Welcome back to the what sells on eBay series.

I had another solid month in March and although I didn’t make as much as I did in February, my store actually did better. I made so much in February due to an item that I sold for $400 and profited $375. If I hadn’t had that one sale, I would’ve only made about $500.

Some people have criticized my eBay store saying that I don’t make much profit on my items. While I might only make a couple of dollars on some of the items I sell, I almost always double my money. I’m always trying to boost profits, but what other business do you know of that doubles their money on almost every item they sell?

March was a great month regarding issues. I didn’t really have any! I had one person want to return an item but they never shipped it back so I was able to close the return case. I’ve also sold several glass/fragile items and none of them have broken in shipping. I must be getting better at packing.

I listed 79 in March. I need to step it up this month and try to get 100 items listed. I’m starting to amass a large pile of stuff that needs to get listed.

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Most profitable item sold to date:

Vintage TNT CB radio amp. Total profit: $468.76

Numbers for the month

Amount of Items sold: 42

Gross sales: $850.23

Cost of goods sold: $73.71

Profits after ALL expenses: $636.51

Average profit per item: $16.34

Ended the month with a total of 417 listings

Amount of new items listed: 79

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Items that sold:

Green messenger bag

Purchased from: Yard sale

Cost: $1.67

Sold: $10.00

Profit: $7.73

Norfolk southern hat

Purchased from: Thrift store

Cost: $1.23

Sold: $14.99

Profit: $12.52

Kaenon glasses case

Purchased from: Thrift store

Cost: $1.56

Sold: $10.00

Profit: $7.51

Fax modem

Purchased from: Thrift store

Cost: $2.16

Sold: $5.00

Profit: $2.41 (Shouldn’t have bought this but glad I still doubled my money).

Mario Land

Purchased from: Yard sale

Cost: $4.39

Sold: $14.99

Profit: $9.20

Black Leather newsboy hat

Purchased from: Thrift store

Cost: $1.00

Sold: $12.50

Profit: $10.51

Columbia jacket

Purchased from: Yard sale

Cost: $2.00

Sold: $14.99

Profit: $10.41

Purchased from: Estate sale

Cost: $1.02

Sold: $16.00

Profit: $14.78

Old Navy jeans

Purchased from: Dug out of my parent's attic

Cost: $0.00

Sold: $11.00

Profit: $10.12

Saitek ST290 Controller

Purchased from: Thrift store

Cost: $2.35

Sold: $9.00

Profit: $4.76

Vintage Nike Sweatshirt

Purchased from: Estate sale

Cost: $1.00

Sold: $11.00

Profit: $8.17

Cheetos shirt

Purchased from: Thrift store

Cost: $1.00

Sold: $13.50

Profit: $11.39

Kiwi shoe stretcher

Purchased from: Thrift store

Cost: $.50

Sold: $5.00

Profit: $4.42

Tony The Tiger bag

Purchased from: Yard sale

Cost: $1.44

Sold: $20.00

Profit: $8.59

Macneil Lehrer NewsHour mug

Purchased from: Thrift store

Cost: $.20

Sold: $25.00

Profit: $22.36

Singer sewing machine motor/pedal

Purchased from: Thrown in with some stuff I got on Craigslist

Cost: $0.00

Sold: $16.00

Profit: $13.33

Bugle boy shirt

Purchased from: Yard sale

Cost: $2.10

Sold: $7.00

Profit: $4.58 (I’m surprised someone actually bought this)…

NES zapper and remotes

Purchased from: Yard sale

Cost: $1.10

Sold: $22.00

Profit: $18.58

Nike watch

Purchased from: Thrift store

Cost: $3.89

Sold: $17.99

Profit: $12.39 (The customer wanted to return this but they never shipped it back so I was able to get the return request closed by calling eBay).

Vintage Barber’s mirror

Purchased from: Thrift store

Cost: $4.00

Sold: $38.93

Profit: $30.73

Vintage John Romain purse

Purchased from: Yard sale

Cost: $4.39

Sold: $50.00

Profit: $40.17

Adam Petty hat

Purchased from: Thrift store

Cost: $1.00

Sold: $12.50

Profit: $10.54

NEC phone

Purchased from: Thrift store

Cost: $2.50

Sold: $22.99

Profit: $17.11

Delta Airlines jacket

Purchased from: Thrift store

Cost: $1.00

Sold: $34.93

Profit: $30.93

Windows First Aid 97

Purchased from: Thrift store

Cost: $2.66

Sold: $25.50

Profit: $20.43 (I think this was my most surprising sale of the month).

Exmark hat

Purchased from: Thrift store

Cost: $2.18

Sold: $22.99 (I can’t believe it either).

Profit: $18.63

Castle Of The Winds 2

Purchased from: Thrift store

Cost: $1.00

Sold: $24.99

Profit: $21.64 (I bought 20 of these for a dollar a piece and they’re slowly selling off).

Lot of 2 German jars

Purchased from: Estate sale

Cost: $2.04

Sold: $30.00

Profit: $26.19 (I had these listed separately but the same buyer bought two of them).

Black & yellow John Deere hat

Purchased from: Thrift store

Cost: $2.23

Sold: $29.99

Profit: $24.85

Lot of 2 John Deere hats

Purchased from: Thrift store

Cost: $4.46

Sold: $80.00

Profit: $67.72 (I had two of the black and yellow hats and the buyer bought one of those and this brown one so I shipped them together by lumping them into one invoice. If you see a vintage John Deere hat, buy it! Certain ones can go for hundreds).

Timberjack hat

Purchased from: Thrift store

Cost: $2.23

Sold: $24.99

Profit: $20.42

Brown Toms

Purchased from: Thrift store

Cost: $1.00

Sold: $16.99

Profit: $14.48

Nike Air Force shoes

Purchased from: A house in our neighborhood

Cost: $0.00

Sold: $18.00

Profit: $17.22 (This house was deemed abandoned by the sheriff's department. I went over and dug through all the junk in the yard cause it was going to be thrown away otherwise).

Boy Scouts shirt

Purchased from: Yard sale

Cost: $2.00

Sold: $5.00

Profit: $2.92 (I thought these would be worth more).

Cintas Atlanta Public schools jacket

Purchased from: Thrift store

Cost: $3.30

Sold: $25.00

Profit: $20.87

This Old House mug

Purchased from: Thrift store

Cost: $0.50

Sold: $5.00

Profit: $4.29

1990s Georgia Tech hat

Purchased from: Estate sale

Cost: $1.88

Sold: $24.99

Profit: $20.71

Trebark hat

Purchased from: Thrift store

Cost: $1.23

Sold: $18.99

Profit: $16.07 (Vintage Trebark seems to be popular. I probably had 10 offers on this hat but held out and someone finally paid full asking price).

Franklin Mint Carousel piece

Purchased from: Yard sale

Cost: $0.25

Sold: $17.50

Profit: $15.73

Lauren Ralph Lauren tweed pants

Purchased from: Thrift store

Cost: $2.62

Sold: $25.00

Profit: $18.93

Voyage of Ulysse plates

Purchased from: Thrift store

Cost: $0.67

Sold: $20.00

Profit: $17.46

Alabama sweatpants