I was reading a post by one of the auctioneers I use and found a new auction site, http://biddersnetwork.com/index.php Not many auctions on there yet, but I like looking and ....sourcing new inventory for eBay and Addoway.
As I was browsing the current auctions on www.auctionzip.com I came across an auction for vintage clothing which I don't see very often. Now I hear that vintage clothing sells fairly well, so if you sell clothing, you may want to check out the on line auction listings for sourcing new inventory.
The Auction Junkie
The Auction Junkies Adventures/ Auctions...For Fun and Profit
WelcomeTo My Page!
- I'm a wife, mom, mom in law and a grandmother whose love of auctions span 38 years. As a young married couple on a budget, auctions furnished our home and are a source for the various birthday and holiday gifts. They were, and still are, a fun way to meet others who share the same passion for them as we do.
- The internet has opened up a whole new world for auction lovers of all types. Imagine being able to attend a Live auction from the comfort of your home! I will be sharing my experience with both live in person and internet auctions and how I use them to source vintage items for our eBay business...Desert Sun Collectibles. Enjoy!
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Saturday, October 23, 2010
I'm Just Looking....
at least that's what I kept telling myself after logging on to my favorite auction website tonight. I should have stayed on Pogo and finished my puzzle game, but no, I'm an auction junkie and I needed and had to have, my fix.
As I'm scrolling down the listing page, one picture jumps out at me...ohhhh, that's nice....click! The large picture here is even better, but I'm "just looking", I don't need anymore stuff and I kept scrolling down the page. I went back and looked at a few more auctions and yep, found a few more things I liked, but...
I couldn't get that pretty picture out of my head, along with the other stuff I'd seen. Okay, so what if I bid low, get them and put them in my store on eBay? I did some quick researching and number crunching and yep...I bid on 11 items and I was "just looking"!
So what are you addicted to?
As I'm scrolling down the listing page, one picture jumps out at me...ohhhh, that's nice....click! The large picture here is even better, but I'm "just looking", I don't need anymore stuff and I kept scrolling down the page. I went back and looked at a few more auctions and yep, found a few more things I liked, but...
I couldn't get that pretty picture out of my head, along with the other stuff I'd seen. Okay, so what if I bid low, get them and put them in my store on eBay? I did some quick researching and number crunching and yep...I bid on 11 items and I was "just looking"!
So what are you addicted to?
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
The Mystery Box Auction
I was sitting here looking at potential auctions and got to thinking about how much I miss going to live local auctions. We had a favorite auction house that we went to every Saturday night when we were younger. The auctioneer's name was "Shorty" and yes, he was short, and bald, and he loved to play jokes on his audience, especially if you were new. Now we knew all about Shorty's shenanigans, but one evening he put up a mystery box, no one knew what was in it and he started it at 50 cents. He had one bidder...until curiosity got the better of my dear hubby and he bid a dollar. Shorty tried really hard to get more bids, but no one was biting! Dear hubby won the mystery box and the look on his face was priceless when he opened it..it was a case of Kotex! Needless to say everyone had a good laugh and well...dear hubby never bid on another mystery box! LOL
Monday, October 4, 2010
Finding Local Auctions In Your Area
There are several ways to find local auctions in your area. The first of course is your local paper, they will be listed in the classifieds section of most newspapers, but some larger metropolitan cities will have an local events section. The following link is by far my favorite as I can check the calender for upcoming auctions weeks ahead of them actually being listed in my local paper.
Auction Zip has both local and online auction listings. We are going to start with just your local listings and while you're on the site, you can browse the online Absentee and Live auction listing and start becoming familiar with them. I have another site that I prefer for live bidding and we will get to that one also.
Go to
www.auctionzip.com
There you will see a yellow box in the top center of the page that says "Search For Auctions". Type in your preferred mileage range and your zip code and if you want too, keywords and the type of auction you're looking for from the list provided. I will use these if I'm looking for something specific such as glassware. The search will bring up any and all auctions on a calendar, just click on them and it will bring up all the information you need, location, time, a general list of items to be auctioned and so on. Always read the Auctioneer's terms such as what you'll need to get a bidding number, if he takes checks, credit cards, and if your a dealer(reseller), your state reseller id so that you don't pay sales tax on your purchases. Be prepared to stay a few hours, especially at the larger sales. Most have food and beverages available and Don't be afraid to get up and walk around, go to the bathroom ect! LOL
Remember to take your pad and pencil, boxes and wrapping paper if planning on getting anything breakable and arrive early to ensure getting a seat as close to the front as you can, so you can see better and to take a good look at possible items to bid on. Check for any damage or defects on items your interested in, write down the item name or lot number if it has one. Since I know what I'm looking for, I pretty much know what the maximum is that I can bid on an item and still make a decent profit when reselling. Don't get discouraged if you get out bid and Don't over bid and end up in the hole. I'm telling you...Been there, Done that!
Okay, go get your feet wet, check out the site, explore and post your questions if you have any and I'll do my best to answer them. I'll be posting a check list on a separate page so it will be easier to find, and print off if you want. We will get into some absentee bidding guidelines next post. I hope this has helped. :)
The Auction Junkie
Auction Zip has both local and online auction listings. We are going to start with just your local listings and while you're on the site, you can browse the online Absentee and Live auction listing and start becoming familiar with them. I have another site that I prefer for live bidding and we will get to that one also.
Go to
www.auctionzip.com
There you will see a yellow box in the top center of the page that says "Search For Auctions". Type in your preferred mileage range and your zip code and if you want too, keywords and the type of auction you're looking for from the list provided. I will use these if I'm looking for something specific such as glassware. The search will bring up any and all auctions on a calendar, just click on them and it will bring up all the information you need, location, time, a general list of items to be auctioned and so on. Always read the Auctioneer's terms such as what you'll need to get a bidding number, if he takes checks, credit cards, and if your a dealer(reseller), your state reseller id so that you don't pay sales tax on your purchases. Be prepared to stay a few hours, especially at the larger sales. Most have food and beverages available and Don't be afraid to get up and walk around, go to the bathroom ect! LOL
Remember to take your pad and pencil, boxes and wrapping paper if planning on getting anything breakable and arrive early to ensure getting a seat as close to the front as you can, so you can see better and to take a good look at possible items to bid on. Check for any damage or defects on items your interested in, write down the item name or lot number if it has one. Since I know what I'm looking for, I pretty much know what the maximum is that I can bid on an item and still make a decent profit when reselling. Don't get discouraged if you get out bid and Don't over bid and end up in the hole. I'm telling you...Been there, Done that!
Okay, go get your feet wet, check out the site, explore and post your questions if you have any and I'll do my best to answer them. I'll be posting a check list on a separate page so it will be easier to find, and print off if you want. We will get into some absentee bidding guidelines next post. I hope this has helped. :)
The Auction Junkie
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Champagne Auctions On A Beer Pocketbook...Part II
Hey there!
It's a wet, windy and cold day here in the Buckeye state, seems as if Mother Nature is trying to hurry out Fall and bring in Winter early for those of us who dread it! Now don't get me wrong, Winter can be beautiful at times, especially with the brilliant white of freshly falling snow and during the Christmas Holiday Season. But for people like me who have Raynauds, the long cold winter months are miserable. When it hurts to even visit the frozen food section at the local grocery store, you can just imagine how winter affects us. The only times I get out during this time is for doctor appointments and occasional visits to our son's home, most of the time they come here.
So being a lover of auctions, this is Not good! Imagine my surprise and delight at discovering on line auctions last winter! Woo hoo! I can sit here with my lap top all cozy and comfy and bid on items for inventory or gifts or hey, just for me! I Love it! Not sure if my helper loves it or not though, more work for them to help list it and then put it away. With my disabilities, my hands go numb and I tire very easily, about 2 hours at a time is all I'm good for and that's on a good day, I do have days that I'm pretty much bed or couch bound, weak as a newborn kitten and as dizzy as can be.
Onward we go....
In part I, we talked about finding the bargains for resell. I received two of 6 boxes yesterday of items bought at on line auctions since July, 2010. I spent a total 272.63 over the course of 3 months. All monies spent were from profits made on eBay. I estimated on the low side for a return of about $2-3000.00, could be more or less, prices these days are all over the place. The following item was part of a set that upon arrival, one of the ewers was broken, fortunately they were insured and ended up costing me nothing, not even shipping as it was all covered. I had bid and won the set for 30.00 which was a great price for resell. This item sold this morning for 60.00, it's still a great rate of return after fees are deducted and there is still one more item in the set to be sold.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=350390302832
I'll post pictures of the items I just got soon.
The Auction Junkie
It's a wet, windy and cold day here in the Buckeye state, seems as if Mother Nature is trying to hurry out Fall and bring in Winter early for those of us who dread it! Now don't get me wrong, Winter can be beautiful at times, especially with the brilliant white of freshly falling snow and during the Christmas Holiday Season. But for people like me who have Raynauds, the long cold winter months are miserable. When it hurts to even visit the frozen food section at the local grocery store, you can just imagine how winter affects us. The only times I get out during this time is for doctor appointments and occasional visits to our son's home, most of the time they come here.
So being a lover of auctions, this is Not good! Imagine my surprise and delight at discovering on line auctions last winter! Woo hoo! I can sit here with my lap top all cozy and comfy and bid on items for inventory or gifts or hey, just for me! I Love it! Not sure if my helper loves it or not though, more work for them to help list it and then put it away. With my disabilities, my hands go numb and I tire very easily, about 2 hours at a time is all I'm good for and that's on a good day, I do have days that I'm pretty much bed or couch bound, weak as a newborn kitten and as dizzy as can be.
Onward we go....
In part I, we talked about finding the bargains for resell. I received two of 6 boxes yesterday of items bought at on line auctions since July, 2010. I spent a total 272.63 over the course of 3 months. All monies spent were from profits made on eBay. I estimated on the low side for a return of about $2-3000.00, could be more or less, prices these days are all over the place. The following item was part of a set that upon arrival, one of the ewers was broken, fortunately they were insured and ended up costing me nothing, not even shipping as it was all covered. I had bid and won the set for 30.00 which was a great price for resell. This item sold this morning for 60.00, it's still a great rate of return after fees are deducted and there is still one more item in the set to be sold.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=350390302832
I'll post pictures of the items I just got soon.
The Auction Junkie
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