Welcome to my channel, I'm Mike, also known as the Golden State Picker, and I'm here to help you take your reselling game to the next level on both eBay and Amazon FBA. As a Northern Californian native from Silicon Valley, I've been scouring the area to find unique and amazing items to sell online. I approach reselling with a fun and fresh perspective, and we love to share our exciting finds with you. So, why not hit that subscribe button and join us for a wild ride of exploration and discovery?
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“Keep that in mind” is definitely your drinking game sentence. 😂 great sales!
LOL. Thanks for watching
Good morning Mike! Just booked a long weekend trip to your area the first weekend in August. I will be looking for yard sales in the area so I will keep an eye out for you! Thanks for your videos, your knowledge, your calm voice and willing to help others to learn.
Thanks so much for watching. I will be back in NC first part of AUG. You should do well with yard sales. All the best.
Little River Band - great group, one of the best in the late 70s.
Wondering how many distinct inventory items you keep on Amazon. Love your videos. Very informative.
Currently have 2000 books on Amazon
@@goldenstatepicker I followed your steps and have 7 boxes inbound to Amazon. Roughly 400 books. The rest is all fulfilled by merchant at the moment.
Well done, amigo. It would appear there's no slow down on FBA sales even tho you're not continuously feeding the beast? Fred Harvey is a heckuva story -- those postcards were his chief marketing tool for America's first restaurant chain. Garage looks grrreeeaaatttt!!
I'm feeding the beast when home. It's just Amazon has been nuts on some items being gated. They can never make their minds up.
I think I almost bought from you guys on Ebay not too long ago, but I think I objected because the shipping want my favorite. (I live abroad) Great video!
Yes, overseas is tricky. I only use global shipping from ebay and can not see what they charge.
I’d love to know how many items you list on eBay day and how many items you send into Amazon a week
@@LUMBEEPHENOM2012 I average 8-10 listings a day on EBay and 30-40 books a day on amazon.
@@goldenstatepicker you’re a hustler my friend
Thanks for a super video Mike. Great 👍 job.
Thanks Deborah
@goldenstatepicker You got it, the Best.
How many day handling do you use on eBay,promoted fee rate?
Pretty cool
how do you pack and ship?? do you offer any videos of packing?? we have lots of cool stuff to sale??
19:15 Why don't you like to use Pirateship? My account is linked to my eBay account. All the orders show up on Pirateship, and when I buy shipping on Pirateship, it automatically marks it as shipped on eBay. So easy, and better shipping prices.
Your numbers amaze me. And inspire me.
Great video Mike. My problem here in Australia sending drivers is through Australian post service. The parcel can't be more than 105 centimeters long which is about 41.33 inches. So I have to try to send it through a courier which is a bit of a pain. Cheers Graham
That is a royal pain. Why is that?
@@goldenstatepicker they said the machine can't handle more than 105 cm long, they reckon it can jam the machine. There is another business I use which is pretty good price. They find the cheapest courier to send it for you but I've heard of sellers not getting their parcels picked up for weeks. i always drop my parcels off at pick-up point which is next door to the post office anyway.
Well done as always Mike - nice 1st half of the year and some nice things that you sold quickly!!
Yep that's what i say if someone starts barking at me, you must be a reseller. I respond all nice and sweet like Clint Eastwood then if they keep on nagging me I can respond back just like Clint Eastwood also.
Nice score on the pencil sharpener.. We had those at my old job,they never break..
I love those finds as most people pass them up.
Great video Mike! You are a source of continuous motivation and inspiration for me.
Very inspiring Mike. Enjoy every time..😊
Thanks again for watching.
I love that you give God the Glory… You don’t wear it on your sleeve or knock folks over the head with it, but it’s always there… You are Truly Blessed, as are Your Viewers !
My life changed when I was 19. Hard to explain, but god was the reason for my life going in a different direction.
@@goldenstatepickerI’d love to hear this story, but don’t let me get you in trouble; as a young man life is difficult to navigate, for me at least.
@@goldenstatepicker to God Be the Glory, Great Things He has Done ✔️
Garage looks great! I can see daylight.
my total sales for 2024 is 145k, 8.4k fees collected. and 109k net sales ASP = $91, quantity sold 1592 no amazon but i sell a lot of CL and FB locally too, a few hundred on mercari
@@longboardluv2 nice
How are your fees do low?
Thanks, Mike! You continue to give me hope. I work hard every day, and I love it!!! Yes, I agree that the rural area is hard to thrift (my area), but I have faith in myself with my vision and the goals I set.
Keep it pushing Mike. You are a great inspiration.
Sanford and son in law hauling
Pretty much. He's doing great due to that. It's really working out.
I have 4 or 5 Wii consoles that are not listed. A lot of gaming stuff tapered off. Some games have thousands listed. It doesn't take long for a game to drop way down. It kind of gets buried. They can be hard to sell unless they sell right after listing.
Great sales.
Ebay will not remove fraudulent feedback, in my experience,...I had a situation, that I've mentioned previously, that a Buyer sent me a weird message, swearing about the President and asking for a Discount, and this was After she already purchased the item,...and this was someone I don't know, at all, and in her very first message to me she used profanity and talked about politics, both of which, I do not like,...she's delusional to think that was an okay thing to say to a complete stranger,....well, we blocked her, but, immediately she bought a whole bunch of items with her Second Account, out of revenge, that is against the rules, and she maliciously circumvented our Block. Well, we went round- and-round with eBay, and even though eBay informed us that she used a second account, eBay still wouldn't remove the feedback, even though she broke a whole bunch of rules, and her feedback was so unhinged, we feel it makes her look bad, not us, but, it just really bugged me, that eBay didn't have my back, and eBay expects the Sellers to follow the rules, but crazy buyers get a free-pass. EBay should do away with Feedback, find another way to rate Sellers that is fair and not scamm-able. I wish teh Sellers could put together a Union and fight back. 🤨 i started doing eBay back in 2010, and the Feedback system allowed Sellers to give bad feedback to Buyers, that is no more, because of money,...but, I feel that eBay loses money on Fraudulent Lying Crazy Feedback....its scares away good Buyers. Okay, I'm done, 😀 thanks for your videos Mike, 🏆 your channel is one of three channels that I'm subscribed to,...the other channel is Medical Secrets by a doctor anesthesiologist that works in San Francisco, I hope you don't mind telling plug. 🙂
Mike, did you ever consider doing a video of you driving cross country and picking as you traveled?
My wife and I have talked about that. We definitely will do one when we drive across to drop a car off for our journeys back there.
I know your 4th is over but I do hope you and your wife had a fun and safe day. 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Thanks so much. Best to you too.
Mike, on those Coleman lanterns, how do you protect the glass globe on shipping? I have a red single mantle version waiting to list as soon as I figure this out. I did ship one, I removed the globe and packed it separately. Box ended up HUGE!
It's all about putting the globe in a smaller box. I can tell you I sold both lantern and was spot on with shipping even managed to make a few dollars off shipping. Just have to keep the box as small as possible.
Luv ur channel,,❤
Amazon selling is sort of a sh*tsh**w..... I kicked them to the curb a few years ago, there are better places to sell books... with normal non scammy shoppers.. and their fees are just absolutely ludicrously ridiculous... with all the strange gating & games played to be able to sell on the platform...
Yes, You are right. Amazon is not like it used to be. The fees are 60% and if I didn't have my bins then it would be very tough to sell on Amazon. Thanks for watching.
sold that same red latern for 75 with the same rust spot on top lol
Nice. Thanks again for watching.
Good stuff
Interesting video Mike. My son enjoy buying and selling Scotty Cameron. He never got one for $5. Some are worth big money. He purchase crappy looking one for $100 AUD. send to America and I think it was $300 for it to be restored. Came back and within 4 days he sold to someone in Las Vegas for $1500 AUD plus shipping. Cheers Graham.
That feedback removal on Amazon only works for FBA. It's very hard nowadays to remove MF feedback. False negative feedback is difficult to remove for MF whereas FBA true feedback from unscrupulous sellers can be struck by Amazon.
Feel for you Mike, native New Yorker here. It hard to take the California out the kid I see. I hope you make the transition well.
I have to stop reading the comments during the video, it’s like sitting next to someone at the movies and they saw the movie already and keep telling me, what’s coming up!
You think the Monster Cable speaker cables are big? I used to listen with a high-end audio reviewer whose system was in the $500K range. He did review speaker cables - for regular use, he used Tara speaker cables that are $11,000 a pair, and we compared the cables under review to those. Of course, you're not going to find a cable like this in a thrift store, unless some ignorant heirs are cleaning out some billionaire's giant mansion.
I know the cost of some stuff is just amazing. I can't believe someone tossed the ones I got
Another great informational video. Thanks
Oh cool. Love the older Coleman Lanterns. I have my grandfather's red one. We would hang it over the side of a Sears's and Robuck flat bottom boat and catch big catfish at night at Lake Amistad, Del Rio Tx. lol Great video!
First 😂
I feel your pain, my son has filled up 2 rooms in our lower level as well as ours at work. Bet when you travel you pack some mean luggage.
Love that filing cabinet. Will have to keep eye out for one like that. Thank you for your videos.
Thanks for watching.
Nowadays, it takes a STEM degree to operate a remote control 😂
The TV TOO! Too many apps. Lol
Very motivational. Thank you!
your garage cleaner then my storage area still fighting with ebay unlock my listings
Why are they locked?
Thanks Mike. Nice video. I think many of us have the same problem as you had. Great job of organizing. Now….keeping it that way is the big challenge!
I think it’s harder for women because I’m married and I have to do all the cooking all the cleaning all the shopping😮 and just running a household is a career it itself so I have to try and do eBay too. I need to get those sales going like you have But I need help because I have to do everything everything.
Yikes! You are busy just like my wife was when the kids were young. Now she runs dinner for the two poppas. Still a very big challenge. Keep on forging ahead. Thanks for the comment and watching my channel.