The Grumpy Thrifter

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The Grumpy Thrifter

Hi! I am Amber, and I have been reselling since 2018. I sell on eBay, Poshmark, Depop, and Etsy. I sell clothing and hard goods, both modern & vintage.

Vintage is my first love and will always be my favorite thing to find.

09/21/2026

Great weekend of sales!

09/12/2026

I opened my Etsy shop at the end of July, so August was my first FULL month selling there. I thought I’d share my results because I was honestly surprised!

I’m cross-listing anything from my inventory that qualifies for Etsy—vintage and handmade. I use Nifty, so it’s pretty easy for me to cross-list both hard goods and clothing.

August Etsy numbers:
💰 Revenue: $902.25
💵 Profit: $606.61
📦 Items sold: 10

Y’all… Etsy outperformed BOTH eBay and Depop my first full month! 😳

What’s interesting is that almost everything I sold was hard goods. ZERO clothing so far. The only exception was a bag, and that was actually my biggest Etsy sale of the month.

And can we talk about Etsy buyers?? 😂

THEY JUST BUY IT.

No $20 offer on a $75 item. No endless back and forth. No “What’s your lowest?” They see it, they want it, and they BUY IT. At least that has been my experience so far, and I am LOVING it.

I’m also really impressed with how much information Etsy gives sellers. I’ve been reading every day and trying to absorb everything I can. There is SO much information available! The seller side is honestly much more robust than I expected.

So my goal for September is to get ALL of my eligible hard goods cross-listed to Etsy and continue cross-listing everything new that qualifies.

Now I’m curious…

Who else here sells on Etsy?

What are you selling the most of? Vintage hard goods? Clothing? Jewelry? Bags? Collectibles? Handmade?

I’d love to hear what’s working for everyone else!

07/14/2026

Who has gone on a business thrifting trip where you fly to source new goodies? I have, and I got so many good items. My last thrift adventure, several of us flew into Austin, Texas, and thrifted nonstop for 4 days.
Kendall ( daughter) and I are flying out to Arizona today for our next thrifting adventure! We are thrifting all over Phoenix, Arizona, then we are heading to Palm Springs, California, where we are going to meet up with another one of our besties to thrift there!
On my last trip to Austin, the first store we went into, I found a hoard of vintage Escada Silk Blazers and shirts. I had to adjust my attitude about cost per item cause my average COG was 4.00 then. I am already preparing myself for my COG increase while on the West Coast, but I KNOW it is worth it to pay up when you find great items. Adding some photos of my sales from that Austin Trip. Where have you gone to source? Do you have places that you want to go? I have SO many! Excited to cross off 2 more States this week!!

07/01/2026

**Update****
As of 9pm tonight, I had 17 offers on this bag. Offers were from Depop and Poshmark.
It sold for 157.00 around 9 pm on Poshmark.
Gotta love a QUICK flip!!

If anyone has this bag sitting in their profit pile (or death pile 😅), get it listed TODAY!

I listed mine this morning at 6:00 AM, and by 7:00 AM I had already received 3 offers on Depop and 1 on Poshmark.

My offers have ranged from $100 to $135, and I have it listed for $175.

If you’ve been putting this one off, it looks like there’s some serious demand right now!

06/29/2026

Had a really awesome sale over the weekend. Thought I would share it here with the labels as it is a rarer item. New RRL Men’s jeans. Jeans sold for 248.00

06/29/2026

7 items going out today. Bread & Butter, Style Based Sales & BOLO Brand! tips

06/26/2026

Fun find today at local yard sale!! Sorry for the shaky video.

TikTok | Make Your Day

06/26/2026

I’ve sold on ThredUp on and off for years. According to my account, I’ve sold 779 items and earned $5,165.58.

At first glance, that sounds pretty good…until you realize that’s spread over many years. 😄

Recently, I decided to completely change my strategy. Instead of sending ThredUp the items I was tired of looking at or just wanted out of my house, I’m now sourcing specifically to sell on ThredUp and trying to maximize my profit on the platform.

It’s definitely a different way of reselling, and honestly, it’s not easy. One of the biggest challenges is that ThredUp doesn’t let sellers look up sold comps as eBay does, and there aren’t many people publicly sharing their sales numbers or what brands are working.

One incredibly helpful creator is CauseThriftHappens on TikTok. She’s shared a lot of valuable information that has helped me understand the platform better.

Here are a few of my ThredUp sales from this week. 👇

Does anyone else source specifically for ThredUp? I’d love to connect with other resellers who are willing to share what they’re learning, compare numbers, discuss brands, and help each other figure out what works. I think we could all learn a lot from one another!

06/26/2026

I have never seen such a wall in North Carolina! Jealous!!!

This is my favorite part of going to the thrift store! It’s like an adult Easter egg hunt but for cash.

What is your favorite department?

06/18/2026

I show daily what is selling on Poshmark, eBay, Depop, and Whatnot.

Address

Salisbury, NC
28144-28147

Website

https://poshmark.com/closet/grumpysgarments, https://www.ebay.com/str/carolinacurated

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