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| Elmo TMX- how to find and sell yours for mad cash
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| Added on 09/30/06 by
betsy
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So this week's sale of the century wasn't at a garage or warehouse honey. It was at Toys R Us.
Last week I recalled all I had gotten my niece for her birthday was some previously nibbled play food, and since she was standing on the driveway i bought it from- it wasnt actually a surprise.
So out of guilt I went where the Queen rarely goes, somewhere where new in box is an expectation not a bonus. Yup Toys R Us, walkin around the joint I realized how I make such mad cash. Toys are pricey plastic!
While I was wandering around the store I stopped in front of the Elmo display- my niece loves Elmo. Of course there was a giant blank space where there ought to be floor to ceiling Tickle Me Elmo TMX dolls. I had seen a segment on Good Morning America about how these were selling out and my sister had looked up the completeds and told me they were worth $80-$100. Toys R Us is selling them for $39.99.
Now I know to the rest of the world a 100% mark up is unheard of in most things legal, but to the Queen its not all that impressive.
As I was standing there a store person walked by and I asked if by chance they had any Elmos in the back, since what the hell I'm standing there and I have$ 80 bucks burning a hole in my pocket. The dude looked genuinely apologetic and went into this long spiel about how it was so sad that the children who wanted Elmos were unable to have them -like TMX Elmo's are Flintstones vitamins or something. Then he volunteered that he was getting shipment on Wednesday morning and hopefully there would be some Elmos on the truck but he honestly didnt know for sure.
I reassured him that I had an entire posse of Elmo deprived toddlers at home (those damn quads are so demanding) and that I would be sure to be in bright and early on Wednesday. I then asked where they would be and would there be a line. He assured me that the fabulous TMX was much to precious for floor space and they would be safely tucked behind the service desk. I thanked him and added that he had ensured the Quads faith in Santa for one more precious year- this made him blush. You can call Wed. morning if you like just to make sure we got some he said.
Your Queen knows better than that. People if you have a hot lead you have to follow it up with foot work. Rule #1 of Ebay selling Get your ass out there and dont be afraid to look desperate and destitute.
If you drive a BMW, then buy a garage saleing GMC and park the skanky hunk in the garage if you are afraid of what the neighbors think- sometime I will describe my hunka junka but back to Elmo.
So of course Wednesday morn rolls around and my kids wake up vomiting with fever. Thats where hunka junka car comes in- you can toss your vomiting offspring and take subdivision curves at 40 miles an hour and you don't have to worry about messing up the upholstery.
I pick up my sister/apprentice and we arrive at 957, and TRU opens at 1000- now normally i would be there at 4 in the morning however the vomit team slowed me down a bit. My tardy arrival didnt seem to mean much since there were only about 7 other Ebay freaks outside waiting. My sister went in first and got 2, then i went in. There was a teenager at the door handing out fliers- each good for one Elmo.
Unfortunately there was a store limit of 2 and I opted not to start my nagging quad story since judging by the other buyers she had heard the same story. There they were a mad tower of red fuzzy battery operated cash. The chick in front of me was slowing the flow with a run of the mill store return- oh the nonselling public is such a bother.
While I was standing there the phone didn't stop ringing "Got Elmos" they were asking sitting in their jammies-"no" the store clerks said they will probably be gone within the next 15 minutes. Ha! i thought your lazy ass will have to buy one from me off Ebay. People must not remember the store raffles, scavenger hunts and Kmart cafeteria BINGO of the Cabbage Patch 80s- you just have to get your body in there if you want one and stand in line- at least if you want to pay retail. So I got my Elmos and we jetted off in Slowski- my garage salein beast.
I let my sister list them and I gave her the same pricing advice i am going to give you. Check the completed listing and see what they are selling for then sell yours for just a few dollars lower. So according to Vicky sister/assistant's research if sold as a lot of 2 Elmo's the auctions were ending for around 199- so i told her to sell ours 2 sets of 2 for 195.00 buy it now 197.99.
Ya gotta look out for the mommies of quads who need 4 and put ability to combine shipping in the listing as well-I advised. However I forgot some of the most important advice! IF YOU ARE SELLING SOME MUST HAVE IT NEW CANT FIND IT TOY MAKE IT A ONE DAY AUCTION for the third world is busting their starving asses to supply our gluttonous souls with more Elmos.
Vicky listed on Thurs as a three day ending on Saturday afternoon- a pretty dead time on Ebay also you dont get the same feeling of emergency you do if the auction is one day. And of course the most important thing- GO ON COMPLETED AUCTIONS AND FIND THE ENDED AUCTION THAT WAS MOST SUCCESSFUL AND COPY THEIR TITLE WORDS- my sister put us at a disadvantage by listing as- Elmo TMX lot of two-when most people would put the number 2 in their search not the whole word two- also tmx is T.M.X. as well as 10th or tenth anniversary- also using the word "of" is just fluff filling and you only get so many characters so you have to make them work for you. See what i'm saying PEOPLE CAN ONLY BUY WHAT THEY CAN FIND!
Oh well thats why she is the apprentice and not the QUEEN!
P.S Im still waiting for the fertility goddesses to send me my check will keep you posted.
Tags: Elmo TMX  , Elmo T.M.X , Tickle Me Elmo |
6 Comments
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Is it me, or does "Elmo TMX" sound kind of gangsta, like he should be taking his shizzle to the sesamizzle? If he starts rapping the intro to Elmo's world, I'm so canceling my donation to PBS. |
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Posted by: Dave at:
1:19am 10/01/2006 |
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Betsy, are you telling us that the V-Job may not have taken?
Seriously, I actually talked to my husband about investing the grocery money in a couple of Elmos. We decided it was better to eat this week. He agreed with you: 100rofit margin isn't all that impressive on eBay. |
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Posted by: mamaloo, the doula
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10:36am 10/01/2006 |
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You can also find an Elmo TMX at http://www.getyourelmotmx.com |
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Posted by: Michael at:
2:16pm 10/01/2006 |
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c260t
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Posted by: ma337zda
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4:18am 04/28/2008 |
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from the jaws of death,
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Posted by: Raymond
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8:27am 05/30/2008 |
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Very good site! juyhdsflad
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Posted by: Hyadnfksdgfnmm
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5:19am 06/28/2008 |
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