HOBO International Black Leather Shoulder Bag Purse $67 or make an offer. There are three zippered compartments. Main center compartment opens wide and has 1 zippered pock and a double zip closure.
There are two large compartments on either side that are zippered. No outside pockets. Silvertone hardware.
Size is 13 inches high by 9.5 inches wide and 2.5 inches deep. Strap drop is 11 inches
The only flaw noted is that there is some wear to the seam edges on the bottom at one corner. Please see last picture
Click here to see the listing on Poshmark closet @silverandsilk
Monday, September 17, 2018
POSHMARK
30 Minute Method
Poshmark is a eCommerce site that is limited to fashion and accessories. I've just started selling on Poshmark about eight weeks ago. I had heard a lot of rumbling about it, but mostly I what I heard was that "It's too much work. You have to 'follow' and 'share'. I just don't have time for that".
I finally decided to give it a try after eBay has glitch after glitch after glitch. If nothing else, at least all my listings would be somewhere on the internet if eBay crashed.
So I slowly starting cross-posting my eBay listings to Poshmark, a few per day. Also, all new listings would be cross-posted at the time of listing.
I had one sale at first, but it was basically crickets. Then I heard about the 30mm (known to Poshers as the 30 Minute Method).
Here's a links from "This Mommy is Real" which explains the method. This was developed by Lyn McLaughlin Cromar with a Facebook group "Poshmarks Analytics"
So I tried this 30 minute method, and then the sales started happening. Within a couple of weeks, I had enough sales to become a Poshmark Ambassador and cleared over $300.00 net.
Because Poshmark has a very focused audience -- fashion and accessories -- taking the time to follow and share is an incredible marketing program. You're targeting buyers who want to buy fashion and accessories. No collectibles, books, electronics, etc. Taking 30 minutes for targeted marketing seems reasonable to me.
This Posher has great insight into how to target buyers for a specific item in your closet. I'll be starting this today and will report on how it goes.
In the meantime, check out my Poshmark closet
Want to sign up for Poshmark and get $5.00 off your first purchase. Use Silver_and_Silk code when signing up.
HAPPY POSHING!!!
Friday, August 31, 2018
I've been selling on eBay for years, but have decided to branch out onto other platforms to sell my items. I also have limited my inventory to women's jewelry and accessories. So in addition to eBay, Poshmark seems like a natural fit. There is a learning curve for sure, but I have made a few sales in the 10 days, so I'm giving it a whirl. Check out my closet at: Shop more of my closet on Poshmark
It has been a long time since I wrote anything in my blog. I just read the last one and it was about how I spend my vacation. Very timely since I am on vacation again.
This vacation has been awesome. I ventured out on the Acela train from Boston to Baltimore to stay at the house of a Facebook friend, Carolyn. This was my first time taking the train and I love it. Great experience.
It turns out I chose to go there at the same time other members of the Facebook group were there as well. Cindy, David and Raymond were staying there and other eBay, Amazon, Online sellers joined us. I met so many people and had such a great time. We went thrifting together -- we are all of one mind about thrifting -- and had such wonderful meals and talks and learning, I cannot express how great it was.
People came to Baltimore from California, Utah, NJ, and Massachusetts. Great food, great company and a ton of fun and learning.
Now I am back home and getting settled into the rest of the vacation. There will be some fun, but the rest is a working Ebay, Amazon, Etsy and Facebook vacation.
Last post said I would be retiring in 970 days. Well I am down to about 290 days. Can't wait.
I started a new eBay store called The Tie Whisperer.
My goal with this blog is to write something about neckties at least once a week. We will see how that goes.
Looking forward to another great year ahead.
Sunday, October 20, 2013
HOW I SPENT MY SUMMER(?) VACATION
Alright, it's October, not summer, but it was vacation. I believe the point of a vacation, among other things, is to get away from the daily grind and get back refreshed and unstressed. Well, I did get away from the daily office grind and I will go back to work unstressed.
Some people go to Europe; some people go to the beach -- I go to thrift stores to find things to sell on Ebay. I know that is not everyone's cup of tea, but it sure is mine. I did a lot of that during these last two weeks. Got some really great things. BUT, I also got some duds and things that I just don't have room to store them. All a learning lesson.
There are wonderful groups on Facebook (FB). If you have some things you want to move along, there are Yard Sale group sites. There's probably one for your home town or area. I managed to post a listing for two big bags of neckties for free. I got a response right away and it turns out, the woman lives right around the corner from me. She came over and we talked for about an hour. We're now friends on FB and I may have a new yard sale and/or thrifting buddy. I also got rid of two huge bags of jigsaw puzzles and games -- the deal was: free but you have to take them all. And he did.
So my "hoard" is less and I managed to get more organized; learned a ton of new and better ways to do Ebay; sold a bunch of items and still managed to have some fun. Went to two wineries with three other women and had a great time; had a few lunches that were fun; actually relaxed enough to fall asleep on my couch (actually a love seat -- so that's no easy feat, let me tell you).
As I end my two weeks from the office, I take away the knowledge that when I retire in about 970 days, I'm confident that I will have a thriving business of my own to supplement Social Security and pensions. Now that is one good reason for being "unstressed".
Back to reality in the morning, but for now...vacation is wonderful!!!
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
I saw a post on a Facebook Ebay group that I participate in. One of the posts showed a car full of a thrifter’s score. It reminded me of something that happened about a year ago.
My good friend Mary and I used to go thrifting every Saturday. We started a store in her basement where we held “Girl’s Night Out” parties. Mary did the clothing and sold on Ebay. I did the accessories – purses, scarves, jewelry, etc. which I also sold on Ebay.
Fast forward a year or two. Mary decided to open her own brick and mortar women's consignment store “Apparel Obsession”. I did my best to help where I could to help get up and running.
One day I was in the grocery store and my cell phone range. It was Mary.
She said “Hi, how are you doing?”
I said “Fine, I’m food shopping.”
Pause. Ok, I say to myself “Mary needs something”
Mary “Richie was here and he was at a yard sale yesterday”
Riche was this guy who would come into her store to buy sterling etc. He seemed kind of creepy at first, but after getting to know him, he was a sweetheart.
I cut to the chase “Alright, what do you need?”
Mary: “Well, he was at a yard sale yesterday where they had boxes of new samples of Vanity Fair bras”
Me: “Yeah?”
Mary: “He doesn’t have a car today. He didn’t buy any because he didn’t know if I would take them into my store”
Me: “Ok, let me get this straight. You want me to come over and pick up Richie and find the yard sale and see if we can get some of these bras. Right?”
Mary: “Well, yes”
Me: “Can I at least go home first and put the frozen food away?”
So I got over to her store, get directions of where to pick up Richie, go to Richie’s, pick up Richie. He cannot, by the way, quite remember where the yard sale was. So we drive all over Marshfield (Mass.). Finally, he sees a road that look familiar. I put on my brakes and almost get rear-ended.
He tells me he hopes we can get the whole lot for $200.00. We get there and go into the garage and there has to be four or five boxes filled with sample bras. After looking it over, I finally say “How many can we get for $100.00”. The answer was “All of these and three boxes in the basement”. SCORE!!!
So Richie takes a box in puts it in my car. "No Way" I say. "Take the bras out of the boxes and just stuff them into the car. Otherwise, we'll have to make four trips." So we stuff all these bras into my car. It's overflowing. Cars are honking at me because the back window is filled.
Richie, Mary and I each put in 1/3. When Richie moved to the mid-west he gave up his 1/3 share. I have given up my 1/3. ...and Mary still is selling these on Ebay. Here are the pics. Enjoy!!!
It’s been awhile since I posted on this blog, but I’m going to try to keep it going.
Here’s a little history to my selling on Ebay. Back in 2003, I had a slew of books (mostly non-fiction) that I had collected while doing Revolutionary War Re-enactment. I had books on how to make dyes from plants, colonial attire and how to make my own garments, cooking in colonial times, etc. I needed to make some space in my apartment, so I started to list the books. It a lot easier to sell books in Ebay back then than it is now. Anyway, I ended up making enough money to buy a new computer and computer desk. I even sold the bookcase.
Along the way, I switched from books to vintage advertising. It took up a lot less room and was a lot more fun. However, even those starting taking up too much room and not really generating enough money to make it worth it.
Then I moved onto neckties. I had bought some ties at a thrift store with the idea that I was going to use the fabric to make a crazy quilt pillow. I started taking them apart but was really struck by some of the beautiful silk fabric. As my scissors cut into one particular tie, I decided to look it up. Damn. It was a Leonard of Paris and worth a lot of money. I wanted to go back in a time machine and undo what I had done with the scissors.
That was the beginning of my fascination with ties. It’s been about eight years and I have stopped and started, rethrifted about ten bags of ties when I left my last apartment – determined to be done. But they have slowly sneaked back into my life. Sure, I was only going to buy the Hermes, Gucci and other high end ties. No so. The Brooks Brothers and Zegna ties started creeping back in. I knew I had a problem, but there’s no rehab for “necktie addiction”. Before I knew it, novelty ties were hung from a rack in my closet. NO, NO, this can’t be. But, alas, I finally gave in and admitted that I was “The Tie Whisperer”.
