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 |
Great sales! There’s just something about owls that make them so irresistible.
I 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!
I 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!
Wow, 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.
Oh, forgot to tell you, I did just sell a Land Before Time plush. Got that tip from you so thanks!
Awesome! 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. 🙂