Are you suprised by anything you're able to sell?
There's one type of item that's surprising me a lot these days... but I seem to be able to sell ratty banknotes that are left over from my vacations for 30% above face. I know people want nice notes, but who wants a banknote that's 5 years old that's heavily circulated (so much so, that I won't even actually grade it).
Most of these are pretty inexpensive though, so it occurred to me they are purchased for school projects, children's collections, or trinket purposes as they are cheaper than an uncirculated brand new note.
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hartungcards
·3 years agoI'm surprised any time I sell anything.
dirk12955
·3 years ago🤣
rugerskick
·3 years agoNo. I am surprised when I have steady sales and then ebay shuts my store off for days, then the switch comes back on and I get normal sales again.
Ebay, if you're reading, please flip the switch and turn my store back on, I had good momentum going.
earthdreamer
·3 years agoYes, very surprised that my broken junk sterling silver pieces sell much better than my good pieces!
Almost running out of silver scrap to list, so am considering breaking some of my better pieces just so they'll sell. LOL
kensgiftshop
·3 years agoI started selling on the Internet in the late 90s and one thing I've learned is people will buy almost anything.
A few years ago I found an old plastic garbage truck in one of the grandkids toy boxes.
The shell was cracked, the frame was broke and 3 of the wheels were broke and my daughter told me to toss it and I got to looking at it and it was made in the early 70s and I told her I was going to put it on Ebay and she said I was crazy.
It sold in about 3 minutes.
dirk12955
·3 years agoA collector or potential banknote collector that has never left his home town, or his home state will be fascinated by a banknote from a foreign country that he has never visited and probably never will.
Coins, postcards, stamps, banknotes all spark something in the collector that can't imagine
that Japan or Russia or even Canada isn't on another planet.
Many people are home bound and can't afford to travel anywhere except on the internet.
sin-n-dex
OP3 years agoMy best selling leftovers are Middle Eastern, South Africa and sometimes Australia and New Zealand. I cashed out Euros and went to Eastern Europe so long ago I don't have any notes left. I didn't save very much from South America either. Customers usually go for the lowest denominations (like the NZ $5, or South Africa 10 Rand), which gives credibility to your statement above. I had thought people would buy a $20 bill because they're not as common to see on eBay, but seems like the cheap bill worth $5 or less is good enough.
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randallmorefield
·3 years agoYep, Someone needed the extra wheel or other parts<
caldreamer
·3 years agoMy hubby sold one of the felt banner that he used to hang on his bedroom wall when he was a teenager. It was from an amusement park that he went to in 1975 (this place went out of business decades ago). Honestly, it was a piece of junk and I was embarrassed that he even had a nerve to list that (someone paid $44). I guess "one man's junk really is another man's treasure".
farmalljr
·3 years agoOr perhaps by collectors that want to start a collection. Not everyone can afford to buy the best, most prized example of something. Even milk spotted silver coins sell for more than spot.
sin-n-dex
OP3 years agoI have lots and lots of coins with faults (some major), I didn't really notice them selling too much, it's kind of incidental, and my silver coin buyers tend to be a group of repeat customers.
I had lots of left over foreign exchange I never swapped because they don't give you much to sell it to them, figured I'd list stuff instead. Most of these notes are worth around $5.
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randallmorefield
·3 years agoFree Shipping?