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What Sold September 15-21 I turned $1 into $35.12!!

 On FBMP I sold the collected poems of Emily Dickinson for $6, buyer paid for shipping. Shipping cost was $3.45. My COG was .25 cents. My profit will be $5.24.

I got this book September 9th and it sold right away after listing. see Thrift with Me! I spent $17.85 on books!  I ended up buying some things for myself.




On FBMP I accepted an offer for the Blues Clues book for $4 buyer paid for shipping. Shipping cost $2.89, but I know it's going to cost more to ship so I'll have to manually go to the post office. My COG was .25. My profit $3.35.

This book was also picked up the same time I got the Emily Dickinson book. 


This item sold on Etsy, it's been in my shop for months and months. it sold for $8.75 free shipping. After fees Etsy will deposit $7.78. My COG was .25. Shipping cost was $3.19. My profit was $4.34. It takes a long time to see a sale on Etsy - my last sale was the black cowboy book on August 25 and this sale was September 16. 





sold The Scarlet Letter to my favorite buyer through my facebook page. a different repeat buyer. the book was $8.50. Shipping was $3.19. the pay pal fee was .91.my COG was .25. my profit $7.65.

oh! this one was also in the some Thrift with me as the other two books (Blues Clues & Emily Dickinson). That was a good thrift day! So now, after those 3 books that sold, everything else from that thrift will be 100% profit. 



I got this book for free when I went to the courthouse, August 30th. (what I thrifted in August 2021) Dating Hamlet sold on Mercari for $10. The selling fee was $1. The processing fee is .59. Shipping costs $3.19. My profit was $5.22!




Another item I got in the month of August that sold, which was also Free was this Skyrim PC game. it's my first video game sale! It sold for $10 on Mercari. The selling fee was $1. The processing fee is .59. Shipping costs $3.19. My profit was $5.22!


This sale took me by surprise. I got this book a long time ago, I always pick up copies of Black Beauty. (As a general rule, I always pick up classics.) This sold for $9 on Mercari. The selling fee was .90. The processing fee was .56. My COG was .25 cents. Shipping costs was $3.19. My profit was $4.10.



EDIT: This was refunded 8 days after delievery. Will make a seperate post soon on my first Depop refund! 

This person got an amazing deal because I needed the money. I don't usually get offers on Depop but in my bio i have "MAKE ME OFFERS". She paid $14 plus $3.99 shipping. The Depop fee was $1.80. the Paypal fee was $1.16. My COG was $1. My profit then was 


I had a total of 7 orders. 

There is a harvest moon, and this week went by fast and it was hard on my mental health. I cried most of the days of the week, I'm abnormally quiet and reserved, withdrawn, my heart replaced by a hummingbird. 


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