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<p>[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 9723801, member: 36"]Once upon a time I found gold mine, literally, lots on eBay. Those days are gone - too many eyeballs looking for too little treasure. I also used to sell a lot of lower end impulse buy stuff, at least when I was still selling. That ship sailed too. Too much work for too little return. Once upon a time those $10-20s sold early and often and fees were low enough to make it worthwhile. Now...flat no. The only items worth your time are signed or otherwise easily searchable. </p><p><br /></p><p>It's still worth looking, just ask Bear, at booties and jumble sales. You never know when someone will have just dumped granny's jewelry box into a donation pile because they didn't want to deal with it. Or thought that Sherman rhinestone necklace or chunk of Russian silver niello was old tat.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 9723801, member: 36"]Once upon a time I found gold mine, literally, lots on eBay. Those days are gone - too many eyeballs looking for too little treasure. I also used to sell a lot of lower end impulse buy stuff, at least when I was still selling. That ship sailed too. Too much work for too little return. Once upon a time those $10-20s sold early and often and fees were low enough to make it worthwhile. Now...flat no. The only items worth your time are signed or otherwise easily searchable. It's still worth looking, just ask Bear, at booties and jumble sales. You never know when someone will have just dumped granny's jewelry box into a donation pile because they didn't want to deal with it. Or thought that Sherman rhinestone necklace or chunk of Russian silver niello was old tat.[/QUOTE]
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