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| Sweet Day At Goodwill
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Added on 12/01/06 by Betsy
I hope all resellers are out there in the streets hitting the resale shops hard this week, from mid-November through the end of the year is the best time to pick up stuff at Goodwills & Salvation Armys.
Mommies look at play rooms and think- Santa is bringing more must purge.... and out go last year's toys.
The holiday spirit of giving stuff also lends itself to the influx of cool stuff.
And of course you have to donate by December 31st to get a tax deduction for the '06 tax year.
So saddle up little buckeroos and get out there!
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| Selling Cabbage Patch Kids - Ebay Value
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Added on 11/02/06 by Betsy
Every child of the 80s has fond memories of Christmas morning 1984 when under the tree was a Cabbage Patch for every boy and girl. Mom watched us with tears welling in her one good eye- the other blackened from the beat down she took unable to defend herself both arms wrapped tightly around your "Angela Marie" at the bottom of a pile of mommies in the Kmart toy aisle.
Ahhhhh memories.
Today mommy wouldn't have had to take the beat down.
She could have just spent 850 dollars on Ebay and bought one with your first name and eye color to boot.
So 20 years later, what is a Cabbage Patch really worth.
Well that depends.
Back in the 70's Mr. Roberts took a fascintation with used women's undergarments and built an empire.
His initial dolls were sold at craft shows and were 100% pantyhose nylon.
These early dolls were produced from 1978-1983. I was lucky to find a pair of these early uglies. I thought I had struck Goodwill gold.
How much do you think they sold for?
After listing them 3 times they at last sold for around 80 each. A good return on 59 cents, but not retire to a beach in Boca good.
Babyland General (yes it is a real joint you can visit on your next white trash road trip right after graceland) still makes these soft-sculptured dolls and sell them for $180-upwards of. . . (read post) |
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| Elmo TMX Prices Increase Time to Cash Out!
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Added on 10/24/06 by Betsy
Several weeks ago I wrote the world about my sweet Elmo score, then I was publicly humiliated when my coveted TMX prize went unsold in auction.
This week, resale fans, prices on the TMX are up, apparently the supply has not been replenished as the Toys R Us manager had predicted and now is a good time to sell if you have been holding onto your sesame street scrilla.
I put mine up last night for $194.99, buy it now $195.99 and they sold buy it now within 10 minutes. This is a nice increase from the $110 I attempted to sell them for weeks ago with no luck.
See you in line at Toys R Us at the break of dawn!
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| SOLD - Scuba DPVs, Bitty Babies, and Ebay Fees
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Added on 09/20/06 by Betsy
Buenos Dias from the resale queen, Betsy Smith- you may know me from my long run as star of Croncast, a podcast my husband forces me to do 3 times a week. Kris- thats the other half of Croncast and my man of la mancha had the brilliant idea of building this nifty site for me.
I have been selling on Ebay for 6 years. That's 6 years of dumpster diving, Goodwill hunting and garage saleing.
Everybody thinks its nifty to buy something for 50 cents and sell it for 50 bucks, and Ebay has become the stay at home mommy home biz of the new millenium- kind of like catering and real estate was back in the 80s. While selling on Ebay is fairly straightforward, the difficult part is knowing what sells and for how much. This is where the hard work comes in. If you like to stay up until 1am bleary eyed reading completed Care Bear auctions in order of highest to lowest price- then join me compadre as we venture forth on the journey to turn garbage into gold.
As an added bonus Ebay has set up a system to allow click throughs to related auctions as well as links to become a member if there is anyone left on the planet who does not have an Ebay user ID. I will be adding keywords from my topic du jour which will bring links of Ebay merchandise auctions to this site, so please click. . . (read post) |
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| About me
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Added on 09/17/06 by Betsy
Everybody thinks its nifty to buy something for 50 cents and sell it for $50 bucks, and Ebay has become the stay at home mommy home biz of the new millenium- kind of like catering and real estate was back in the 80s.
While selling on Ebay is fairly straightforward, the difficult part is knowing what sells and for how much. This is where the hard work comes in. If you like to stay up until 1 a.m. bleary eyed reading completed Care Bear auctions in order of highest to lowest price- then join me compadre as we venture forth on the journey to turn garbage into gold.
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