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[1kul57]

I have store with over 850 good items.. One item has sold in over 90 days. I have been a member for over 17 years. I depend on this income. I receive SS period. I have had open heart surgery and a few others. I am not looking for a hand out just for items to sell so I can acquire groceries and pay bills. I am always getting fee subtractions,I need help.

[fbusoni]

@1kul57 

Your listings are nice but very expensive and not necessities, and in today's economic environment -- where, given the capricious nature of national trade policy "decision-making," perception is stronger than reality for most -- I can understand why you are not making sales.  

Perhaps use calculated delivery and cut your prices significantly. 

[soh.maryl]

Have to agree with fbusoni:  Your items are nice, but are very expensive.  If I were to spend that kind of money, I believe I would be more likely to shop locally.  

[chevymontecarlo88]

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@1kul57 wrote:

I have store with over 850 good items.. One item has sold in over 90 days. I have been a member for over 17 years. I depend on this income. I receive SS period. I have had open heart surgery and a few others. I am not looking for a hand out just for items to sell so I can acquire groceries and pay bills. I am always getting fee subtractions,I need help.

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Have you considered cross listing some of your items? Do you post on FB Marketplace? You may want to look for community boards (online forums dedicated to collectors) to promote some of your items. 

Keep pushing and good luck

[toysaver]

"One item has sold in over 90 days."

Huh?  I see 7 sales of over $10K within the last 90 days.  I wouldn't complain, many would be envious.  

[steveforprez04]

If something has been sitting for a period of time, then recommend cutting the price until it does.  Your stuff is nice, but also expensive

Facebook marketplace is another good option, but I use it more for things that are harder/expensive to mail

Donation is another option depending on your tax situation.  I was able to itemize on my taxes in 2024 (dental expenses) so chose that year to donate old inventory (that wouldn't sell) because I could write it all off

[roccotacodad54]

   OK. I collect vintage/antique flatware and so forth. I don't pretend to know about the prices you've set for other listings but $675.00 for that MOP handled knife set? I'll pass on that one!

   The title is misleading. In the description you admit to "could be silver". If it was it would have hallmarks saying so from that firm.

   Try being more honest on that listing or at least don't price it like it's sterling when it's obviously not. Even if it was sterling that price???

   The ferrules are but not the rest.

   At least on that particular listing you've dropped the ball and appear to be greedy to any prospective buyers.

     I'm not trying to be overly harsh due to your circumstances but...............?

[pickapaper]

@1kul57 wrote:  "I have store with over 850 good items.. One item has sold in over 90 days. I have been a member for over 17 years. I depend on this income. I receive SS period. I have had open heart surgery and a few others. I am not looking for a hand out just for items to sell so I can acquire groceries and pay bills. I am always getting fee subtractions,I need help."

You make it sound like you are "financially challenged" and in poor health (" I receive SS period"; "I have had open heart surgery and a few others") and that you need sales in order to be able to "acquire groceries and pay bills", but somehow, something doesn't sound right.  People who are on the lower financial spectrum do not sell fine art and high-end collectibles for hundreds and thousands of dollars.  Also, when I look at your listings, the seller ID shows as a Farm;  I googled that farm name and a lot of info came up which may or may not be true.  

With all that said, I agree with the others about lowering prices or trying to sell elsewhere; you are selling a lot of things that are intended for older, higher-income people.  A lot of those people are now trying to downsize or at least buy less for their kids to have to deal with later.   

 And you have recently sold six items for thousands of dollars total, not one item as you stated.

[mustang707]

You have nice things but I see nothing, style wise, that my 30 year old daughter would buy. To her it looks like Grandma's estate sale.

[redmodelt]

"I am always getting fee subtractions,I need help."

Of course you are getting charged fees, that is how it works, it is not free to sell here. 

[jewelbiz]

"The lady doth protest too much methinks.”

Shakespeare says all my thoughts in a mere 7 words.

[glorybells]

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@1kul57 wrote:

I have store with over 850 good items.. One item has sold in over 90 days. I have been a member for over 17 years. I depend on this income. I receive SS period. I have had open heart surgery and a few others. I am not looking for a hand out just for items to sell so I can acquire groceries and pay bills. I am always getting fee subtractions,I need help.

Some things don’t add up in your post.  You’ve sold more than 1 item, and at good prices.

Health issues don’t matter on eBay.  I’ve been in the hospital 6 times in the last year.  That at my eBay listings are completely separate.

your post sounds like you’re having trouble buying food.  But somehow you have acquired art pieces that you’ve surely paid a hefty amount for.

We ALL pay fees when we sell on eBay; why do you think you should be exempt?  If you want no fees, offer your items on Craigslist instead.  Of  course, what happens then is that *poof*, your large amount of potential buyers goes to a very small audience .

[redmodelt]

Not sure what the end goal is with this post by the OP, but if it was to get people to look at their listings, it worked, but you are not allowed to use the community forms to sell or promote one's listings.  

[onefootflipper1]

It looks to me like you have several million dollars in inventory, at least the way you have it priced.

You also have a 34 year sell through rate. Given the information you have listed you are not likely to live another 34 years. I am 47 and I doubt I have 34 years to live.  Given the information you have mentioned it isn't strange to think that you might only have a few years of selling left.  You need to sell all of this NOW.

So without changing something you will eventually pass away and these items could end up anywhere from in the trash, to stolen by your least favorite relatives to being sold for pennies at any estate sale.

Start changing everything to calculated shipping.

And I suggest marking down your entire store 10 percent every month. That will slowly take you from your current prices to 96 percent off of them over a course of 3 years.  I would not doubt that you will still have some things left at that point, but those things won't have any true value, they will just be things you were wrong about (everyone makes mistakes).

[cardsforauction]

You have some beautiful pieces.  In today's market, you may want to sell off some of your stuff at lower prices.  First, try selling them at lower prices (probably take 15-25% off the current price)  If you still don't make sales, you may have to break even on some items or even take a loss, but if you need the money, then you have to do what you have to do to make ends meet.  Good luck.