It Pays to Breastfeed...Literally

Here's a few reasons why I think breastfeeding is the bomb:

1. Ability to feed your child anywhere, anytime, without any hassle.
2. Saving an average $4,000 per year on formula
3. No bottles/cleaning involved
4. Kids receive healthy nutrients that can't be duplicated by formula
5. You lose baby weight quicker
6. SELLING FORMULA COUPONS THAT ARE SENT BY THE MANUFACTURER FOR 100% PROFIT ON EBAY

I posted those coupons last night and by the time I woke up to feed the baby at 2:45 am they had already sold. $9.99 isn't a huge amount, but it was free so there's no complaining on my end.

Home Run Guide is Out of the Park

Holy Mackeral! Have you taken the time to order your own e-book copy of the Home Run Guide yet? It was released today and there are 490 pages of eBay selling info to devour. For $29, I'd say it's worth the investment. It tells you exactly what to buy for practically every category on eBay. The experts share their secrets, tips and personal Home Runs!

My goal is to list this bed today. Well, not literally the bed, but everything on it. Does anyone else's ebay room look like this? Can someone say "Hoarder"! Here I go....

Unloading some weight

Did you know that Weight Watchers stuff sells really well on ebay. Here's a look at a points calculator that I bought at a garage sale for $0.25 last weekend. I still have their dining out guide, a dvd and a couple other weight watcher items to list.  I spent a total of $20 at that garage sale for a bunch of stuff. This sale just about made my money back!

Yay for making money AND helping someone out there get healthy!

Darn it! Just missed my goal.

Wow, last week was a great week of sales! I had three days where I sold at least four items, which doesn't seem like much, but for me is a huge accomplishment.

My goal is to make at least $250 per week on eBay to offset my childcare costs of $1100 per month. No, you do not need to get your eyes checked. You are reading correctly.  We pay $1100 per month for our two little ones to go to day care. Many of you SAHM's are thinking why not just stay home and save the money...well, we have a ridiculously large mortgage. And my husband has mandatory furlough days and had a 5% reduction in annual salary. We wouldn't be able to handle that mortgage and all other expenses without my job.

None the less, I would have made my goal if I gave in to a low ball, crap offer on a brand new in box Tamagotchi Angel that I have, but I'd rather wait for the right buyer to come along and offer me a fair price.

Anyway, here's the highlights of my week:

Paid $5, sold for $26.99

Paid $1, sold for $19.99

Paid $10, Sold for $39.99. Was glad to see this go, I've been hoarding it for a couple years now but only recently put it up for sale.

Paid $2, Sold for $19.99

I'm okay with my sales. It only motivates me to push harder and get things listed. I scored some great finds this weekend that I hope to post later about and I have about five plastic containers of finds that need to be listed.

Like Dori said, "just keep swimming, just keep swimming."

Have a wonderful week!

Christmas in September

The perfect example of why I love eBay. I bought this ornament at a thrift shop a couple weeks ago for $0.50.  That's right, 50 cents. Like the rapper.

Anyway, I decided to auction is with a starting bid of $19.99. I received that starting bid in no time and when the auction ended today, I made $52.29!!!!

With sales like these, it's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas!

On another note, my maternity leave ended today. :(

Fun Finds Friday

TGIF. It was a long week. There's been nothing but drama drama drama. It was quite depressing, especially since I had a birthday and couldn't take my mind off the drama. Well, since I am now in the last year of my 20's, the thrifting gods were good to me because I had all these great finds.

This crib set was something I got off of craigslist. The seller only wanted $25 for the whole set. This set costs nearly $350 at Babies R Us! I've seen it sell on eBay for $140 used. The only problem is I can't get the darn mobile apart so that it is easy to pack and ship. Any suggestions?

 Found this Boston Marathon Adidas Climaproof jacket in 2XL. Listed it for $39.99. But now that I think about it, if you are size 2XL, would you really be capable of running a marathon?

This Paul Frank hoodie is in like new condition and only cost $2. Listed it for $19.99 with best offer.

I love selling Ralph Lauren.  This Polo sweater vest was $2 at Salvation Army. I'm going to list it auction style on Sunday. Completed listings show Ralph Lauren sweaters vests as being a pretty good moneymaker.

This Charter Club blouse was new with tags and only cost $1.50. 

New with tags Style & Co. jeans were also $2.

I recently read on a facebook group called "Thrifting with the Boys" that these West Bend Poppery popcorn poppers (that's a tongue twister) can bring in a pretty penny if you get it for cheap enough. I bought this one for $3 and expect to make about $20.

Football season + little girl Steelers dress = good find

Got this new with tags Gymboree romper for $1. Can't wait to see how it does.

To learn more about what sells on eBay, head over to the eBay Underground blog for Fantastic Finds Friday.

Happy Shopping!

Linking to:
Apron Thrift Girl

High Tech Photo Booth

I've always been so jealous of people that have an amazing photo studio and light box in their home...until now. I'm sure they spent a lot more on creating perfect photos for their ebay sales, while I chose to go the free route.  I recently learned this trick from Naomi Wong, a photographer that did our newborn photos at our home.

She had a professional sheet holder thingy, but I'm using my handy laundry hanger that was sitting unused in my garage. (I never line dry or hang my washed clothes up before they wrinkle. I'm just not that kind of girl).

I hung a white sheet that we "borrowed" from a local hotel a while back. Yes, that's ghetto. But there's a perfectly good explanation. I'm just not going to get into it.

Then I placed my dressmaker form in front of the sheet, waved my magic wand and got this....

Oh yeah! Just like the experts.

Meanwhile, my trusty assistant took a nap on the bed. LOL, look at all the packaging materials around him. You can tell he was working hard. ;)