The auctions for items purchased during the twelfth week of the 2008 Garage Sale Challenge ended Sunday evening with 16 of the original 32 items listed selling for a total of $384.93 and a sell-through rate of only 50%. Two of the 32 items didn’t surive the week.

I ended the auction for the LeBlanc Noblet Paris wood clarinet when, in response to a question from an interested buyer, I found it did have a small crack in the wood. The description has been changed to reflect that crack and it has been re-listed this week. eBay ended the auction for the SPSS 13.0 Windows Student Version software, saying I was in violation of it’s VeRO policy.

Three additional items were sold Sunday evening. The other two Zippo Vargas lighters were sold via second change offers for $38.88 and $36.00. In addition, after the auctions closed, I received an offer of $35.00 for the Pen Sketches Of Nebraskans book that I accepted. These sales bring the eBay total for the week up to $495.80.

This weeks auctions were led by the 1998 limited edition Remington Wildlife pocket knife that sold for $101.11. Amazon sales accounted for an additional $469.26 in revenue this week from the sale of fifteen books. Amazon sales were led by three algebra textbooks that sold for $60+ each.

Here’s how things look to date:

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	$495.80	$469.26	$50.75	$11.35	$110.35	$19.01	$0.00	$52.02	$721.58	$5854.02
8/03			$45.00	$9.50				$58.99

Notice the final value fee figure of $110.35. $77.35 of this is commissions paid to Amazon. All the people talking about how much better Amazon is in relationship to eBay aren’t taking into account the huge commissions Amazon charges.

This week there will be a total of 24 qualifying items on eBay. All are new items except for the LeBlanc Noblet clarinet. Some of the items in this week’s auctions are a little different from most weeks because I passed on many of this weeks garage sales and attended two auction sales instead. Here’s what they are:

• The LeBlanc Noblet Paris Wood Clarinet - a re-list from last week
• 1950 Betty Crocker’s Picture Cook Book - 1st Ed. 3rd Pr. - I paid $1.00
• Betty Crocker’s PIE Cookbook Cook Book - I paid $1.00
• The Complete National Geographic on CD-ROM - I paid $2.00
• Medals, Military and Civilian Of The United States book - I paid $1.00
• 18 L. Ron Hubbard Scientology books - I paid $5.00 (I thought I was getting a good deal but as it turns out they may not be)
• Ancient America And The Book Of Mormon book - this came from a box of books I paid $5.00 for at auction
• 1930s Hohner Accordeon Accordian catalog - this came from a flat of misc. paper items I paid $3.00 for
• 1946 Buildo Nr. 600 construction set instruction book - another item from the $3.00 flat
• 1955 Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity directory - another book from the $5.00 book box
• 1945 Historical firefighting collection book - another book from the $5.00 book box
• 1915 History Of Northwestern College book - another item from the $3.00 paper flat
• Cable Cullings book - I paid $1.00
• Two Scotty dog matchbook covers - these were in the $3.00 paper flat
• Guns of the Old West book - another book from the $5.00 book box
• 8 Cuisinart DLC-10 food processor pieces - I paid $5.00
• 9 The Gregg Writer magazines - these were in the $3.00 pape flat
• Goverment typewriter ribbon tin - this was in a box of misc. junk I paid $6.00 for
• Curtis Super Service typewriter ribbon tin - from the $6.00 junk box and the item that I bid on the box to get
• Pinnacle typewriter ribbon box - from the $6.00 junk box
• Park Avenue Roytype typewriter ribbon box - from the $6.00 junk box
• Chamberlain’s Stomach & Liver Tablets sample tin - from the $6.00 junk box
• Kondon’s Catharrhal Jelly sample tin - from the $6.00 junk box

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

• Pharmacology For Nursing Care - I paid $3.00
• Financial & Strategic Management For Nonprofit Organizations - I paid $1.50
• The Bait Of Satan - I paid $.50
• Image Grammar – Using Grammatical Structures To Teach Writing - I paid $.50
• Love & Respect - I paid $.50
• The International Inductive Study Bible - I paid $2.99
• Women In European History - I paid $.75
• Europe In the Middle Ages – 1150-1300 - I paid $.75
• Mark – A New Translation With Introduction & Commentary - this came from the $5.00 book box
• Romans – A New Translation With Indroduction & Commentary - this came from the $5.00 book box
• A Cowboy In The Kitchen - I paid $.50
• The American Spirit Vol. II - I paid $1.00
• The Enduring Vision – A History Of The American People - I paid $1.00
• Fundamentals Of Space Life Sciences Vol. 1 & 2 - I paid $1.00 for both
• Europe In Space – 1960-1973 - I paid $.50
• Faster Better Cheaper – Low Cost Innovation In The US Space Program - I paid $.50
• Beyond The Ionosphere – Fifty Years Of Satellite Communications - I paid $.50
• Global Islamic Politics - I paid $.50

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