Thrift Shop Pickups

[AlexHunter]

Originally Posted by daxwills

Not exactly. Let's say I just finished a motorcycle that 5K would net me a tidy profit on. It blue books for 6K. I list it for 6500 or 7K so that the buyer can beat me down and I meet them somewhere around 5500-6K. They think they're getting a great deal (it's not a bad deal mind you) and I make more than I would if I just listed it for what I actually wanted.

That is actually what usually happens when I raise a price. Someone makes an offer on it that was my original price or sometimes a bit higher or lower. But it’s weird how some items, even without watchers and only 5 views per day, will sell once raised versus lowered.


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[ajlaxmn]

Day would have been a bust were it not for this nice gem. Know nothing about the brand, it just had that vintage good quality might be worth something look about it, and sometimes that’s all you need to know.




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[callou2131]

Just grabbed a construx 6110 set over 1000 pieces still in the box for $2.50. Sorting and bagging the pieces now....

[txcarr85]

Originally Posted by ajlaxmn

Day would have been a bust were it not for this nice gem. Know nothing about the brand, it just had that vintage good quality might be worth something look about it, and sometimes that’s all you need to know.




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Holy moly I guess Rollei is the way to go with vintage cameras. I had never even heard of the brand.

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[Peties Army]

See if I can get a price quote

Have the chance to buy a new in box tony hawl LX T-mobile Sidekick. Cant find a comp for it anywhere.

Any one have an idea about sell price? I hve to think 250 is about right

[Peties Army]

Originally Posted by Peties Army

See if I can get a price quote

Have the chance to buy a new in box tony hawl LX T-mobile Sidekick. Cant find a comp for it anywhere.

Any one have an idea about sell price? I hve to think 250 is about right

I just got it offered to me for 100.

[AlexHunter]

Originally Posted by Peties Army

I just got it offered to me for 100.

Branded electronics and electronics new in box are two categories I love.

I’ve ~seen this, my buddy in high school had one. Looking at ~ANY sold NIB sidekicks, they all sell for over $100- with a couple Juicy Couture NIB sidekicks going for $350.

If you have a spare $100 lying around that you won’t miss and can sit on for ~possibly a year or two then I would buy it. There’s pretty much no way it goes down in value from your buy price.

It’s just up to you if you wanna have $100 sitting in your inventory for possibly a while. But honestly, I can’t find ANYTHING about it online, it seems to be one of those things that just doesn’t “exist” in the wild.

But all it takes is the 1 millennial who had it as a kid and now has a career and got nostalgic about seeing a new version of his first phone.


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[Peties Army]

Originally Posted by AlexHunter

Branded electronics and electronics new in box are two categories I love.

I’ve ~seen this, my buddy in high school had one. Looking at ~ANY sold NIB sidekicks, they all sell for over $100- with a couple Juicy Couture NIB sidekicks going for $350.

If you have a spare $100 lying around that you won’t miss and can sit on for ~possibly a year or two then I would buy it. There’s pretty much no way it goes down in value from your buy price.

It’s just up to you if you wanna have $100 sitting in your inventory for possibly a while. But honestly, I can’t find ANYTHING about it online, it seems to be one of those things that just doesn’t “exist” in the wild.

But all it takes is the 1 millennial who had it as a kid and now has a career and got nostalgic about seeing a new version of his first phone.


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Last I see is one sold for parts end of Jan.

I agree its going to sit

[nateyad]

Went to a couple small stores just for the heck of it last night. Was feeling pretty dumb as the first 2 stores I got 3 items lol. Then last store I get 10 items including 4 cashmere sweaters and a vintage marlboro disco looking shirt. Score!

[shrevecity]

Originally Posted by nateyad

Went to a couple small stores just for the heck of it last night. Was feeling pretty dumb as the first 2 stores I got 3 items lol. Then last store I get 10 items including 4 cashmere sweaters and a vintage marlboro disco looking shirt. Score!

Went to 6 garage sales and a thrift store today and bought nothing. Sometimes its just not there

[shanks25]

I hear you. Early on, I always thought I had to come away with something. Now, I think I'm ultra-conservative. I won't buy something unless I know I can make a very substantial profit. I think that's why thrift store prices have really turned me off lately. It seems prices go up every week. Went to a thrift store the other day and all t-shirts (we're talking the super ratty ones I wouldn't use as a rag) were $8.99. Just dumb.

Garage sales (well, some of them) are my favorite because, most of the time, people just want to get rid of stuff. Some are pretty hilarious with prices people ask. I can usually tell how it's going to be by looking at the price of one thing.

[shanks25]

Cal Ripken auto book - $2


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[nateyad]

Originally Posted by shanks25

Cal Ripken auto book - $2


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That's a dime a dozen man. Cal signs so many books nowadays it's crazy. Still cool to have one if you are a fan though.

[hhliving1101]

Originally Posted by nateyad

That's a dime a dozen man. Cal signs so many books nowadays it's crazy. Still cool to have one if you are a fan though.

That might be true But anytime you find a hofer auto for $2, isn't bad at all(esp. Someone as popular as Ripken, he also charges over $100 at shows these days)

It'll still sell for around $20....10x his investment.

[nateyad]

Originally Posted by hhliving1101

That might be true But anytime you find a hofer auto for $2, isn't bad at all(esp. Someone as popular as Ripken, he also charges over $100 at shows these days)

It'll still sell for around $20....10x his investment.

I don't even know what you are talking about man. You can literally go to one of his book signings and he will sign the book if you buy it lol. That's what I did. Plus it's a terrible investment. The sell through rate is terrible. That book might sit for a year for like an $8 profit. I would rather just keep it.

[callou2131]

Got my first neg in 20 years. My streak of luck has ended. Of course it was a guy with 4 feedback on a shirt I had listed for 16 and he emailed to ask if I would take 11, I did. The neg says "tight shirt. Ive never had an under armour shirt not fit right" never contacted me after he got it either. Gotta love new buyers.

[nateyad]

Originally Posted by callou2131

Got my first neg in 20 years. My streak of luck has ended. Of course it was a guy with 4 feedback on a shirt I had listed for 16 and he emailed to ask if I would take 11, I did. The neg says "tight shirt. Ive never had an under armour shirt not fit right" never contacted me after he got it either. Gotta love new buyers.

It's not only new buyers man so many of them are just absolutely clueless. I have a guy returning a pair of Adidas pants. They had no size tag so I literally wrote in the title see measurements, then in the item condition notes, "item is missing size tag see measurements," then in the description the exact measurements of everything. He sends me a message yesterday saying they don't fit and he wants to return them. I tell him no problem but can I ask why didn't you check the measurements I had them all in the listing. He says he just assumed they were a certain size. Then he opens a case as not as described. Guy has been on eBay for 6 years. Just hilarious how dumb some people are.

[dbackschamp2001]

Originally Posted by nateyad

I don't even know what you are talking about man. You can literally go to one of his book signings and he will sign the book if you buy it lol. That's what I did. Plus it's a terrible investment. The sell through rate is terrible. That book might sit for a year for like an $8 profit. I would rather just keep it.

How much does it cost to buy a book at his signings? $30-$40? Plus any cost to attend the signing (I've never seen Cal doing a signing anywhere near me). He also never said that he was selling it. $2 seems like a pretty good deal to me

[Cavaliercards]

Originally Posted by dbackschamp2001

How much does it cost to buy a book at his signings? $30-$40? Plus any cost to attend the signing (I've never seen Cal doing a signing anywhere near me). He also never said that he was selling it. $2 seems like a pretty good deal to me

He did one at a Books-A-Million place a few years back in DC area the Books were $5-10 as they were older editions that hadnt sold and the signing is free, like most book signings.

[shrevecity]

Originally Posted by hhliving1101

That might be true But anytime you find a hofer auto for $2, isn't bad at all(esp. Someone as popular as Ripken, he also charges over $100 at shows these days)

It'll still sell for around $20....10x his investment.

Funny how some are complaining about spending 2.00. 2.00 into 20.00 is an OK flip, its not a great one, but if you want to do this full time those are the ones that keep your money moving between the bigger flips. Books are easy to list and easy to store. I snag any signed books I find at reasonable price this would have been a buy for me all day long.. Profit is profit, even if you just clear 8.00 its not taking up any space or time to list 45 seconds to a minute at the most to list. You need a good mix of small profit longtail and fast flips to really do this. The fast flip big profit items are getting harder and harder to find on a regular basis so you need those longtail items to sell during the lean times.

[nateyad]

Originally Posted by dbackschamp2001

How much does it cost to buy a book at his signings? $30-$40? Plus any cost to attend the signing (I've never seen Cal doing a signing anywhere near me). He also never said that he was selling it. $2 seems like a pretty good deal to me

If you read what I said earlier, for a personal collection $2 I would buy and keep it all day. It cost about $10 for a book, plus I got to meet Cal and take a picture with him. Well worth the $10 for me.

Originally Posted by shrevecity

Funny how some are complaining about spending 2.00. 2.00 into 20.00 is an OK flip, its not a great one, but if you want to do this full time those are the ones that keep your money moving between the bigger flips. Books are easy to list and easy to store. I snag any signed books I find at reasonable price this would have been a buy for me all day long.. Profit is profit, even if you just clear 8.00 its not taking up any space or time to list 45 seconds to a minute at the most to list. You need a good mix of small profit longtail and fast flips to really do this. The fast flip big profit items are getting harder and harder to find on a regular basis so you need those longtail items to sell during the lean times.

I've literally never heard someone say a longtail low profit item is good. Honestly man that's just terrible advice. If you are going to make $8 on an item you want it to sell fast. Nothing wrong with longtail items either as long as you are making a way better profit than $8 or if you get a larger quantity of them. We are also not talking about a guaranteed sell. There are 230 current Cal Ripken signed books listed and in the past 3 months there are 30 sold. Absolutely horrendous sell through. You have to consider everything when buying an item for resale because at that sell through rate it may never sell. $2 is a very cheap lesson to learn something like this as I have spent $4-5 on shirts that I though would sell easy and still have them. I chalk it up as a lesson learned and sometimes sell them at break even or even lose a small amount.

[shrevecity]

Originally Posted by nateyad

If you read what I said earlier, for a personal collection $2 I would buy and keep it all day. It cost about $10 for a book, plus I got to meet Cal and take a picture with him. Well worth the $10 for me.



I've literally never heard someone say a longtail low profit item is good. Honestly man that's just terrible advice. If you are going to make $8 on an item you want it to sell fast. Nothing wrong with longtail items either as long as you are making a way better profit than $8 or if you get a larger quantity of them. We are also not talking about a guaranteed sell. There are 230 current Cal Ripken signed books listed and in the past 3 months there are 30 sold. Absolutely horrendous sell through. You have to consider everything when buying an item for resale because at that sell through rate it may never sell. $2 is a very cheap lesson to learn something like this as I have spent $4-5 on shirts that I though would sell easy and still have them. I chalk it up as a lesson learned and sometimes sell them at break even or even lose a small amount.

I have literally never heard anyone scared to make a profit. Profit is profit. There is no right or wrong answer. You also have to be willing to take a loss on things every once in a while. Getting some of your investment back is better than nothing at all. Overall I make more on the 8 to 15 dollar flips and sell them more consistently than the bigger value ones(and I have some that have been sitting for 12 months or more, again easy to list and store so list and forget it.). There is getting to be so much competition in my area you have to adjust. Even more Youtubers and Facebook groups are starting to say this. You have to adjust if you want to survive. I had a 300 dollar day yesterday with about 100 of it coming on 4 items that have been sitting for more than 8 months.


Again there is not a right or wrong way. What matters is making profit at the end of the day. For me the more I pay the faster I want it to sell. The low profit items are good listing fodder as it has been proven listing at least 5 items a day is a huge boost to overall sales. I know if I am listing daily my sales on everything go way up. If I skip 2 or 3 days of new listings my sales slide.

[nateyad]

Originally Posted by shrevecity

I have literally never heard anyone scared to make a profit. Profit is profit. There is no right or wrong answer. You also have to be willing to take a loss on things every once in a while. Getting some of your investment back is better than nothing at all. Sorry if that offends you. Overall I make more on the 8 to 15 dollar flips and sell them more consistently than the bigger value ones. There is getting to be so much competition in my area you have to adjust. Even more Youtubers and Facebook groups are starting to say this. You have to adjust if you want to survive.

Profit is profit, however you we are talking about an item with very little chance to sell within a year, if ever. There is a difference between $8-15 quick flip items and items with terrible sell through rates or oversaturated items. You can't just lump everything together. I watch Ralli Roots because to me they are the best at giving well rounded information. And they would never buy an item for it to sit for years to make $8. It's just bad business man. I just don't agree with you encouraging people to go out an buy items that may sit forever in the hopes that someone buys it a year later for such a small profit, especially if you are part time. But everyone is free to run their business as they see fit. From my personal experience I just would rather not waste my time sourcing and listing such low profit longtail items.

[shrevecity]

Originally Posted by nateyad

Profit is profit, however you we are talking about an item with very little chance to sell within a year, if ever. There is a difference between $8-15 quick flip items and items with terrible sell through rates or oversaturated items. You can't just lump everything together. I watch Ralli Roots because to me they are the best at giving well rounded information. And they would never buy an item for it to sit for years to make $8. It's just bad business man. I just don't agree with you encouraging people to go out an buy items that may sit forever in the hopes that someone buys it a year later for such a small profit, especially if you are part time. But everyone is free to run their business as they see fit. From my personal experience I just would rather not waste my time sourcing and listing such low profit longtail items.

Nobody goes out looking fir longtail items and no where did i encourage it. Learn to read l. Howevet sometimes you end up with them. I guess your phone has never messed you up? I have had many cases where the app shows one search then when you get home the results are a lot different.

My issue was you bashing him for even buying it. He never said he was selling it. This thread is thrift store pickups not thrift store profits

Books are almost always longtail items. Also just because an item has a fast STR does not guarantee you will have the same success. Have a friend that has had 3 ti 84s up for at least 3 months. They are priced competively they just are not selling. Me i list one its sold in 3 ir 4 hours everytime

[nateyad]

Originally Posted by shrevecity

Nobody goes out looking fir longtail items and no where did i encourage it. Learn to read moron. Howevet sometimes you end up with them. I guess your phone has never messed you up? I have had many cases where the app shows one search then when you get home the results are a lot different.

My issue was you bashing him for even buying it.

Books are almost always longtail items.

So now I guess we have to resort to name calling, very mature man. And now it's because our phones mess up we make bad purchases? Do you even hear yourself? I make terrible purchases have no trouble admitting that at all. After all I am making 90% of my purchases in a 30 minute lunch break so I have to inspect, research if I don't know the item and purchase everything then get back to work. But I can't say my phone has ever been the problem... Look I know you feel like everything you post is the truth and you are not going to get kickback on what you say, but I just don't agree with you here. Nothing wrong with that. I'm not bashing him, I said great piece for personal collection, but terrible for reselling. I mean if you look at the post literally one above it he says he is only looking for items with very substantial profit.