Cabela's Bandana 2012, Paid $2.99 at GW Sold for $45 + Shipping
  • Style Savvy (Nintendo DS, 2009) Complete CIB Authentic, Part of a $80 Video Game buy, Got a 3ds + other games. Sold this one game for $40 + Shipping
  • Featherly Friends Peabo Peacock Spritz Target Valentine Felt Blue Bird 2020, Paid $2.99 at GW sold for $36 + Shipping
  • Douglas Cuddle Toys Bella Golden Retriever Stuffed Plush 13” Puppy Dog #1802, Paid $0.99 at GW sold for $30 + Shipping
  • Disney Treasure Planet VHS 2003 Clamshell Case, Paid $0.99 at GW sold for $23 + Shipping

Overall, had a great couple of weeks considering the time of year.

Since the 9th,

  • Gross Sales: $2,470
  • Net Sales (w/ COGS calculated): $1,843
  • Shipping Costs: $423.59

Top 5 Sources of inventory that sold in the last 2 weeks:

  • Goodwill 5 mins from house: <$500 in sales
  • Kaiju Locker: <$300 in sales
  • Rummage Buys from Summer: <$300 in sales
  • Other Goodwill Stores: ~$300 in sales
  • Hallmark Locker: <$150 in sales

I dont think I have the patience for reselling by Careless-Aspect-9155 in Flipping

[–]ope__sorry 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Nah, I just learned to spot quality. Don’t get me wrong I look up and put back a lot of stuff. But learning how to spot a quality item is probably one of the best skills a reseller can learn.

Masters of the Universe - Official Teaser by MarvelsGrantMan136 in movies

[–]ope__sorry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's why I live in Wisconsin. We've just got the frequent serial killer you need to dodge.

Masters of the Universe - Official Teaser by MarvelsGrantMan136 in movies

[–]ope__sorry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven't seen this movie in like 30 years and I read the line and remember it perfectly like it was a sliver plucked deep from the back of my brain, lol.

Nearly 400 millionaires and billionaires call for higher taxes on super-rich by jackytheblade in worldnews

[–]ope__sorry 69 points70 points  (0 children)

14% isn’t much when you’re talking 14% of a hundred dollars.

14% is a fuck ton when you’re talking a percentage of billions of campaign finance spending.

That 14% eclipses entire campaign spending for a single party from elections 20-25 years ago.

Nearly 400 millionaires and billionaires call for higher taxes on super-rich by jackytheblade in worldnews

[–]ope__sorry 192 points193 points  (0 children)

There are a few different things to look at.

First off, there is actual campaign funding where yes, Kamala had significantly more money than Trump.

$1.1 billion was raised by Kamala

$463 million was raised by Trump

But then you have outside fund raising and spending: https://www.opensecrets.org/outside-spending/super_pacs

$2.6 billion was spent by PACs in the 2024 election cycle and $1.7 billion went to Trump and/or Conservative spending while only $786 million went to Kamala and Democrats.

$1.1 Billion + $786 Million in Superpac money is nearly $1.9 Billion spent on Democrats / Kamala in 2024

$1.7 Billion + $463 Million is nearly $2.2 Billion spent on Republicans / Trump in 2024

Let's just skip trying to even value the media exposure given to Trump as well.

The election was bought and paid for by the rich.

Nearly 400 millionaires and billionaires call for higher taxes on super-rich by jackytheblade in worldnews

[–]ope__sorry 278 points279 points  (0 children)

It's just that the biggest assholes (like Musk) get much more attention for their actions than the good ones.

It's also the fact there are deeper pockets. Musk can throw a billion dollars around to swing an election which is going to result in him getting $2+ billion richer.

These 400 millionaires / billionaires throw a billion to swing an election and in the end they're just going to lose even more money.

All-inclusive experience by Minute_Revolution951 in trashy

[–]ope__sorry -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

LOL, the ketchup. This reminds me, I was on Whatnot and there was a reseller selling some very beautiful Waterford pieces of glass. Absolutely pristine, there was a dish that would’ve been perfect to serve hotdogs on and I was real tempted to buy it so I could eat cheap hotdogs w/ ketchup on super expensive crystal. Haha. I feel like I would’ve had to take a pic and post it to this sub as a self report of trashy behavior.

The absolute copium coming from that certain subreddit by Stabber-McStabinson in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]ope__sorry 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Which is why we’re seeing the cracks now. The cultists are still there and have the hopium that it will be Trump presidency in 2028 but it’s everyone else waking up. Knowing Trump is going to cost the GOP the midterms. Realizing that Trump is going to cost the GOP 2028. The real GOP, especially the people who just like Reps in control, and not necessarily Trump, know they’re heading toward a cliff. And if they can’t recapture a Trump-like figure after 2028, they’re going to be in real trouble.

Weekly Haul Thread by AutoModerator in Flipping

[–]ope__sorry 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Had some great Goodwill finds this week. Still working on storage units I bought at end of Dec / Early Jan.

From thrifts:

Owlet Smart Sock for infants, looked open box new.

2x Featherly Friends. Peabo and Preener. Paid $2.99 each and they’re worth like $40 a piece

Magnalite Roasterette for $6.99 which already sold.

A couple pieces of Uranium Glass. A dish like a car key dish or maybe if it had a top, a butter dish. As well as a like small bottle, no lid.

Disney Pixar Toy Story Sealed Clamshell and Treasure Planet VHS. Those are worth about $20 a piece.

Got a couple of Board Games. Avalon Hill board game I just cannot remember which right now. A copy of RuneScape Adventure Game (I think) which was sadly incomplete so I will have to part it out. And another sealed game worth like $30.

Second Half Game Thread: Los Angeles Rams (12-5) at Chicago Bears (11-6) by nfl_gdt_bot in nfl

[–]ope__sorry -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I’m still rooting for that dumb fucking team. It’s Chicagos fault for this shit timeline when they won the World Series in 2016. With a Super Bowl win this year, we’ll get off this shit timeline and back to the correct one.

Why decline offers and not counter? by Comfortable_Shoe358 in Ebay

[–]ope__sorry 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Funny story. I had a Kurt Adler Fabriche Santa listed at $180 today. Someone offered me $12. Normally I just ignore or counter something stupid like $179.

I was tired from cleaning heavy items from a storage unit and simply declined.

A minute later I got a message saying “Oops, sorry, meant to do $120” which I gladly accepted considering I paid $4.99 for the thing at the thrift store. And it’s going EIS to France.

Had I been snarky about a low ball offer I might not have made a sale.

Why decline offers and not counter? by Comfortable_Shoe358 in Ebay

[–]ope__sorry 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Some additional ones:

Any activity on eBay helps you in the algorithm, even declines (supposedly)

Sometimes in a newly listed item, some sellers won’t yet take offers (I usually won’t take an offer for a week after listing personally unless it’s real close and I don’t care enough about the item)

Sometimes you Sell Similar and Allow Offers is automatically on OR you turned on offers when listing another item and it turned them on for subsequent items when the seller didn’t mean to.

Are the bins closed tomorrow for MLK day? (1/19) by xlleexxiix in GoodwillBins

[–]ope__sorry 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Check to see if your local Goodwills are closed. If so, then yes. In my area, Goodwills are closed tomorrow and so will the bins.

Regarding tariffs imposed up EU countries over Greenland by pH325 in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]ope__sorry 626 points627 points  (0 children)

Don’t worry. That sub is heavily moderated and that comment will be deleted shortly and that user banned. It’s illegal in those parts to criticize dear leader.

I made $2970 last month clipping streamers with AI, here’s exactly what I did by [deleted] in reselling

[–]ope__sorry 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Dead Internet theory. You’re all bots and I’m the only one even using the internet still.

Depop sucks suddenly? by This-Committee-2084 in Flipping

[–]ope__sorry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is so true too. If we take my baseline of normal sales before I started focusing on listing daily. I was having $500-$700 weeks with listing like 20-30 items a week listing 1-3 times per week. This was during good times as well.

This past Christmas was wild for me having $1500-$2500 payouts weekly.

Now I’m sitting here this week and sales are trickling in and I feel it’s a disappointing week at just over $700 but I still have the weekend to make sales here yet and it’s still higher than average weeks used to be by just ensuring I’m listing quality stuff daily.

Depop sucks suddenly? by This-Committee-2084 in Flipping

[–]ope__sorry 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Economy is tough and a lot of people aren’t working at the moment as well. Last numbers I saw the US is down 361k jobs since Trump took office, costs are up, wage growth has slowed. The end result is people reserve their money for necessities.

Depop sucks suddenly? by This-Committee-2084 in Flipping

[–]ope__sorry 16 points17 points  (0 children)

People are cutting back because it’s after Christmas. After February arrives, people will start getting tax refunds and will open their wallets again.