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Bonanza weirdness

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I’ve had 16 sales total over at Bonanza.  I’ve done nothing except import listings, so everything I sell there I look at as a bonus.  So far, so good.

Except.

Yesterday I got an e-mail from a potential Bonanza buyer about a plush that I had removed from my eBay listings when working on my inventorying.  It was an older listing, and an item that was in rougher shape than I would pick up today.  I ended the listing on eBay, tossed the plush in with items to be taken to the next consignment sale, and didn’t think any more of it.  Until the e-mail I received yesterday.  Which led me to take a look at my Bonanza account.

Upon closer inspection I noticed a few weird things.

#1:  Only around 600 of my 1000ish eBay listings are actually in my Bonanza booth.

#2:  Photos obviously aren’t all importing correctly.  Some listings only have one or two photos out of the many included on eBay, some of the clothes have defaulted to the size tag as the main photo (obviously not what I have it set to on eBay), some have no photos at all.

#3:  **Most worrying of all**  It seems that if I manually end an eBay listing (done a few times when I decided to purge an item when inventorying, I sold something listed on eBay on CL instead, or an item got too near an expiration date) it didn’t update the listing as unavailable on Bonanza.  I went through my Bonanza booth (for the first time ever) page by page and probably deleted around a dozen items that were still listed as available that actually were not.

I know I’m lucky no one on Bonanza actually purchased one of those dozen items.

But am I going to give up Bonanza?  Nope, not at this point.

Honestly, I’m putting zero effort into my booth and I really do think of each sale as a bonus.  If at some point I run into a snafu with a buyer I may reconsider, but at this time I am going to keep plowing ahead.  I may see if I can figure out how to delete and then re-import all of my items in hopes that it includes more of my listings and possibly fixes some of the photo issues.  And in the future I will try to remember to delete any listings I manually end on eBay.  Other than that, I’m not going to sweat it.

Are you on Bonanza?  How is it going for you?

Favorite Five Friday, February 13, 2015

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I skipped last week’s FFF because I didn’t feel like I had many sales worth mentioning (just a bunch of clothes, which are reliable sellers, but not what I find to be most fun).

Here are a few of my favorite sales from the last week:

These pants have been hanging around for months waiting to be listed.  They are NWT Old Navy.  My hesitation to list them was that they appear to have a maternity panel waist, but nowhere on the tags are they listed as maternity pants.  So, I finally listed them explaining just that, and whaddyaknow, they sold in five days.

Old Navy Linen Panel Waist Pants
Paid: $3? @ ys, Sold: $24.95 (in 5 days)


I will usually pick up sheet sets at yard sales (or 50% off day at consignment sales!) if they are new in the package and $5 or less.  While they aren’t always fast sellers, every set I’ve picked up has eventually sold for a decent profit.

Tommy Hilfiger Surf Board Sheet Set
Paid: $5? @ consignment sale, Best Offer Accepted: $35 (listed since May 2014)

I bought this at a rummage-type-sale just after Easter last year.  I had just sold some used Easter Thomas trains so I knew it would be a sure-seller . . . eventually.  Usually after 6 months or so I’ll add “Best Offer” to my listings, but in this case I didn’t because I was confident it would sell at full price before Easter rolled around again.

Thomas Easter Train Lot
Paid: $5 @ rummage sale, Sold: $39.95 (listed since April 2014)

I really like buying these Disney books, and I’ve sold several lots, but they are s-l-o-w to sell for a price that I’m happy with.   I only pick them up now if they’re still in like-new condition and only cost around a quarter.

24 Wonderful World of Disney Book Lot
Paid: ? @ various places, Sold: $44.95 (listed since Feb 2014)

I’ve also had three Bonanza sales recently (a lot for me within a week’s time).  The one below is my favorite, because it’s adorable.  I picked it up for $1.50 a year or two ago after Valentine’s Day, thinking I would give it to one of my boys the following year.  Then I came to my senses, and realized they already have way more stuffed animals than they know what do do with, and why should I add to that madness?

Valentine’s Day Dog Plush
Paid: $1.50 @ Walgreens, Sold: $19.30 (within a couple weeks of listing)
Happy Valentine’s Day!

Question: What have you sold on Bonanza?

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I took the Bonanza plunge a little over a month ago.  It didn’t take long to set up my account, and I allowed the account to pull all of my listing info from eBay.  (I currently have over 1000 active listings on eBay.)  I have a basic, non-subscription Bonanza account.  I haven’t done any Bonanza-site-specific listing, nor do I plan to.  My understanding is that Bonanza syncs its info with what I have listed on eBay once every day or two, new listings being added to Bonanza, expired/sold listings being removed. I’m not worried about double selling an item.  I’ve sold five items on Bonanza so far, and I’ve been quick to remove each listing from eBay, but I don’t worry about removing eBay sales from Bonanza.  If by chance I were to double sell an item I would ship it to the eBay buyer, and figure out how to cancel the transaction on Bonanza. 

Below you will find the five items I’ve sold on Bonanza so far.  My prices were close to but not exactly what is listed below.  Bonanza encourages (forces?) sellers to offer at least a small discount off eBay prices, as a trade-off for their lower fees.

Pumpkin Carving Book
Paid: $0.25 @ post-Halloween clearance last year, Sold: $10
NWT Disney Finding Nemo Turtle Plush
Paid: $0.25 @ ys, Sold: $10
NWT Little Miss Scary Suction Cup Plush
Paid: $1 @ rummage sale, Sold: $20
NWT Finnegan King of the Leprechauns plush
Paid: $4 @ consignment store, Sold: $30
Historic San Francisco Monopoly
Paid: $3 @ ys, Sold: $50

If you also sell on Bonanza, I’d love to know how long you’ve been selling there, approx. how many items you may have sold, and what kinds of items the sales have been. Inquiring minds want to know!