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Costumes!

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‘Tis the season to sell costumes!  One of my favorite things to sell.  I just did a quick tally, and I sold 47 costumes in September, and another nine the first four days of October.  Here’s hoping they keep selling!

I went to a consignment sale yesterday and found an adult Winnie the Pooh costume from the Disney Store which I picked up for $8.  It isn’t one of the talking costumes which sell for more (I’ve sold a couple in the past in the $150-$200 range), but I’m still hoping it will be a good ~ and quick ~ flip.

What costumes are you always on the look out for?  And are you dressing up for Halloween?  Do tell!

HAPPY (thrifted) HALLOWEEN (costumes)

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hinton-and-kasonRocket Raccoon and Jack Sparrow,
trying to give his most pirate-y expression.

Of course I thrifted my boys’ costumes, and was able to pick them up for $2/each!  + $6 for the Rocket mask on Amazon.  Whadda deal.

I love selling Halloween costumes, and usually sell a bunch, but it doesn’t seem like I have sold as many this year.  The ones below I sold in the $15-$35 range:

charlie-brown chosun-turtle cleo cow  darth-vaderhello-kittyghost elephantlemur gymboree-flight-school  jessie-pantsowl minions nala-3495 pig power-ranger red-ninja skull-ninja skye spiderman sulley thor tmnt vampire vampire2 werewolf

I guess that was quite a few costumes, and for a few I sold multiple of the same costume.  Usually I have a handful of higher-selling costumes (in the $50-$100+ range) but this year notsomuch. Costumes are fun though, something I really enjoy selling all year long.

P.S.  I did get the following cute note with the costume below:

crazy-cat-10Thanks so much.  My daughter is dressing up as a
crazy cat lady and wanted her little brother [to be] a cat lol

Happy Halloween!

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Costumes !!!

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I was going to save this post for closer to Halloween, but I got it done early, and the Halloween costume selling window is coming to a close.  Below are *some* of my costume sales for this Halloween season, excluding accessories, Halloween themed clothing, décor, etc. 
 
Costumes are one of my very favorite things to sell!
  

Alligator Costume
Paid: $0.50, Sold: $17.95

Policeman Baby Costume
Paid: $2ish @ OUAC, Sold: $19.95

Old Navy Dragon Costume
Paid: $1 @ ys, Sold: $17.95

Old Navy Lion Costume
Paid:  $7 @ consignment sale, Sold: $34.95
Old Navy Pirate Costume
Paid: $12 @ consignment store, Sold: $39.95
Old Navy Baby Cheeseburger Costume
Paid: $5 @ OUAC, Sold: $49.95
Carter’s Fireman Costume
Paid: $2 @ ys, Sold: $24.95
Baby Gap Black Cat Costume
Paid: $2ish @ ys, Sold: $24.95
Tom Arma Beaver Costume
Paid: $5 @ ys, Best Offer Accepted: $40
Thomas the Tank Engine costume lot
Paid: approx. $5 @ ys/VV, Best Offer Accepted: $44
Minnie Mouse Costume
Paid: $5ish Halloween clearance last year, Best Offer Accepted: $22

Mike Wazowski Candy Catcher Costume
Paid: $3 @ ys, Sold: $29.95



Wall-E Candy Catcher Costume
Paid: $2 @ consignment sale, Sold: $34.95



Eeyore Disney Store Costume
Paid: $7 @ consignment sale, Sold: $39.95

Dopey Dwarf Baby Costume
Paid: $6.50 @ consignment store, Sold: $49.95
Rex Adult Costume
Paid: $5 @ ys, Best Offer Accepted: $80
Adult Tigger Costume
Paid: $9 @ consignment sale, Sold: $79.95



Adult Talking Winnie the Pooh Costume
Paid: $15 @ ys, Sold: $97.95

I ♥ costumes!

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I sold a bunch of costumes and other Halloween accessories over the past few months.  Here is a list of some of what I sold.  I will include how much I paid and was paid when I can remember.  I am trying to do this kind of quickly – but even uploading all the photos took a long time.  This is not a comprehensive list.

TCP Dragon Costume
Paid $2? @ YS
Sold $17.95 – shipping
Captain America Baby Costume
Paid $1ish @ YS
Sold $19.95 – shipping (I think)
Mickey Mouse Plush Hand Gloves
Paid $3 @ YS
Sold $29.95 – shipping
R2D2 Toddler Hat
Paid $0.74 @ VV
Sold $12.50 – shipping
Buzz Lightyear Ray Gun (with sound and lights)
Paid $2.50ish at Value Village?
Sold $22.95 – shipping
Ruby Red Slippers
Paid $1 @ Mother Goose
Sold $11.95 – shipping
Spiderweb Converse Shoes
Paid $6.99 @ GW
Sold $39.95 – shipping
Old Navy Spider Hat
Paid $0.50 @ YS
Sold $9.95 – shipping
NWT Halloween Vest
Paid $1 @ yard sale
Sold $12.50 + shipping
NWT 3 Halloween Turtlenecks
Paid $3 @ Estate Sale
Sold $23.95 – shipping
NWT OshKosh Engineer Overalls
Paid $1 @ YS
Sold $17.50 – shipping (I think)
Children’s Place Hat
Paid ?
Sold $8.95 – shipping
Mickey Pirate Shirt
Paid less than $1 @ Target clearance
Sold $8.75 – shipping
3 sets of Shrek ears
Paid $1.49? @ VV
Sold $12.50 – shipping
Great Pumpkin baby shirt
Paid less than $1 @ Target clearance
Sold $8.50 – shipping
Pirate Costume
Paid ? last year during Target clearance
Was “bought” but I never received payment
Butterfly Ballerina TuTu
Paid $1? @ YS
Sold $19.95 – shipping
Mickey Mouse Costume (my youngest wore last year)
Paid $5ish @ Mother Goose Consignment
Sold $27.95 – shipping
Old Navy Pirate Costume
Paid $4ish @ VV
Sold $44.95 – shipping
Lil Stinker Skunk Costume (my youngest also wore last year)
Paid $3ish? @ consignment sale
Sold $19.95 – shipping
Ralph Lauren Orange Pants
Paid $1 @ YS
Sold $13.95 – shipping
OshKosh Engineer Overalls
Paid $0.50? @ YS
Sold $13.95 – shipping
Toddler Candy Corn Costume
Paid $4ish @ VV
Sold $29.95 – shipping
Toddler Faux Leather Jacket
Paid $1 @ YS
Sold $19.95 – shipping
Old Navy Bat Costume
Paid $8 @ Fall Consignment Sale
Sold $39.95 – shipping
Mater Costume
Paid $4ish @ VV
Sold $29.95 – shipping
Dumbo Plush Costume
Paid $5 @ Fall Consignment Sale
Sold $34.95 – shipping
Blues Clues Plush Costume
Paid $6.99 @ GW
Sold $34.95 – shipping
Baby Gap Bee Costume
Paid $2.50 @ Goodwill
Sold $21.95 – shipping
Adult Angel Costume
Paid $2? @ yard sale
Sold $17.95 – shipping

I actually had at least 5 more costumes that I sold this year, but bought last year.  The photos are on my other computer so I don’t have access to them right now.  The costumes and Halloween gear kept me busy – but I love it!  Definitely one of my favorite things to buy and sell.

BOLO – Tom Arma Baby Costumes

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I am working on getting the last of my Halloween costumes listed today, and came across some Tom Arma costumes while doing pricing research.  Some of you may recognize them – we own some board books featuring these costumes.  They can fetch a pretty penny!  Check out completeds HERE.

Poshmark Progress

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I remember posting about joining Poshmark once upon a time … I just looked and it was all the way back in June! I am still listing and selling there, but it can be so slow. I just took a look at my stats, and since I started selling in June I have sold 92 things. Which isn’t nothing … but when you think about it, and how many days I have been active on PM … it really isn’t a lot.

Listing on PM takes almost no time because I cross-post from eBay. I usually need to square my photos (I use Pixlr, it works great) and from there it is just cut and paste. Lickety split.

Fun fact: almost 1/3 of the sales I have made on PM have been costumes. I bought a LOT after Halloween last year and immediately cross-posted them all, which has paid off.

I became a Posh Ambassador a few months back. I actually had all of the requirements in place to earn that status several months before with the exception of having actually made a PM purchase myself.

(Actually, randomly, I did make a PM purchase shortly after joining and the package was lost by the USPS! I never got it. I waited a couple weeks hoping to receive the package, but no dice. When I let PM know I had never received the package (as verified by the tracking) my money was promptly refunded.)

Fast forward several months I made a second purchase which did actually arrive, I left a love note, and voila! Posh Ambassador. I’m not sure if it actually affects my sales at all, but it definitely affects my number of followers. I get many, many more followers now than I did previously.

Since the beginning of the year I have been keeping track of my number of listings and followers, mostly as a curiosity to see how it progresses.

February 1, 2019 and March 1, 2019 stats

April 1, 2019 and May 1, 2019 stats

I try to be active on PM every day. Most days I create three new listings.

I share to parties as appropriate. I share my own listings and follow and share the listings of others. I try to do this every day, but I also try to only do this in chunks of time that I wouldn’t be doing anything else. (For example, my five minute walk from my car in to work, my breaks at work, riding in the car when my husband is driving.) I try not to let PM sharing invade my real life or online working hours because if I let it, it could TAKE OVER!

I would really like to get to the point where I could consistently have one PM sale every day. That doesn’t seem like too much to ask, does it? I would be happy to take any advice from those who also sell on PM. What have you done to help increase your own sales? Please share!

First Rummage Sale of the season!

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Today is an inservice day for my boys, so my youngest and I were out running errands first thing and drove by a sign for a rummage sale. I am glad we were out and about because this is a fundraiser for a local MOPS group and I make a point of going every year. In the past it has been in May though, so if I hadn’t stumbled across it I would have totally missed it.

As soon as I saw the sign I took the corner to head to the sale, then realized it was just after 8 a.m. and the sale didn’t start until 9 a.m. We finished our errands and got back to the sale just before the doors opened. We did a really quick in and out because I had groceries that needed to get home and into the fridge. So if you’ve ever wondered what it is I look for at a yard sale – this is it!

This is what I found ~

Plush:
Jellycat pink bunny lovey
Simply Lavender by Partylite lamb with scent pack
3 Caltoy plush bird puppets
NWT Taco Toons plush
Fine Toy brown bunny plush
Serta sheep
Carter’s brown musical dog
Packers plush lovey
Folkmanis Jack-in-the-Box puppet

Baby blankets:
NWT Disney Baby green Pooh blanket
NWT Mini Muffin sheep blanket

Costumes:
NWT Carter’s dinosaur costume (24 mo)
Flash costume + mask (toddler)
Old Navy lion costume (6-12 months)

Media:
NIV Audio Bible (on CD)
NEW Anatomy Flash Cards
Happiest Baby on the Block DVD
NEW Leap Frog Let’s Go to School DVD
NEW Best of Musikladen Classic Rock DVD
4 Beatles DVDs (2 still sealed)
NEW Paul McCartney Wingspan DVD

Clothes:
1 pair pajamas
2 sleep sacks

Because of the groceries in the car I didn’t spend any time looking up items, I just grabbed whatever caught my eye. There are a few duds (some of the DVDs specifically), but overall I think I did pretty well.

For the last few years they have run this rummage sale as “make an offer” which I really, really don’t like. I know it’s less work for them, but I’d rather just know what they want for things. As a result I always end up spending way more than I would at any other yard sale, but … whatever. It’s for a good cause. I offered them for $30 for everything above and they were super happy with that, they even threw in a couple extra things for my son. It’s more than I probably would have spent elsewhere, but I will have no problems making my money back and then some, so it’s all good.

This was my first rummage or yard sale of the season. The weather is finally starting to come around, I am looking forward to finding more treasures. Have yard sales started where you are? Any exciting finds yet this year?

Favorite Flips Friday, Costume Edition

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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!

Favorite Flips Friday, 4/14/17

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Here are a few of my sales from the past couple weeks.

As always, I love to sell loveys!

Baby Gund Sprinkles lovey set
Paid: $2.99 @ VV, Sold: $34.95 (8 days after listed)

I thought this pig was super cute.


People Pals Pig Plush
Paid: $2.99 @ GW, Sold: $24.95 (a month after listed)


Circo Chevron Elephant Blanket
Paid: $1.79 @ VV, Sold: $29.95 (one month after listed)


Cutie Pie Truck Blanket
Paid: $2.99 @ VV, Sold: $29.95 (listed since June, 2016)

I really liked the design of the blanket below!


Circo Cloud Blanket
Paid: $2.09 @ VV, Sold: $29.95 (two weeks after listed)

I still sell costumes fairly consistently.


Kaos Skylanders Costume
Paid: $1.99 @ Wal-Mart, Sold: $24.95 (listed since 2015)


Katana Suicide Squad Costume
Paid: $2.49 @ Walmart, Sold: $29.95 (listed since December, 2016)

And clothes.  Never my favorite, but still a consistent addition to the bottom line.

I really liked the dress below.  I was hoping it would sell high, but no such luck.  I sold a motorcycle dress of the same style last month for more, and a bit faster.


Chevrolet Wrap Dress
Paid: $2 @ VV, BO Accepted: $20 (sold two months after listed)


Cherokee 5X Scrubs Lot
Paid: $6 @ VV, Sold: $29.95 (8 days after listed)

A couple s-l-o-w sales


Kristen Blake Green Coat
Paid: $2 @ VV, Sold: $34.95 (a year after listed)


London Fog Coat
Paid: $2 @ VV, Sold: $34.95 (a year after listed)


St. John Brown Pants
Paid: $2 @ VV, Sold: $33 (on 7 day auction)

I love these hats.  I bought about 15 of them last year (in both tan and blue).  I paid 75¢ each, and have sold them for $19.95 each.  The tan ones sold quickly.  I’ve sold three of the blue hats in the last couple weeks, and only have one left.

NWT Columbia Blue Olympics Cap
Paid: $0.75, Sold: $19.95

And a couple random sales.

The Lego figures below were in a bag I picked up at a thrift.
I gave some of the Legos to my boys, and sold these.


Series 3 Lego Figures
Paid: $2.44 @ VV, Sold: $24.95 (5 days after listed)

These were listed for-ev-er!

  
NEW 6 packages 3.5″ x 5″ photo album pages
Paid: $5.94 @ VV, Best Offer Accepted: $35.00 (listed since 2015)

As you can see, not everything I sell is a quick flip.  I’d rather not hang on to things indefinitely, but it does seem like everything will sell . . . eventually.