With the holidays now behind us, this is a good time as any to go over some of my seasonal flips. Overall, I feel sales were strong, although not as good as previous years. But considering the Covid pandemic and the economy, it's easy to see why. I am not complaining though. I still did pretty good considering the situation. Let's take a look at a few of my more successful holiday flips.
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Blowmolds galore! |
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Two for one price! |
guys were probably made back in the mid-1990’s, so they're not true vintage. However, they meet an important criteria for resale...they’re not made anymore! That’s good enough to bring the buyers out. I forgot what I paid for these guys, but I’d venture to guess it was no more then ten bucks a piece. I posted the pair on Craigslist for $85 dollars just prior to Thanksgiving. They were snapped up the following weekend. I met the buyer at a local convenience store and she gleefully forked over the $85 dollars for the pair. As she loaded them into her car, she told me she lived with her elderly parents and liked to decorate their front yard with lots of Christmas blow molds. With that, she pulled away and the penguin and reindeer were heading for a spot in her front yard.In past holidays, I've stayed away from flipping Christmas tree ornaments. Not that they don’t bring in money, because they do. But rather because I am afraid of them breaking in shipping. Many vintage tree ornaments can be as fragile as eggs. The notion of putting them into the rough and tumble mail stream scared the heck out of me! But last fall I came across a box containing a dozen vintage ornaments. At only a dollar for the entire box, I couldn’t pass it up. Mrs. Dude did some research and advised me that my box of ornaments had the potential to bring in some serious cash. She pointed out further that several of my ornaments had fancy “indents” which seemed to be really popular with buyers. So following her advise, I nervously posted my one dollar investment on eBay with a starting bid of $15. Turns out, Mrs. Dude was onto something. The ornaments topped out at $45 dollars a week later! In order to prevent my shipping nightmare from becoming true, I very carefully packed the ornaments using loads of peanuts and bubble wrap. Although due to Covid delays they took a little longer to reach the buyer, they thankfully arrived at their destination safe and sound. (Good job USPS!)
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MTH Rail King |
Those are a few samples of my holiday flips. Like I said, a pretty good Christmas season considering the current situation out there. So how’d you do this year? Use the comment section below to fill us in.
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I have sold very minimal since Sept. Really did not put much effort into it actually. I tried from Thanksgiving until Christmas to GIVE stuff away on local groups and even that was not successful. I have made a couple of donations to Goodwill of stuff I was tired of looking at and dealing with. Hoping the spring will bring better health and prosperity and renewed selling.
ReplyDeleteHi Oliveoyl - I am on a similar track as you. Due to fear of getting Covid, I’ve been staying out of the thrift shops for about 4 weeks now. Fortunately I built up a small stockpile of items to keep me busy selling over the next few months. Also keep finding FB yard sale items to flip also.
DeleteI am with you, let’s hope the spring sees the Cover recede and we can get on with our lives. Thanks for writing in and Happy New Year!
Happy New Year, Dude! Great score on the trains.
ReplyDeleteAnd you're on a roll, two posts in two months!
You should consider making youtube videos.
Thanks & Happy New Year Diver Dave!
DeleteIt's crossed my mind. Lot of people are doing that now.
I know I don't check often but I really enjoy reading your stories. Great success on those ornaments and a whopper of a sale on the train set.
ReplyDeleteHonestly, my family collects blowmolds but if it weren't for your blog I would have never thought to look for them at garage sales.
I am glad you enjoy the blog, thanks very much. I’ve slowed down the pace of my blogging, but hope to put up something soon.
DeleteAs you can tell. I am big on those blowmolds. A nearby neighborhood has put out a few very rare Easter bunny blow molds in his front yard for the Easter season. I am tempted to knock on his door and make him an offer for them..lol!