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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.

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.

Favorite Flips Friday, 3/17/17

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I missed last week, so here are some of my favorite sales from the past two weeks.

Isn’t this bear random?  The only reason it even caught my eye is that it was still NWT.  I looked it up, and was surprised to find that there were none currently listed, and the couple that had been listed recently both sold.

NWT Nanco 19″ Teddy Bear Donut Plush
Paid: $1.99 @ GW, Sold: $24.95 (8 days after listed)

A new Goodwill opened across town recently, and I had just a few minutes between my boys’ basketball games one Saturday last month, so we stopped in quickly.  We found a bunch of NWT Disney Store plush that had been purchased in Japan (the prices were listed in yen).  The three characters below are all connected.

Donald, Pluto, Goofy Plush
Paid: $2.99 @ GW, Sold: $29.95 (sold month after listed)

Clothes are never my favorite, but a few days ago my phone briefly went crazy.  Someone purchased all four of the below items all at once.  I wish that happened more often!

 

NWT Black Gap Skinny Jeans
NWOT Cabi Linen Pants
NWT Ann Taylor Pants
Ann Taylor Skirt
Paid: $8 @ VV, Sold: $91.80

I’m still selling costumes every month.


Darth Vader Women’s Costume
Paid: $2.99 @ Walmart, Sold: $29.95 (listed since January, 2017)

I had this set of Sesame Street books listed for several months.  I ended the listing, did “sell as similar” adding Best Offer, and they sold a few days later at full price.  I actually have another identical set in my office I now need to get listed.

The Sesame Street Library
Paid: around $10? @ ys, Sold: $59.95 (listed since September, 2016)

Same with this one.  It had been listed for months, I ended the listing and used “sell similar” and added Best Offer.  It sold the next day for full price.

Medium Flat Rate Box of Bottle Caps
Sold: $39.95 (listed since September, 2016)

 
Cutie Pie Cars Blanket
Paid: $1.79 @ VV, Sold: $29.95 (less than a month later)

I paid more for this blanket that I generally prefer (and thought about leaving it until an upcoming 50% off day), but decided after looking at completeds that it looked like a good bet.  And it was.  (Little Miracles is a Costco brand, and one of my favorites to resell.)


Little Miracles Monkey Blanket
Paid: $3.99 @ VV, Sold: $34.95 (day after listed)

This horse was stuffed in a bag with several other plush.  I could see the Folkmanis tag, but other than that I could just see black, I couldn’t even tell what it was.  Turned out to be a good gamble.


Folkmanis Black Horse Puppet
Paid: $1.59 @ VV, Sold: $29.95 (day after listed)

If you’ve had a fun recent sale you would like to share, I would love to hear about it!

Favorite 5+ Friday, 2/17/17

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Here are some of my favorite sales of the past week.

I feel like I have to include clothing in this list because it is something I sell regularly, although it’s not my *favorite* thing to sell.  I thought this jacket was really cute though, great for spring or Easter.

Ann Taylor LOFT jacket
Paid: $2 @ VV, Sold: $24.95 (listed since Dec)

Build a Bear can still be one of my weaknesses.  I love picking up the outfits, but they’re often not worth the amount of time I put into listing them.  This is probably my best BABW sale recently.

Build-A-Bear Merida (Brave) Outfit
Paid: $3 @ ys, Sold: $24.95 (listed since June)

I was super excited about these when I picked them up!  I couldn’t believe someone was selling their P&P collection, obviously some effort was spent in collecting them and all the books looked/felt new.  I knew it wouldn’t be a super fast flip, but I hope the person who receives them loves them!

Pride & Prejudice PBK Book Lot
Paid: $3 total @ ys, Sold: $34.95 (listed since June)

Costumes sell all year long!

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

This sale is most notable because someone from Germany purchased it.  I shipped it directly to him, not via GSP, but shipping was still pretty spendy.

NWT Puma Plush
Paid: $3.99 @ GW, Sold: $34.95 + international shipping (listed since Dec)

The last two items I listed two days ago, and both sold within hours!


Folkmanis Llama Puppet
Paid: $3.59 @ VV, Sold: $34.95 (less than 2 hours later)

And the frog below currently has a 100% sell-through rate, which is kinda crazy.  I listed it Wed night, it had sold by Thurs morning.  Check out completeds here.


Natural Wonders Big Frog Plush
Paid: $2.69 @ VV, Sold: $39.95 (morning after listed)

I’d love to hear about your favorite sale(s) of the week!