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Scavenger Life Podcast

Trash to Cash. A podcast about making a living on eBay. http://www.scavengerlife.com/

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The Numbers: Week November 24-30, 2024

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2024/12/04

Our best sale this week was the door of a clothes washer for $150. We purchased this used washer off craigslist and it turned out to be a dud. Ryanne parted the machine out so we’ll actually make money off the purchase. Nothing goes to waste! Otherwise, things are selling and we’re having fun. Check […]The post The Numbers: Week November 24-30, 2024 appeared first on Scavenger Life.

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The Numbers: Week November 17-23, 2024

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2024/11/25

We had a pretty good week of sales on eBay. We noticed that people are buying mismatched silverware, likely for their upcoming Thanksgiving dinners 🙂 Otherwise, all kins of random stuff keeps selling. Our highest sale was an old whisky bottle that people collect. Our coffee business continues to grow. As we get more wholesale […]The post The Numbers: Week November 17-23, 2024 appeared first on Scavenger Life.

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The Numbers: Week November 3-9, 2024

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2024/11/16

It’s difficult for us to know what a “normal eBay week” means for us these days as we’ve transitioned to focusing on other parts of our lives. We still find ways to scavenge pretty interesting items for cheap that we list. We have a store, it’s full of stuff, it’s all for sale, and we […] The post The Numbers: Week November 3-9, 2024 appeared first on Scavenger Life.

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The Numbers: Week October 27 – November 2, 2024

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2024/11/09

We actually had a much better week than expected while we were on vacation. Usually we expect sales to drop when on “time away” but sales were steady. Our best sale was a hanging light we found in the trash. Sold for $300! So satisfying. We just put out our popular holiday coffee blend, Matching […] The post The Numbers: Week October 27 – November 2, 2024 appeared first on Scavenger Life.

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The Numbers: Week October 20-26, 2024

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2024/10/28

Slow week but we’ve also on vacation. So we’ll take these sales while our store is on autopilot. We’re having a lot of fun scavenging in a new town. We’ll know who the next President of the United States next week. Oh boy. Check out our coffee! ► broadporch.coffee Join the conversation in the forum>> […]The post The Numbers: Week October 20-26, 2024 appeared first on Scavenger Life.

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The Numbers: Week October 13-19, 2024

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2024/10/26

We had a good week of sales but this current week has dropped off a cliff since we put our store in “time away” mode since we’re traveling. The algorithm really doesn’t seem to like sellers to be away. Our coffee business is hot and heavy with two cafes in full bloom. We’re roasting more […] The post The Numbers: Week October 13-19, 2024 appeared first on Scavenger Life.

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The Numbers: Week October 6-12, 2024

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2024/10/15

As some others shared, it was a slow week on the eBay front. Lots of items under $25. Good news is that we’ve already sold as much in three days as all last week. It’s a marathon and not a sprint. With the Fall season here, our cafes and coffee roastery has been gang busters. […] The post The Numbers: Week October 6-12, 2024 appeared first on Scavenger Life.

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The Numbers: Week September 29-Oct 5, 2024

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2024/10/08

Our eBay store feels like its fully back in business with consistent daily sales of all the weird stuff we find. Since we’ve been listing on eBay since 2008, there are actually items that may have taken ten years to sell. Kind of nuts to think about it, but the work was done a long […] The post The Numbers: Week September 29-Oct 5, 2024 appeared first on Scavenger Life.

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The Numbers: Week September 22-28, 2024

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2024/10/01

We missed a week posting our numbers. Life has been busy because we lost one of production coffee roasters. If you know of anyone who wants to roast coffee full-time in Luray VA, email us here info@broadporchcoffee.com 🙂 Otherwise eBay sales continue to crank away. It’s crazy what people buy. We’re grateful for it all. […]The post The Numbers: Week September 22-28, 2024 appeared first on Scavenger Life.

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The Numbers: Week September 8-14, 2024

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2024/09/16

Another good week for us. Always feels good when we sell a handful of items each day. Our best sale was an old Swatch watch from the 1980’s that we sold for $300. We bought a jumbled box of them from a guy at a flea market last year for cheap. These were trendy watches […] The post The Numbers: Week September 8-14, 2024 appeared first on Scavenger Life.

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The Numbers: Week September 1-7, 2024

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2024/09/11

It feels like our store is back in business. We’re selling an average of five items a day. Flow. That’s what it’s all about. Somehow we’ve gathered a huge backlog of items to list. There’s still so much stuff to scavenge out there in the world. Otherwise, our cafe/coffee company is in full swing. Two […] The post The Numbers: Week September 1-7, 2024 appeared first on Scavenger Life.

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The Numbers: Week August 24-31, 2024

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2024/09/03

There’s a growing awareness that algorithms are increasingly controlling many aspects of our lives. Dating apps, Facebook posts, news sites, online ads, google search results… It’s clear to us that eBay also has an algorithm that we must respect. Sales feel back to normal for us after we abided by eBay’s seemingly new requirement for […]The post The Numbers: Week August 24-31, 2024 appeared first on Scavenger Life.

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The Numbers: Week August 18-24, 2024

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2024/08/26

What a difference between this week and the last couple weeks. The difference: promoted listings. It was only a week’s worth of data but almost 80% of our sales can from turning on “promoted listings”. Seems crazy. So all these items sold were clicked on from someone else’s else’s listing? It’s confusing how it works. […]The post The Numbers: Week August 18-24, 2024 appeared first on Scavenger Life.

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The Numbers: Week August 11-17, 2024

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2024/08/19

We love to travel but its also really nice to be home. We’ve lived in our small town for about 15 years and planted roots where we know most people everywhere we go. Much different from when I grew up in a suburb of a large city. Though small towns have their own issues, we […]The post The Numbers: Week August 11-17, 2024 appeared first on Scavenger Life.

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The Numbers: Week August 4-10, 2024

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2024/08/14

Absolutely brutal week. Probably our slowest week on eBay ever. We’re guessing it’s a combination of our second week with “Time Away” turned on + generally slow summer sales. We also re-listed our entire store of almost 10,000 items which costs us $100. Good news that we had a great, relaxing time in NYC. I […] The post The Numbers: Week August 4-10, 2024 appeared first on Scavenger Life.

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The Numbers: Week July 28 – August 3, 2024

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2024/08/05

Brutally slow week for us on eBay. We’re in NYC for two weeks so our store is set for “Time Away”. The lack of sales might be a combination of the delayed shipping option and normally slow summer online. That being said, we did sell a commercial bread slicer for $1200 on Facebook Marketplace. We […]The post The Numbers: Week July 28 – August 3, 2024 appeared first on Scavenger Life.

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The Numbers: Week July 21 – July 27, 2024

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2024/08/03

We had a rare big sale this week where we sold a vintage Chanel purse for $1200. eBay had us send it to their Authentication Expert in New Jersey. Once it was authenticated, eBay ships it to the buyer. This service was free to us and the buyer. Assume eBay is willing to do this […]The post The Numbers: Week July 21 – July 27, 2024 appeared first on Scavenger Life.

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The Numbers: Week July 14-20, 2024

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2024/07/24

Slow week? Average week? Good week? Who knows. We’ve lost track of what’s what. We have a store, things are selling, yeah!! We certainly are not the poster child of how to get rich on eBay, but we can claim the fame to longevity and endurance which counts for something. Health issues? keep selling. Start […] The post The Numbers: Week July 14-20, 2024 appeared first on Scavenger Life.

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The Numbers: Week July 7-13, 2024

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2024/07/15

It’s been a while since we’ve talked about our coffee company here, even though it takes up most of our time these days. Our first Broad Porch Coffee cafe in Luray, VA recently celebrated three years (when we ended the podcast). Our newest cafe in Harrisonburg, VA is almost six months hold. Both are doing […] The post The Numbers: Week July 7-13, 2024 appeared first on Scavenger Life.

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The Numbers: Week June 29 – July 6, 2024

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2024/07/08

We turned off all Promoted Listings etc this past week so these are all organize sales. Definitely seeing drop in sales but we keep more of the money. It’ll be interesting to see if eBay has decided that sellers must pay for ads to sell anything significant (on top of final value fees). Other than […]The post The Numbers: Week June 29 – July 6, 2024 appeared first on Scavenger Life.

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