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- Amanda Anderson: Hello, how's it going? Hi, we're so excited. This is gonna be a fun episode. Sam: Bad everyone. we haven't seen each other in a little while because summer Amanda Anderson: I know, I know. If summer is crazy, baseball finishes up for me this week. So then I feel like we're gonna be like running normal. Like a normal crazy summer instead of like extra crazy summer. So Sam: Yeah. I can't imagine. I saw you got a new palette. How's that going? Amanda Anderson: Okay, we had it was a crazy palette. I okay, so this is for people that don't know, I have I drive to pick up my palettes. So we're going to Disneyland in two weeks. I need to be quiet because my it's a surprise for my kids. They're playing in their room. But we're going in two weeks and I was in this awkward spot where it's like either I have to take off a lot of time off of whatnot, because I don't have the product and I buy a palette when I get home from Disney, or I like had to just rush down and get one when I wasn't planning on it. Sam: Tell me about it. Amanda Anderson: last week and I was like, you know, I think like I want to have some stuff to list before. So I'll just buy one palette. Normally I buy multiple because it just makes it worth my drive, whatever. Anyway, so I bought one palette and then I did buy some bats for my son. He's going to flip that. I will get into that because that's kind of fun. My 11-year-old was he's gonna yeah, so he's gonna do that, which is fun. But I was like, I'll just go buy one. I went and hung out with my sisters. Anyways, it was great. I pick up this palette. My sister is there with me. She's going through and at the bottom of the palette she's like, well I hope you like sunglasses. Sam: That's cool. Amanda Anderson: And I was kind of like, no. Like, I don't like I don't want to sell sunglasses. Thinking they were gonna be just like trash sunglasses. We got hundreds of pairs of Maui Jim sunglasses. Some yeah. No. Are they? I will just send you a pair. my gosh, I'm gonna send you some pictures, but I hold on. I'm grabbing one right now. But yeah. So yeah. So we got Sam: Mm. No, I need to buy some from you because my husband, those are his favorite sunglasses. No way. Those are literally like his favorite in the whole world. No, I'll buy them from you. Amanda Anderson: So many of them. Like this is a pair my husband was going to. He was gonna keep them. He changed his mind. But some of them retail for $400. Like, really, really nice. Yeah. Some of them are prescription. Yeah, some of them are prescription, which is I don't know what to do about that. I'm like, I don't know if I sell them as frames only, and then people can just go get their own lenses put in them. Or if I can maybe. I just don't know the prescription is the problem. So like they don't say. Sam: Yeah, Maui gyms are incredible. No way. Just sell as is. Just sell as is. Just sell as is and say their prescription and you can replace it. Amanda Anderson: Yeah, because I'm like I'm like what what an optometrist would they like test them for me and like tell me the prescription strength? I don't know. Yeah, yeah, that's true. Yeah. Yeah, so a lot of people and I've known this, I've had friends that have sold just frames only that they like find at the thrift store on eBay. And people just take them in, they'll just cut the lenses and fit them to whatever s yeah. Yeah. yeah, they will sell. They'll sell for sure. Sam: Honestly, people will buy I wonder how you replace a lens. Can you replace the lens? I have a couple. I have a couple with prescriptions or with scratches and I haven't known what to do with them. Amanda Anderson: So yeah, we got so many of them. I have already this is honestly insane. This has to be one of the craziest flips I've had. But like I so I listed, I don't know, 30 pairs or something. I made $2,000 in 24 hours on eBay. Yeah. And they're just going so fast. Sam: Okay, so this is another thing about eBay. Everyone, when you have multiple of an item, put them on eBay because they push you up higher in the algorithm and also like Maui Gyms for summer, like no, seriously, I'll buy a pair. will you send I don't think I have your eBay store. we'll also link Amanda's eBay store in this because we usually do yeah. I don't Amanda Anderson: Yeah. Mm-hmm. yeah. Yeah. I'll send it to you. Yeah. Yeah. And if you follow me on Instagram, I was thinking because I thought about doing a whatnot show and then I checked comps on eBay and I'm like, I can't do a whatnot show with these. It just would not make sense because they're selling, like they have a really high sell-through rate. They're just really good. People are looking for Yeah. So, but I'm thinking I'm gonna do like a little follower discount or something where I'll give a little coupon code for my eBay store and then people could go in, like my followers could go in and get a little bit of a better deal on it. So if you follow me on Instagram, I'll put that in my stories maybe today. Sam: No. You're great. Mm-hmm. I wonder if we do like a the truth about as a dis like a discount code, like a whatever or the truth. Amanda Anderson: Yeah, I love that idea. Yeah, yeah. I think we absolutely should. I think that would be so fun. And honestly, like I have so many of them. I already paid off my palette. Like I paid off my palette in like eight hours, which is so crazy. And it's one of those things where it's like, I mean, we've had palettes where I'm like barely scraping by and hardly making any money. But then you get a palette like this and you're just like, you would be crazy not to keep doing this because sometimes you just like I could potentially Sam: That's incredible. That's incredible. Amanda Anderson: I mean this is like shooting high, but like I could potentially make like ten thousand dollars on these. Yeah. Yeah, because right, yeah, and it's it's just it's wild. Just again, you just I got really lucky. So and it my birthday was Monday, so it's kinda like it was birthday luck. that's okay. Thank you. Yeah, so I was like, it was birthday luck and it was really fun, a really good weekend. And I it also has gotten me back into listing because if you have followed us at all, you know I am like I do whatnot mostly. Sam: Yeah, that's not shooting that high if you got other stuff in there with tags. my gosh, they didn't even know! Happy birthday. my god. Amanda Anderson: But I also have so many good stuff to list, but it's just hard to do whatnot and to list things. I feel like my brain either like hyper focuses on whatnot or it hyperfocuses on listing. But this has got me back into listing. I just sold a Buck Mason suede jacket for $300. So like it's also got me listing other things, which is really exciting. So yeah, I'm like, I have like that eBay bug again or like Poshmark bugs. So I finally just cross-listed everything tonight. I was. I was just, it felt like so much work. Sam: Yeah. Which you were you were missing. Amanda Anderson: I and I don't know why, because it really isn't, but I think it just felt on top of all the other things I was doing. Yeah, it just felt like okay, how do I fit this in? And now I'm like, no, it's worth it. It's worth it to get these things listed because you can make money fast. Like, I think I have nine orders to ship out today. Like I haven't had that in a year or two. It's just crazy. So yeah, so it's been fun. thank you. Yeah, you're good. No, you're fine. It's all good. Sam: Well if you're not getting a return. I just put your birthday in my calendar so I don't forget next year because I'm like texting you, not even knowing that it's your birthday. Little cancer baby over here. the end of July. Amanda Anderson: Yes. Yep. When is your birthday? Okay. so we're both alive. Fun. Cool. Sam: Yep, we're both July. So yep, wait, but I'm on the other side. I'm on the I'm on the Leo side. wait, who's a Leo? we're in is he a July or August? Yeah, yeah. Well that's so exciting. So is this Disney trip for your birthday and for your kids, or what did you do for your birthday? Amanda Anderson: Yeah. Yeah, my husband is a Leo too. My husband. Yeah. First of August. Fir yeah, first part of August. So we I told my husband, I was like, do not buy me anything. We are gonna go and just have fun and we'll spend all the money there. But he did get me flowers. But what I just honestly, here's the thing I feel like, especially my girls, so my girls are four and six. I feel like they are in that magical age where like they love the princesses. They and I so we kind of we were not planning this at all. We were gonna do my husband turns 40 this year, so we were gonna do like just a him and I trip for his 40th birthday, and then we were talking about. We haven't really done anything big with our kids. We've done Hawaii just the two of us. We've done Mexico, just the two of us, but we haven't done like a big trip with our kids. And I was I think this is the year because I don't want to wait too long where they grow out of all of that like magic. And my boys are old enough, they're gonna love like the rides and the fun, like the thrill stuff. Exactly. So we were it was so not on the docket, but I reached out to a travel agent, a Disney travel agent. I did not realize that they you don't pay them. Sam: Our work. Amanda Anderson: That Disney pays them. If they yes, okay, so this is a huge PSA. And I need to go and tag her in my Instagram stories so that you guys can go follow her. She has been amazing. So I was very honest with her. I was like, hey, like I I heard someone say, like, you don't pay them, Disney pays them. So how this person said it was that when you book a lot online, like yourself, there is like a percentage that Disney takes that they would pay a travel advisor. But if you just yeah, if you just book on your own, they just get that money. But if you book Sam: What? cool. That's super cool. Amanda Anderson: Through a Disney travel agent, then they pay that little percentage to them. And I have no idea what the prices are. So I was like, well, why wouldn't I support somebody else? And also, like, I don't have to worry about everything. They don't book flights, but they book everything else. So I reached out to her and I was really honest. I was like, we might do Mexico, we might do Disney. I just want like, could you give me a price for three park days, three or in like hotel, whatever for five days? And when she came back, I was like, Well, that's not nearly as bad as I thought. I guess they are running some promotions in the summer, which I think makes it cheaper. Mm-hmm. Which makes it a little bit cheaper for us. But I was like, wow, okay, we can do that. So yeah, we're gonna do that. And honestly, pretty much is all been paid for with reselling money, whatnot money. I just I feel lucky that it's like I don't have to stress about money and like we can do something like this all stress free because of reselling. Sam: 'Cause it's so hot. Yeah. That's so incredible. I I know you were doing a challenge where you're trying to sell stuff to pay around your house to pay for it. Did you have you hit that challenge? I know you've obviously hit that challenge by selling palette and whatnot stuff, but Amanda Anderson: Yeah. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So I think we we're probably at like a thousand bucks at this I'm selling so much. I've I've been selling so much stuff on Facebook. there's been days I've been making 150 bucks on Facebook and I'm like, why don't I do this more often? It's so easy and there's no fees. People are leaving me cash or they're Venmoing me, you know? Sam: Yeah. Amanda. I am so happy to hear this. But this I think is something like the ebbs and flows of being a reseller, I think is they're not talked about enough because it's like one day last time we spoke, you were feeling really down and like, now you're up and I was feeling the same too recently. Amanda Anderson: Yes. Mm-hmm. Yep. Yeah. Sam: And then, and then, you know, I had my I sold a couple of really cool items too in the last couple of weeks and then it gets you back up. Amanda Anderson: It does, isn't it so interesting? Cause yeah, like I had that really bad whatnot show where I barely made a thousand dollars and I was like, What am I doing? That is not sustainable for the amount of work I'm putting in, you know, and then yeah, then you flip around and then something else happens. So I do think it's such a good point, and it really is like why it really matters to just like stay the course and to understand things just ebb and flow and it's not that big of a deal. And you might walk into a thrift store the next day and find something just absolutely insane, you know, and you Sam: Yeah. Amanda Anderson: have no idea and you can make a ton of money off of that. So I think that is part of that's part of why like my personality really like loves this and I really get like that dopamine hit off of this. It was the same with thrifting, the same with palettes, is it really is like kind of addicting because you never know what you're going to find. Sam: Totally. Yeah. I I had three really good so I know we usually do like our high and low at the end, but I had three really good sales in the last like two weeks. I sold my neighbor's fur coat and did so historically it was a mink coat, I think, or fo I don't know. And I know I like I grew up a vegetarian, so this is like a whole other thing, but she had this custom made in the eighties and it has been sitting in her closet and I looked up comps and nothing had sold for more. Amanda Anderson: you did. Yeah. Mm. Sam: Than like four or seven hundred dollars. And I was like, whatever, I'm gonna throw it up for 2500 bucks. Nobody's gonna buy it. It's summer. It sold within like 60 days for almost full ask. And so I think it sold for 2100. And Amanda Anderson: my gosh. That is crazy. Sam: We were like, what? And you know, then she was like, Well, I want a bigger split. And so this is another thing, everyone. Do not change your terms. Like she was like, I didn't know it was gonna sell for that much. I want sixty percent now. And I was like, sorry, I'm not gonna sell your stuff. This is what we agreed to, this is what it is, and end of story. and having my husband around to Amanda Anderson: Yeah. Yeah, that's kinda crazy. Sam: like talk me through that 'cause I was like, well maybe Yeah, 'cause I was like, well maybe but then I was like, I sell other people's stuff for more than I've sold that and no way because I don't want to have to change their terms too and I'm closer with those people. Amanda Anderson: Help you have a backbone? Yeah. Yes. No. And also you agreed to it. It's not like you were shady up front or you weren't clear. Like I was actually just just this morning I was re re listening to our Cossa Chic episode. And the part where she's talking about consignment, it really is like I do think you have to be very cut and dry and almost like picky about who you're doing business with because yeah, that's not cool. It's like and also like you did her just such a massive favor. She would have had she had anyone else do it, they probably would have priced it a lot lower. Yeah. Sam: Yeah. Yeah. A lot lower or said it's only worth two hundred and fifty, which is what everything online said. and then I Amanda Anderson: Ya. Mm. Sam: Speaking of walking into a thrift store, I walked into a thrift store a couple like a month or so ago and I picked up a Drees Van Noten top. And if you're not familiar with them, it's a very high-end like twelve hundred, thirteen hundred dollar tank top kind of a business. And this one was a vintage one. And I let it go for 200, but I was like excited because it went to somebody in Australia. And then here's my high of my career, I would say, as a reseller. I already told you this, but I sold a skirt to the co-founder of GC Couture and Amanda Anderson: I'm not Wow. Mm-hmm. That is so crazy. Sam: Yeah, that for me I was like and it to to the point about ebbing and flowing, literally the night before, I was like really down on myself because I had gone thrifting a lot and I just spent a lot of money and I was so down on myself, like I suck so hard, like why am I so bad? And and then literally I looked in it and the only reason I knew that it was her is cause I recognized the street and was able to look up Amanda Anderson: Yeah. Sam: some more information. And yeah, it was one of those things where I was like, okay, I don't suck at this. Like I am good at this. And I think like as a reseller, if you're especially if you're first starting out, I I mean this is only my second summer. So like Amanda Anderson: No. Mm-hmm. Sam: It can be really like when you have a high, like a $4,000 show like Amanda had, you know, and then you have a $1,000. That was kind of like my May was $9,000. And then my June, I was like sitting at like $5,000. And then all of a sudden some things came through at the end that got me to like, I don't know, six or seven thousand. So it's it is one of those things where it's like, it is so there is no rhyme or reason to anything, no matter what anyone tells you. Amanda Anderson: Right. There's not. I know. Yeah. No, I couldn't agree more. What did the skirt look like? I'm so curious. Yes, I wanna see. Sam: do you want to see it? Okay. Let me I'll pull up my vendu so we don't give any PII out. Amanda Anderson: Yes, good idea. No, I love this so much. I've heard I was telling Sam this, but I've heard of people like people buying things for like a movie set or like costumes off of their eBay store. I'm like, that is so cool. That is like peak reselling when you know it's like going to someone cool or going to be used somewhere cool. Also, you know, like they have taste. Like that's so cool. my gosh. Sam: Mm-hmm. I know I think for me that was so it's this and she bought it for 700 bucks. and isn't she beautiful? And I did pay up for this. So I did pay $300 for this. So that's the other thing to keep in mind is is sometimes you're gonna have to pay up. And granted, I doubled my money on this. So like in this Yeah, and so I think that is like most people would be like, no, don't pay over fifty dollars for this. Amanda Anderson: Wow. That is so cool. Yeah. Yeah. yeah, that freaking paid off. Yeah, absolutely. Sam: And online would tell you this isn't gonna sell for more than $175. But I think that's the thing too, is like having a bit of audacity, which I always have had with my stuff, is like just price it up because what's the worst that it that's the thing, and you can't ever raise prices. And something I've noticed as like a buyer too, is something is priced too low, I'm like, what is wrong with this? Or, you know, so yeah, that went out this morning. So Amanda Anderson: Mm. Mm. Yeah. And you can always bring it down. Yeah. Yeah. Yes. No, I was thinking that. That's so cool. So I was I was thinking about that earlier. I wonder if like there almost is like a buyer psychology that when something is priced so high and maybe like over other things that they're looking for that might be similar, if it is almost like, well, that must be nicer. You almost like give like there's almost a perceived value that like this must be worth more. This must be nicer material. This must be nicer because it is priced higher, even if technically it isn't. Sam: Yeah. Amanda Anderson: And I don't think that works in every scenario. That is really going to work more with like one of a kind pieces or unique pieces. Like you can't go and enlist a J. Crew thing for way more than something. But but for things like this, absolutely. Yeah. Sam: Totally. But Ralph Lauren, vintage. Yeah. Vintage Ralph Lauren. And the only reason I know that I will sell for these things is because I've done it before. When everyone's like, no, price out for a hundred dollars. I'm like, I'm pricing it for five or six hundred and it'll sell. And I think that is a thing too is having patience, which we don't have a lot of. Yeah. Amanda Anderson: Yeah. I love it. Yes. I don't have. I don't have. I'm like, sure, I'll I'll let that go for a stupid lowball offer. Why not? Sam: Totally. Like my journey span not could have easily gotten higher. I should have held out for 500, but I was like, you know what? I want to get my numbers up for the month. And this is going to give me a little bit of a dopamine hit. And I am going to, I found this once. I am going to find something good again. yeah, I I Amanda Anderson: Yeah. Yeah. Right. Exactly. Exactly. That's a good thing to remember too. So do you feel like you have like a gut feeling when you have something, when you're going to price it? Like like there's those things where you're like, I just know that this is worth more. Sam: Yep. I do not look at comps. I don't because the thing that and this is probably why I have storage units full of shit. but the thing with these and I think I am gonna change my business to pick up less of that like fast moving stuff and more of the other stuff because that is I have expensive taste and Amanda Anderson: Mm. Mm. Sam: It I don't buy any like literally I'm in like T J Maxx and like thrifted TikTok pants and you know, so but I like the way nice things look. I don't wear or buy any of that stuff for myself, but I Amanda Anderson: Right. Mm-hmm. But you have a good eye for it. You have a really good eye for it. Sam: Yeah, so I think just growing up around people like that, and like I I've always this is why I got into reselling is because like I've always been able to tell brands from far away, even without logos. And yeah, so I go off gut. Long story short, I I I go off gut, and the thing I believe about pricing is if you're looking at comps, it's only gonna sell, you're only gonna price it for what it sold in the past. And just because that's what it sold in the past doesn't mean that's what it's worth now. For instance, Ralph Lauren is having a resurgence and Amanda Anderson: Mm. Yeah. I love that. Mm-hmm. Sam: And along with all that preppy, like all of those looks. So if you went off of previously sold, that would say I should have sold that skirt for $100. And yet there is somebody out there who, yeah. So again, my stuff tends to skew. So I think I am gonna start focusing more on luxury stuff just because like that will also control my shopping. Like Amanda Anderson: Yeah, yeah, that's true. Cause it's harder to find. There's less of it out there. You have to be more picky. I also think once you have enough of that, you're going to be selling. Like even if in general at aver on average it takes longer for your items to sell. If you have enough of it posted, you're still going to be selling a lot and you'll be making more. Sam: Totally. Yeah. And so that anyway, that that was we both had really good weeks. Did you have did you have a low at all for reselling this week? Amanda Anderson: We've had really good weeks. My gosh, I really don't feel like I did. I feel like I just had I've had like so much fun this week and yeah. Yeah, I don't really think I've had any I'm trying to think, have I had any I I haven't had really any bad sales. I'm like, no, we're just yeah. Sam: Yeah. That's great. Mine is just I overshopped. My husband was out of town. He went on a boys' weekend and I went thrifting while he was gone. And I had not been to the thrift store in a month or so. And so I just like went crazy. Amanda Anderson: Yeah. Mm. You're like Wow. Yeah. Sam: But that's okay. I also got off my GLP one for that week. And so I am now back on it. And so now I'm like, okay, my gosh. Like now I'm like, why did I buy all this stuff? Like now I have to deal with all this stuff. Whereas like when I'm not on the shot, I'm like, this is great. I see no clutter. And then I'm soon as soon as I'm on it, I'm like, look at all this clutter. What is all this? Like Yeah, it's literally like putting on again a filter. Like, I don't know. It's so crazy. Yeah. GLP one's for my Amanda Anderson: you can tell a difference, can't you? So crazy. Yeah. Yeah. You're like, why did I do that? Mm. That is so crazy. Yeah. Sam: for my addictions are are really good. is there any reseller news that you've heard this week or then the last couple of weeks? Amanda Anderson: Yeah, that's crazy. Yeah, so I don't know if we've talked about this, it's like more for the whatnot world, but did we talk about the whatnot shipping changes? So yeah, yeah, this is kind of crazy. So it's hard if you don't understand whatnot because their shipping is very unique and honestly a nightmare until you kind of understand it. But they so in the past, how I've run my shows is I do the buyer pays a max of nine dollars and twenty one cents in shipping. Sam: Yeah. No, I've seen a lot of it though. What's going on there? Amanda Anderson: And they can bundle unlimited. Like they could buy 40 items in my show. And sometimes I will have to pay like an overdue. I think the most I've paid like $20 to ship a 90 item box. But most of the time, if they're ordering between like I don't know, two and 10 items, I can fit them in a large flat rate box from UPS or USPS. So those are not they're not massive boxes, but for clothes, as long as I'm not sh selling like hoodies or jeans, like I can compact a lot of stuff into these boxes. Sam: Wow. Okay. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Totally. Amanda Anderson: Well, they're taking away flat rate boxes. So we cannot. Yeah. Yep. No more flat rate, which is such a bummer. And people, I posted a video about it and it got quite a bit of traction. And people were like, just get other boxes. And I'm not, I'm like, I'm not worried about the boxes. The boxes, it is annoying because like free, yeah, free boxes are nice. And everyone's saying just go to Poshmark and you can order the free ground boxes off of there. So that that's not what I'm worried about. I'm worried that like now my customers are used to. Sam: kinda like Poshmark. Wait. Amanda Anderson: Optimizing their $9.21 in shipping and sticking around for my whole show because they're just gonna keep bundling, right? And I guarantee that is driving the prices of auctions up because if people have free shipping. So, anyways, so it is it's really, really scary. It goes into effect August 1st. So everyone's like, we don't know, we don't know what it's gonna look like. Sam: Mm. Wait, so is it gonna be d have they told you what the shipping rates are gonna be? Is it just traditional shipping? Amanda Anderson: So they have, yeah, they have, but now everyone's going to have to completely restructure their shows. Like we're gonna have to be a lot more careful about weighing our items because if you were using flat rate, as long as you were selling at least two items, you pretty much didn't have to weigh them. The only time I was worried about weight is if I sold one item and it was always I always would put my weight to be under a pound. So if that item, that one single item was over a pound, then I have would have to pay to bump it up. You know, but if it most items weren't, so Sam: Yeah. Okay. Amanda Anderson: It was usually fine. So I don't I don't know. I don't know what I'm gonna do. I'm kind of like waiting to see what other people do and maybe like I think it's gonna be a lot of experimentation, but I think it is a bummer for the buyers and the sellers because buyers are not going to be able to bundle as much. They're their shipping is gonna just keep resetting. You know, like we might have to cap it at like five items for the nine dollars and twenty one cents. And then once they buy five items, it's gonna charge them another nine dollars and twenty-one cents if they wanna keep going. It is. Sam: Yeah. that's really gonna impact. Yeah, that's really gonna impact, yeah, the shows. 'Cause it's like are people then gonna like hold out for like what else is on there? 'Cause it's almost like driving people away from it. Amanda Anderson: Yeah. Mm. 100%. I feel like for me, like if I have free shipping, I'm more likely to stick around because I'm like, well, if I find something for five bucks, it's not gonna increase the price of my order that much. You know what I mean? But if I have to pay the five bucks plus nine dollars and twenty-one cents in shipping for an item, I'm way less likely to stick around or to pay for that, you know? So I'm sure, I'm sure we will like of course we will adapt. And I think that's like the thing about reselling is we you always have to pivot and there's a lot outside of our control that we just have to roll with. Sam: Totally. Huh. Amanda Anderson: But it's a bummer. Like it really is. I I know a lot of my reseller friends or like whatnot friends are worried about it. Like it just sucks. Like Sam: Yeah, well especially because you you all have such big shows. Deepop also changed their shipping. I think because that TikTok went viral of someone saying, Did you see that where it Amanda Anderson: Ya. I saw that. That girl where she was saying her and her family were sending each other packages with the free Deepop label. That's crazy. That's also crazy to admit on social media. Yeah. I feel like it sounds like it. Yeah. Sam: Yes. online because isn't that mail front like is that mail yeah like and then eBay is changing their shipping too but but depop's is like what $199 up to a pound now so like that's still cheap but like this is also why I don't use I don't buy the Poshmark or I don't get the free Poshmark boxes and stuff for anything other than Poshmark. Amanda Anderson: Yeah. That's not bad. Yeah. Mm. Sam: And often I Amanda Anderson: Yeah. Sam: don't even do it. I have some like I I don't want to drive the prices up or be responsible for driving the prices up 'cause that's what changed Poshmark's free shipping or not free shipping, but like priority flat rate. And Amanda Anderson: Mm-hmm. I know. Like the yeah. And there were some people saying in my comment saying that Poshmark is starting to crack down. If they see you're not selling that much, but you're ordering 1500 boxes, they're not sending them to you because they can see you're not selling that much stuff on Poshmark. But people are even creating Poshmark accounts just to get the free supplies and then using them for other platforms. But it's like Poshmark can tell you're not selling stuff on their platform. And so there I I guarantee. Sam: Interesting. Amanda Anderson: that it's they're gonna get a lot stricter simply because people are abusing the system. Sam: Yeah. Like just go and get boxes. You there's so many free boxes. Put out, email your neighbors, put a note on your neighbor's door or the mailboxes or whatever. Like you can get like I drive around sometimes when I need so I really like to use Costco boxes to store my stuff because they're very sturdy, but they're hard to find, right? So those like fruit boxes or whatever. because I'm kind of moving away from tubs, the black tubs, because it's just too hard for me to find stuff. I have too much stuff. Amanda Anderson: I know. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Mm. Ya. Mm. And they're yeah. Sam: they look nice, but I just can't yeah, I'm just like throwing stuff out trying to find it. and so like you can drive around and find boxes. Like literally there's so many boxes everywhere. So if you need free boxes, yeah. And s yeah. And there are so many boxes, they might be broken down. Just add tape. You can just put back together. Amanda Anderson: But they're like dark pit and you don't yeah, you don't know where everything's at. Yeah. Right. Or put it out on Facebook. Like just yeah. Exactly. And honestly, I would prefer them to be broken down because then I can store them. I don't want my garage full of boxes. I will say a tip that people multiple people gave me in my comments was Dollar Tree or like the dollar stores. They have smaller boxes like because we don't want massive boxes. Like we don't need moving boxes. We need smaller boxes. And they said Dollar Tree. So I think I'm gonna go over there and see if they might have some or if they would just put some aside for me for a week and then I could pick them up once a week or something. because the problem is Sam: Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Interesting. Totally. Amanda Anderson: The problem with whatnot is like I'm often sending 90 packages a week just on whatnot. So that is going to be really expensive. It will be really expensive for me to have to if I have to like start going to Uline or something to buy, like just simply because I just go through so many boxes. That that is a concern. So I'm gonna have to try and I mean I online shop enough that we recycle any boxes we get packages up, but I I'm not getting 90 or packages a week. So Sam: Yeah. No, that's too expensive. Let's hope not. I mean, I went through a phase. Yeah, I and the other thing too is this is expensive though, but if you want bags, I really like pretty packaging pretty packaging because they are very durable. And that's the only one that I will put something in without that second layer of plastic. I know you're reducing your plastic. but the other items also I try to put things as I'm putting things away, I put in the plastic just because a lot of Amanda Anderson: I'm definitely going to have to I would be broke. They're thick, yeah. Ya. Mm. That's a really good idea. Yep. Yeah. Sam: A lot of items get damaged and I've been getting more and more damaged stuff because I've been holding it on long a long time. But yeah, so okay, so you're going to Disney. If we have so much going on this summer and your kids go back to school, we still have half of summer left for us. And so the practically September. So yeah. Okay, so a lot of California schools start at the beginning of August. And so Amanda Anderson: I know. Uh-huh. When do when does your son go back? Okay, yeah, we're like the end of s August too. Hmm, that's early. Sam: Yeah, it's it is early where I'm like, dude, you'd be going back in a month. Like I am just getting adjusted to summer. Like I love not having to rush out in the morning 'cause I am not Yeah, that is not. Amanda Anderson: I know. Yeah. my gosh. Yeah, same. I feel like this is my first week. So my younger three kids finished baseball last week and this is our first week where we haven't had baseball other than we have a tournament this weekend. And I'm like, wow, it feels like summer. Like we went to the park this morning and we k like it just feels like we can take it slow. My kids can play with friends instead of us literally just running everywhere. So yeah, I'm not ready. I'm not ready for summer to be done at all. Sam: Totally. Okay, good. You you and I both, I think I'm meant to be a parent in the summer. I will say it is so much harder to resell in the summer just because like Amanda Anderson: I know, right. It is. Sam: There's plenty of stuff to find and sell, but it's like if your kids in camp, it's short days. It's plus then they get home and they want to do stuff, and then I want to give them a summer, but I'm trying to get a little bit stricter where I'm like, no, I still have to work when you get home because I do have so much stuff, but we're we're figuring that out. what else? I saw something else. Is there anything else going on in the reseller news? Amanda Anderson: Mm. yeah. Yeah. Mm-hmm. I know. I feel there was something. But one one thing we haven't talked about is Poshfest. Have you like 'cause they've completely revamped Poshfest. Yeah, I'm not going either. yeah. Yeah, that's fun. Sam: I'm gonna be in Vegas. You're not? I'm gonna be in Vegas for a friend's birthday, and so we're not going. But I was also thinking of like maybe I would have gone to see friends and stuff, like friends, and maybe have like a Ralph Lauren booth or something, but it's just I'm I'm surprised that they're not doing that with a conference. Like it would make sense with. Amanda Anderson: Yeah, mm-hmm. I agree. I know. I'm kinda bummed about it. This is the first year I like really considered it and I'm like, Well I'm gonna go just for like I wouldn't have a booth, like I wouldn't want to do that, so I don't know the point. Sam: Yeah, I think I would have only done a booth if somebody was there with me just to make it fun. Like if you and I did a booth, that would've been fun. Like a palette and Ralph Lauren, like totally opposite. Yeah. Or we could just get rid of my leathers. my gosh. And yeah. so yeah, Poshfest and then have you ever been to eBay Open? I know Amanda Anderson: Yeah. Mm-hmm. Yeah, that would be so fun. Yeah. Mm-hmm. That would be real that would be fun. I know. We could just do like a high end. A bunch of high end stuff. That would have been fun. my gosh. Yeah. I haven't, but I I know like Julie yeah, Julie has been on the like a panel for them before. Yeah, that would be fun. Do you know what it is? Sam: We do both here. Maybe we do that. Yeah, and we will be I don't let me look it up. But we will be Yeah, eBay open USA. we will be on a panel or having like a whole track we'll see at Mom two point in Las Vegas in April, but that is a ways away. it says wait a second. It says okay, so Dallas, September eighteenth. I wonder if we plan our Dallas trip around Amanda Anderson: Yeah, I can't remember when it normally is. Yeah. Mm-hmm. A ways away. wait. That could be fun. Sam: And then it's in Miami October fifteenth. Maybe we do a Dallas. So here so everybody, what we're thinking about doing is planning a reseller trip to Dallas and to go shop because we have some online friends who live in Dallas and Amanda Anderson: Mm-hmm. Sam: bunch of reseller folks. It's very central for everyone. It's the center of the country. So we're thinking about doing a reseller event where it's just like we go and we're our friend has a bus and her husband's gonna take us around to different thrift stores and see what we can find. but maybe we do something at eBay open and then if other folks like if listeners or followers or whatever want to be there too, we could do something like a happy hour. I don't know if that's weird. Amanda Anderson: Yeah. It would be so fun. Yeah. that would be so fun. No, I don't think that's weird. I think that would be blast. Yeah. Sam: I mean, we met online. I actually met my very best friend online through Facebook. I was dating her friend at work and she was like, she seems fun. I want to meet her. And then once me and him broke up, then he introduced us. And she was like, We were in each other's weddings, yet like Yeah, the internet can be a good place. yeah. Are there other conferences? Like, I wonder if there's like a Prime Lister Venue or any of those. Amanda Anderson: That's so cool. I love that. that's that's really cool. It can be. I don't think that I've heard of, but I honestly I feel like this reseller community, do you feel like it is just like exploding? I feel like I am just seeing more and more people flipping things. Like they're not even necessarily calling it reselling, but I'm seeing like all these series from people that are like, What did I see? I just saw a video this morning of a guy flipping stuff until he can buy a Rolex. You know, and he's doing eBay, he's doing couches on Facebook Marketplace, like he's doing whatever he like he just whatever. Sam: Yeah. Amanda Anderson: But I do feel like it is becoming more commonplace and people are realizing you can. I know Gary V, I don't know if you're familiar with him. He's like a big internet personality inspirational speaker though. He is so hardcore on reselling, on live selling. He is like this is the future. Sam: yeah. yeah, his big thing is is live selling. I still haven't gotten there. I I want to get there and maybe that maybe I'll set it up, but I just have so much anxiety about it. but maybe I'll get there. Maybe Amanda Anderson: I feel like you'd be so good at it. No, I feel like you would be so good at it. I do think it is like there is so much like such a learning curve to like how you structure your shows and how you make sure you're still profitable. And I do think like that still gives me anxiety to this day. You know? Sam: Yeah. I I I still think about doing one. Maybe I we do the bags, the leathers, the clear out my old stuff. We were also talking about giving away stuff to followers or maybe we could do maybe we could do that too, like with the Dallas thing. We have so many ideas. So if anyone's listening who has ideas, who wants to come to Vegas, who has ideas for giveaways, let us know because we have many things that we're thinking about. Amanda Anderson: Yes. Yeah. Yes. Yeah, yeah. I I really I texted Sam yesterday. I get these hairbrand ideas. I always text my husband, but I'm like, it's so nice to have Sam to talk to. Where like she gets it and my husband will listen to anything and he always just like laughs when I say this because he's Here we go, here we go again. That's literally what I did with the palettes last year. And he was like, Sure, whatever. He's like always down, but I was like, I want to give away a palette because every time I post palette videos, people are just like begging me for sources and for ideas. And I have started giving out like some more common sources. Because I understand how hard it is. And there are a lot of like sometimes you just need someone to tell me, is this a scam or is this a legit company? And then like let them do their research. But we also have to protect our sources. It's not like it's like unlimited inventory. It's very finite. Like there are only so much things. So every time someone says that, I'm like, it would just be so fun to like just gift somebody a full palette and just be able to like see the joy of them being able to get that. Because like I feel like a little kid on Christmas every time I open up. And to be able to give that away to somebody would be so fun. So we're definitely like looking into that, trying to decide kind of like the parameters that we want for that. But I think I think we're gonna do it. I feel like it just would be so fun. So me and Sam are brainstorming, but definitely look out for that because I think I think that's in the future. Sam: I think that's probably are you thinking like a Christmas time? Are you thinking Amanda Anderson: That would be fun. That would be really fun. I mean, if we could do it a little before Christmas because then maybe people could flip the stuff to pay for their Christmas, you know, like give themselves money for Christmas. I don't know. That would be fun. Sam: Yeah. I mean, I love it. I think it's so of course I had to be like, Did you think about this? Did you think about this? Did you think about this? Amanda Anderson: No, and I love that. I love that because sometimes I'm like, I need someone to bring me back down to Earth and make sure like all the logistics are covered and stuff like that. So I mean, yeah, this will this will be something that is obviously pending. Like there's a lot of people I would have to talk to to make sure that this is even possible because a pallet is not something you just put on a plane and ship it over. Like it is expensive to ship. There are a lot of logistics. You have to have like lift gates to get it into your house if you don't have a commercial place. So like there it is Sam: But you had it all thought through, so it makes total sense. Amanda Anderson: Because it's coming on a semi, there are some logistics that I think it's possible. So yeah. Sam: I think it's exciting. I think it's exciting. And maybe we'll do some bag giveaways too, since I have so many leathers and stuff. So maybe we'll do some. and I also have to shout out thank you so much to everybody listening to this because we have been shocked at how it's performing. so thank you all for listening and let us know too what topics you want to talk about. I wish there I wish there was a way. I don't know if you can do this on Patreon, but like Amanda Anderson: Yeah. Yes. I know. Yeah. Sam: Something I think that is missing is like a reseller support group, which is like kind of what this turns into when we have guests. But like I wonder if there's a way we could do that on Patreon or something where it's or Substack where it's like we all get together and like we hang out, or maybe we just do like reseller meetups like twice a year at these big conferences because it's so nice to talk to you, to talk to other people. Amanda Anderson: I couldn't agree more. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Yeah. I wonder, and I have I don't know. I've I wanna say thank you too. I also when I came into this, I said Sam, like my bandwidth is pretty, pretty tapped out, but I will show up and she has done all the behind the scenes work, you guys. So she is the one putting in all of the effort, all of the editing, all of that that I know, I know nothing. So I literally just show up and we chat and she does like all the hard work, so I'm so appreciative. But Sam: No. Amanda Anderson: So I don't know if this is even possible, but I wonder if there is any way we could do like a live podcast where like people could actively be like typing in questions and we could be answering them in real time. I think that would be so fun. Yeah, that would be so fun. And I think sometimes we just need, we just need like I know when I was starting, I just wanted someone I could ask a comment or ask a question to and then respond. You know, because I would ask the same question to like 15 people and like maybe get one response, but it's like I Sam: Yeah, absolutely. We can do that, yeah. On this platform. Yeah. That idea. Right now. Amanda Anderson: There's nowhere really to go unless you just watch like millions of TikTok videos and eventually you kind of piece everything together. But if someone like a newer reseller could come and just be like, okay, how do you check sell-through rate? Or do you think sell-through rate is important? Or how many items do you shoot for listing a day? Like, like I just feel like there's so many questions that like I know I had in the beginning that I would love to just be answered. Sam: That's so fun. I mean, I wonder too if we had Yeah, and I wonder too if we had like guests join, like if we just like open it up to our people fo who we're interviewing or who we're going to be interviewing, which behind the scenes work. Yeah, that that is something I need. You know, having two type B people run a podcast is very entertaining. Amanda Anderson: Yeah, yeah. You should see us trying to co coordinate sometimes. I'm like, my gosh. But at least you never make make me feel guilty for for getting something or double booking. Sam: Yeah. No, insane. I'm always like, well, I feel bad. I do feel bad. So it kind of cancels each other out. Neither of us need to feel bad. Yeah. yeah, let's definitely do that. I I'm gonna send out some emails today to get more people on the pod. But yeah, I wonder too if it's just like a monthly live pod. Amanda Anderson: So no one needs to feel bad, exactly. Yeah, yeah. See, I think something like that, it also would be really fulfilling, I think, for us, but also for our followers, because there is some sort of I've always felt this like there's some sort of disconnect between content creators that talk about reselling and just resellers who are watching the content, you know, because it is hard to make that full-blown connection. I know for me, like I feel like I'm lacking in that a little bit right now because I'm so busy. I'm not spending a lot of time in my comments, I'm not spending a lot of time interacting with people. Sam: You back. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Amanda Anderson: I'm putting a lot of content out there and then I'm almost have to walk away just out of time. And so it would be so fun to like, yeah. it has. Yeah. Sam: But even your content has slowed down. Even your like I'm always like, I need tips from Amanda. And like, yeah, I think summer yeah, let's let's pick a day and we'll just do it monthly. Maybe like a Sunday. I feel like a Sunday morning would be a great because that works for all the time zones. Okay, so stay tuned for that, everyone. And you're hearing basically the podcast is now just brainstorming session. yeah, no, but I Amanda Anderson: I know. Yeah. I love it. Mhm. Yeah. that would be great. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, thanks for bearing with us. Sam: Okay, we have Dallas, we have Live Pod Live Podcast, we have Yeah, you know what's funny? I didn't even tell my husband we started this podcast. He was like he's like, Who's Amanda? And I was like, my co-host. He's like, I thought Zara. And I was or maybe I told him, but I didn't like I'm going so fast all the time. Like he probably didn't even he probab you know what? He probably just like thought I was talking about the other podcast, but Amanda Anderson: Okay. Really? Ya. Right, like glazed over it. Sam: Yeah, but I was showing him the numbers and stuff and he's like, wait, I didn't even know you have this and you like he's Yeah. So Yeah, it's it's been yeah, we're just going so fast with everything. But yes, okay, so we're gonna do a live podcast. Amanda's gonna do a palette and we're gonna do a meetup in Dallas in September. So those are our three takeaways from this. and then Amanda Anderson: Well, it's funny. You know. Yeah. Yes. Sam: The ebbs and flows. The ebbs and flows of reselling it kinda reminds me, yeah, I don't know. It's like makes me feel kind of like I am having a mental health crisis at some times 'cause it's like so high and then so low and then but I guess it's entrepreneurship in general. Amanda Anderson: Mm. I do think that. I've been thinking a lot about that. I feel like it is like you have to just be like mentally tough. It teaches you to be because there are so many things that are just like, okay, now another fire to put out or another thing to learn. And then there are these like really, really high highs and I don't know. It's fun. Sam: Yeah. And you know, we did get kind of a nasty comment saying that reselling is like parenting, but I'm gonna double down because parenting is the same way. There are so many highs and so many lows and so many just like in the mid actually rarely just in the middle. Those are like few and far between. And I would say same with reselling. So doubling and tripling down. Amanda Anderson: I know. Yeah. Mm-hmm. I I know. Yeah. Yeah. I couldn't agree more. Mm-hmm. I couldn't agree more. Okay, I have a funny story I just thought of that I want to tell you guys because this was so random and it does relate to my reselling, but on it was on the third of July. So where we live, the fourth of July is like huge. Very, very big. There's a company that's been putting on like massive fireworks for thirty years. And I think they say it's like the biggest firework show west of the Mississippi. I mean, we'll We'll take that with a grain of salt because they might just be claiming that. Who knows? But it is it's a very, very big, very, very big firework show. I think our like population triples for the third and the fourth. so we like a c town where my husband's parents live, they do their fireworks on the third. So we just kind of made it a tradition. On the third, we do fireworks with my husband's family. On the fourth, we do fireworks with my family. And so my husband, I in my palette, this is probably three months ago, I got this, or I got a bunch of them. They were American flag overalls. And they were so funny. They were all a six a six X, which is just like Sam: cute. Amanda Anderson: very tricky to sell a six X in American flag overalls. So funny. So I like made my husband try some on one night and he was like, and they're he's probably like an XL, but they were baggy, but they were doable. So we held on to them. And so on the third he was wearing these American flag overalls and we had to go to the mall for something. And as we were walking into the mall, this guy like saw my husband and he was like pointing at him and he like kind of beelined for my husband and he was like, Where did you get those? He's like, I've been looking for something like that all over like Sam: Yeah. Amanda Anderson: Where did you get those? And my husband was like, Well, my wife buys palettes. She like we got them from her palette, whatever. I just had happened that morning to put all of the rest of the pairs that I had in my car because I was like, What am I gonna do with these? I would rather just like give them away. Like if my brother in laws wanted them or if strangers wanted them, I don't want them for the next year. No one's gonna want them on whatnot. So I was like, I'll just give them away. And I was like, I have a pair in my car. Do you want one? And he was like, Seriously? He's like, You're gonna save my day. He's like, I've been searching all over. Sam: Yeah. Amanda Anderson: And he was another thing to mention, he was British, which I thought was like kind of interesting because I'm like, why does this British guy want American flag overalls? And so we I walk to my car, I come back to give it to him, and a guy is walking behind me and he goes, my gosh, I love your videos. I've been watching all your updates to this guy. And I was like, Who is this guy? Like, who is this guy? No, I know I was like, Who who is that guy? And so the guy leaves and he's like, Thank you, whatever. Sam: Yeah. Amanda Anderson: Leaves with the overalls. And so I turned to this older gentleman and I was like, Who is that? Like, who is this guy? And he's like, I don't know his name, but he's been posting on YouTube and on TikTok and Facebook, whatever. He's like, I keep seeing his videos, but he came for the World Cup and is just traveling in an RV all around the United States, and he's just obsessed with the United States. And I was like, Okay, so then I'm like Googling, I'm like, I need to find this guy to see if he actually wears these overalls. I find his I found his social media. I don't know anything about him. But his name is James Conn, I think is if I can remember off the top of my head. But anyways, so funny. So then he was in our town in on the 4th of July. I think people on social media just he essentially is like, where should I go next? People were like, you have to be here for the 4th of July because it's such a big deal. And then my husband, or he, my husband and my 11-year-old were in the parade. My husband ran into him on the 4th of July wearing the overalls. They were at the parade as well. So they got a picture together. It was just so funny. And I'm like, all because This random little palette that I bought that just had you know, it was just like such a how did that happen? How did I happen to have those in my car? Like it was just so funny. Sam: Love stories like that. How fun is that? That's like and you know, that's the other thing is like it really help like reselling helps you connect with people. Like I swear. Like, you know, like for all my neighbors, you know, she's in her eighties and it's hard working with her, but like Amanda Anderson: Yeah, it was just so cool. It does I know. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Sam: She gets to talk to us more, we get to talk to her, she gets to see my son. Like I I don't know. I I just feel like there's so many ways to connect through reselling. For instance, American flag size six six overall. Amanda Anderson: Mm. Yeah. That we gave to some British bodybuilder. It's just so funny. Well, it was he they're big on him too. Yeah. Yeah. I feel like I think they probably they were like an Amazon Amazon junkie brand so not like no name brand. I think they're probably like they were tagged as six X. I think they're probably like actually like a two X. You know, like yeah, so like Exactly. Yeah, they're not fitting. Sam: Gosh, wait, they were his size too? But he could wear them. Like it wasn't like he was pinned. interesting. That's probably why they were in the palette, yeah. Amanda Anderson: Six X person. There was no way. Like they weren't that large. I actually my husband's pair is up there, but I'm not gonna grab them. Anyways, yeah, so so so random, but I was like again, just like reselling, just kind of bridging these gaps. And I'm glad the older guy was there because I would have never known this guy has like 300,000 followers on on TikTok. You know, it's just so cool. So then I got to go and watch his videos. It's so funny. So I know. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Sam: Okay, okay. Tell him. How fun. I mean I tried to look him up while you said his name. That's why I was on my phone, but I couldn't find him. So I'm gonna have to get it from you. Is he traveling with his wife? Amanda Anderson: Yes, and his wife's mom. Or I maybe girlfriend, I don't know. But they're so cute and they were so nice. They were so nice. And my husband said when he ran into him, he remembered him instantly and was like, my gosh! Like he's like, How did they look? He was decked out. He had like American flag, cowboy boots on, a cowboy hat. Like he was decked out. It was so funny. Yeah. Yeah. It was and he was he's like, I've been looking all day. Like I haven't been able to find anything. And I was like, it was just perfect timing. It's so funny. Sam: Okay. my gosh, you really c like pulled it all together for him. One less thing for you to store too. Yeah. I do love Amanda Anderson: Yeah, exactly. I know, I was like, Get rid of these 'cause I'm not holding on to them for another year until someone wants them again next next summer. Sam: Yeah, I have a lot of Fourth of July stuff that I never even listed. This is my problem. I love buying like preppy and Fourth of July stuff that sells once a year. I I need to cool it. So I have put no more no more blue striped shirts on my list. Cause like but you should see my closet. It's all white button-downs and blue striped button-downs. I don't know why. That is all I like to wear. Like Amanda Anderson: I know, I know. Yeah. They're classic, yeah. Sam: I like don't know how to dress myself. I I probably was like, I saw that on a Banana Republic model when I was like ten and that is my fashion. And then I look at Zendaya, Zendaya in her hot hot couture or however hot couture like nineteen ninety seven Givenchy look and I'm like, my gosh, that's incredible. And I wish Yeah. I love Fourth of July stuff. Amanda Anderson: Right. Ay no I know. So stunning. I don't know. Sam: I also love a good tradition. Our town is known for I think the l longest parade in the US, which is really very small town outside of outside of San Francisco. And yeah, it's Amanda Anderson: I'm not really like the most patriotic person, but I love the fourth of July because my birthday's on the sixth. And so I just feel like it's like a whole weekend of celebration. So I always have loved it. Mostly 'cause we're outside, we're swimming, we're barbecuing. It's like the best of everything 'cause I'm just a summer girl at heart. But yeah, I'm not I'm not the most patriotic person. Sam: Yeah. Yep. will say the World Cup has made me a bit more Amanda Anderson: I agree with that a hundred percent. Sam: Where but I like still want Morocco to win because I just like I I love an underdog. and whenever the US is winning, I'm like, it's because we're rich. like you know, compared to some of these other countries. But I and I'm not like a big soccer person, but I swear that the World Cup has made also seeing all the TikToks of people trying American food and going to American places, it's like re experiencing all these things from fresh eyes and like yeah, without all the like Amanda Anderson: Yeah. Uh-huh. I know. Mm-hmm. I know. Mm-hmm. I couldn't agree more. Yeah. Sam: The drama of politics and all of these things that like impact us every single day. It's nice to be like, we do have a beautiful country. Like look at look at everything we have. Like when the when people are like when I love seeing the British people post because they're like, it's like a two hour drive. That's like that's like a tr that's like a whole trip for us. And I'm like, I drive that in a day just to camp. Amanda Anderson: Yep. I know. I know. No, exactly. I know I so that same guy that we gave the overalls to, he's in Yellowstone now. And I'm like, we live just a couple hours out, maybe like an hour and a half outside of Yellowstone. And I feel like we take it for granted because I've been going there s since I was so young. But I'm like, people come from all over the world to come to Yellowstone. You know, and it's like I'm so lucky and it does like when you see it with fresh eyes and see someone really appreciate it, it reminds you like, no, it's so we're so lucky that we live so close to that and to Grand Teton National Park. Like Sam: Yeah. I've never been. Mm-hmm. Amanda Anderson: But we take it for granted just because it's commonplace here and everyone goes and you know what I mean? it's nice to see it with fresh eyes and really appreciate it. Sam: Yep. Yeah. You know, I saw too, so since we're in California, Yosemite is like the place everyone goes for the Fourth of July. And it was so crowded. I refuse to go anywhere really on holidays. Like I will not do it. a lot of people like to go to like Tahoe or Yosemite and all of these places, but I like to go off season. So if you are a person who hates crowds, I highly recommend like we went to the Grand Canyon and it was snowing one year, and that was our only year we've gone. I really like to do things off-season because I cannot see crowds. Like it is so hard for me. So I think that is another thing too. When you see Amanda Anderson: Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah. Well Ya. Sam: All these things online and you're like, it's so crowded. Like, you know, somebody had like just like swarms of people, just go off season. Like it's it's so much nicer. Yeah, I I need to go to the Grand Teachons. That's actually on our list. So we'll because that is like we totally will. Like, I'll totally let you know, because that is something my husband and I love national parks. Like we got married in a state park. Like we are I'm not the biggest hiker or camper, I will, but like I grew up without Amanda Anderson: I know. Yeah, that's on my bucket list. I need to come there. Mm. If you ever come out this way. yeah. Same. that's cool. Sam: indoor plumbing or electricity for a while when I lived on the commune. So for me I'm like, why am I gonna why am I gonna go do that again? Like Yeah. I'm like, we didn't have a heater. We didn't like I had to use propane lamps. Like why do I want to do that again? That is not like fun for me. but I do love like lamping and stuff. So that and I will go camping, but it's like again, why? Amanda Anderson: Mm. Yeah, I forgot about that. Yeah, yeah, like I don't need I did that. I paid my dues there. Right. yeah. Mm-hmm. I feel like Grand Teton is like the perfect thing for that because they have so much like bougie stuff really, really close. Just like all the best stuff, but then you get like the wilderness so close too and all the animals and stuff. Sam: Yeah, and that's something too. Like, so we're going to Estes Park this summer, which is in Colorado, to visit. I've never been there, but since we did this in Death Valley, they have like all these national parks have little towns like inside of them or right outside. And so now our thing is we just go stay there. Like the one in Death Valley is all it like they have a buffet and you just have your little cabin. And then we did Yosemite and they have a hotel that's like right outside the park. And we're doing the same in Estes Park. We're gonna stay at the YMCA. Amanda Anderson: Yes, yeah. Mm-hmm. I love that. That's cool. Mm-hmm. Sam: 'Cause the other thing too is all these places have kids stuff. So it's like archery and rock climbing, snowshoeing, ice skating, whatever it is, what time of year it is. And so that's like our thing now. So we'll definitely stay in a bougie place in the Grand Teton. So I I'm gonna plan that 'cause that would be I've never I have I don't I've only driven through Idaho, so Yeah. Amanda Anderson: Mm-hmm. Exactly. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah, that's so fun. Yeah. Yeah, I mean and if you come and then like Yellowstone is so close, you can literally do I mean, if you come for enough time, you can do both. Yeah. Yeah. Sam: Yeah, no, that's yeah, that's on our list too. That and that is another thing about reselling. You can be flexible and like and and the thing too is like what I was thinking about doing is like how is there a way to put your I guess on like eBay and stuff you can delist all of your closet because like if you're traveling, right, for a month and you wanna delist it and then as you go pick up new stuff and list it and then you just ship that. That's what I was thinking about doing is just putting some of my closets on Amanda Anderson: I know, I know, it's the best. Mm. Mm-hmm. Sam: vacation and then the on eBay just delisting and then having new stuff. Cause I'm like I don't want to stress out about shipping and I want to just kind of enjoy it. And you can always relist your stuff on eBay because if you have a store, it's not like you're paying per item. Amanda Anderson: idea. Yeah. huh. Mm-hmm. Mm. I wonder if you put like like if you just said you were going to be away, can you still ship things when you say you're going to be away? Or okay. Mm. Cause I was like, could you just ship the things you have physically with you and not the other I don't know. Sam: No, you can't buy it. Yeah, so that I know, so yeah, so you can't put if you're on vacation, like it can sell. So you can sell stuff, but it'll say can you actually? No, I don't think you can buy they can't pay for it until but you could change your handling time. You could say all of these items are like four weeks. So maybe that's a way to do it. Maybe I'll try to do something like that because I do want to take some time. Amanda Anderson: Mm-hmm. But you can't ship it. Yeah. until until you take it off. Yeah. Mm. Sam: to not have to worry about my closets next summer. But I also like to thrift. So if I'm like buying a couple of things on the road. But well thank you for listening, everyone. I know this has been and we are talking to Bolo next week is gonna be Jen the co-signer the LA consigner. or that's yeah next week. And then we're gonna be talking to Bolo, Trends, and then we're gonna be talking Amanda Anderson: That's so good for you. I know. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah, thank you guys. Yeah. Sam: To a bunch more people, a lot more Kelseys. We have like three Kelsey's lined up. so stay tuned. we will continue to make content and it will continue to be delivered weekly. And until next week, we will talk to y'all soon. Amanda Anderson: Yeah. So funny. Hey, see you guys. Thanks for listening.