re: Can I turn one dollar into a family trip of four to Japan? Update 10/6 some great buys

Keep your eye out for a pair of Boston Acoustic A400’s. I’d gladly buy them if the price is right.

Are you typically at these estate sales right at opening? Do you have the same “competition” that you see every weekend?

If you really want to start making some money start a YouTube channel of your garage sale adventures. Show going through some items. Haggling with the owners. Then dicuss four finds when you get home. What you paid and what your hoping to get. Update with some pieces that already sold and what price.

This guy does it but mostly toys, comics, video games.
Froggy Flips

The value of those E diesels depends quite a bit on whether the steps are broken (they often are and there is a premium for one with all the original steps). I see the locomotive is missing one. I didn't check the B unit picture.

Your trains have the wider radius track, which may help the track group sell. When I buy a postwar set with original track, I tell the seller not to ship the track (unless the track goes with a boxed set).

If you find green/yellow Western Pacific, orange Allstate, or solid green Penn Central versions of those diesels you've made a solid find.

ETA: Your feedback is interesting, and high for someone who sells a wide variety of items. Years ago, I was on an eBay study group to review and comment on the FB system. One finding was that a seller was far more likely to have 100% positive feedback if they sold items in one subject area (for example, model railroading, toys, etc.). They tended to have more regular customers. Those who sell a wide variety of items have a risk in running into some jackass. We also weren't fans of neutral or negative FB that was posted without a comment.

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Are you sure the mortar is granite? To me it looks more like marble. (Which is a lot easier to carve than granite0 Two marbles come to mind: Carerra the really good stuff from Italy A marble from northeast Alabama that's currently being used for tombstones in Veterans' Cemeteries.

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I am just going by two other auctions that have the same mortar, just the sizes are different. Some one has a 12” and 14” mortars. They are asking $700 and $500 for them. Mine had the exact same markings, made by Thomas Maddock & Sons.

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ETA: Your feedback is interesting, and high for someone who sells a wide variety of items.

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I got my first negative feedback in 10 years last month because some old fricker in New Orleans got mad that eBay charged him taxes, and I wouldn’t give him a discount, to make up the difference.

I’ve had three negative feedbacks in 20 years.

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If you really want to start making some money start a YouTube channel of your garage sale adventures. Show going through some items. Haggling with the owners. Then dicuss four finds when you get home. What you paid and what your hoping to get. Update with some pieces that already sold and what price. This guy does it but mostly toys, comics, video games. Froggy Flips

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I did the YouTube thing for a little while, but it’s way too much work. I follow Froggy Flips. He is probably the best on YT, for what he buys. It seems to me that Ohio and Northern California has the best garage sales. There’s a guy called Part Time Picker, when he is picking in the SanFran area, there are some great garage sales.

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chinhoyang

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Should I list the empty box? It is the box the Rock Island train set came in. It was sold at Walgreens. It’s pretty brittle from sitting in a Louisiana attic for 25+ years.

Is it brittle but intact? Would it ship without getting damaged?

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I wondered why that asshat was bitching about not getting a small amount off the price. His feedback narrative made no sense. I thought he was made about you not accepting an offer, which was an odd FB given that he bought the item. Now, I realize his logic: "You said you would accept offers, so why not accept one AFTER I win to cover the sales tax."

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The old fricker msg me thru eBay, saying he refuses to pays taxes, asked me to list it on FB marketplace, so he could avoid the taxes. I told him I have nothing to do with the taxes, I don’t get this money, and it’s against eBay policy to do transactions outside ebay and they monitor msgs on their site. I could get suspended for even talking about it. I told him to just consider the taxes when making an offer. He didn’t understand what I was saying.