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eBay encounter

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My family is on a little vacation in California, and yesterday we ran into the State family at Disneyland.  (Which is actually kinda funny because although we had never met before, in real life we actually only live an hour apart.)  It’s a small world after all!  ♪ ♫ ♩

If you are not familiar with Nicole State, she has a popular eBay reselling Youtube channel called State’s Place.  Her main focus is women’s clothing.  I sometimes watch her haul videos while listing.  I’ve picked up a number of BOLO brands from the videos, as well as some great descriptor key words.  We operate our businesses pretty differently, but I appreciate her positivity.  And she and Joe were very nice in real life too!

Word of the Week: Peplum

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As an eBay seller, I am constantly learning new words.  Many (but not all) have to do with clothing – styles, fashions, designs.  I have never been mistaken for a fashionista, and I often feel out of my depth when it comes to descriptors.  One I came across this last week that I remember reading before (but it obviously hadn’t stuck with me) is PEPLUM.

Dictionary.com defines peplum as:
 [pep-luh]
1.a short full flounce or an extension of a garment below the waist,covering the hips.
2. a short skirt attached to a bodice or jacket.

Google images views peplum as:
A great descriptor!  Hopefully this time it sticks.

BOLO ~ Easter Blow Molds (and more!)

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Blow molds can be a great flip . . . if you’re willing to deal with all of the hassles that come along with them.  The biggest being that they’re so, well, big.  What a pain to ship.  And making sure that they work, and aren’t cracked in not immediately obvious ways, etc.  I will often eyeball them at yard sales (and even currently have a Christmas Mickey Mouse in my garage my boys talked me into keeping this last summer), but I’m not anxious to buy them to flip because it honestly seems like a lot of work.  But at some of these prices, maybe I will change my mind!  Check out some of the sold links below.

Easter Blow Molds
Christmas Blow Molds
Thanksgiving Blow Molds
Valentine’s Day Blow Molds
St Patrick’s Day Blow Molds
4th of July Blow Molds
Halloween Blow Molds

And of course a lot of these are currently out of season so could likely bring in even higher prices at different times of the year.  Flipping them locally, while maybe not as profitable, is always an option too.

I want to give a shout out to Money in the Garage because I am pretty sure his talk of flipping blow molds is what originally brought them to my attention several years ago.

Favorite Flips Friday, 3/30/18

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Here are a few of my better or faster flips from the past week.

Quacker Factory doesn’t sell as well for me as it used to, and I now pass it up at least as often as I buy it, but I had a good feeling about this one.


Quacker Factory 2X Shirt
Paid: $2 @ VV, Sold on sale: $22.95 (7 days after listed)


Old Navy Leather Skirt
Paid: $2 @ VV, Sold: $24.95 (8 days after listed)


BCBG Max Azria Leather Shirt
Paid: $2 @ VV, Sold: $29.95 (listed since Feb, 2018)


WHBM Rose Cold Shoulder Shirt
Paid $2 @ VV, Sold: $29.95 (7 days after listed)


NWT Banana Republic Wrap Dress
Paid: $2 @ VV, Sold: $29.95 (same day as listed)

Little Bedding Sports Mobile
Paid: $2.78 @ VV, BO Accepted: $25 (listed since Sept, 2017)


Little Miracles Plush Zebra
Paid: $2.39 @ VV, Sold: $29.95 (20 days after listed)

These two blankets are the same brand and are a very similar pattern.  The same buyer purchased both.


Paid: $2.59, Sold: $59.90 (total)
Listed for 11 days and 9 months respectively

I have sold a stencil set like this once before.  This one sold for less because it had fewer stencils than other I sold.

Tupperware Tuppertoys Stencils Set
Paid: $0.50 @ rummage sale, Sold on sale: $22.95 (14 days after listed)


Creative Memories storage tote
Paid: $1 @ ys, BO Accepted: $25 (listed since Nov, 2017)

This was actually a 4 volume set, and I was only able to find 3 of them.  Which is a bummer, because I think if I had found the fourth I could have gotten almost twice as much.

Hebrew/Greek/English Bible Set
Paid: $3 @ rummage sale, Sold: $49.95 (17 days after listed)

And a few fun Easter sales.


Minnie Mouse Easter Plush
Paid: $1 @ rummage sale, Sold: $19.95 (18 days after listed)


Big Dan Dee Pink Plush Bunny
Paid: $2.39 @ VV, Sold: $29.95 (listed since Jan, 2018)

Finally!  I “sold” this bunny a few different times and the buyers never paid.  When it sold earlier this week I was quick to get it ready to mail, only to discover that it was sold via GSP and was going to Germany.  So, it won’t be there in time for Easter.

NWT BABW Hop Bunny Plush
Paid: $4.99 @ GW, BO Accepted: $34 (listed since Sept, 2016)

Did you have any fun sales this week, Easter or otherwise?  Please share!

Nickel & Diming ~ Postcards

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Here’s another item I’ve been nickel and diming into a profit.  Last summer I bought a couple bags of postcards at a thrift for a total of $5.58.  It was one of those purchases I knew in my brain I should pass up … but on the other hand, it kinda looked like fun.  I ended up divvying them up into about 30 different lots to list.  So far I have sold those shown above (as well as a lot of Howard Stern postcards that sold immediately that I no longer have a photo of).  I hadn’t realized before starting this post that almost all of the postcard lots that have already sold have been of musicians.  Interesting.  So far my profit has been around $70, and I still have 20+ active postcard listings.  Slow nickels, not ideal, and yet I did have fun sorting and listing them.  So I’ll still call it a win.

BOLO – Campaign For North Africa (Game)

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I am guessing this game just hit the radar of a bunch of eBayers because it was recently mentioned on an episode of The Big Bang Theory.  Sheldon refers to it as the longest board game ever (as in, it can take a couple months to play) AND that he purchased his copy on eBay.  So of course I had to look it up.  And yes, it’s a thing!  A rare one at that.  Check out completeds HERE.

Favorite Flips Friday, 3/23/18

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Here are some of my faster or better flips from the past week.

Apparently people are already starting to think swim suits.  I have sold several recently.


Swim 365 2-Pc Suit, Size 24
Paid: $2 @ VV, Sold: $22.95 (16 days after listed)

I will buy pretty much any sweater that is 100% cashmere if it is in good condition, regardless of the brand.  They always seem to sell fairly quickly for $20+.

Lark & Ro Purple Cashmere Sweater
Paid: $2 @ VV, Sold on sale: $21.21 (27 days after listed)

I have kind of a love/hate relationship with David’s Bridal dresses.  I love buying them, they can be so pretty!  I hate that they are rarely a fast flip.

David’s Bridal Dress
Paid: $2 @ VV, Sold on sale: $32.15 (listed since June, 2017)

Circo Blue Whale Blanket
Paid: $2.39 @ VV, Sold: $25.95 (12 hours after listed)

VTG Francesca Le Mutt Plush Dog
Paid: $2 @ rummage sale, Sold on sale: $39.51 (11 days after listed)


Robots Game
Paid: $3.99 @ GW, BO Accepted: $30.15 (listed since February, 2016)

I have the best postal carrier!

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My regular postal carrier is the best.  She always comes to my door with a smile on her face, never complains about my pile of packages, and scans them all for me immediately.  On Wednesdays I volunteer in my 6yo’s classroom, and after I hurry home to make it back in time before my postal carrier arrives.  Yesterday I returned home to find a post-it note on my door letting me know I had missed her.  Darn it!  Not the end of the world, but disappointing.  I have a PO that is only a couple miles away, but because of where it is situated it takes at least 20 minutes to get there, drop off, and get back home.  Between a conference at my boys’ school in the afternoon and theater tickets in the evening (I got to see Hamilton! So good!!) and a dozen other things I wanted to cross off my to do list, I felt like I was running really short on time.  I toyed with the idea of waiting to drop off my packages when I drove by the PO later in the day on the way to pick up my friend for the play.  But, I wouldn’t be driving by the PO until about 45 minutes after the last pick-up time of the day, meaning my packages would be delayed a day.  So, I loaded all of my packages into a big tote and was heading out the door to pick up my boys from school and make our way to the PO when my postal carrier arrived.  She came back!!!  She finished her route and doubled back to pick up my packages.  SO. Darn. Nice.  I thanked her at least a half dozen times.  She is the best.

I always buy her gift cards at Christmastime, but lately I have been wanting to do more, and this was the cherry on top.  Do you do any random nice things for your postal carrier(s)?  What do you do?  Please share!