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Suzanne Wells: 0:19

Hello, resellers, you have landed on episode number 262 of eBay the right way. Today's date is March 25 2026 and this is a very special episode, because today marks the fifth anniversary of this podcast. Episode number one launched this journey on March 24 2021 so we are celebrating by hearing from many resellers and listeners, a few facts about this podcast. It is listened to in 90 countries around the world. I think it's amazing how widespread this podcast is and how many people it reaches around the globe, there has been an episode uploaded every single week over those five years. So if anything, I am dedicated and consistent, I have not missed a week in 60 months, which is now 262 weeks. And I'm pretty proud of that. All of the content is original and made by me. Nothing has been recycled or taken from other sources. And most of all, I want to thank you, the listeners for making this happen, for coming back week after week and telling your friends about this podcast, because it would be nothing without you, the listeners, foreign. I And looking back and reflecting. Let me give you a little summary about my eBay journey. I opened my eBay account on March 30, 2003 so This month marks my 23rd year on eBay. A lot of milestones happening in March. I have put eBay on hold many times over the years to focus on other projects, like selling on Amazon, writing my books, both e books and hard copy books, creating and managing content for YouTube and my online school, private coaching, which took up to eight hours a day For several years, consignment selling for others, doing this podcast, I have approached the reselling business from many different angles, and been an early adopter of new technologies and strategies, because I believe not only in the reselling business, but the lifestyle that accompanies it, and that is what matters. You can't do something consistently for over two decades if you don't believe in it and love it. So all of that being said, I've seen a lot of changes and evolutions on eBay during my reselling career. Okay, I'm going to get the ball rolling by telling two of my personal favorite eBay selling experiences. The first one took place probably around 2005 when I was pretty new to the business and learning about what to sell, and I was out thrifting. I was in the Value Village in Roswell, Georgia, looking through all the clothes, and I noticed this man on the other side of the rack, and he kept picking up women's cardigan sweaters. And I was just kind of observing what he was doing, like, What's he looking for? Maybe that would help me as a reseller, to know. And he kept examining these sweaters, and, you know, putting a few of them in his cart. And I struck. Up a conversation, and I said, Hey, I'm just curious what you're looking for. I'm a reseller, and I always like to know what customers want to buy. And he told me that his mother had had a stroke, and she was in, I think it was a nursing home at the time, and that many of the residents there didn't even get dressed. They stayed in their robes or night clothes, and that's just the way it is. Sometimes they just don't feel like getting dressed in real clothes. But his mother had been very classy and fashionable her whole life, and it was very important to her to get dressed every day, and so they honored that and to help her keep her dignity, they would buy they being him and his siblings, they would buy clothes from thrift stores because they were inexpensive, but could still be very beautiful, and didn't matter if they were stained or imperfect, because after her stroke, she had a hard time feeding herself, but they didn't want to take that away from her, and they didn't want to make her wear a bib or do anything that would make her feel undignified. So they decided they would buy imperfect clothing from thrift stores, and he had picked out some beautiful sweaters they had sequins or pretty designs on them pretty bright, happy colors. And he says, Yeah, she'll she'll maybe wear it two or three times, and then it will be too soiled, and we'll just re donate it and pick out some new ones. And I just thought that was the sweetest approach to an elderly person who was having some struggles because they respected her dignity and she appreciated it. She wanted to look pretty every day, and that moment was when I realized things don't have to be perfect. It's okay to sell imperfect, damaged items, things with small stains, they will still sell. So I want to thank that kind stranger for giving me that information, because it certainly helped my business. Okay, and then the next story. This happened probably around 2010 back when we could sell partially used fragrances, before that rule changed. So by the way, you're really only allowed to sell either full bottles or empty bottles. There's no partially used perfume. Fragrances allowed on eBay. Yes, you're going to see them there, but this is an FDA rule that falls under the cosmetics rule that they can't be used, and it's for sanitary reasons. Even though a spray bottle of fragrance, there's no way it can be contaminated, but it just falls under that umbrella of used cosmetics. So anyway, I had sold probably a half full bottle of a men's cologne and everything went well, and I received a handwritten letter in the mail, and the woman was thanking me for offering this cologne because her husband was in The final stages of cancer and he was at home and bedridden, but very concerned about odors from his illness. He did not want to offend anyone. He wanted also that dignity of smelling nice, because illness can be yucky and there are foul odors. So she took the time to write me this letter thanking me for offering her husband's favorite cologne so that in his last weeks, he could feel dignified and have that cologne. And she didn't want to buy a brand new bottle, and I think it was kind of hard to find, and it was probably a$50 sale, so not a huge sale at all, but just the fact that she took the time to write me a letter and thank me for that and how important it was to them to have this. Cologne, and she thanked me for helping make her husband's last days a little bit better than they could have been. So that's what I love about this business, is reaching people that need what we have, and they appreciate it, and sometimes we don't understand exactly why our buyers want what they buy. That's why I try to ask them, Hey, why'd you buy this? Because it is enlightening when they share that with us. But so those are my two pivotal moments in my eBay business, and now we're going to hear from some other resellers.

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Hello, Suzanne. This is Bridget from Georgia. I just wanted to say congratulations on five years on your podcast. I so enjoy it. I look forward to it every week, especially I get paid every Wednesday. So when I head out for the day, I put it in on my car and listen, and I go to thrift stores, and I get back in the car, and I continue to listen. And I love the sense of community. And I just, I so enjoy it. And I'm always learning anyway, if I was going to give any advice to anyone, especially just starting out, be sure to have a good inventory system. It's so important. I mean, it's so frustrating losing an item and don't forget to put your SKU in. I wish eBay would make that something that's mandatory, because I can't tell you how many times I forgot to put the SKU in, and I had to refer back to my books, because I do write down each one of my listings, and I now went from paper to doing it on an iPad. But anyway, thank you so much for the podcast and the time you put into it. I so enjoy it. Bye, bye. Hi, Suzanne. My name is Barb shook, and I know that we've never met, but from listening to you and listening to all of your podcasts, I feel as though we have and I bet there's a lot of listeners that feel that exact same way about you. I started following you in June of 2025 and I was in a very toxic job at the time, but every single day, I looked forward into getting into my car for my drive to and from work just to listen to your episodes. I binged all of them, and I might even go back through and listen to them all again. What I really wanted to tell you is that there was not one, one episode that I didn't learn something completely new, or was blown away with something completely creative, or two, I left feeling extremely inspired to dive even deeper into the eBay reselling community. And I definitely need to thank your podcast for that. I do have two quick sales to talk about, and the first one was, I've heard you say and other people say anything can sell. My son moved out several years ago. He had a closet full of things, and as I was converting his bedroom this past summer into my reselling office and storage room, I came across a box of skateboard wheels, not the boards, not the hardware. It was just a pretty large box full of colorful used skateboard wheels. So I did ask him if he wanted them back, or if he was saving them for something. And I told him, if he didn't want them, I would try to sell them. And he actually laughed at me. Well, I did sell them, and one day, a lady messaged me and asked if I still had them and how many there were. So she bought them. My curiosity was killing me, so I did message her later and said, Do you mind me asking what you plan to use these wheels for? Because she didn't seem to be a young person that would be using a skateboard. She not only wrote me back, but she sent me photos of her parrots, and she bought this big box of those very durable rubber wheels to make toys for her parrot cages. So when you think some somebody doesn't want something, there's so many creative people out there, and yes, almost anything can sell. The second sale that I wanted to thank or give you all the thanks for, was a canyon robe my husband bought me your 2022 bolo book for Christmas. And I always scan through it before sourcing. And every now and then, I'll just pick it up and go through it too, because for some reason, when you do that, it just seems to be like you said before when you find something. So it was only a couple of weeks after Christmas I was at our thrift store. I always buy vintage pajamas because I enjoy selling those. And. And I during the winter months, I couldn't even buy those fast enough to sell those, but I came across a canyon robe. I couldn't believe my eyes, and all I could do is hear you saying, start the car as I was at the checkout. I paid $7 for that robe, and it sold for over$200 just this month, and I definitely have you to thank for that. So thank you for keeping us laughing, keeping us inspired, and helping us build this business of our own, whether it's a business or a hobby, but it's not only fun, it makes us all extra money, and I will ever be grateful for finding you. You are kind of known as the reselling queen in at my house. So thank you so much. So I look forward to listening to your anniversary podcast. Thank you for everything. Hello, listeners. My name is Laura, and I'm from Lansing, Michigan. I was on the podcast back in about 2024 my eBay store. Name is mom. Look what I found. And I sell a lot of things from my mom's attic. A few months ago, I sold a picture from the 1940s of the Lansing capital to the Lansing capital for about $20 and they're using it in a book they're publishing. I sent my email with the eBay message telling them to contact me if they were interested in other Lansing items. They emailed me a few months later, and now I have to sign the copyright papers for them to publish. I always wonder, what happens to the treasures that we sell online, and I love when I get to find out happy selling. Hey, Suzanne, the horse ribbon lady, this is your friend Marlene the horse lady, calling you from over Brook Oklahoma to congratulate you on your five years of podcast excellence. I enjoy listening to the podcast, and you know that I play it in the barn each Wednesday morning, and Elvis and dude, listen to everything you have to say. So I appreciate the podcast, and I appreciate all the things that you do for the eBay community, the premium library is by far the item that you offer that has helped me more than anything, and I am grateful for it. So thank you for your efforts on that. So I wanted to share with you a story about an item I purchased for $4 from a church rummage sale that I go to every year, and as I've mentioned to you when I've been your guest on your podcast, is the lady that coordinates that rummage sale. Is the curator of our County Museum, and she's also a dear personal friend, and she enjoys taking me aside to show me items that she believes have a lot of value to them, and she knows that I sell on eBay. So last year, she took me aside and showed me a decanter. It was a 1962 old charter Kentucky bourbon whiskey crystal decanter, and she advised me that it was her own from her own personal inventory. So I bought it for $4 and I listed it. It felt it photographed beautifully, and it was in very, very good shape. It had a stopper with the cork around the bottom of the stopper, and it was very, you know, it looked good in all the pictures. So I had it listed for 10 months, and then I had a buyer come along and buy it. Paid $52 for it, and they paid shipping. So it was purchased on February the third of this year, and I mailed it on February the fourth, and it took it two weeks and two days to get to him. So what I do is each day, I check any shipments that I have made, just to see where they are on the USPS tracking system. And I kept seeing that that item was not moving. It just said it's going to be delayed. It's headed to the next destination and but there wasn't anything else about telling me about it, so I began messaging the buyer to let them know that I was watching the tracking and that I was sure hopeful that it would get there soon. I didn't want them to cancel and have to refund and all that. So I was hopeful that it was just weather that was holding it up. It was going to Kansas, and I'm in southern Oklahoma, and we had had severe snow and ice storms about that time, and I think Kansas did too. So I figured that was. Part of the problem. So I kept a watch on it, and finally, on February the 19th, it freed up and it got delivered. Now I did put a track on it. I did track or do a missing mail on it, and I sent the buyer that information. And so, you know, they thanked me for that. But the interesting thing was, once it got delivered, I messaged, messaged him to say, you know, I believe that it got delivered today. And he said, Yes, he was so thrilled that it arrived intact, with no issues, and he left me a glowing feedback. Well, additionally, he and I communicated about what was so special about a 1962 decanter, and he advised me that his father in law had passed away two weeks before, and that his Main drink that he enjoyed drinking for relaxation was old charter. And his father in law had three children, and as a remembrance item, he had purchased decanters to give to each child, and he had already purchased two. And then he found mine, and so mine was the third, and he gave them to them with a letter to say, in memory of your father. And then they went to his old stash and pulled out the old charter and poured into the decanter. So I thought that was an interesting story to go with an item that set for 10 months until somebody had a need for it, and there you go. I sold it and I had it so again. Thank you for all you do. Hope you enjoyed my story, and I'll talk to you soon. Take care. Suzanne, bye, bye. Hi, Suzanne. This is Steve in New Jersey. Congratulations on the fifth anniversary of your podcast. I've enjoyed listening to every episode, and I've learned a lot in the process, even though I've been a reseller for over 40 years and on eBay for 29 years. Thank you also for having me as a guest on the show three times, twice for regular episodes, and once as part of the estate sale episode, there are many stories and fun sales and tips I can mention, but I'll talk about the one thing I learned from your podcast that has made the biggest difference to my reselling business. On episode 163 back in May 2024 your guest was Maggie in North Carolina, among other things, she spoke about selling China to replacements.com. Shortly after that, I bought a few pieces of China at an estate sale as a test and sold it to replacements. The process was great, and I decided to try and do more of it. Maggie also spoke about the supplier program that replacements offers, I found out that they won't invite you to join that until you've made several successful sales to them. I sold them four or five lots of China, and then was admitted into the supplier program in July 2024, and that immediately became a huge part of my reselling business. Since then, I have sold them over 2100 pieces of China. I've taken four road trips to their facility in North Carolina from my home in New Jersey, each time with a van filled with 20 to 25 cartons of China. And we are currently planning our next trip for some time in late March or early April. This also ties in with my eBay business. Replacements is very selective in which items they buy based on their current supply and customer demand. So I often buy sets of China, sell some pieces to replacements and list the rest on eBay. So thank you for having Maggie on the show. Thank you to Maggie for sharing that information. It's been a huge boost to my business, both on eBay and beyond. Congratulations again. I love the show, and I look forward to future episodes, maybe in another couple of years, I can come on again with updates. If you're looking for guests, take care and thank you for all you do for us. Hi everyone. It's Tricia from West Virginia. You might remember me as the crazy Christmas girl that had 13 Christmas trees. And guess what? I'm adding another one. I think I'm going to have 14 trees this coming season, believe it or not. I wanted to give you a quick update on my most recent sale, that is also my highest sale ever, as well as my best find ever in our local thrift store. On President's Day, I took off to the thrift stores because I was off from a regular job, and it was probably late morning. Early afternoon, and I was walking around in the thrift store, and lo and behold, on the top shelf a plain brown cardboard box, not marked. I took it down, looked inside, and guess what it was? It was the highly sought after 24 piece set Lennox spice garden jars. It did not have the wooden rack that it normally comes with, but they sell really well without the rack. And of course, you know, I looked for the rack. I walked all around the store looking for the rack, because it probably would have doubled my money, but I did not find it, and I only paid $13 for the set, and I popped them on eBay that week. I sold them in five and a half days for full asking price of$675 plus 100 and some dollars shipping to California. So excited, I literally had tears in my eyes in the thrift store because I could not believe I had found such a high dollar item for so cheap. And it was just amazing. My mind was blown that nobody had picked it up. And I am forever grateful to the thrift gods that was seeing over me that day, that I was the one to find them, and it was just so exciting. I wanted to share that quick update with you on my business, and I also wanted to say happy five year anniversary on the podcast Suzanne. I am so eternally grateful, and I'm so blessed to be a part of this community. And to you, I love your podcast. I love listening to the people that come on and they speak about their business and tell us you know all of the goods and the ins and outs and the bad things, no matter what it is, we get to hear it all, and I love it, and I enjoy it, and I'm so thankful, and I'm so blessed just to be a part of this community. All of your platforms have taught me a lot of things over the many years of reselling on eBay, since 2001 and I am just forever grateful. So I just wanted to congratulate you, Suzanne, and just let you know that you are appreciated. And I just wanted to say, Happy anniversary. I am looking forward to many, many more years of following you, learning from you, as well as your listeners, your viewers and all of the people that are a part of this community. Thanks so much for just being you. Hi. This is Eileen Cole, also known as the book lady on Suzanne's podcasts. I began selling on eBay in 2019 and selling books has always been about 50% of my business. I've seen some changes in the used book market since I began, but some things have stayed constant. Niches that started out doing well for me and still do well for me are vintage science fiction and fantasy, vintage children's books and vintage cookbooks, books that are adapted into movies in series by streaming services also do well if you catch them right in the beginning of their of their run. EBay is a hobby business for me, and as long as I keep having fun and making money, I will keep on doing it. Congratulations to Suzanne on the fifth anniversary of her podcast. Hi, Suzanne. This is Holly feger, congratulations on the anniversary of your podcast. I would love to tell a little about my eBay journey and how this podcast has played an incredibly helpful role. When I first started selling on eBay, I spent a lot of time on your Facebook page, eBay the right way, watching the YouTube videos and listening to your podcast. Those resources were incredibly helpful as I was trying to figure out things in the early days, you explained things in a way that made the process feel manageable and encouraging, especially for those just getting started, I eventually had the privilege of being on your podcast twice, which was such a fun experience. One of the unexpected blessings that came out of that was connecting with other sellers through those connections and them hearing me on the podcast. A few of the listeners contacted me and were able to join in a weekly reseller zoom call that I take part in, and that is still going on today. Not only did they join, but they become some really good friends that I'm happy to have, along with the friends. I would also add that when the podcast shifted to focusing primarily on interviewing other sellers, it became even more motivating for me every week there was something new to learn, whether it was a bolo to keep an eye out a different sourcing strategy, like how you've spoken about the online auctions or estate sales, or just hearing how someone else has grown their own business. It's encouraging, and it's real stories of people who. Actually doing it. One example that really stands out for me involved a guest who was knowledgeable about books. After listening to that episode, I happened to come across a rare book while I was outsourcing because of what I had learned from the podcast, I took a closer look and picked it up. I quickly realized that I had literally no idea how to list it, whether to do an auction, buy it now, how to price it, any of that feeling at a loss. I was able to contact through Facebook Messenger, the book lady you had had on your podcast, and she gave me incredibly helpful information. In the end, that book turned out to be my best sale ever. It sold for over$1,400 that is a perfect example of how your podcast isn't just interesting to listen to, but it actually has real world impact. It's helped me learn, grow the business and connect with others who are doing the same. So in the end, thanks so much for your podcast. Congratulations on the anniversary. Thanks for the time and energy you put into it week after week. It really does make a difference for all of us. Hi, Suzanne, this is Bill hunt and Happy anniversary. I just want to say I really enjoy your podcast so much. EBay has been a big piece of my life the last few years, I I like thinking about it, learning about it, and especially talking about it. As you can tell, because I've been on your podcast a couple times, it's just it makes me feel like I'm part of the conversation that you're having with these other sellers. Now here's a story recently is really relevant. I think there was a guest, not with some of the recent episodes, who was talking about her find a Shirley Temple doll that sold for a good amount of money. Well, generally, I don't do dolls. Just seems like there's so many out there, and so many of them are not big money, and plus, they kind of just creep me out a little bit. Well, in a state cell I was at this last weekend, there were a lot of dolls, you know, a room full of dolls and bins of dolls in and out building. And as I'm walking through the room, kind of just eyeing everything, because I want to go over everything that's out there, even if I don't really do it very much. I am an everything seller. After all, there was a doll that looked to me like a very early composite Shirley Temple doll. I looked on the back for a mark, and there was a maker's mark, and then a Germany made in Germany sign. So I thought maybe it might be either what this seller was talking about or something very close. I've picked it up. I have put it on auction. It's currently on auction, and I started the bidding at $99 I have one bid on it already, and a couple of watchers. So in this isn't a very, very bad shape. It's dirty. It's there's cracks all over it. I disclose all of that in the listing, so we will see what happens with this sale. And who knows, maybe the next time I'm a guest on your podcast, I will be able to tell you about how much it sold for, how much you sold for? Okay, again. Congratulations on your five years. You're helping a lot of us do eBay the right way. Thank you and best wishes for many more. Hi. This is George Kelly. I've been a part of Suzanne's Facebook group for many years, and every month on there, they have a thread where you can post your sales that you paid on eBay that were sold for over $100 and I've been in many, many of those, and a lot of people asked me, you know, where I find this stuff? And so I thought I would, you know, share kind of what I'm doing. To give you some idea of how, how I find things, and my main focus is garage sales. I go to, I live in Chicago, there's a lot of garage sale season. There's hundreds and hundreds of sales every weekend. And I probably go to on an average weekend over 100 grad sales. I mainly focus on neighborhood sales or citywide sales, where there's a lot of grout sales in one area, there's one town by me that they have a garage sale weekend, a citywide sale, and there's they have over 300 people that sign up every year for these sales, and so, I mean, it's easy to hit, and I can't even, I can't hit 100 grass holes in a day. I usually go on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, so, and one of the, one of the tools I use, I have a business card that I'm. Print them up on my computer so they're nothing fancy, but it says, basically, it says antique buyer, we buy anything old, and then it's got a list of different things that I'm looking for. And I'll give you an example of how it works. I went to a garage sale, and some woman having a sale, and I like to start up a conversation to try to find out why they're having a sale, or what they're what they're doing. So I one of my lines I asked is, I said, What are you guys moving? And she said, Oh no, no, no. She said, My husband died, and I've been bugging him for 20 years to clean out all this stuff out of the basement, and he never did. Now I'm stuck cleaning it out. And she said, I want to start getting rid of this stuff. So that's that's my cue to pull out my card and say, well, here's my car. This is what I'm looking for. So she looked at the car, and she said, Oh, you buy cameras. And he goes, Oh, yeah, I'm always looking for cameras. No matter what they say they have. I'm always looking for that, you know? They say, I've got old shoes. They say, Oh, I'm looking for old shoes because I want to get in the house. One of my goals is to get inside the house. I don't want to go to some conducted estate sale and stand in line with 25 other people with a rush in there and the estate sale companies got everything overpriced. I want to get in the house where the family got stuck with, you know, somebody died, and they're stuck with all this stuff in the house, and they just want to get it out of there. So anyways, she said, Well, hang on a second. I'm gonna go in the house and bring out some cameras. So she brought out a little box of four cameras, and one of them was, was a Leica flex camera. And I know, like a cameras are pretty good. They're made in Germany, and it was an older one, probably from the 60s. But I said to her, what, you know? What do you what are you thinking? How much you want for them? And she said, I want $50 for all of them. And I said, Well, okay, I'll do that. And then she said, Would you be interested in parts that might go, you know, camera parts that go with them. And I said, Well, I'd like to look at them. So she went in the house and brought out a box of a big box of Leica lenses, and they were all in the original boxes, and they're all from the 60s. And there's like a dozen of them in there. And I said, Well, what do you want for these? And she said, I want 100 for them. And I says, All right, I'll do that. And then she said, I have more of them in the basement, but she said, I don't have time right now to go in the dig them out. So she said, I'll call you. I got your card. And two weeks later, she called me and said that she had them out and she had them in the kitchen. So I went over there, and there were two big boxes of Leica lenses and or more cameras. The guy was a photographer. He was like, photographer the Lions Club or something. So I said, What do you want for both boxes? And she said, $300 so I said, Okay, I'll do that. And then I ended up putting them all on eBay, and one of the cameras in there was a was a roll of flex camera that sold for $1,250 one of the Leica lenses sold for just over $900 and so that you know, that was just a matter of Me talking over five minutes and give her my card and, you know, get my foot in the door. So basically, that's kind of what I'm doing. I encourage you to to join Suzanne's group and learn about things that sell. Get some there's tons of knowledge there. So wish you a lot of luck, and hope you find something great. Hello, Suzanne, it's Tammy Kennedy from Akron. I'm calling to congratulate you on five years of your podcast. I wanted to thank you for all the education you've provided this community over the years, I've really enjoyed your videos, your Facebook threads. I've referred many friends of mine who thought they wanted to be a reseller to your Facebook group and to your videos and your podcast so that they can learn eBay the right way. I just wanted to say thank you, and you've also made a difference in touching lives out there. I've gotten thank yous from my customers for yearbooks, people looking for their parents. And one man in particular was able to see photos of his dad that he never got to know. And then I had a woman years ago who was able to give a gift to her brother, or something I had in my store some vintage item, but anyway, it touched her so much that she sent me a thank you. And I learned how to do all this by following. You on social media, and I just wanted to say thank you again. And to anyone who doesn't belong to her premium library, it's definitely worth the money. Even if you come and go, there's so much to learn. And Suzanne, you are truly the best. Thank you again, and congratulations again. Bye, bye. Hi, Suzanne. Hi listeners. This is Allie house from Chicagoland down near Tinley Park on the south side. And I just want to say thank you to Suzanne for including me in this five year anniversary podcast. Congratulations on all your success, and it was a great time for you to reach out to me, as I have only been at eBay air for about three years now, started in February 2023 but I have learned so much and appreciated Suzanne's community for all the information sharing and just having people to relate to with the same kind of, you know, interest and hobby that that I have, some of the things that I've learned over the past three years are just keep going, and it's amazing how eBay can be there for you when you have a lot of time, and when you have no time, you can come back to it. And that was a message that I know many people have chatted about on this podcast, and for me, it really rings true. I recently downsized from a three bedroom home with a garage and two sheds an attic for storage, and now I'm in a two bedroom condo with no garage, no outside storage, and really needed to be strategic with all the things that I was going to take with me for eBay and how to figure out how to store those items. So my, you know, volume of sourcing has significantly dropped. So because of that, it was really important for me to try to refocus my energy on those items that were going to one not take up too much space if possible, and two, had a quick flip time, and three have a higher profit value. So those are the three things I really focused on when I downsized. And I would say that I was so shocked when I reviewed my eBay account in the past three years, I work full time, and this has been a wonderful way to bring in some extra income, but I've sold about 500 items in Three years, which for me, looking back, that is an incredible number. It's almost an item every other day, which, that's not how my sales go, you know, on paper, on paper, you know, I'll have a wind of resourcing and a wind of, okay, I can have time, you know, maybe in the summer, to really knock out a bunch of sales, and then in the winter, when the kids are busy, whatever it is, then those sales and those listings slow down. And I've been really fortunate to kind of just go with the ebb and flow, because this is, you know, just a nice extra source of income for me, but I would just encourage everyone to really try not to be too strict with yourself, if you're just starting out, or if you're a hobbyist, and just know that eBay will ebb and flow and trust in the process. Thank you so much. Suzanne, I hope everything is great with you. Take care. Hi, Suzanne, happy five years. This is Jennifer, calling from Buffalo Grove, Illinois. I was recently a guest on your podcast and truly enjoyed that. I'm also a relatively new listener. I've been listening for probably almost a year, but I have gone back and listened to all the episodes because I love hearing from all the sellers, and I love seeing what sells and what to look out for as a bolo, as you like to say, and I just really enjoy what you do. And my time that I've been on eBay has greatly been helped from everything I've learned from you. And like you say, Good feedback is always a bonus, and I always watch to see what my feedback is and I thought I would share a recent feedback I received, because it made me laugh and it might make your listeners laugh too. I sold a baseball card to someone, and they left me the following feedback, incredible seller, a true all American legend, shipped faster than Speedy Gonzalez and tighter than the nuts on a new bridge that made me laugh and. I just love what people have to say, and it makes me happy to send them things that I know they maybe couldn't find anywhere else except on eBay. Take care and again. Happy five years. Hi, Suzanne, congratulations on your fifth year of your podcast. It's Jane Brown from Manasquan New Jersey. Love being part of this group and this community, teaching one another and learning from each other. Just a couple updates on some sales. I did get a skateboard for free. I did have it listed for $200 I accepted $100 offer. It was on promotional listing. So I did lose a little bit of money there. I ended up only getting paid out $48 for the skateboard. But lesson learned, I also just recently sold a piece of Egyptian artwork that was donated to the shop and that sold for $200 and I'm super excited for the yard sale season to be upon us to get out and get treasure hunting and getting into my garbage piles that I find curbside. So just remember, everybody, the abundance is all around us. Treasure can be found everywhere, anywhere in houses, outside of houses, sitting on the curb just waiting for us. Have fun. Have a great season again. Congratulations on the fifth year. Talk to you guys soon. Bye. Hi. I'm Julie Gambino. I'm the dumpster diving grandma. I sat down a few months ago with Suzanne wells, and we talked about how finding hidden treasures, or finding treasures in the trash can turn into real income, and today I wanted to talk to you a little bit about that, and also about how much I appreciate Suzanne and the Facebook page that she hosts, which is eBay the right way with Suzanne wells. Without that, I don't think I would have ever have made as much money as I am doing now. I plan once I retire to go full time doing eBay 100% of the time, and traveling around the United States and finding what treasures I can find in all areas. So first, I want to show you a necklace that I actually did get in the trash. It was after a garage sale where the person put out any items that hadn't sold, and said it was on Facebook, and it was free, come and pick it up. Come and get it. And it is this necklace that sold today for$180 and you look at it and you think, Oh, it's just a bunch of beads, but they're made out of jadeite, and the company is actually listed on this it's sagen, S, A, j, e n, and it is 925, sterling silver is the tag. But they're absolutely gorgeous. They're a little heavy for me. Otherwise I probably would have kept it. The other thing I wanted to talk about is how Christmas can sell all year round. So I frequently pick up Christmas items. I recently posted in the $100 plus sales for an ice skating rink. I believe it was the Bradford exchange. Don't quote me on that, but it was a bunch of little figurines that were ice skating on an ice skating rink, and they sold for over they actually sold for $175 but I always whenever I find ornaments, whether it's one ornament or a bunch, I throw them in this bucket, and as I have time, I list them. So I'm going to grab one just to show you the kind of ornaments that I'm looking for. I typically am looking for ornaments like this one, which is an indent ornament. It is more than likely mid century based on the cap. Sometimes they are marked shiny, bright. This one in particular was hand painted with a bell, and it's just gorgeous and very collectible. This would sell between eight and $10 for one ornament. And you know, it's just whatever I happen to, happens to draw my fancy. Sometimes I do pick up if I get them cheap enough Hallmark ornaments. So those can also resell, if you have to watch the price point on that. But these are all the kinds of things that you learn if you follow the Facebook page for Suzanne as well as watch her videos. She's got informative, very informative classes. She has a book out that's going to show you which ones it bolo book be on the lookout for. In case you don't know, Ebola stands for and absolutely amazing things. I remember probably a couple years ago, someone had posted that they had a water glass that was it was just a clear water glass, and it had. Had little goldfish floating around in the glass, in the glass on the edges. And I looked at that and said, Oh my gosh, I actually have that in my I've been drinking out of that. I purchased it at a resale shop because I love them. I had four of them, and those sold for $400 after I figured out not $400 Oh no, $200 after I figured out that they were actually worth money, and I wasn't going to be drinking out of them. Out of them anymore. So go follow Suzanne and follow her Facebook page. She's amazing. Amazing. Have a great day. You guys. Hi, Suzanne. My name is Victoria, and I just wanted to thank you so much for your amazing podcast. I started my eBay journey in 2004 can't believe it, and it's been so much fun. I enjoy every bit of it. It gets better and better as time goes. I am an empty nester now and have stopped working. So this is great income, and I can do it anytime, take care of my mom and be around my family. So again, thank you so much, and I'm so glad I stumbled across you, and I take you on my walk every morning and listen to all your podcasts. Take care. Bye, bye. Hello. This is Kelly from Texas, and I wanted to say, congratulations on your five year anniversary. I love not only the podcast, but also the Facebook group. I find them so helpful, encouraging, positive, and never eBay bashing, which is very refreshing. I think you're always sharing knowledge, trying to help people grow their businesses. And a good example of a sale that resulted from that. I do all my sourcing at the bins. I've seen many Minky blankets. Never even picked them up, but after listening to a podcast finding out they were a bolo, literally, two days later, I found one. It wasn't in great condition, brought it home, cleaned it up, listed it, sold it. So by the time the next podcast was on, I had found something you had discussed the previous week and already had it sold and out the door, which is just so helpful and amazing. And so it's not my biggest Suzanne sale, but definitely one of my favorites. So congratulations again, and thank you for all that you do. You

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thank you to everyone who contributed to this episode. I think it was a fun way to celebrate and I hope you enjoyed it. Next week, my guest is Emily, who was on the podcast back in 2023 she has gone through some major life changes and tackled some tough challenges, and will catch us up on her journey. She's now working at a thrift store, so she has some great insights to share. Thank you all again for supporting this podcast, and here's to another five years. Make it a great week on eBay, and I'll talk to you next week. Bye, everybody. You.