[TML] Selling Traveller magazines on Ebay

[Jerry W Barrington]

On 7/6/08 2:45 AM, "shadow at shadowgard.com" <shadow at shadowgard.com> wrote:

> On 5 Jul 2008 at 22:49, Jerry W Barrington wrote:
> 
>>     You actually making any money at all this ebaying?  You've been putting
>> a lot up lately, is it actually worth the effort?
> 
> I'm mostly getting more than the items cost me 20-30 years ago. And
> I've managed to keep my storage locker (which has still more stuff,
> though soon it'll be down to comic books (a cubic meter or so) and
> possibly collectable computer gear (*old* Radio Shack stuff).
> 
> I've also managed to keep the utilities going if not current. And
> eat. 
> 
> Given that one Judges Guild module sold for over $100, it's not bad.
> Then there's the stuff that goes for a few bucks each.
> 
> Which is why I risk losing sales by including the costs of stuff like
> the envelopes/boxes & bus fare to the post office in the "shipping".
> 
> A few items are hitting the "not worth relisting" point. I'll be
> hauling those to BridgeTown Hobbies/The Military Corner to see if
> they'll be interested or see if I can post something there.

Yeah, after I asked you, I actually went to the effort of looking at your
completed sales...  Assuming the shipping is breaking even, it looks like
you netted about $160 out of the batch that closed on July 4th.  :)  (Yes, I
considered the listing and closing fees.)

The more I consider it, the more I think I should work on cleaning some
stuff out of *my* storage unit.  Could help pay off some bills and I've got
lots of stuff in there that I'll never play.  Hell, I've got lots I never
*have* played.

But I guess that's a project for after I get my fiction library catalog.