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Favorite Flips Friday, Costume Edition

January 18, 2019 by Kari @ She Thrifts 6 Comments

I just had the worst week of sales – probably the worst week I have had in years. Dismal. But instead of dwelling on it, I thought I would share with you something that has been selling. Costumes!

Seems random, right? Talking about costumes in January?

Costumes are one of my favorite things to sell. In September and October 2017, I sold a LOT of costumes, and those two months were some of my highest sales months ever.

Unfortunately I timed things wrong after Halloween that year and I missed out on all of the post-Halloween costume sales. I wait until stores have costumes at 90% off, and unfortunately I waited too long and missed out on the good sales. Which meant that when Halloween season 2018 rolled around my sales dropped dramatically from the year before because I had almost no costumes left to sell.

Fast forward to post-Halloween, 2018 and I was determined to stock up once again on costumes. And stock up I did. This year I timed it exactly right and shopped 90% off sales at three different stores, and purchased around $500 worth of costumes (making the retail cost around $5000!). Costumes are pretty easy to list, so I got them all up in a month or so. And guess what? They’re already selling. Below you will find images of costumes that I purchased in November, 2018 that have sold in the last month and a half or so. A handful of those shown have had multiple sales of the same costume.

The costumes above are mostly just bread and butter sales, nothing jaw dropping.

Yard sales are also a good place to pick up costumes, I have picked up some in years past selling for $$$! (Adult talking Eeyore/Pooh costumes have been my highest sellers!)

If you’re interested in past costume sales I have posted about them quite a bit in the past. You can find some of them HERE.

Have you had any costume related flips you were excited about? I would love to hear about them!

Filed Under: Costumes, eBay, Favorite Five Friday, Halloween

Comments

  1. Shannon says

    January 21, 2019 at 7:13 am

    Storage and shipping (big, accessory heavy) costumes has deterred me. I often pick up the small ones in a snap package as they’re pretty basic but things with muscles or helmets give me pause. 😥

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    • Kari @ She Thrifts says

      January 21, 2019 at 2:28 pm

      The ones in snap packages are my favorite, so easy to ship. Those with masks, etc are definitely more of a pain and cost more to ship because I always box them, but I still pick them up.

      Reply
  2. Margaret @ Live Like No On Else says

    January 29, 2019 at 1:44 pm

    Every time I go shopping after halloween and see costumes I think about you Kari. 🙂 But I never think to check them out when they are at their low. I usually see them at 50% off. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen them at 90% off.

    I can’t believe you are already selling costumers. Crazy!

    Reply
    • Kari @ She Thrifts says

      February 5, 2019 at 7:25 pm

      In my experience costumes drop to 90% off for one day only, and the next day they are pulled off the floor, so if I am not consistently checking (like 2017) I miss the day altogether and am sadly out of luck.

      Reply
  3. Alexia says

    February 1, 2019 at 6:00 pm

    One time, I found an maleficent costume at an estate sale for $2 and sold it for $40! I was super excited because it was so easy to ship. I think either baby ones or adult ones do best for me. I wonder why you have so many sales of costumes in January.
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    • Kari @ She Thrifts says

      February 5, 2019 at 7:26 pm

      What a fun flip! I love Disney costumes. Thanks for sharing.

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