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<p>[QUOTE="Lucille.b, post: 28278, member: 51"]I'm sure a lot less Christmas sold in October, but hardly anyone has Christmas up at that point, so if someone is looking... Again, speaking about Ebay here, not a B&M store.</p><p><br /></p><p>2013 is what got me thinking early might be better. That fall I purchased four drop dead gorgeous vintage Murano Italian glass Christmas trees at a consignment store. A wealthy consigner was moving and they brought all of this Christmas in early, I even remember the consignment store making excuses for why they had Christmas out so early. I'm sure it was before Nov 1st.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, got busy and sold all four for a huge profit that week, but had a non-paying bidder on one. Well, that single tree sold for about $75 less by the time I relisted it in the 3rd week in November. Either there were more Murano glass trees out there, or everyone had purchased theirs already, not sure.</p><p><br /></p><p>Realize this is anecdotal, but I do think there might be something to it. I might not list a high priced Xmas auction in early Oct., but fixed price or reserve, yes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course getting the stuff ready to go, remembering to do it so early that is another matter all together.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lucille.b, post: 28278, member: 51"]I'm sure a lot less Christmas sold in October, but hardly anyone has Christmas up at that point, so if someone is looking... Again, speaking about Ebay here, not a B&M store. 2013 is what got me thinking early might be better. That fall I purchased four drop dead gorgeous vintage Murano Italian glass Christmas trees at a consignment store. A wealthy consigner was moving and they brought all of this Christmas in early, I even remember the consignment store making excuses for why they had Christmas out so early. I'm sure it was before Nov 1st. Well, got busy and sold all four for a huge profit that week, but had a non-paying bidder on one. Well, that single tree sold for about $75 less by the time I relisted it in the 3rd week in November. Either there were more Murano glass trees out there, or everyone had purchased theirs already, not sure. Realize this is anecdotal, but I do think there might be something to it. I might not list a high priced Xmas auction in early Oct., but fixed price or reserve, yes. Of course getting the stuff ready to go, remembering to do it so early that is another matter all together.[/QUOTE]
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