Monday, October 3, 2011
Goodwill Finds
I've been swinging by the Goodwill Outlet once or twice a week, but I always forget to snap pictures of my finds. Usually I try to take my items to the shed and put away, so my house doesn't look like an episode of hoarders. Other times, my kids are trying to get their hands on my items, so I try to put them away quickly before they claim them as their own.
Last week, I was going through the bins when I found a baggie of Little Einstein characters. Included in the bag were 3 of the characters in the picture above and a little plastic toy rocket ship. Thanks to the Yard Sale Mommy, I've learned to keep and eye out for Little Einstein characters. A while back I read on her blog about the Little Einstein Pat Pat Rocket. Since, then I've sold a rocket for enough profit to make me happy.
Recently, I collected more items from this line. I have yet to decide how to list them, so for now they will just sit in my "collections" bin. I've gotten my hands on another rocket that works great, but is missing the lid. HERE is the completes for the rocket, most have characters with them. I also came across the Transform and Go toy that has Leo. The Transform and Go toy isn't as popular as the Pat Pat rocket, but there is a little money to be made. However, if you pair that T&G with the PP rocket, look at its potential HERE. So, now I need to decide if I should wait for a better rocket to come along, list the toys separately, or ditch them and just list the characters. HERE is a listing for the characters. I think anyone would be happy with this listing.
Have you sold these items? How have you listed them? Auction style seems to go well, but there were also some low selling ones. I definitely would want to do BIN and wait it out.
Linking to Coupon Tipster, What's for Dinner, Her Library Adventures Thrift Share Monday
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I sold 5 pieces a couple of weeks ago for $14.50 (I paid less than a dollar for all of them). These were the smaller figures (item #320759732274). I have a large Pat Pat rocket but it needs some cleaning up and new batteries. I want to wait to list until I get the figures but I may end of listing the rocket only because I don't want to wait too long to list it.
I found Leo and Annie from the Pat Pat rocket a few weeks back at Value Village in a grab bag for .99 they were a little scuffed up from being played with so I cleaned them as best I could and put them up as BIN for 14.99 + 3.00 shipping. They sold within 1 hour for the full price! I was happy with the profit but I can't help but feel I should have listed them for more if they sold that fast!
I love thrift store grab bags! You can find so many characters that sell well together! I can deal with all the misc stuff for the profit that is to be made!
Thanks for linking up!
Amy
Coupon Tipster
I have sold 5 Rockets in the past year. They definitely do better with all 4 characters. So buy on ebay any character you need to complete your set. It is worth it.
I also sold a Little Einsteins Globe for 35 bucks and a musical piano for 24.00
So anything Einsteins is hot. I just put a happy price and buy it now or best offer and wait. Some crazy mama or daddy will come along soon!!
Great find!!
I just sold a rocket with the 4 kids for $62.00....not as much as I hoped for but I only paid $4.00 for the set so I guess I did good! I have another rocket that has a cracked wheel and the sound is messed up but I was thinking of selling the lid in case someone needed it! I just might have to list it! ~~Pam
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