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Added on 10/05/06 by Betsy

The childlike joy of Christmas has returned to my soul. For beginning in late September, a certain sanity flies south for the winter and insane parents world wide begin their search.

They are on a quest to find the one perfect toy that will turn their grumpy overstilmulated goldfish poppin munchkin into an appreciative, faithful youngster.

Some toys you can just run down to Toys R Us and buy off the shelf no problemo, but what if you want the Little Tikes Activity Garden Mason is so in love with at day care or the vintage Little People Airplane at Grandma's house your kid has a fit over when it's time to leave.

That's where people like me come in. You may think people who live for garage sales, church bazaars and going out of business sales are freaks, but keep in mind I am lining up at 5 in the morning outside St. Margaret Mary so your little girl can have the Eden My First Bear she lost replaced or so you can satitate your secret Cabbage Patch obsession.

Yes to the legions of Goodwill Dr. Feelgoods this is the best time of the year.

If you are buying some things to look out for. Toys toys toys, books are slowing down as school is into full swing and parental attention is shifting to all things big and plastic. Little Tikes is a great investment this time of year.

Anything that. . . (read post)

The Castle is Getting Crowded and Smelly

Added on 10/03/06 by Betsy

So the Elmo investment didn't pan out.

It was entirely the fault of my assistant, however since she is both unpaid and related to me I have to ignore that fact and move on.

So this is when being a seller gets speculative. I could return the TMXs at Toys R Us, relist them and chance paying Ebay fees on another item that did not sell, or I can sit on them hoping that the little third world toy making elves will develop carpal tunnel and be unable to fufill the desires of spoiled preschoolers who need a $100 giggle box- which by December 18th could be worth $225.

These are the issues that keep the Queen awake at night.

Seriously though the Elmos are depreciating somewhat, what was last week's $100 sure thing is now a $70 sale.

So I think I am going to sit on them.

This is the problem. I am also sitting on American Girl dolls, Groovy Girls, bins full of Legos, Lego Dacta Table, Tons of books, Build a Bears, Step 2 Kitchen pieces, Today's Kids Baby Gates and misc stuffed animals.

My castle is becoming a crowded place that smells like a resale shop.

Thank goodness all the Prada at Goodwill was fake today- because who needs the clutter.

Keep an eye on thesmithmall's crap this week I am in the mood to purge.

Like anyone with a psychological disorder my urges come and. . . (read post)

BREEDER SALE SPECTACULAR!

Added on 09/25/06 by Betsy

This weekend was the GREATEST GARAGE SALE OF ALL TIME. Alright, so I say that every weekend, but this weekend was a special one. TMOTTC (tri cities mothers of twins and triplets club) threw their annual fall clothing and toy resale event. These chicks may have weak pelvic floors, but they throw a serious sale. Their organizational techniques are unmatched. Dont mess with a chick who has developed a flow chart to get her laundry done.

So this is how a big sale works. A club like the good old TCMOTTC rents a space, these guys rent a stadium which is brilliant you already know by the location in the newspaper ad that this sale is going to be huge. Lesser local clubs for the explosively fertile actually get together and rent livestock and specialty county fair barns to house their sales. Nothing says quality, clean merchandise like ducking through 4H banners on your way to the breastpumps.

The idea behind these sales is to raise money for cash strapped mommies as well as the organization. In order to sell at the sale, you have to be a member. Unless you put your name on a waiting list, pass a phone interview and submit to an inperson interview and information session. I know this sounds like hell a work but I completed all 3 rounds and was granted the golden password to resale nirvana. My. . . (read post)

SOLD - Scuba DPVs, Bitty Babies, and Ebay Fees

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)