Tuesday, March 28, 2017
The presenter (who paid for the meal) was focused on selling and she has a particular strategy that focuses on key questions. Her first one really stood out for me in relation to the Hot Finds. What problem do I solve? It's not about what I do, what my skills are, what I have to sell you but rather if you want someone to listen to you figure out what problem do they have that I can solve.
Although I haven't thought it about it in a long time there is a very simple answer for the Hot Finds. Most of you have very busy lives at your real job or with your family and other obligations. Collecting vintage militaria is a passion for you but your life doesn't allow you to spend 2-3 ours on eBay searching to see what interesting auctions are ending soon on the site.
o to solve that problem I do the work for you. I try to give you a snapshot of what I think are the most interesting auctions selling on eBay that perhaps didn't get caught in your static search options or that you were just going to miss for lack of time. I package these into a FREE email that hits your email inbox twice per week. Problem solved!
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Friday, March 24, 2017
The United states category never lacks for good auctions to pick from for the newsletter. You can't go wrong with any of these today.
The big auctions continue in this block with a run down of the best German listings that are ending soon on eBay.
I enjoy seeing all the posters that came out of the war years. So you'll have to indulge me as I always make space to include some of the cool ones in the Hot Finds.
Pike helmets are almost a given for this WWI block. Considering how many daggers, knives and bayonets I seem to find each week it's no surprise that several good examples made their way into this last piece of the newsletter.
Tuesday, March 21, 2017
On eBay I spotted some neat looking bullion patches that are included in today's issue. You can also see some rusty M1 trigger guards which is one of those listings where I'm wondering do these get combined with the stocks I often see listed. Maybe it's like the Johnny Cash and you can sell a gun on eBay "one piece at a time".
There are plenty of good German auctions running this week and picking out about a dozen to feature was no work at all.
A stand out auction in this block is the Japanese army officers tunic. With 28 bids the auction is at $785 with two days remaining.
The final block of the newsletter features listings from the WWI category on eBay. There are a couple of nice knives and daggers in here that are getting good bids.
Friday, March 17, 2017
I think that holding the camera straight when you are photographing a flat object is pretty much a given rule. However, if you click on the theater made "dumbo" patch below you will see that's not always the case. My second example is the big lot below - even if you go through all the pictures you are not going to find any decent close ups that tell you what's really there. That's just leaving bids and money on the table.
Lighting is key to taking a good photo for eBay. Surprise! not all the lights in your house give off a pleasant natural tone. The German jacket below is a $500 auction but look at the picture and read the description (is it even 1 sentence long?) Another selling leaving bids and money behind.
This final WWII block mostly contains examples of what you are supposed to do right. Click on the Highland Officer grouping below and you will see a seller that took the time to mount and properly display all the items.
Many of the readers know that I like patches so for this WWI block I was quick to include the lot below that is selling for almost $300 but doesn't end until Sunday.
Tuesday, March 14, 2017
Anybody who has spent much time on eBay knows that despite all the barriers there is still some private deals being struck on the marketplace. Since I included that Weasel below the auction has been closed. Not banned or removed just ended early. It could mean there was an error in the listing but it could also signal somebody made a deal.
I've often thought that some items in the category would make really cool things to have sitting around your house. They could be things that visiting guests would absolutely feel compelled to pick up and talk about. Who wouldn't train their eye down the gunner sight listed below and make some machine guns sound like a little kid.
This block includes several swords and other Japanese items. The helmet pictured below includes some blood stains on the strap if we can trust the description. How about that for battle worn gear.
Good picks from World War I in this block including some neat helmets and a nice old All-American bullion.