I always look in the baggies of toy dishes at Value Village to see if there is anything good amongst the blah and rubbish. A few months back I found a bag with 2 Baby Alive bottles that make sucking and burping sounds. I finally got around to listing them, and both sold within just a few days. (The rest that is not eBay worthy I will put into my own baggy and re-sell at an upcoming consignment sale.)
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| Baby Alive bottle with sounds Paid $3ish for the bag; Sold $14.95/ea – shipping Still have extras to sell at consignment sale |
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| John Deere play keys Paid $0.25 at consignment-ish sale; Sold $14.95 – shipping |
I had read somewhere that Caboodles sell well. I found one a couple weeks ago at Value Village, and a second one the next week. I finally listed both the same day. A smaller one instantly had a bunch of watchers, but this bigger one was the first to sell.
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| Vintage Caboodle Paid $5.24; Sold $49.95 – shipping |
I love finding Thomas Duplos! I actually have a bunch I need to get listed. My goal was to get them all listed before Christmas, but alas, it did not happen. Almost all those that I did list have sold.
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| James Duplo Train Paid $40 for a huge lot at a yard sale last summer Sold James for $24.95 – shipping |
I am a plush lover who cannot be bothered with Beanie Babies. They have never seemed like they were worth the effort. This guy, however, I will make an exception for. He’s so cute! He was the “extra” in a bag from Value Village.
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| Boo-Hoo Halloween Owl Beanie Baby Paid $1ish?; Sold $17.50 – shipping |
Last summer I picked up Stephenie Meyer books when I found them cheap. I am sure I didn’t pay more than $1 for any of these, at most. Imagine my surprise when I got the 5 together and realized I didn’t have any duplicates! I sold them as a lot.
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| Stephenie Meyer Book Lot Paid $3ish?; Sold $29.95 – shipping |
For some reason I really liked this Ugly Christmas Sweater, and I actually thought about keeping it for myself. But I knew I would never actually wear it, so to eBay it went. My hesitation in listing it caused me to price it a tad higher than my other sweaters I was selling.
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| Ugly Christmas Sweater Paid $2.50 at Rummage Sale; Sold $34.95 – shipping |
I bought three plush last month at a consignment sale – Simba, Eeyore, and Minnie below. I paid $7 total for the three. Minnie was the last to sell (in less than a month), for a grand total of $94.85.
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| Minnie Mouse Plush (2011 Collectible) Paid $2 at consignment sale; Sold $24.95 – shipping |
This summer I bought a couple totes full of PVC Disney characters. One I sorted out, photographed, and listed. The other is still waiting for my attention. The lot below is one of the last I had left from the first tote. I paid $7 for the tote, and have sold at least 10 different lots for $15-$20 each. The organizing and photographing, etc, took some work, but it’s been worth it.
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| Princess & the Frog PVC lot Paid (maybe $0.50?); Sold $17.50 – shipping |
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| Vintage Strawberry Shortcake PVC lot Paid $3ish?; Sold $25.95 – shipping |
We are: clamco says
December 22, 2012 at 8:04 amGreat sales! There’s just something about owls that make them so irresistible.
Anonymous says
December 22, 2012 at 3:07 pmI know you sell a lot of plush so I thought I’d tell you about a lot I stumbled across. I bought a lot of 12 plants vs zombies plush off of my local FB yard sale group. I had to look up what they were, but decided to take a risk. I paid $20 for 12 which is a bit on the pricey side, but it paid off. I finally got around to listing them about 2 weeks ago. After looking at the other listings I decided to list them at BIN for $8.99 each. I sold 7 of them overnight! 4 of them before I went to bed that night! They were all gone within 48 hours. Now obviously I underpriced them, but I still made a profit of about $100 on them. so there another BOLO for you in plush world!
Kari @ She Thrifts says
December 22, 2012 at 9:37 pmI just looked them up on eBay. I probably wouldn’t have given them a second thought had I seen them out and about. Thanks for the tip!
Marci says
December 24, 2012 at 1:00 amWow, you get really good prices on your stuff! I think I list too low. Do you auction or do you have a store? (I know you have said before but I can’t remember) I just closed my store because I didn’t really do a whole lot more than 50 sales a month but I am still unsure if I should keep it open. I need to crunch some numbers I guess.
Marci says
December 24, 2012 at 1:03 amOh, forgot to tell you, I did just sell a Land Before Time plush. Got that tip from you so thanks!
Kari @ She Thrifts says
December 24, 2012 at 5:01 amAwesome! I’m so glad to hear that helped. There have been SO many blog posts I’ve read that have helped me out, I love the idea of being able to pay it forward.
I have a store, and only use BIN. Right now I have 450 items listed. Before the holidays I was keeping it around 500, and my hopes for the new year are to get it up around 600 and just maintain. We’ll see how it goes. 🙂