The auctions for items purchased during the eleventh week of the 2008 Garage Sale Challenge ended Sunday evening with 19 of the 27 items listed selling for a total of $366.07 and a sell-through rate of 70%. Amazon sales accounted for an additional $321.05 in revenue this week from the sale of twelve books.

Once again, there were no really exciting items sold this week. The highest priced item was the Pepsi-Cola advertising thermometer that sold for $46.95. During the same week I had two books that each sold for more than that on Amazon. When that happens, eBay didn’t exactly rip it up for the week.

For the third or fourth week in a row the garage sales in Grand Forks failed to produce anything really exciting. Probably the item for sale this week with the most potential is the Noblet clarinet I have listed. Two sales this past week did have nice selections of antiques but, in both cases, the prices the sellers wanted made it impossible to buy anything and expect to make a profit on it.

After 10 weeks of sales here’s how things look.

Ended	eBay Sold	Amazon Sold	Cost	List Fees	FV Fees	PayPal Fees	Incid. Fees	Miles	Net Profit	Total
5/11	$193.46	$59.99	$35.35	$6.30	$18.04	$10.27	$0.00	$24.75	$150.37	$158.74
5/18	$923.70	$247.40	$59.55	$8.15	$109.00	$35.63	$0.00	$46.97	$911.80	$1070.54
5/26	$589.03	$298.12	$65.50	$10.40	$92.46	$15.59	$0.00	$59.09	$644.11	$1714.65
6/01	$348.10	$174.30	$30.70	$6.15	$50.69	$24.89	$0.00	$23.74	$386.25	$2100.88
6/8	No auctions - went fishing in Canada
6/15	$518.38	$57.34	$58.25	$10.25	$45.60	$27.83	$0.00	$36.87	$396.92	$2497.80
6/22	$215.92	$241.08	$21.25	$3.05	$56.44	$8.97	$0.00	$0.00	$367.29	$2865.09
6/29	$701.34	$139.91	$74.97	$12.35	$69.99	$25.42	$0.00	$49.49	$609.03	$3474.12
7/06	$935.78	$118.42	$41.75	$14.55	$78.21	$29.73	$0.00	$39.90	$850.06	$4324.18
7/13	$365.10	$125.98	$42.72	$5.35	$44.21	$16.12	$0.00	$21.71	$360.97	$4685.15
7/20	$366.07	$321.05	$89.50	$9.55	$86.45	$11.91	$0.00	$42.42	$447.59	$5132.44
7/27			$50.75	$11.35				$52.02

This week there will be a total of 32 qualifying items on eBay consisting of 6 re-lists and 26 new items. Here’s what they are:

• Stampin’ Up A Little Love set - a re-list
• Stampin’ Up Birdhouse Mini set - a re-list
• Creative Memories tote bag w/access. - a re-list
• 3 JD Turner Golf University VHS tapes - the last re-list
• Monarch Ice Cream Co 1 Qt milk bottle - this is the second I bought two weeks ago
• 1925 Sisters Of Saint Joseph Diamond Jubilee Recipes cook book - I paid $.50
• Mrs. T A. Gagnon’s Cook Book 1915 cook book - I paid $.50
• Limited edition 1998 Remington Wildlife pocket knife - I paid $6.00
• Lot Of 7 Dark Shadows VHS tapes - I paid $3.00
• Zippo The Varga Girl 1935 lighter - I bought three of these and paid $5.00 each for them
• Will & Grace Season 1, 2, 3, & 4 on DVD - I paid $16.00 for these (probably too much)
• Franklin Mystery edition of The Ipcress File Len Deighton - I paid $.50
• The First 100 Years 1883-1983 Fosston Minnesota Centennial book - I paid $1.00
• Saga Of The Thirteen Towns book - I paid $.50
• 1928 Frigidaire Recipes cook book - I paid $.25
• 4 Tannen’s Magic Manuscript magazines - I paid $1.00
• 7 North Dakota History & North Dakota Quarterly magazines - I paid $1.00
• Pen Sketches Of Nebraskans - I paid $1.00
• Echos From The Rocky Mountains - I paid $1.00
• 1928 Morals And Dogma book - I paid $1.00
• Rower To Become Christ-Like Seminar DVD - I paid $1.00
• 1928 Handbook For Scoutmasters - I paid $.25
• Gray Texas Ware Confetti bowl - I paid $.25
• SPSS 13.0 Windows Student Version software - I paid $5.00
• LeBlanc Noblet Paris wood clarinet - I paid $5.00
• Milton Bradley Pocket Simon hand held electronic game - I paid $2.00
• 5 Stampers’ Sampler magazines - I paid $1.00
• Dutch Boy cookie jar - I paid $2.50

In addition, I purchase the following books that were listed on Amazon:

• Robot 3 - I paid $.25
• Art & Architecture In Italy 1250-1400 - I paid $.25
• Basic Criminal Law: The United States Constitution, Procedure and Crimes - I paid $1.00
• Financial Accounting: An Integrated Statements Approach - I paid $1.00
• College Algebra - I paid $.50
• Student Manual For College Algebra - I paid $.50
• Fundamentals Of College Algebra - I paid $.50
• Free From Freemasonry - I paid $.25
• Things We Don’t Know We Don’t Know - I paid $.25
• Qualitative Research Methods For The Social Sciences - I paid $.75
• Stoner - $.50
• Qualitative Research Methods For The Social Sciences - I paid $3.00

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