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• Sam: Welcome back everyone. Today you have Sam and Amanda. and we are on our own. Amanda Anderson: Yes. Yep, we're excited. We're just gonna chat, catch up. Summer is crazy and I think a lot of people will probably feel that too. So we're just gonna talk about what it's like to resell in the summer. There's a lot that is a little bit different in the summer, so we're excited to talk. Sam: Yeah, and you were just saying you kicked your family out and they're gonna go clean your car. Amanda Anderson: Yeah, I I literally was like, You guys can leave the house and yeah, my husband's like, That's fine, we'll go vacuum out the car. We have a baseball tournament this weekend, so we are leaving out of town. So I'm like, Go get that all ready for us and then yeah. Sam: I cleaned my car this weekend too. I cleaned the interior. okay, I'm not selling this, at least not yet, because I don't have a TikTok shop, but I got the shark back. So we've had a dice in forever and we've replaced it, and it's just so heavy and all this stuff, like champagne problems, right? So I was like, I'm gonna get this one off the TikTok shop. When I tell you my car has never felt so clean, do you have a shark? Amanda Anderson: Mm-hmm. Mm. Yeah. Yes. I love i I I know, I feel like and they're lightweight. The suction is so freaking good. Yeah, I love a shark. Mm-hmm. Sam: Yeah, I I mean I was like, why will our yeah, so now I'm vacuuming our house. I might get so I got a corded one, but I'm gonna get a cordless to try it because I wanna see like what the difference is with that. And this is like such a 40-year-old or motherhood issue where I'm like, dude, and I'm like trying to tell my husband, I'm like, dude, you don't understand. Look at all the dust particles in here. Amanda Anderson: Yeah. Okay. Mm-hmm. Mm. No. And you're like all the stuff that my other vacuum wasn't getting up. Yeah, it's so nice. I know. Now I'm glad you love it. Sam: Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah. So but my interior of my car is very clean because of that. So and you y'all don't do camps during the summer, do you? Amanda Anderson: No, no, we don't do camps. So my kids are home all day, every day, yeah. Sam: Okay. How what does that look like? Because I thought I was gonna be like that too. And then I mean, the last like I think six eight week the last six weeks of summer we don't have camp because I just couldn't plan that far out. So can you tell me what that looks like? Amanda Anderson: Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Right. So it's chaos. That's that's what it looks like. I feel like I don't plan anything. Like I have to just be so flexible because you just literally never know what your day is going to look like. I mean, right now, so we I call June like our baseball month. So like school ends and we go straight into baseball. All four of my kids are playing some sort. Like my youngest is playing T ball, my other daughter is playing softball, and then my boys are playing baseball. Sam: What do your kids do all day? Amanda Anderson: So, and that's just wreck, but it's during the day, which has been very complicated. I don't everyone here is like, why are they putting games during the day? Like it's hard to find coaches. A lot of parents that like if you have both parents work, either they don't get to go and don't get a play, or they can't even come and watch you. You know, it's really tricky. Games are during the day. Yeah. Like in the middle of a work day. Yeah, so it's really tricky. And they say it's just because they don't have enough fields. So like they if you don't have enough fields, then I mean Sam: Wait, they have the games are during like in the middle of Huh. Amanda Anderson: Well it's this is not a small town. Like it's it's not a huge city by any stretch, but like this is not a tiny town. we just don't have they I they need to build more baseball fields, I guess, so Sam: No, the th the thing too is like how our systems haven't caught up with like dual income households and I and this is why reselling is such a good career for women or p one parent because it's not just like so that you can be flexible because yeah, I was thinking about that. Like I'm watching my friends who are still in corporate America and they're, you know, like Amanda Anderson: Yes, I know. Mm-hmm. I know. Exactly. Mm-hmm. Sam: Yeah. summers are really, really tough. And for for us they're not so tough because I mean, obviously it slows down in terms of listing and all of that. Even with my son in camp, I was an idiot and I signed him up for a camp that is taking me two to three hours a day to drive. Dumb, dumb. I had no I Mm. Amanda Anderson: So hard. Mm-hmm. Yeah. my gosh. No, that's so far. Yeah. Yeah, but you didn't think about that when you're signing up. You're like, this is a good thing. So yeah. No, that's so hard. Sam: Yeah. And and we drive to his school anyway. So I was like, it's not that much further than school because I am driving like two hours a day during the school year. But I didn't think of like summer as also for me too. So that's also that's also why I'm glad I didn't sign him up for anything later. But you have you have a boy, right? Or two boys? Okay, two boys. So the boys during summer, like he will not stop moving. Like he goes to camp all day, comes home Amanda Anderson: Mm-hmm. Yeah, I know. Yeah, two boys. Mm-hmm. no. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Sam: And is whining in the car that he wants to go play soccer and baseball. And so he has to get home and play. And it doesn't not stop. Amanda Anderson: Yeah. Mm-hmm. yeah. It never stops. It never stops. I know it it is kind of funny because like my we are literally at baseball multiple we have like there were some weeks we had twelve games in a week. Like we are at baseball all week. Okay. And then my boys come home and they're like, We want to go play baseball. Come throw the ball. Come pitch the ball to me. And I'm like, We've they you know it's just never enough. Like they just wanna keep doing it. And I love that for them, but it is it's exhausting. It's really exhausting trying to keep them like entertained. Sam: Yeah. Yeah, and so somebody told me another mom was like, Don't do baseball because they don't get to run enough. It's all bullshit because my son does soccer and they run constantly and still not tired. And like, I'm like, I and then I see the girls and they play with him and they're like, I'm tired. And I'm like, Yeah. And then he just keeps going. Like he had a play date Sunday that went into another play date that went into another play date. And Amanda Anderson: Mm. Yeah. Mm-hmm. And he's still not tired. Yeah. Yeah. Sam: He was not tired. He didn't go to bed till nine thirty and he was playing all day. Meanwhile the girls passed out at like seven. I'm like, are is it are you seeing that in your household? 'Cause you have two girls, two boys? Amanda Anderson: I know. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, yes. I will say, like, my oldest, he is like a little ADHD. He's very, very much like me. So like even baseball's a little hard for him because there's like more downtime. Like if you're just sitting waiting for the like that's hard. He likes like football, basketball, where he is just like always moving. Yeah. But my second, he is my chill kid. Like he is so easygoing. He is so chill. He is my kid that would like totally fine watching TV all day if I let him. So like we have to be pretty strict on that. But my oldest daughter. Sam: Yeah. Soccer. Yeah, my kid would also do that. Amanda Anderson: She is a lot like she is she'll just go go go too. So I don't know. I mean I like yeah, I don't know if it's yeah. But then my I don't know. I just yeah, it's always just it's interesting. But Sam: Interesting. Personality, temperament. Yeah. Yeah. So how how is your business going during summer? Cause this is only my is this my first? No, this is my second summer. Amanda Anderson: Okay. Yeah. Yeah. So I have had a few little mental breakdowns about it to be honest. Because it is just it's really hard. I feel like I I I flip flop between like I only have like a few summers with my kids and like I wanna be here for them and I want to do the things they want to do and also feel like but I've built this and it feels hard to almost feel like it comes to a screeching halt. You know, like and that's kind of how I felt like we were like I've been doing this a Sam: Yeah. Amanda Anderson: when most of my kids are in school for six hours, seven hours a day, like I have so much time to do stuff. And then it's like they're here and I can barely breathe with just what is required of me for my kids. Let alone what I have to do for my business. So all of June I have done one whatnot show and that is literally it. Like I am not doing anything. I'm not putting promos out on TikTok. I'm not really doing much social media. But you know the podcast I know like like it's I Sam: Yeah. We haven't even talked w Amanda Anderson: Have told myself, like that is like that brings in income for my family, so that's like a non-negotiable. But even that is like bare minimum. Like, you know, I'm throwing those clothes up on a rack the day before, we're running the show, we're shipping it, and I'm not thinking about it the rest of the week because I simply just don't have enough brain power to. So it has been tricky, but I was talking to my brother, my brother is 11 years younger than me, but he's like, so wise, so wise. And he was like, But isn't this why you do this? Isn't this why you do this? And I Sam: Yeah. Yep. This is a whole reason. Amanda Anderson: This is it. Like I want to be with my kids. Like I love being with my kids. And also I was a stay-at-home mom without any little side hustles for 10 years. So like like I I didn't want to give that up, but I wanted something for myself. And it's like, no, this is actually the best of both worlds. And I think I kind of needed that like perspective shift or just that reminder that like I'm choosing this and it's so fun. Like I'm so lucky that I get to do this. I get to do it when I want to do it. And it's still bringing in money for my family. And I'm still building something. And I think I just have to remember that like Sam: So fun, yeah. Amanda Anderson: Are peaks and valleys, and like sometimes I'm gonna be able like all four of my kids are gonna be in school come September. So I'm going to have so much more time than I've ever had to dedicate to this business. Yeah, you know, she's she yeah, she's just in pre-K, but I mean, still, I'm gonna have time just by myself, which I've never had. So it is like right now, I'm really, really busy with my kids, but then I'm gonna have so much more time than I've ever had in just a couple months. Sam: this is your first time too, because she's just starting kindergarten. Or TK? Yeah. Amanda Anderson: So I'm trying to remember that like it's okay. And like I don't want to feel for like there was like a week there where I was feeling so stressed. Like I was feeling like pulled in two directions, like pulled in the family direction, pulled in like, but I want to do this for my business. And I'm a very like all or nothing type of person. Like, if I'm gonna do something, I'm going to do something. And so it's really hard for me to pull back. And I've been that way my whole life. Like, if I just like jump in head first and I'm gonna do it all, it is. I know it's like that hyperfixation. Sam: Yep. Amanda Anderson: So it's been like really challenging for me to be like, but it's okay. It's okay to just like do a little bit right now and spend a lot of time with my family because this is the time to do it. And then when they're in school, I'm gonna be able to do like so much more. So I feel better now, but it has been crazy. Sam: Yeah. That That is really good perspective, I feel like, because I go through the same thing where I'm like, even like with the podcast or my reselling or whatever, like I stay up till midnight listing because I love it and I find it to be so fun. And I have to this is actually this summer and you, oddly enough, have been teaching me like, no, we can go slow with this. Like we're doing stuff for fun and you don't rely on your income, right? It's for like the fun stuff. And I know you're selling to go to Disney and everything, but it's Amanda Anderson: Mm-hmm. Yes. Mm-hmm. Yeah, yes. Right, exactly. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Sam: It's like those are all wants, you know, like everything, it's like extra. And so I feel, yeah, I've been thinking about this too, because I'm like, why am I do like, because I'm really trying to control myself from sourcing right now because I'm like, the more I source, the more I have to clean up that I already have so much in the garage and my storage units and all of that stuff. Like, why are you doing d this? You don't need to do this. Just stop. Amanda Anderson: Exactly. Yep. Mm-hmm. Right. Right. Mm-hmm. Sam: get it all in order and I c I yeah, so anyway, you being like, you know, I'm so busy. I'm like, you we all are. And and I know and I know they call this the summer slowdown. but I think too, it's because resellers slow down because the whole reason we're doing this is to have a flexible lifestyle. Amanda Anderson: I know. Yep. Absolutely. Mm-hmm. I know. Have you felt like the summer slowdown? I'm not listing a lot. So I feel like like I mean, I think summer slowdown on whatnot is also like a little bit of a thing. But I'm wondering like, have you felt the summer slowdown with your sales? I I feel like some of my friends on TikTok that I'm seeing are saying they're seeing their slows, their sales slowdown on Poshmark and eBay. Sam: Yeah. Let's see. So I have So I will say I spent like last month getting kind of my house in order in terms of like my storage and everything still not there. But when we look at my numbers, so last month I brought in $9,000, or that was my that was my r like on the platforms, but it was only $7,300. Okay, so about seven grand last month. This month, only at $3,000. So, but like I don't know how. Amanda Anderson: Yeah. Wow. Mm-hmm. Amazing. Wow. But you weren't listing as much too. So yeah. Sam: Yeah, yeah. So like so I don't know how much of it is the buyer versus the seller and like I've been shipping a lot slower this month because I just like you know, with my son home because even though he's in camp, so let's say I have I usually get home around nine thirty and then I have to leave at three to go get him, which is still a lot of time, especially for but like when you're thinking about doing the house or whatever projects you have to do. Amanda Anderson: Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Let's see. yeah. yeah. It is, but Right. Sam: Like the other day I decided I wanted to clean our stairs that were so disgusting. And so like, you know, like I'm like, you know, ADHD impulsive, like, I'm just gonna start cleaning because no, no children in the house. Yeah. Yeah. Dave's like, I can tell you're cleaning because everything's a mess. so yeah, I have been feeling it. Yeah, I'm at about half. And, you know, let me say last year though, because I feel like last year June was one of my highest months. Amanda Anderson: Mm-hmm. It's so me. I do that with my couch. I'm like pulling everything out and then my whole house is a disaster. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Interesting. Sam: let me hold on just a second. I love spreadsheets, but only for reselling. Amanda Anderson: I love that for you. No, I love that for you because I feel like this is your type of ADHD, which is like you are really focused in on that. My type of ADHD is that I avoid my numbers at all costs. So yeah. Sam: Well, I haven't done my taxes. So I can't find them where. Yeah, I don't wait, hold on. Sales numbers. Okay. So last year, 2025. Yeah, so this is much slower than last year. So my May last year was 5K and then my June was 5K. A little over. Amanda Anderson: Mm-hmm. Wow. I mean, and but you were just starting to ramp up at that point too, right? Like you were really, really new. Yeah, I'm like obviously doing really, really well. So like that's impressive. Sam: Yeah, but I mean they were doing really well. Yeah. But Yeah, but but then my July was only thirty seven hundred. So I'm having right now what my July was. But again, la so j last July I wasn't listing because we were traveling a lot. And so, Amanda Anderson: Interesting. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Sam: Yeah, I was getting down on myself and because I was like, dude, everyone el and this is the thing when you see people online and it's like I or even that internal, like, I could be doing better. Like, look at my last month. Like, what and I talked to Chat GPT. This is like yeah, anyway, we we're not gonna get into that. But I was talking to because Chat GPT and I have a project where we work on my reselling, even though I use Claude for my reselling stuff. I do like I okay, I I talk to Chat GPT to ask it based on like historical and like how Amanda Anderson: I know. I know. Yes. yeah. Mm-hmm. Sam: How am I tracking and that helps me too to be like okay well realistically based on per day sales here's where I'm gonna track it makes me feel better but then yeah too I'm not stressed about it oddly yeah that was very long-winded Amanda Anderson: No. Good. Yeah. No, I think that's good. I feel like, yeah, I don't know. I I go through phases like that where I feel really stressed, and then I go through phases where I'm like, I don't know. It's pretty chill. I had this is I I I don't know if this is summer slowdown. This is kind of what I'm chalking it up to, but I would have been like four weeks ago I had my best whatnot show yet. I think we did like we were we were there, it was over four thousand dollars in two hours. Yeah, yeah, and I was just like Sam: What does that look like? Who Amanda Anderson: We had we ended up getting I had like hand sourced some stuff and then I also had just got very lucky with a couple pallets. Like a couple pallets just had insane stuff in it. So so yeah, we did over four thousand dollars and I have not ever I've I've been really close like high three thousands, but I'd never like broken over four thousand. I think we were like, I think it was like forty four hundred dollars and in two hours. And so I was just thrilled. And then the very next week I barely made a thousand bucks. And I was just like, what the heck? Like obviously, like the product was different, but it was like not product that was bad. It wasn't like it was Amazon stuff. Like it was still name brands, like stuff that would normally sell so well for me and people just weren't shopping. You know, like it was just one of those. And I'm like, I think if that would have happened to me this time last year, I would have had like I would have been so upset and I would have just felt like, what did I do wrong? Like what? And then this year I think I think just time gives you like a little more perspective. But I was like, you know, I mean, people maybe they were traveling, people maybe just couldn't show up. Sam: Yep. Yep. Amanda Anderson: The economy sucks right now. So maybe people just simply don't have money. But it was like really jolting going from a show of doing like over $4,000. And I thought this show I would at least do like $1,800. That's like comparing other shows, like lots of other shows that have been similar. I would have done like $1,800. And to only do like a thousand, I was like, wow. But there was again, I'm like, there was no explanation. Like there was it's not like I did anything different. It's just sometimes things don't go that way and you just have to be okay with it. Sam: Mm-hmm. Wait, wait, when were the when were your shows? What were the weeks? Was one in May and one in June? Amanda Anderson: So I don't remember ig n I don't it might have been. I'm trying to think. It was my hundredth show. I don't know, I'd have to go look. I know. I know I can't believe it almost feels like how have I only done a hundred shows? But when you're only doing one show a week on average, I g it kind of makes sense. But but yeah, it feels like I've done more. Sam: That's so cool. Congrats. I mean No, that's yeah. But also like think about that. You used to not even make that in a month when you had your like e commerce shop or any of that stuff, and then now you're like, I need to do more and I think that is really good perspective too for anyone reselling out there. Like Amanda Anderson: No, I know. Yeah. Mm-hmm. yeah. Mm-hmm. Sam: When you hear everyone else's numbers, like yeah, you don't also when I was reading my numbers, you have no idea what my storage unit looks like, what I've invested in it. I still owe myself like thirty K, twenty K, something like that. so like don't listen to people's numbers and be like, God, they're doing so well because you don't know how much they invest. Like my my profit per item is great, but it's I'm a shopaholic. Amanda Anderson: Yeah. Mm-hmm. How much money? Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely. Yeah. Mm hmm. You never know. Mm. Yeah, you still have more to sell. Yeah. I get it, I know. Sam: Is ADHD. I should I should have you come out and have you do a whatnot show on all my bags. I mean, I would totally fly you out here to do that because I I am just not a live seller type of person. I'm more of like that support person. but I have so much you would die if you sell my. Amanda Anderson: Stop. Wait, that would be fun. No, we really should do that. That would be such a blast. Yeah. We could do it together. We could do it together. We could both be on camera. That would be blast. Yeah. Yeah. my gosh. Sam: That would be fun. I'm gonna go through my bags and see what I have because like when I tell you I I mean I probably have four or five hundred leather bags that are just sitting. And it's because I haven't I haven't measured them, some of them are not even listed, and I'm like, I need to get them out. I'm gonna go through storage because I'm like that would be a fun, that would be a fun thing. And I also have like a whole section of storage that's all leather. Amanda Anderson: Mm. Amazing. Yeah. Yeah. my gosh, do it. That would be so fun. Sam: like for leather goods, like like leather vests and jackets and like all of that. So we could do a leather show. J we could just do bags and leather. that would be yeah. And then you just we just split it or I'll take less, like just pay off the inventory. Amanda Anderson: wow. Mm-hmm. my gosh. We yeah, that would be so fun. We could make like a weekend out of or something. That would be really fun. Yeah. Yeah. No, no, no, absolutely not. No, we could figure that out, but that would be amazing. And it would just be fun. Yeah. Sam: Yeah, so we'll have to think. Yeah. After after summer. Because well, so selfishly I was also asking what your days look like because when my son is home, he's so annoying. All he wants to do is either play ball or watch TV. And we don't have a yard. We live in a condo. And which is another reason that I we can afford for me to not be working is because we chose to buy I think I've told this to you before, but our house is Amanda Anderson: Yeah, right. Mm. Right. Sam: Half of our friends and in some cases a third of our friends in terms of cost. And yeah. And so we chose this for a specific reason. Also, like growing up poor, I'm like so worried all the time. I'm like, no. But it's been really great because it's like, you know, the economy is so weird. but I'm like, what am I gonna do with my son when he is home because he is just so needy? I gotta figure it out. Amanda Anderson: Wow. Wow. Mm. Yeah. Yeah. I know. No, I feel that. I feel it. I my youngest, she just turned four four. She is that way. And she follows me everywhere I go. She she is like literally just like tags along with me and I love her, but it is hard. Like she's not my kid that I can like sit even like I couldn't turn the TV on for her downstairs and walk upstairs. Like she will just follow me. She is not distracted by the TV. And it is, it's hard. And I don't know. I honestly don't know. We like Sam: Everywhere. okay. Amanda Anderson: I think that is one reason why in the summer like we stay busy with like swimming and the library and like because if not, they're gonna drive me they're gonna drive me crazy at home. You know, if we're if we're just home, they're gonna make me insane. So we we choose to stay more busy doing those things just because we're all happier when we're doing that. Sam: Mm, those are good tips. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I gotta figure that out. Yeah, 'cause so where we live, summer is more like not like a spring, but like right now it's overcast outside and it's sprinkling. in July we've had it rain at the end of July and so we're Amanda Anderson: Mm. That's crazy. Wow. Sam: I mean, we're the Bay Area, right? So we're Amanda Anderson: Yeah. Sam: on the side that's closer to the water and we get our summer starting in September. So like all those things that you do, like all the swimming, all of that, we can't really I mean my son, he doesn't care, but like I don't want to go swimming when it's so cold. but so I gotta I need to look at lifetime fitness because it is like on the other side of the tunnel where it's like warm and I have seen people posting about you get three hours of free childcare at Lifetime Fitness. Amanda Anderson: Wow. I didn't realize that. Yeah. Yeah, you're not gonna go yeah, a hundred percent. Mm. I've heard it's amazing. Yeah. Yeah. Sam: And they have a pool. And it's like, it's expensive, like $500 a month, but I'm like, that's cheaper than any camp. So I'm thinking about doing that for the end of the summer. Yeah. Amanda Anderson: Do it and then go sit by the pool and list. Literally. Yeah. Sam: Because like I'm like, if he has three hours that I could A, I could work out and then I could go and list some and then we could go to the pool, like all of that stuff. So I think I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna try it out. It is far away. It's about forty-five minutes from me, but I'm like, it could be worth it. I know this is why a lot of people join country clubs around us, but like Amanda Anderson: Mm-hmm. Yes. Mm. Yeah. Sam: For anyone who isn't familiar with the Bay Area, actually, this is really interesting. I didn't know this until we have friends who go to these places, but there's this club in the area that I've been really wanting to join, and I've been pitching them to give me a free membership, which they won't. Guess what their entry fee is? And all you get with it is they have a pool, they have pickleball, tennis, all of that stuff. And then you can go golf at one of the local golf courses, but they don't have one on site. so one of the other country clubs, they have like a switcheroo. So guess what the entry Amanda Anderson: Okay. Interesting. Sam: Fee is just to join, just to be a member. Yeah, so just guess. I I didn't know anything about these until like a month or two ago. Amanda Anderson: I would have no idea. Like I don't even Yeah. Yeah. Okay, I don't know. I'm gonna say like five thousand dollars. I have no idea. Sam: Okay, so it's twenty five thousand dollars. 'Cause five thousand dollars feels reasonable, right? No, it's twenty five thousand dollars. And then nine hundred just to be just to join it, and then it's nine hundred dollars a month membership. Amanda Anderson: Yeah, yeah, I'm like I don't know. Just just t the entropy. No, that's insane. That's insane. Sam: And then you yeah, and I was like, so my husband and I are like, what? And we've gotten to it and we're like, I mean, it's really cool. Like, don't get me wrong, it's definitely worth a $9,000. But here's the thing is a lot of places like country clubs, you can sell your membership when you're done. And so like that $25,000 investment you can sell to somebody else and they buy it. Not at this place. Sunk cost, that's it. You're just out. And we have a few friends who we know. There's like four families we know who go there. And we're like Amanda Anderson: Yeah. Mm-hmm. You're just out. my gosh. How? Yeah. Yeah, that's crazy. Sam: Yeah, I'm like, I would rather drive forty five minutes and pay five hundred dollars a month. Amanda Anderson: And be able to get out of that when you need to get out of it. Like that's crazy. Yeah. Sam: Isn't that crazy? Yeah. And so that's what a lot of the families just do in the summer. And they're like, yeah, we just go and we hang out at the club. And I'm like, No, I get that, but like, then you're there and like chicken nuggets like twenty dollars like the whole thing. It's just I have yeah, I have never been in those we went as a guest for our friends last weekend and just to have us as a guest, it was like $120. Like, it's just yeah, anyway. So that is what Amanda Anderson: Mm. Right. It's just like a money grab, like from every direction. Yeah. Yeah, that's insane. That is seriously crazy. Wow. Yeah. Sam: That's what wealthy families in the Bay Area do, which I had never heard of such a thing. but yeah, if anybody is listening and you've been to Lifetime Fitness, let us know how what you think. One of our friends, the dad, or he was my husband's high school roommate, and the dad goes there and takes his kid and then he does some work and all of that. So I think I'm gonna do it. Amanda Anderson: Please. Yeah, I think that's so cool. Mm-hmm. No, I think you should. I think that's great. I feel like that's a good like middle ground too. And it's also good for your son because he gets to go play with friends and have that stimulation that way too. Sam: Totally. Yeah, also parents are so boring. Like we're so boring. Yeah. Do you remember the last time you were bored? Yeah, me neither. Amanda Anderson: yes. So boring. I totally get that. I know. No. I don't I I am not I am a freaking busybody though. Like I I am not yeah, I just am not bored. I don't get bored. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Sam: But I I I think I was eight. I can remember like eight or nine being bored. But like I tell my son this all the time. I'm like, only bor boring people get bored. Like go figure something out. And I don't know if it's like that's the other thing I'm trying to do this summer is like teach him to be bored and like Amanda Anderson: Yeah, yeah. Yes, and like like you can figure out things to do. You don't need me to do that for you. It's so hard. I know. I know. Yeah, it's so tricky. Sam: annoying. Yeah, yeah. And I'm always like to my husband, I'm like, don't play with him right now. He's like, but I want to play ball. I was like, stop it. Amanda Anderson: Yeah. I know. Let him let him figure it out. I know. Sam: So for new re newer resellers who might just be having this as their first summer, what is some advice you think that you would pass along to them? Amanda Anderson: Okay, so this is not from myself. I definitely heard this on TikTok at some point in the last five years of consuming a lot of TikToks or a lot of content about this. But I think the best advice I've ever heard, and this has stuck with me, is use your summer when things are slowing down, maybe sales-wise, to list like crazy and prepare for when things ramp up in August. And then you're going right into the hall into the holidays. So you go to back to school and then straight into the holidays. So It's like use that time wisely. And if you have the time to list like crazy, just stock your store. Thrift really good stuff or source really good stuff and then stock your store. And that way you have so much stuff to sell when people come back. And I think that is smart because it makes I don't know if you're like this, but for me, like I hate feeling like I have no reason to do something. And like for me, like summer slowdown could make me feel really unmotivated. It could make me feel like, well, what's the point? You know, like if things are already slow, maybe I should take time off. But if you can stay motivated and like, you know, if you keep listing, your store's gonna have a ton of stuff to sell once things pick up. Sam: That's really good advice. Yeah. Right now I'm focused on doing measurements and photos and stuff and going back through. I mean, I have so much unlisted that it's gross, but I mm-hmm. Yeah, and and you know, right now I think it's hard too because like Amanda Anderson: Mm. But just making sure your listed things are like how you want I think that's really smart. Sam: We are always thinking about like I'm like thinking about the holidays, right? But I'm like, but I have so much stuff that is for summer. I have all this white stuff that might need refreshing. And I think for me, I don't know if you have advice for that, because I'm I have a really hard time prioritizing because I'm like, I wanna do it all. you do? Okay. Cause ch so ChatGPT was telling me, and go ahead and judge me for using Chat GPT, anyone listening. I know, and I have my settings so that it's not a sycophant, but to Amanda Anderson: Yeah. I know. I do too. Mm-hmm. I'm the same way. I'm not judging. Sam: It has told me to make four buckets and like physical buckets and to go through one bin a time, bring it home out of storage and go through it do you need new photos? Do you need measurements? Whatever. So, and is it worth having or do you want to donate it send it to ThreadUp? So it has like one fine, like this is done, one bucket that is needs measurements or new photos, one bucket that is like send into ThreadUp or donate and then it had a fourth one for something. I can't remember what the fourth one was. Amanda Anderson: Mm. Sam: And cause I can't prioritize. So I was like, well, I can do that. I can do a bin a day and prioritize that way, but I don't know what to prioritize because it keeps telling me to prioritize high-ticket items. But I know a lot of summer stuff isn't high ticket. Mm-hmm. Amanda Anderson: Yeah. Yeah. Mm-hmm. But when you have so much and also like when you have so much, you're like, Yeah, I think for me, my prioriti like I would just be prioritizing like getting X amount of done a day or something. Would that help? Sam: But would you focus on a category though? Would you be like, okay, anything summer related because we're in summer? Yeah. Yeah. Amanda Anderson: Yeah, I probably would. Yeah. Yeah, I probably would. And then knowing that if you like the faster you can get through that stuff, the faster you can get to like your leather or like the fall holiday stuff. Sam: Yeah. See, and my brain what it wants to do is just skip to that stuff. And then and then in holidays I'll be like, I should list like I have all these unlisted swimsuits, which like, why are they unlisted? They're all new with tags. Like, what is wrong? And it's because they're low ticket items. And so it's like my brain, low ticket items, I think that's something too that I'm starting to realize. They add up. Amanda Anderson: Yeah, I guess that. Mm, yeah, mhm, yeah. Uh-huh. they absolutely add up. And I think, and I don't know if you're like this, but I I and this was when I was thrifting, is I really transitioned from when I started, I was buying anything I could make five, ten bucks on. And I totally switched that once I got a little more experience under my feet because I wanted to be able to buy one thing and list one night one thing and photograph one thing to make the same amount that it would cost me. Or t like the same amount that it would make me for five things that I used to be. And so I think it is hard also, like if you've shifted that a little bit to then like, but I still had stuff I had to list that were local ticket items. And for me, it almost was like, well, it's not worth it anymore. Because in my head, I want to make X amount per item. And so if I'm not doing that, I don't want to list that. But again, you have it. You paid for it. So it still is worth your time to list it or to send it to ThreadUp, whatever. But like, yeah, it's still worth your time because you already paid for it. Sam: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. And I think that is something that is like hard for me to shift out of because I'm like a lot of these things and you know, I know Julie from Casa Chic who's gonna be we'll feature her next week, but she says, you know, her cost of goods is three dollars and she sells them for like fifty or whatever. My cost of goods is much higher than that. so like if I have a low cost of goods, it's like five bucks. So though that's like all the swimsuits. but I the way I started was probably a little bit different where I like bought things that were too pricey. So that is my issue. And then I yeah, so I'm still going through and clearing out some of my old stuff, but now my model is moving toward more luxury because that is what I like. I like, but what's so funny is I'm like in a thrifted Zara shirt. Like Amanda Anderson: Mm-hmm. yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah. It's great. Sam: TikTok Levi's. Amanda Anderson: Yeah. I feel that. I know. But but if that's what's working for and you and you have like a I feel like you have a really good niche. You have a really good eye for stuff like that. So I say run for it. Sam: It's so funny because I don't I I don't wear any of that stuff, but yeah, yeah. Have you seen, I know we talked about I think last time about, you know, people talking about certain bags making you look cheap or it's picking up steam again, where you know, the one I'm most offended by is that coach makes you look cheap. Amanda Anderson: Isn't that funny? I know. my gosh. good hell, I know. Sam: And you know, like coach's quality has changed. Like modern versus vintage is very different as everything has. But it is really funny when you're like, who cares? Who cares? Like, and what is what does cheap mean? Like what like I'm pretty sure I look cheap in my t-shirt and jeans, like Amanda Anderson: Yeah, sure. I know. Mm-hmm. R right, right. I'm pretty sure my Louis Vuitton is not going to change the way that I look if I'm wearing Yeah. Yeah, I know. Sam: Right. Or like, you know, I saw somebody else post. It was a different guy this time and he's like, I've never seen a Louis Vuitton luggage in first class. You know where it always is is economy. And I'm like, A, that is not true. And B, like, at some point I'm just like, are people just like rage baiting to get engagement? Amanda Anderson: Right. Okay, I think they are. I I have a hot take. I really think, especially that one guy, I think he is just trying to piss people off. I really think he's trying to piss people off. I was gonna say that to you when I was texting you about this because I'm like, I think he this has to be freaking rage bait. Because also, like the text on screen though, it feels so calculated. It feels so calculated. Like he is literally saying, like, you are cheap for this, or like find out how like it's like I just feel like, yeah, exactly, exactly. Yeah, no, I'm like, exactly. Sam: Tell me. I don't think it is What does it say? You look poor. The you look poor thing, I was like, What what do you do for a living, sir? Amanda Anderson: And I'm like, I I don't know. I feel like it's Rage Baity. And maybe I don't know. Or he's just a jackass. I don't know. Sam: Hmm. Yeah, and it is hard. Like, I mean, I'm not an influencer and I don't have a following, but it is interesting when you get engagement on something because for some reason whenever I talk about summer house it goes viral and I don't know why. And so then I post about other stuff and nothing happens. So it is kind of like gambling that way where it's like, well I guess I'll talk about Summerhouse again. there's another hundred K. Like and I'm not monetized or anything, but which I'm sure they are. Amanda Anderson: Yeah. yeah. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Yeah. And also, yeah. So and if if this person is monetized and maybe the yeah, so maybe the first TikTok they made wasn't necessarily rage bait, but it worked. I guarantee the other ones are. Of course they are. If it's working and he's figured out how to piss people off and how to make a shit ton of money on it, I mean I've made two thousand dollars on one video before. So if yeah. Sam: She we Really? So Amanda Anderson: So if he's if he's making video after video after video, it's almost like you figure it out. You figure out how it's gonna work. I would probably do the same thing. I mean I wouldn't I wouldn't do that, but like if like I've done the same thing. It's like if I figure out how to make a video work go viral, I try and replicate that until it stops working. Sam: Interesting, so yeah. Yeah, I mean that makes sense. sorry, it's too bright. Amanda Anderson: No, you're good. Right there. You're good. Sam: so yeah, I guess I mean I think that's why Alex Earl has always said she's not monetized. and now there's just stuff floating around. but I think that is really interesting because yeah, she gets engagement, but she's not monetized for her TikToks. And so yeah, so she is not monetized and she never will be because she is superstitious and she's like, I blew up and I became this person because I'm not monetized, is kind like and I found that interesting. I wish there was a way to say, like, if the account was monetized. Amanda Anderson: Mm. Yeah, yes. Mm. I didn't realize that. That's interesting. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Sam: monetized or not because I feel like it would add credibility to things. Yeah. And then another thing, so I am seeing people again with the reseller hate. And it got me thinking. So people are like, they're going in and they're clearing off the shelves. And I do buy a lot when I go. Like I buy a lot, but there's like literally like football fields of stuff in the stores I go to. Amanda Anderson: I know. I agree. I totally agree. Yeah. Yeah, that is really interesting. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Sam: But it got me thinking, like now that everyone is, you know, thrifting and all of that, are we taking the best stuff? If we're not going somewhere like the bins, if we are going to like the store and shopping the new racks or whatever it is, because I'm I've been having this moral dilemma and just because now everybody is thrifting for themselves. And so I don't know, what are your thoughts? Have your thoughts changed at all? I know we talked about this a few months ago. Amanda Anderson: Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. No, I I love this topic and I hate this topic all at the same time because I do feel like it's like beating a dead horse. But then at the same time, I feel like it is something I want to be conscious of and like like I don't want to be purposely going and like taking stuff from people who need it. And so yeah, I don't know that my I don't know that my thoughts have changed necessarily. I also think like the gut instinct in me wants to say, like, well, we all have the same amount of hours in a day, like they could go and they could thrift. But then also that's not totally true. Some people don't have access to getting there. Some people don't y have a car to get them there in this same and they might have yeah, exactly. They might just not like so I don't I don't really wanna I don't really believe that because there's some people it's just not as accessible for and maybe they can only go one time a month and maybe that one time a month someone a reseller came in right before them and cleaned out all the good stuff. So I don't know. I think it is hard because it I I Sam: Multiple jobs. Amanda Anderson: I think it is possible that people like there is like that little bit of a moral dilemma. I think for me it is one of those things where it's like I just focus on what I'm doing and if I'm like I I don't know. I don't know. What are your th what are you thinking? Sam: Yeah. Because I was very much when you see how much waste and how much ends up at the bins and how much all of that, but now that everybody is online doing this and talking about it, and you know, Jen Z is doing it, I don't know. And I don't know, I don't even know how you would collect data around this. I guess it would just be like waste from goodwill, but it's like you don't know what is a good item that went to waste versus not. And so, but I go back and forth all the time because I'm like, no, literally, it would just be sitting in there and Amanda Anderson: Yeah. Sure. Mm-hmm. I know. Right. Mm-hmm. Sam: And I'm Amanda Anderson: Mm-hmm. Yeah. And I also think, sorry, I don't mean to cut you off, but I also think both things can be true. Like we there is way too much waste. And anyone buying from a thrift store is helping. So, and I stand by that. I don't care who you are, what like anyone is helping. While also maybe us resellers are taking things that other people that were gonna buy it for themselves would prefer or like would want. And I think both of those things can be true, but I don't think like they negate the other. And Still I think thrifting is good. I think refa resellers are helping. Like I think like the bottom line for me is that like what we are doing is not bad. Maybe in certain instances it is hurting someone's chance of finding something really good. I think that is probably true, but Sam: That's true. Totally. Yeah. Yeah, but like I don't go thrifting on the weekends. So that is something a lot of people mm-hmm. Yeah. And so I think that and stuff gets put out every single day. I think this is more just like something I wanted to talk through because I was starting to feel kinda guilty again, but I go through waves of like Yeah. And Amanda Anderson: Yeah, no. And a lot of people that are shopping personally do because that's when they have time off their work. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Yep. Yep. I've been there, yeah. Mm-hmm. Sam: I'm also starting at this was this was a crazy one. So I got a new consignment client, and it's from this woman who So this realtor, I don't know if I told you about this, but this our next door neighbors sold their house. And I was taking photos. I didn't know they were having an open house that day. And so the realtor came. So I sold some stuff for her, and then she referred a friend, and her friend is dying of cancer and has all these clothes that, you know, like lots of Eileen Fisher, large size foot, large size body, all this great stuff. And so she's like, you know, I don't want, she's like, I have stage four ovarian cancer, and I don't want my husband to have to deal with all this when I'm gone. Amanda Anderson: yeah. Yeah, okay, you said that. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Sam: And I went over there this week and took, you know, a couple of bins and I'm gonna take more. But it was one of those things where I was like, I wouldn't be able to sell this stuff well if I didn't have like the experience of like thrifting and knowing what is good and all of that. And, you know, her friends are coming over in November to clean out everything because she's gonna they're gonna help her go through everything and then I'm gonna take other stuff. and some of it we're gonna donate to, you know, certain women's shelters and stuff and others we're gonna sell. But it is one of those things where it is Amanda Anderson: Uh-huh. I know. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Sam: There is so much. So I think for me personally, I'm gonna start kind of supplementing my thrifting with more consignment because A, I want to stop spending money, and B, like it does help people, like to see the relief for her, to have it all out. Mm-hmm. Amanda Anderson: I know. Consignment? Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. And also like you're giving her money. So it's like not only are you taking like weight off of her shoulders by taking stuff out of her house and taking care of it for her or for her husband after she passes, also helping them financially, whether it's like medical bills or whatever. So it is like, yeah, I think that's so true. I do think it is also it is. I know. No, it's crazy. And I also think sometimes when you look at it on a big picture, it gets like a little scary and you don't like I don't ever want to be like actively doing harm. And so I think like when you what Sam: But isn't that crazy to think of? Yeah. Amanda Anderson: it what it really comes down to is like we have to focus on ourselves and like like the impact we're having. And I think like like that's exactly what you're saying. Is like you're making an impact on this lady's life, on her husband's life, and it is like some supplementing your thrifting. And I for me it's like also like we bought a whole palette around Christmas last year and we donated the majority of that palette to people. Yeah. So it's like I don't know. I try and just focus on like so there is a local church. It's the the coolest thing. It's not a church that I'm affiliated with out o all at all. It's a Christian church. Sam: I remember that, yeah. To it was to who did you donate to again? Amanda Anderson: but they I found out that they just get so the main thing that they do is they get donations from grocery stores with like day old food and then they make meals every day. It's all volunteer and they make meals and then like people that are homeless or like quite a bit of homeless people and then also just people that don't have money for food can come and get lunch. And so they just make lunch and it literally is like you never know what it's going to be because it's just whatever the grocery stores in the area donate to them, they will make something out of it the next day. And then they give out hundreds and hundreds of meals a week. It's so cool. So I asked, I was like, can I bring clothes? Like they don't normally, they have like one, they call it their giving table, where they just set up, it's usually donated old clothes, and they just have it set up outside where people pick up their food so they can also go through like I honestly it was like one tiny rack of clothes. They had like some stuffed animals for kids and then like a table with a couple pairs of shoes. But again, it's like all beat up stuff. So I was like, can we just bring it? And we dropped it off. They opened up their whole chapel. They lined every pew with all of our stuff. It was so cool. So yeah, so Sam: That's like that's so good. So like and this enabled you to do it. And I so I think Amanda Anderson: Yeah, ex no, exactly. Exactly that I would have never been able to have thousands of dollars to go buy a palette to donate it. You know, and like there were $200 jackets in there I could have resold, but also I'm like looking at I'm like, this is warm. And Idaho is so cold. It is so cold here. So it's like someone on the streets or someone that walks everywhere because they don't have a car could use a very nice warm coat in the winter. And it's again, it's like I didn't even feel pressured to keep it because. People have supported me so much and I didn't need you know what I mean? Like I didn't need that. So Sam: Totally. Totally. Yeah. That is one thing. I don't buy jackets anymore, like warm coat. I won't buy I won't thrift warm coats unless it's like for me now. Or if I'm buying them online and I also won't buy kids stuff like kids toys or kids' clothes to resell. I will at the bins and stuff like that, but usually I Amanda Anderson: Mm. I love that. Yes. Mm-hmm. But I mean that's the last step. It's about to be thrown away. So yeah. Sam: Yeah. So those are those are some of the ones that I've set in place for myself just because I'm like, I did source some jackets at the beginning, like some coat warm coats. And last year I was gonna donate them, but I think you just inspired me to do it this year. So I'm gonna drop them in the warm coat bins this year because I think everyone has to have like their personal coat. And it's not bad if you thrift jackets or kids stuff or whatever. Just for me, I have so much of that stuff that it's like I can get that from consignment clients and Amanda Anderson: Yeah. Mm-hmm. Mm. Right. Mm-hmm. Right. Like that's not something you need. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Right. Sam: Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, my garage has so many kids' toys. Okay, so you probably have some ideas on this. I have so many kids' toys, and I don't know what is wrong with me that I won't list them. They're all my sons. They're all my sons, and we are a one-and-done family, and I did not like that time of my life, and I don't know why. I think it's because I spent so much money on them. Like I have love every boxes and all these really expensive things. And but I don't want to list them because it's such a pain in the ass to do Facebook Marketplace, but I don't want to get rid of them. But I need to. So what is your Amanda Anderson: Yeah. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Sam: Advice for porters like me. Amanda Anderson: So I for my personal items, I there is something to be said about like having personal items and like you have an attachment to them. You know how much you spend on them. You do like you have some sort of attachment to them. I hate Facebook Marketplace, but I that's what I would recommend. I feel like, yeah, I would do I for my personal stuff right now. I'm selling stuff on Facebook Marketplace and I'm kind of like, why haven't I done this sooner? One thing I have been doing, and this is a little bit of a gamble, and people may not agree with this because I know some people don't like. Sam: That's that's what you would do? Okay. Amanda Anderson: like having people come to their house. But I hate the logistics of Facebook Marketplace. That makes me crazy. It is no, I and sometimes like I will have people like messaging me over something. I just won't respond to them because it's like I just cannot figure out how to meet you meet up with you. Exactly. Yep. Sam: Me too. That's why we don't like to do it. Me neither. I just I'd close it down. Like I have so many things listed and I cannot even be bothered and then randomly I'll go online and sell it to the first person who Amanda Anderson: Yes, no, I know. Yep. So what I have been doing and this has been working really well for me is I like we have a security system and we have a camera like facing our front door, but I have just been putting the thing on my front door. I give them the my address and then I say, You can leave cash under the mat or you Venmo me. And I'm kind of doing it on an honor system and I haven't been screwed yet. But that helps me. Yeah, because then I don't have to deal with people. I don't have to talk to people, which I hate doing, and I don't have to meet someone and I just put it on my front step and Sam: You know, I have a friend who does that. Amanda Anderson: They will do that. Even yesterday I sold something and I didn't get a Venmo. I got home and I was like, Is this the first time? Like I I don't have anything in my Venmo and there's no cash. And I messaged them and they're I'm sorry, I just closed out of the app too soon. So it was like really innocent and he Venmo'd me immediately. So I don't know. If that if you're if you feel comfortable with that, I so that's hard. Yeah, it's gated. Sam: For us, we ha they we have a gate, like we're not in a fancy neighborhood or anything, but so they have to buzz in anyway. But that's only one step. So I think I might try that. I think Amanda Anderson: Yeah. Sam: But I think for me too, it is like the emotional thing. I don't because I have also reached out to domestic violence shelters and they won't take the toys that or clothes because they have so much, which is amazing. So that is an amazing thing to live in the Bay Area and there is so much. Also, there is so much here that even like the shelters can't take it. So I think that's another thing too. Like, Amanda Anderson: Mm-hmm. Mm, yeah. That is good. Yeah. Sure. They're even overwhelmed. yeah, I know. Yeah. Sam: So that's gonna make me feel all scaled to see. But I think maybe I'm just gonna do it. And I I don't know why. Every time I sell something, I'm like, that felt really nice. Yeah. Yeah. And then Yeah. So I am I am gonna just change things how I source a little bit. I love sourcing online because I don't have to leave my house. And I love the bins, but the bins are so far for me that it's but you know what else I kind of love? And I know you and I have talked about this, but Amanda Anderson: Yeah. easy. Like it's not that hard, but yeah. Yes. Sam: The stuff that I picked up in Austin, I'm almost in the black on. Like I'm almost and I only went to Austin in April. And granted, I had been doing this for like a year by that point. And so my sourcing was better. But I've again, me and my spreadsheets, I'm such a so in Austin, just go by the so I spent about five hundred and eighty dollars. I have sold 13 items and I only have $29 left to earn back. Amanda Anderson: Wow. Yeah. Mm-hmm. I love it. Mm. my gosh, amazing. Sam: And I mean I spent more at the bins, so at the bins I have like 238. So I have probably like 250 to earn back, but thrift, like travel thrifting, I think might be my new thing because I don't know. I mean, granted, it doesn't get rid of the problem of like taking things from other people or whatever, but it is like I don't know. It anyway, I know we've rabbit holed. Cause it's all a write-off. Amanda Anderson: Mm. I know. I love it. Yeah. And it also it also is good tax wise too, traveling and thrifting. If you I mean yeah, yeah. So that's a perk. I there's some people that pretty much only travel thrift. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Sam: I there's one gal who does eBay and she's she go she calls herself a travel thrifter and I never knew what that meant. Because does she live in different places or does she just travel, get the stuff and come back? Amanda Anderson: Yeah, yeah. I think she just travels, like does like weekend long trips or week long trips. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I think it's cool. I haven't had like a ton of experience thrifting in other places. when we were in New York last year, I wanted to, but then we were just so busy. It's hard to make the time, but Sam: Hmm. That's really cool. Okay. Yeah. Well well next year if we're going to Vegas for mom two point we're gonna make that a whole we're gonna make that a whole week. Yeah. And they have salvation outlets there, like Salvation Army bins, which I've never even heard of. Amanda Anderson: Yes. Yeah. Yeah. And I hear thrifting in Vegas is pretty dang good. So I would love that. okay, that's cool. Mm mm. Sam: Okay, so you would focus back to like this is again my ADHD brain. prioritization, focus on summer stuff, focus on listing, and don't stress yourself out because summer summer should be fun. Amanda Anderson: Yeah. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Yeah. I know. Just do what you can. I know. Exactly. And I do think I and I don't know if you're this way, but I am the type of person that's like I sometimes I need to give myself hard rules. Like this is what I'm doing and this is only what I'm doing. You know, like I did that. I have I'm staring at my Hulkin that is full of a bunch of stuff. It has been in my room for like four weeks. it's all palette stuff that needed that was too good to sell on whatnot. So it needs listed. And it's just sitting in here staring at me. So last Sunday I was like, Sam: Yeah. Amanda Anderson: No choice. I have to sit down and I have to like all this things photographed and all this means listed. Like I can't do anything else until I do that. And I think sometimes that helps me too. Like I just have to get it done. Yeah. Sam: That does help me. Yeah. Is but then you know what's so funny is I'll be like, I don't want to clean, I don't want to do anything. And then it's like, I have a pile of stuff I need to list. I I need to go clean the stairs. I I should wash the walls. Like what? Yeah. I I gotta figure out ways to trick my brain into doing it. I've been seeing people post about having a type A brain and how it's like leaving gifts for yourself. Like I saw this guy and I wanted to be like Amanda Anderson: All of a sudden I know. yes. Yes, story of my life. I know. Yeah, I feel that so much. Mm. Sam: Whatever. because he was like, you know, think of making your bed as a gift for yourself later, so that when you get in your bed it's nice and cozy, or filling up your gas tank the night before is giving a gift to yourself in the morning. And I'm like, but what if you are just constantly like I think that is very easy to say if you are not doing a billion things at once. Amanda Anderson: Yeah. I know. Yeah. For us, no. We would have gifts everywhere. Or no gifts at all ever, because I wouldn't do any of it. Yeah. I know. Sam: Yeah. I know, I'm like, I just the okay, so I we're almost out of time. This has been so nice to connect with you. what is something that what what's like a reseller rose and thorn that you've had since, you know, that you that comes to top of mind lately? Amanda Anderson: It has been. It's been great. Mm-hmm. Yeah, the one that comes to the top of my mind is just like that really good whatnot show followed by a really bad whatnot show. Yeah, that's that's my major one. But also I think like my rose is just being able to resell. And it's like I also was thinking like, so we're we're going to Disney. The trip is already paid for, but I needed this is really my ADHD speaking, I needed something to incentivize me to get my crap listed. Sam: Yeah, that's a Amanda Anderson: So I'm like, okay, well, I'll make a little series about it on TikTok and just see how much money I can make. Just like for like the spending money, the food and whatever. And it is. But also I'm like, I'm so grateful that like I like if I need money, I have stuff sitting around that I can sell. Also, I have the skill of reselling. So if I needed money and I didn't have stuff physically, I could go spend $100 and flip that and make more money. You know what I mean? So I think like also just it's a good skill to have. Like I love it. Another funny thing, my 11-year-old, he's like very entrepreneurial. Like he's always Sam: Yeah. Totally, it's expensive. Amanda Anderson: He'll like sell my dad's rocks out of his front yard to him. Like he he's just so funny. But he it is hilarious. And he like he's not scared. He'll go knock on people's doors asking anyways. But the other day he was like, if I he's like, Will you make me an eBay account if I want to sell some of my own stuff? And I was like, Absolutely. Like I love that. I think that's so fun. So I don't know. I think just being a reseller is fun. And I think again, we talked about my br what my brother said, but I think I needed that perspective shift. Has been allowed me to be like a little more grateful for this. Sam: That's incredible. Good for him. Amanda Anderson: And also just like grateful that I have I can do it when I want to and I don't have to when I don't want to. Like truly, I'm kind of in this weird spot right now where I need another palette. Like we're I we always get this, like we have so much we have thousands and thousands of items in my house. And then I sell through it so fast on whatnot, and then we're like, crap, I have to make another trip, go get more palettes. And we're like right in this weird spot where like we have a lot of baseball still going. The fourth of July is coming up, and then we're leaving for Disney. Sam: Yeah. Mm-hmm. Disney. Amanda Anderson: Yeah, so I'm like, do I go before or do I just take a couple weeks off? Because I could also just take a couple weeks off, which I've never really done. I know, and I've I don't think I've done that. I think we took I took a week off when I went to New York last year. But really, I'm like, I I don't know, maybe. No, I think I actually think I did a show early. I think I did a show Monday and we left Tuesday or something. Yeah, so part of me is like, I also could just take a couple weeks off and that would be fun too and be totally fine. So it's just it's fun. I think it's fun. Sam: I take a couple weeks off. But you didn't take a week off though, did you? Yeah. You didn't take yeah. Amanda Anderson: And I I never want to lose that. I I lose it sometimes where I it feels so much like a job, but I just want to keep coming back like this is so fun. Like, how do we get to do this? We get to do it's so flexible and it's so fun. Like we're playing with clothes all day. I don't know. I love that. Yeah. Sam: It is it's so fun. Yeah, it's like every time I go into my storage units that just the the who's it's and what's it song from Lil Mermaid plays in my head every time. Every time I'm like, this is so great. Amanda Anderson: Yes, yes. Yes. And you're just looking around and you're like, look at it. Exactly. I just am like it's so fun. And I also think, like, if you're not a clothes person, sell shoes. Like do sneakers. If you're a sneakerhead or do electronics. Like what like there literally anyone could find something. Yes. Yes. Like my brother in law, he's been collecting like vintage baseball cards. He's also doing like vintage action figures. Like he loves vintage stuff. I just think it's so cool. It's so fun. So that's that's my rose for sure. Thorn is just I'm a little overwhelmed. Sam: Baseball cards. Amanda Anderson: But that's just that's okay. What about yours? Sam: Yeah. Yeah. That hmm. Well, on the baseball card front, I have a friend who her husband was selling baseball baseball cards last year and this year because it from his personal collection and he made as much as his salary last year selling his baseball cards. So anyone out there who has Pokemon, mm-hmm. Just eBay. Amanda Anderson: Uh-huh. my gosh. Was he just doing eBay? Okay. Yeah. I know. I'm trying to talk to my brother in law. I'm like, let me set you up with an eBay account. It's worth it. Yeah. Yeah. Sam: Yeah, and and when I talk about that, that's like six figures. So for anyone listening, it's like a six figure thing. my rose and thorn, so I would say my rose, and this is gonna be mine are always like very tactical, but My rose is that I haven't gone to the thrift store in a couple of weeks. Doesn't mean I haven't sourced online. It doesn't mean I haven't because I when I told my husband that, he's like, when was the last time you bought something online? I was like, that doesn't count. Okay? That doesn't count. I can't physically, I can't physically get as much as I would. my so I would say that. my thorn is that my sales are slower, but I don't know. I again am feeling so grateful that this is like what I get to do and what I get to play with. And Amanda Anderson: I mean that's a big win. Yeah. Yeah, you're like that's so different. Right. Yeah. I know. Sam: And I would say that new consignment client, I would say, even if we don't make money, cause she's like, I don't care about the money, it's not about the money. And I'm like, Great, I'm still gonna keep it for you. But like to me, being able to help somebody and you know, she was worried that no one would want her stuff because you know, her si I think it's like size eighteen and her foot is eleven wide. And I'm like, there is somebody else out there who is looking for this stuff, and Amanda Anderson: Yeah. Mm-hmm. That's amazing. No. So much. Yes. And wants nicer items. Maybe doesn't want to spend retail. Absolutely. Yeah. So expensive. Yeah. Sam: Yeah, because Eileen Fisher pants are so ex like it's all so expensive. So I would say that's probably my rose was to be able to be like, this is a skill because you know, like I couldn't feel a lot of my son's friends are like lawyer their parents are there's lots of lawyers, doctors, all of these folks. And I'm like, I sort through people's garbage. You're literally saving people's lives. Amanda Anderson: Yes. Mm-hmm. Right. Let me tell you what I do. Yeah. Yeah. Sam: And so but but the other thing too is when I get like that, you know, I talk to them and they're all very unhappy, not in their lives, but like they're working from seven AM to seven PM. They get to see their children for an hour max a day. And I am so grateful that I get to do this and sort through f people's trash and turn it into treasures and like I don't know. I just feel very Yeah, I'm feeling very lucky too. Yeah. Amanda Anderson: No, I know. Right. Hmm, I know. Mm-hmm. Yeah. No, I love that. I and I think that's there is something to be said for loving what you do while also making money. You know, it's like because like reselling, like you really can make money. Like people are making a lot of money. Like a lot more money than I'm making. But like if you love it because it's like, yeah, you can have a job that looks good on paper or that people admire you for, but a lot of them hate it. A lot of them are just so worn down, they are stressed to the max. And it you know, it's like I don't have that. And I also have to remember I need that's a good reminder for myself too of like I don't need to be stressed. Any stress I have, I'm putting on myself because this is not a stressful job. It doesn't need to be stressful. Any stress I am giving is I'm giving it to myself. Sam: Yeah. Yeah. And I think that's the thing too, is it's all about like, so type A and I think I've told you this, type A and type B were actually done as a study to see who has heart attacks more frequently. And it was actually type A people have heart attacks more frequently. so it's more they categorized it for that reason. So stress actually and trying to be like perfect and all of these things is not good for longevity. Amanda Anderson: Interesting. Yeah. Mm. Sam: And yeah, I think that is something to keep in mind. I was one of those people who had like, you know, making 250k a year. I was so unhappy my family was falling apart and now I don't have to do that. And I don't know, like, do I have as much money as I used to? Absolutely not. Like that. But for me it's more important that I like live a long time. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Amanda Anderson: Yeah, yes. No. Right, right. I know, and you enjoy your life while you're alive. I know, instead of just working all the time. Sam: Yeah, well, I mean, even this lady who is passing away from cancer, she just retired in twenty twenty. And, you know, six years later she gets this diagnosis. And I think too, my parents both died when I was when they were young. And so for me, I look at everything as like, no, you don't ha you don't know how much time you have. And if you can make it work a different way where you can actually enjoy it and enjoy your family, for me, that has been like really nice. So if you can it Amanda Anderson: Yeah, absolutely. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah, no, I feel that so much. Sam: If you can start reselling anyone listening, it's very r rewarding and there are lots of different ways to do it. Mm hmm. Yeah. Amanda Anderson: Yeah. It is. I know and it's so flexible. It's so flexible, which I just love. There's not many jobs you can do that are this flexible. I know. Yeah, you have to like stuff. I love stuff. I love stuff and I love shopping, so it's it's good for me. Sam: That's fun. But you have to like stuff. I think that's the other thing. Yeah. But what's funny though is I don't like going to retail stores anymore. Can't do it mm mm. Amanda Anderson: Yeah. I get that Ryan, my husband and I, we like cannot fav pay full price for anything. Like we it's just like we're like, no, we're not paying that. Like we well maybe we'll get it in a palette sometime, but like we're not paying paying that. Sam: So my husband's the opposite. He loves paying full price for everything. And I'm like, dude, let me thrift this for you. And he's like, No, no, no, no, no. Cause he likes that dopamine of 'cause he doesn't buy very much. So when he does, he researches it. Mm-hmm. And then I'll come in and I'll like, Well, look what I got for you. And he's like, Well, I I don't need it, but I like that. And so it is one of those things where everyone gets their dopamine hit a different way, but Amanda Anderson: Yes, yeah. He wants yeah. I know, isn't that the truth? Sam: Yeah. and like we said, because I know we're we're about out of time here, the next episode that you should be hearing in your ears is gonna be Julie from Casa Chic. Then Yeah, that was our first one we ever recorded. so that's gonna be a good one. And then I figure I gotta see who else we have on the list because we've also had to take a bit of a break from scheduling, folks, because the summer is just so busy. We'll get back to it though. Amanda Anderson: And that was such a fun episode, so I'm excited for them to hear that. Mm-hmm. Yep. Yes. It is so busy. Yeah. We have a lot more coming. So much fun stuff. Sam: Yeah. and if you again want to hear anyone on here or see anyone on here or have any questions, send them on in. hello at dowanthetruthpod.com or message us on TikTok. and until next week, we'll talk to y'all soon. Amanda Anderson: Mm-hmm. Yep. Yep. Okay, thank you guys. See ya.