I am sharing exactly what to look for at thrift
stores and garage sales to sell on eBay.
You can make a living doing this!
I have for over 4 years now!
Have fun looking around.
Nothing is held back!
eBay Facts At-A-Glance
As at April 2007
Sometimes people will email me saying that eBay is flooded with too many items or too many sellers. I have to say - more and more people are starting to sell on eBay. BUT there are SO many more buyers that is really doesn't matter! If you have a hard to find item like the ones I talk about on this blog, then you won't have all that much competition!
eBay Global Sales
• eBay users worldwide trade more than US$1,820 worth of goods on the site every second.
• At any given time, there are approximately 104 million listings worldwide.
• Approximately 6.5 million listings are added per day.
• There are 233 million registered eBay members worldwide
• 82.9 million people were active users on eBay marketplaces in Q1 2007.
• Whilst eBay may be better known for its auction format, fixed price merchandise accounted for over 1/3 of total sales on eBay (more than 39%) in Q1 2007.
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Seeing that Christmas is getting closer and closer by the day (only 35 days left!) - I am going to continue to focus on those items that are holiday themed!
If you haven't heard about the Toonerville Trolley Christmas Ornaments, you are going to be shocked! While these are pretty rare, I have seen one in person and if you are lucky enough to find one at a thrift store or garage sale, it will be a nice addition to your holiday cash!
First a little background on Toonerville (thanks Wiki!):
Toonerville Folks (sometimes known as Toonerville Trolley) was a popular newspaper cartoon feature by Fontaine Fox, syndicated from 1908 to 1955.
The single-panel gag cartoon was a daily look at Toonerville, situated in what are now called the suburbs. Central to the strip was the rickety little trolley called the "Toonerville Trolley that met all the trains," driven in a frenzy by the grizzly old Skipper to meet each commuter train as it arrived in town. A few of the many richly-formed characters included The Terrible-Tempered Mr. Bang, The Powerful Katrinka, Little Woo-Woo Wortle, Aunt Eppie Hogg and Mickey McGuire, the town bully.
Here's a picture of an ornament - it recently sold for
$650 on eBay:
These are from the 1920's which makes them so rare.
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John Deere may not be the first thing you think of when it comes to Christmas Ornaments...but there are some very serious collectors out there!!!
The collection started in 1996 and the ones from 1998 till now are bringing maybe $20-$60...the first 2 (1996 & 1997) will bring in the MOST!
1997 has been selling consistently between
$175-$350.
1996 is by far the most sought after, since it is the first in the series! It recently sold for
$1000 and $1300!
Prices will continue to rise the closer we get to Christmas! These are worth keeping your eye out for!
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Here is a fun fact about eBay!
One of the larger items sold was a World War II submarine, sold by a small town in New England that decided it did not need the historical relic anymore.
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Don’t Make This Mistake When Listing Toys on eBay This Christmas!
Since you know what the hot sellers are long before they sell out – thanks to the
Holiday Toy Guide – you sometimes get a chance to grab quite a few of the same hot item at once. (This did happen last year for me personally when I managed to scrounge up over
60 of a certain "Littlest Pet Shop" toy that made me over $1200 in 2 weeks!) One of the biggest mistakes you could make is to list all 60 of them at once! Let’s look at an example.
If you scored on a bunch of a particular hot item, after you jump up and down in the toy aisle, gather yourself and rush home to get your money factory started! You don’t want to list them all at the same time. You will spread your bidders out between your listings and your ending price won’t be as high. Less availability means higher profits. Instead, list them one at a time, and re-list as soon as an auction closes (I mean within seconds!!!). It is great to have the next one start immediately after the one that ended, because that buyer that "lost" will see the other items available from you - and see his prize toy right then! I love getting my hands on several identical items. Since I only have to take the picture once and create the listing once, it saves me lots of time when I can hit that “re-list” button. That of course means that I can go out there and shop some more.
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With turkey day right around the corner - you might want to be looking for some turkey inspired items.
My favorite on my list is this set of dishes. They are porcelain and feature a turkey on each one at a different angle.
This set sold for $1950!
It is a flow blue Labelle set.
Apparently they are extremely collectible!
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Now is the week to scoop up some Halloween costumes for super cheap! It will be common to find costumes for as little as $5 or even less! Stores want that Halloween stuff out of there so they can make room for Thanksgiving and Christmas items!
Check your local stores like Wal-Mart, KMart, Big Lots, Target, CVS, Walgreens etc.
Most of these stores will drastically reduce the costumes up to 90% off till they are all gone! Choose classic characters that will not go out of style like: Witch, Dracula, Sponge Bob, Spiderman, Princesses. Make sure you check that all the pieces of the costume are there. These have been on the shelves for weeks, and probably have been pulled on, tried on or whatever.
Now you have 2 options - you can sell them as "dress up" or pretend clothes around Christmas time, or you can store them and sell them next Halloween.
I have always held on to mine until the following year. You will have a great Halloween selection that you can start selling beginning October 08.
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