Beautiful bangle!This Alexis Bittar bangle that's missing a Swarovski stone for $3. Does anyone know where I can get this fixed?
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Wrote them an email last night, but most likely they won't offer repairs, as I didn't buy it from them directly. In any case, I'm hoping they can just give me some sort of info on the Swarovski crystals that I can just purchase and replace myself.
Thank you!Beautiful bangle!
Got a cashmere sweater and Burberry scarf at an estate sale. I know it’s nearing spring but my office is cold year round! 
Also found these beautiful 1960s vintage dresses at another sale. Need some cleaning and small sewing repairs but they’re both hand made which is so incredible to me. They actually have “the way we wore” tags on them, which is a vintage store in LA.
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Happy 50 percent off day! All of these were found at Value Village:
Coach sequin tote: $14.99
Coach floral hobo: $8.49
Coach leather hobo: $8.49
Missoni scarves: ( one is Target Missoni, still liked it.)
Toms: $5.99
i’ll be going to other Value Villages tomorrow.
Coach sequin tote: $14.99
Coach floral hobo: $8.49
Coach leather hobo: $8.49
Missoni scarves: ( one is Target Missoni, still liked it.)
Toms: $5.99
i’ll be going to other Value Villages tomorrow.
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There is a seller on ebay that sells a lot of swarovski crystals. I don't know if she has any that are that shape though.This Alexis Bittar bangle that's missing a Swarovski stone for $3. Does anyone know where I can get this fixed?
https://www.ebay.com/usr/iheartcrystals2?_trksid=p2053788.m1543.l2754
@whateve: Hope this works for you, but I just wanted to insert one word of caution sadly based on my experience: have the replacement crystal glued by a professional jewelry repair. I stupidly used a super glue to glue a loose specialty crystal (not Swarovski) in a favorite earring and it changed from a deep glowing blue to a dull blue forever!
Before I did it, I read that you weren't supposed to use super glue because it clouds the crystal. You found out the hard way. It may have come with instructions from the ebay seller. I bought e6000 glue. I have replaced crystals in a few things with good results. The hardest part was finding the right size crystal. I tried to find them locally first in order to ensure the correct size but was unsuccessful. I ended up ordering a variety of sizes in hopes that one would be the right one.
The stalker's other relatives must live in my state because this has been my life on Saturdays since I bought those Louis Vuitton Keepalls last year.
It is sad and funny at the same time, one of the ladies has her husband following me around. I am being serious.
This weekly episode at the mental institution/flea market lasts one hour.
There should be a law that the mobility bus is only used to take you to the doctor's office. not to a flea market .
I'm going to be really candid for a second: I've been reselling for almost three years. Since I started my journey, I have noticed just how over-saturated the market has become along with how detrimentally the prices have risen. It's not impossible to find good deals but you can no longer make a semi - stable income from it. I've been toying with the idea of taking a break for a month and seeing where I am. I went out on both 50 percent off days to gather some items. I constantly feel like I pressure myself to be productive, whether it be posting items or sourcing goods. I feel like I'm running myself ragged here. I adore thrifting and fashion but to rely upon it as my sole source of item is... exhausting. I'm exhausted. The pressure, rising costs and constant hustling are really no longer where I am in life.
I can't even imagine trying to live off the income from reselling. I thrift when we travel as we don't have decent thrift stores at home. Then I sell those items when we get back home. All I hope for is to recoup some of the costs of traveling. Both the profits and number of sales have decreased the last year. I started selling in earnest in 2012. Every year I made a little more than the year before until 2019.
I agree with you. What I find is for me. I have a full time job and don't make a living off the items I find, but at one time I did. I do compete with my coworkers. Lol. We share (show pictures) with each other stuff we find in the stores.
The people who make a living reselling have my respect; I don't have your patience or willingness to deal with crazy. I think that more people are worried about money, so they are more inclined to sell their items rather than consign or donate them. Which is making the secondary markets a little crazy (seriously, on Posh I saw an authentic vintage Judith Leiber Minaudière sell for $40, and another damaged one be posted for $5000)
I do fund new purchases by selling stuff in my closet.
1) I am crazy picky about what I buy these days; I buy primarily for myself. When I do sell on Poshmark and that ilk, it's things in my closet that I'm ready to move on from. I'm that person at the thrift who only buys the occasional hat or box of fountain pens.
2) I do pay more than usual thrift prices most of the time; sometimes I'm lucky but I didn't regret it because of:
3) In 2016-2018, I could go and sell a bag on facebook groups for what I paid (often $100-300)
4) In late 2018, nothing sold in my usual groups. So in late 2018-2019, I started selling on Posh. Last year, was fine - I sold about 50 items with no problems. Mostly jewelry, some bags. This last two months? It's been a disaster. I sold four bags on posh; one was returned because it was vintage and "the marks don't look like the marks on a newer bag."
(This is the bag I spent over $300 at Bottega Veneta to have it relined and restored) Another was returned because it was "stained!" which, again, I had a ridiculous number of bright light photos... Which taught me, not to accept offers and that 2020 is the year of buyer regret.
As for buying - in November and December of last year, i was able to pick up some Christmas ornaments crazy cheap. I also found few nice pieces of jewelry, and the duffle bag to round out my travel collection. This year, in the last two months - I've found one bag.
I do fund new purchases by selling stuff in my closet.
1) I am crazy picky about what I buy these days; I buy primarily for myself. When I do sell on Poshmark and that ilk, it's things in my closet that I'm ready to move on from. I'm that person at the thrift who only buys the occasional hat or box of fountain pens.
2) I do pay more than usual thrift prices most of the time; sometimes I'm lucky but I didn't regret it because of:
3) In 2016-2018, I could go and sell a bag on facebook groups for what I paid (often $100-300)
4) In late 2018, nothing sold in my usual groups. So in late 2018-2019, I started selling on Posh. Last year, was fine - I sold about 50 items with no problems. Mostly jewelry, some bags. This last two months? It's been a disaster. I sold four bags on posh; one was returned because it was vintage and "the marks don't look like the marks on a newer bag."
(This is the bag I spent over $300 at Bottega Veneta to have it relined and restored) Another was returned because it was "stained!" which, again, I had a ridiculous number of bright light photos... Which taught me, not to accept offers and that 2020 is the year of buyer regret. As for buying - in November and December of last year, i was able to pick up some Christmas ornaments crazy cheap. I also found few nice pieces of jewelry, and the duffle bag to round out my travel collection. This year, in the last two months - I've found one bag.
I used to resell but these days I don’t much anymore. I’ll sell things I no longer wear or want buy sales are so slow going I sometimes just give away some or donate back. I base my purchases on whether I really like something and is it worth the price (to me).