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08-21-2012, 10:28 AM

#41

athenascooter

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Join Date: Jun 2010

Location: Minnesota

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I had a garage sale with fabrics priced at 1/2 the original price. Sold alot. The balance was going to charity with a slip for the total yardage and I can write off on my taxes It has to be a 501c charity.

08-21-2012, 11:04 AM

#42

Corky

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Join Date: Jan 2010

Location: Beautiful Washington State

Posts: 844

The requirements for selling are a bit too much for me...

I would love to use this board for selling some of my extensive stash, but the requirements are a bit much for me. I look at my posts and I need to post several more times to qualify and it feels phony to me to just post for the sake of qualifying. I do post occasionally when my heart is in it, but I don't want to do it just to qualify.

IMHO

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Originally Posted by fmhall2

Why not sell here on the Quilting Board?

08-21-2012, 11:05 AM

#43

Corky

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Join Date: Jan 2010

Location: Beautiful Washington State

Posts: 844

Exactly my point!!!

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Originally Posted by rush88888

i would love to sell on this board, but i have not hit the correct member status yet. i wish that my ebay numbers (100%) could count toward selling here. i have plenty of really nice collections to sell. i guess i will have to wait or list elsewhere. as far as hitting the correct member status, i have read the rules, and i found that i have to make a true contribution to the group. this means that i should not say something like "good job" or "love your quilt" and leave it at that. there is not much i can do to further my member status, so i comment when i have a true comment to make.

08-21-2012, 11:08 AM

#44

Corky

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Location: Beautiful Washington State

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MAYBE WE SHOULD ALL SWITCH STASHES!!! Call it a stash swap, I will send you 5 yards (you choose colors/types) and you send me 5 yards.... Hmmm.

08-21-2012, 01:57 PM

#45

damaquilts

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Join Date: Jan 2008

Location: Barnesville GA

Posts: 3,181

I check out ebay for price comparision but rarely buy there anymore. I get fabrics online much cheaper other places and of course local stores. Things have gotten really expensive on ebay now. I usually buy vintage things so I have gone over to ETSY .. Its cheaper and for the most part friendly since its not big businesses selling there. Craigslist is where I just got my bed.. for $65 yeah!! its an antique too. I shop in a lot of different online places depending on where I can get the cheaper price.

08-21-2012, 03:07 PM

#46

Latrinka

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Join Date: Aug 2010

Location: Slidell, Louisiana

Posts: 6,951

I know I hardly even look on ebay anymore, used to all the time.

08-21-2012, 03:27 PM

#47

Neesie

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Join Date: Mar 2012

Location: Texas, USA

Posts: 5,896

Quote:

Originally Posted by Corky

. . . and then there are those of us, who just can't seem to shut up!

08-22-2012, 05:06 AM

#48

LindaR

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Join Date: Dec 2008

Location: Michigan

Posts: 2,916

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sunnie

I agree. We used to sell a lot of antiques and that is dead too. I think the shipping costs are keeping many from buying there. The post office prices are insane.

I agree...shipping is what is killing everyone...I was going to bid on a bedspread $12.00 that I really liked and was looking for, shipping 16.50. NO Way was I falling for that...they hurt themselves

08-22-2012, 08:12 AM

#49

Favorite Fabrics

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Join Date: May 2009

Location: Orchard Park, NY (near Buffalo, which is near Niagara Falls)

Posts: 3,884

Quote:

Originally Posted by LindaR

I agree...shipping is what is killing everyone...I was going to bid on a bedspread $12.00 that I really liked and was looking for, shipping 16.50. NO Way was I falling for that...they hurt themselves

But how do you know that it wouldn't actually have cost the seller $16.50 to ship it? Since it was a bedspread, it was probably too bulky to fit in any of the USPS flat-rate boxes. It can cost more to ship big-and-puffy things. And shipping by UPS or FedEx can be quite pricey. Plus if the seller is in the middle of nowhere, and he/she has to drive to the Post Office/FedEx/UPS shipping center, there is an actual cost to the seller in terms of the fuel spent. Not to mention that a portion of that $16.50 also goes to eBay/PayPal for the fees. They take a cut of everything, including the shipping fees.

Just sayin' that to understand the big picture you have to try to view it from all possible perspectives.

08-22-2012, 01:26 PM

#50

Momma_K

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Join Date: Nov 2010

Location: Dayton, TN. but hometown is Rockford IL.

Posts: 1,407

Quote:

Originally Posted by raedar63

I am getting ready for a major de-stash and was looking on ebay to get prices. Has anyone noticed that fabrics are not selling like they used too ? I used to buy a lot of fabric off of ebay and the bidding competition was fierce . Now I am seeing huge box lots of fabric not even being bid on. Just wondering , I really need to de-stash and it is a lot of work to list everything and not get a bid .I have tubs and tubs of fabric and plan to only keep about 10 projects that I have made into kits for myself . I am tired of no room to work and being so overwhelmed I do nothing so the time has come to simplify

I notice the same thing the other day. I went into ebay just to check the going prices on fabrics and old magazines. Nothing! I mean like you said, it's not worth the fees if noone is going to bid or even Buy Now. Good luck on your destashing!

I'm keeping mine or selling on here at a later time.