Hi! I am considering a booth rental that is available at an antique store near me. $2 per sq foot. I can’t remember the size of the booth but we estimate it would be around $200 per month for the space we looked at.

My current online niche is curated plate walls with eclectic mismatched vintage china. I also make and sell water color prints in vintage frames. But I do a lot of thrifting and estate sales and I always see stuff that I know would do well in a booth, but I don’t have the space at home.

Is it big furniture that keeps a booth rental worth it? What sells?!

Thanks for any insight. Worried about it being a flop!

I can understand a package of unused sponges but used sponges?

The sticker on the side states it is a rental and not for sale, but it vintage and old so is it ok the sell or not?

To make a long story short, a buyer opened a return on an item. Due to a death in my family, I tried keeping things afloat to the best of my mental ability.

What I find odd, is that eBay sent me an email saying "return is still open" at 2:09am, a time when most people are asleep, and all within 30 minutes, the buyer was refunded.

Here is what irritates me...while I fully accept responsibility for not responding to the return in time, here is what happened...

1. The buyer bought a computer power supply that was for a Dell (just for example) Model 001 and 002 computer as well as the part number. They opened a return that "the description states this would work with a model 009" some 2 generations newer.

2. I double checked the text descriptors/drop downs before and no, I put "Model 001" and "Model 002" for compatibility.

3. I asked the buyer to show me how they thought it would fit, and they pretty much said "I don't wanna hear your bullshit, just refund me".

4. I put all this in the appeal, and the fact the buyer misused returns by lying saying it said "somewhere" it would fit his computer when I went over every square inch of the listing and not a single bit of text showed it would work.

5. Appeal was denied not 10 minutes later "we decided to side with the buyer due to the description being inaccurate".

Wtf?

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I bought a bundle of watches from Ebay. Shipping from UK to the Netherlands. Got this email today that I'll get a refund but the seller won't get the item back. That doesn't seem fair and I hope it's a misunderstanding.

Sometimes I just find people on eBay frustrating and how easy it is for them to admit they know what they’re doing.

This person offered way lower than the price should be for a fruit salad brooch signed and put as the reason that it was the same they paid for a pink broach of a similar nature from the same manufacturer

Yet when I say, fruit salad is worth more they say they know

If you know then why did you offer less than you think it’s worth? It’s one thing to offer less and give as your reason a legitimate reason but this is them offering less and lying about their reason

I am grumpy and it is time to get off the Internet

I run a small online shop selling household items mainly kitchenware and small furnitures for which I have done for a couple of years now and I'm looking for a place to buy bulk overstock, my current suppliers started getting too pricey for my budget so I want to find better deals without taking in on a lot of risk. I would really love to hear some recommendations on which places you actually trust and how they vary from one to another.

I did some browsing on online marketplaces like Alibaba and l was actually surprised by how much surplus and closeout stock turns up there. A few suppliers were open to small test orders just for a start and also ordering some samples to first help me judge the quality of goods I need before buying the whole thing.I know with low prices the conditions may be inconsistent ,the manifest is vague or even shipping turns into a stress but my budget is fairly tight so I can't really afford to get burned on a big purchase that arrives all wrong. I would really love some more insights.

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Do you go by days, by views, or by gut? And how much do you drop each time? I am trying to find the best system for the things that stay in my account for long time.

I've been looking into getting a printer for my small business, and honestly, there are way more options than I expected.

Some people swear by regular printers, while others say a thermal printer is the way to go, especially for shipping labels. I'm mostly trying to figure out what actually matters in the long run.

Do you guys care more about print quality, speed, running costs, or just having something that works without constant issues?

Would love to hear what you've been using and whether you'd buy the same printer again.

Plates. I live in an old town with old people who still collect pewter. I know now way too much about plates. The various patterns, manufacturers, blah, blah, blah, etc. I don't care. Most of the pewter around here is cheap shit. Do you know why I know its cheap shit? Because they spend all their time complaining about it in the estate sale lines.

On eBay which would you rather have? 10 watchers or 10 people with item in their cart? Neither is a sale but which one do you think will actually convert and why?

Costing me as much as $9.92 to send a 1lb box 4x8x6 to some areas now and that is with eBay's discount. Some places are only $6.67 and that's a nearly 50% disparity.

I don't understand with how much prices differ in more expensive parts of the US, so why can't eBay adjust prices and still offer free shipping so a buyer in CA might see a price that's $3.25 higher to offset the difference in cost?

Oddly I looked into it and shopify has apps that adjust prices based on location for this exact reason. I think eBay should as well.

Especially when a lot of the stuff I sell...nearly all is sold with free shipping so putting in calculated shipping would pretty much kill sales.

1lb items that sell for $20 shipped, I'm starting to just pass them up now because the shipping and fees leave me only $6.13 to higher priced shipping areas whereas cheaper areas leave me $9.38 and I can't really have any say in where I sell it to.

Curious what you all think something like this is worth. It is 12x8. So there is more space to the left.

Mostly Gildan boxes. Seem mostly unopened or newer. From what I saw from the 5-6 labels it black shirts or fleece. Size XL or L. There’s probably 80-100 boxes though so unlikely consistent throughout.

If all blank product I think could be a great deal. If printed merch then a dud. How would you all determine this storage units value? And what would you aim for as resell value?

I did do my own research I’m curious what others may think on this.

Hi everyone,
I’m looking to get into flipping general merchandise and I'm looking for reliable, direct sources or liquidators for Target and Amazon pallets.
I’m specifically looking for lots that look like the one in the attached picture—containing brands like Figmint, Threshold, Stanley, and Cuisinart (with a good mix of kitchenware, small appliances, and home goods).
Does anyone have recommendations for trusted brokers, liquidators, or warehouses that sell these? I want to avoid scams or heavily cherry-picked pallets. For reference, I am located in Florida so closer sources or places with reasonable freight shipping would be amazing.
Thanks in advance for any leads or advice!

I always grab cheap silver at yardsales, flea markets etc, just like anyone else. I don’t keep tabs on the spot price as I never sell it, it just goes into the soup for safe keeping.

I was just at a flea market, and one dude had at least 20 crossed off prices written on the same little coin holder, clearly just being repriced as the silver price ebbed and flowed.

Silver guys- what’s the method? Just price high and hope to never have to go in and change all your labels? I’ve been to booths with hundreds if not thousands of individually priced coins. How are you not getting flooded with people the morning after a huge spike, trying to buy your stuff before you could get in to re price it?

spent the weekend going through eBay's actual 2026 fee schedule and reading 200+ posts here where people say don't bother listing under $20.

the fee math doesn't really back that up. on a $15 item, eBay takes 13.6% + a $0.40 per-order fee, so you walk away with $12.56. on a $200 item you walk away with $172.40. same effective rate, almost to the decimal.

here's what actually shifts the math on under-$20: ops time per item. listing, photos, packaging, the customer message or two - all of that is fixed no matter what you sold the thing for. 25 to 30 minutes per item is pretty typical. at $15 with $12.56 net that's around $25 an hour. at $200 it's $345.

so the rule kind of reframes. it's not really "skip under $X", it's "what's my actual minutes per item, and price above that." drop that to 5 minutes (batch shoot, batch list, batch pack) and the $8 books start making sense again. fees aren't the gate, handle time is.

have not flipped one personally yet, just the data side

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I never get hit with extra fedex fee because i measure and inch over on each side. Today though it finally happened, I hit was hit with a fee that was more than original postage for "irregular packaging".

I got the fee because I wrapped the box in a poly bag so the package wouldn't get stolen. The box was the original stereo equipment box for an expensive receiver.

i just looked into fedex terms and poly bags are an "irregular package" if they measure over 18 inches on the longest side, or 13 inches on the second longest side, or 5 inches or greater on the height of the package.

Now, I know.

Just trying to save other people money by avoiding the same mistake.