Another step stool

Stoutman wrote:
> I made another step stool from cherry scrap with the intention of selling it
> (e-bay or yard sale item). I have NEVER sold any of my work before. How
> much would you sell this thing for? Roughly 6 hours of work.
>

Well, you can search ebay to see what comparable items have sold for,
and what good keywords to put in your title are. I imagine "solid
wood", "cherry" would be good.

Really, if it was me, I'd start it at 99 cents and see what happens.
You only have 6 hours into it. I've always started all my auctions at
99 cents. It gets more people watching, because they think there are
getting a bargain. If you start it at $50 or $100, you risk turning off
a lot of people. Ironically, I saw an auction that started at $200 with
no bids. It relisted with a $1 start and ended up selling for over
$200. Seen it happen many times.

Stoutman wrote:

> I made another step stool from cherry scrap with the intention of selling
> it
> (e-bay or yard sale item). I have NEVER sold any of my work before. How
> much would you sell this thing for? Roughly 6 hours of work.
>
> It is very similar to another step stool I made with the exception of the
> sides.
>
> http://www.garagewoodworks.com/cherry_step_stool.htm

You can approach ebay by putting it up for a buck and see how the bidding
goes or put it up for a thousand and see if you have any takers. If it
sells for a thousand you've got a new market beckoning, if it sells for a
dollar-ten then maybe it's not time to quite the day job.

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> http://www.garagewoodworks.com

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On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 22:44:45 GMT, "Stoutman" <.@.> wrote:

>I made another step stool from cherry scrap with the intention of selling it
>(e-bay or yard sale item). I have NEVER sold any of my work before. How
>much would you sell this thing for? Roughly 6 hours of work.
>
>It is very similar to another step stool I made with the exception of the
>sides.
>
>http://www.garagewoodworks.com/cherry_step_stool.htm

Looks good!

The posters above did not provide an opinion on price. Maybe their
method is the best way to go. But if not, I would say $350 is a good
price.

J