Well, I've managed to sell 2 more CD-ROMs and 3 watches.
At this point, I'm only going to add the amount paid for which is $33.33 so my total is now
$353.33
With the next 2 watches that should push the total close to $400.
Now, as promised, I will be putting a bunch of free stuff here to celebrate reaching step 17 !
You'll just have to wait a little longer....
Rachel. :)
Double Your Way To A Million ! STEP 17 FINALLY !!!!
Including another $6 in profit from the mosaics auctions that finished yesterday......
I now have
$320 !!
Now here comes another long step ! I still have quite a few watches, mosaic lots, beach china, beach glass and household stuff.
I'll try to get that all listed this weekend.
I must say how lucky New Zealanders are to have TradeMe.
For those uninitiated souls, TradeMe is the New eBay (well, in NZ anyway !). The good thing about it is that we don't have an overfilled market and NZers have been used to paying ridiculous amounts for foreign goods for so long, that a few bargains are a welcome change !!
Anyway, I have to credit trademe with a lot of my success.
BTW, My Personal and Doubling auctions are here
More in the morning :D
Plus...tomorrow there will be a party at my blog and everyone gets free stuff !!!!
Rachel.
Wow, OK the camera just sold.
I listed the buy now amount at half the price a similar one sold for on eBay so I'm confident the person got a fairly good deal. Plus... It's a cool colour !
So that added $35.10 to my stake after fees and tomorrow another watch will sell which will put me up to $290 odd.
$320 here I come....
Rachel.
Double Your Way To A Million .... Slowly
::Sigh::
I am sooo over this step !!! (sorry, just had to be dramatic there).
This whole step 16 feels like it's dragging forever.
I did sell some more mosaic lots and 2 more CD and another eBook so my total cash is at $238.90 now.
I've also gotten a bid on another watch (another $21 to the stake) and both the coffee mugs and the auto vac have reached reserve (another $6).
I took the Chloe Monster down to the beach and I seemed to find lots of beach china so I will list another lot of that this week.
There are a few more lots of mosaics china to list and some more dump goods.
Stay tuned....
Rachel.
Doubling To A Million - More to List
I sold a few more masaic lots which after fees came to $13.
Another CD-rom is bid on, but I won't add it yet.
I'll list most of the goods I have today & tomorrow so hopefully my total will increase :)
Just a few more ideas for the artists/auctioneers amongst us.
Double To A Million - More Assets to Report !
I know I'm sorta' getting obsessed, but I'm in the zone !!!
I was walking the Chloe Monster (11 mo Bullmastiff for those who've forgotten) and found a bottle cap. It gave me ideas !
I won't go into the bottle cap ideas yet but to further this I popped out to our local dump to see our "Dump Dude" Lester.
There were 5 boxes of things from a deceased estate and he said I could take what I wanted !
Amongst other things, I got;
Doubling To A Million - Back to where I Was :D
Phew ! That was a harsh week or so ! This coming Monday I will have had the watches for 2 weeks.
I have made more in 2 weeks than I did in the preceeding 4 months !
I've been doing this project since September '06.
3 weeks ago I reached $200 and decided to buy some wholesale watches.
I sold one right away but no more. Luckily Scott from Double2mil gave me the great idea of Mosaic materials.
I went out to the dump and got some broken pieces free. With the money from that lot, I bought some more.... With the money from those I bought 2 bags full and everything went from there.
I also collected some Beach China, beach glass and cats-eyes from our local beaches.
I sold another watch tonight and have issued offers for 3 more, so we'll see.
My Total as of tonight is $200.90
I still have lots of Mosaic lots and watches.... and tons of ideas.
What a week !
All other speculation aside, having risked my entire stake on one thing and building it back up from Zero, I can see the value of keeping the Doubling Stake separate from your finances.
It gives you the freedom to take risks you normally wouldn't. It allows you to take chances with the money and learn from them.
Now, I guess I could have sat and waited for all the watches to sell, but the competitive spirit in me wants to reach my goal fast !!
And what did take me 4 months now only takes 2 weeks :D
Rachel.
Double From A Penny To A Million - Another CD-ROM
Woke up this morning and eBay had done 2 things for me.
First, they had stopped my 2 Poppy Seed listings citing infringement of Drugs act.
I replied that I would hope they would then remove the 100-400 odd auctions of the same type !
I changed the wording a little and relisted.
I checked the law and I'm within it. Even within the eBay rules ! Most buy my seeds simply for garden shows.
Second, I sold another CD-ROM which puts my total up to $176 !
I also have 4 other lots of mosaic tiles to listed and I have $4 worth of bids on the ones listed so far...
Bye now,
Rachel.
Double Your Way To A Million Speeds Up !
I've had a good day today !
Sold another CD-ROM overnight (That's six in the last week ! Just sold another, so that's 7 !) and I sold one of the plates I got in the lot I talked about a few posts ago.
This plate was cut into nice pieces ready for a mosaic project. I got $16 for it, but after fees, I'll
claim $14
So I can add another $21 to my total
CashPublish
Double From A Penny To A Million - Another Tack...
I should probably mention another tack i'm taking....
Every year I have an impressive display of Poppies. These are the deep red Papaver Somniferum L. (Yes, that is the Opium poppy...)
The Hammonds brought this with them in the last 1/2 of the 19th century when they came from England to NZ.
These poppies have been self seeding since 1870 !
Anyway, I usually gather the seed and sell it on TradeMe. I usually make around $500 a year from this. However, each year I have more and more seed !
This year, instead of just doubling the amount given to people or giving it away, I've decided to take the left over and sell it on the American eBay.
As I understand the law in both countries this is perfectly legal and my strain of Poppy is particularly unusual in that it gives off between 12-24 flowers/pods.
To clarify, this is seed I would normally do nothing with as I have so much of it ! I think that is then fair to say I wouldn't get money from it otherwise and so can use it for my doubling.
Rachel.
Double Your Way To A Million - Couple More CD-ROMs to report
Well, in the last few days I have sold 2 more CD-ROMs. That brings my total to $138 Cash & $425 Assets.
If you'd like to check on my progress, my auctions are here ; Abeyance on Trademe
I'm finding the watches to be selling slowly but luckily I had a contingency plan which is why I've almost made the entire stake up in the last few weeks.
It is definately all a learning curve - I would have been up to the next step by now.
I do however have assets, and they will sell so I'm still good !
I've listed some of my mosaic plates auctions and I have at least 4 more ready for tonight (Mon/Tues night are the busy ones in NZ).
Another idea; We have whistling Tree Frogs that lay their eggs in a bathtub pond at our house. They have hundreds of Tadpoles every year. I noticed that people are selling these !
These are things you could put an add in your local paper and sell, or even ship. To ship them, you need a solid plastic bag and an air pump. Just inflate the bag after putting the Tads & water in and seal it very tightly.
Pack them securely in a foam box and courier them !
They should last 3-4 days in this packaging.
Bye Now,
Rachel.
Double From A Penny To A Million - Weeks End
This week I've sold another lot of mosaic tessarae, another CD-ROM and I've spent $2 of my stake.
I believe that puts the total $121 Cash and $400+ assests.
I went into one of the big recycling depots and looked at the china they had....
Fill a bag for $2 !! Boy did I fill a bag, actually 2...
I filled 2 supermarket bags with patterned plates & cups. In total I got 100 pieces.
When I got to the checkout I was only charge $2 for them all !!
I've spent any TV time nipping the plates into Tessarae for mosaics work and will list them tomorrow night.
There is one which had a huge sunflower on the bottom of the plate so I nipped around the edges and am selling it in pieces as a large mosaic pieced focal (If that makes sense...) I'll add a pic soon.
Bye For Now,
Rachel.
Double From A Penny To A Million - Weeks End
