Garage Sale Hunting! Tips, Hints and Advice

[ajcorleone]

Not bad got about $7 a shirt on the Bay nice profit

Not sure how these will sell but I hit Salvation Army this morning and came away with these at $1 each.

[polamalu43favre04]

Had a pretty good weekend..

got a NES, Super Mario 1, 2 and 3 as well as Tetris : The Soviet Mind Game (which I was surprised to see sells for like $50-80...) all for $25... GB Color with Zelda DX, Pokemon Red and 5-6 other games all for $15, a nice near-mint technics turntable for $20 and a box of 50-60 LPs (Several Rolling Stones and rare French stuff like Serge Gainsbourg, Les Rita Mitsouko etc..) for $20.. these were all from the same garage sale I should make $350-400 with that $80 investment... also found a Gamecube (pokemon XD edition) with a controller but no wire for $5... found alot of good records at another sale too for less than a dollar each (Tangerine Dream, Pink Floyd, The Kinks, Small Faces etc....) oh and I forgot I found several super rare OOP dvds (Anchor Bay releases etc..) at a local thrift store.. already sold one for $40.. the rest is listed between $9 and $50.

[Wickabee]

Managed to nab a 1978 Superman slide puzzle for a quarter this weekend. Not bad.

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[Star_Cards]

I had my sale on saturday and sold $979.00. I had a lofty goal of $850 and blew it out of the water. My highest priced item was $50 for a lawn mower so I was rather impressed to hit that number without a huge dollar item or two. Plus I didn't have a whole lot of bundlers either.

I was able to get out Sunday to some sales and Monday to the Goodwill Outlet. The major thing I got on Sunday was a SNES Final Fantasy III game cartridge for $1 and about 1000 mid 2000's Magic cards all sorted by card. I had no idea FF games sold for so much when I grabbed this one, but seems like I can get about $40 or so for it.

Hit the Goodwill Outlet last night and picked some very nice stuff. I got two original Nintendos, 1 PS1, and 1 Super Nintendo. All without cords or controllers and I haven't tested them to see if they work yet. The oddest things I got were 8 small boxes of brand breast milk storage bags. These things sell for around $10 a box. I also picked up a large box of little vintage ceramic christmas tree glass ornaments. Maybe 3000-4000 or so. They seem to sell very well, but I'm not sure how small the lots I'll break them down into. I've seen lots of 12-25 selling for $5-$6 a lot with free shipping and saw a lot of 1000 sell for $25 or so. I'll probably sell them in medium sized lots and sell them closer to christmas.

[ajcorleone]

Awesome job on the yard sale.I strive to have a sale day like that.Come close but not there yet.

I had my sale on saturday and sold $979.00. I had a lofty goal of $850 and blew it out of the water. My highest priced item was $50 for a lawn mower so I was rather impressed to hit that number without a huge dollar item or two. Plus I didn't have a whole lot of bundlers either.

I was able to get out Sunday to some sales and Monday to the Goodwill Outlet. The major thing I got on Sunday was a SNES Final Fantasy III game cartridge for $1 and about 1000 mid 2000's Magic cards all sorted by card. I had no idea FF games sold for so much when I grabbed this one, but seems like I can get about $40 or so for it.

Hit the Goodwill Outlet last night and picked some very nice stuff. I got two original Nintendos, 1 PS1, and 1 Super Nintendo. All without cords or controllers and I haven't tested them to see if they work yet. The oddest things I got were 8 small boxes of brand breast milk storage bags. These things sell for around $10 a box. I also picked up a large box of little vintage ceramic christmas tree glass ornaments. Maybe 3000-4000 or so. They seem to sell very well, but I'm not sure how small the lots I'll break them down into. I've seen lots of 12-25 selling for $5-$6 a lot with free shipping and saw a lot of 1000 sell for $25 or so. I'll probably sell them in medium sized lots and sell them closer to christmas.

[polamalu43favre04]

I had my sale on saturday and sold $979.00. I had a lofty goal of $850 and blew it out of the water. My highest priced item was $50 for a lawn mower so I was rather impressed to hit that number without a huge dollar item or two. Plus I didn't have a whole lot of bundlers either.

I was able to get out Sunday to some sales and Monday to the Goodwill Outlet. The major thing I got on Sunday was a SNES Final Fantasy III game cartridge for $1 and about 1000 mid 2000's Magic cards all sorted by card. I had no idea FF games sold for so much when I grabbed this one, but seems like I can get about $40 or so for it.

Hit the Goodwill Outlet last night and picked some very nice stuff. I got two original Nintendos, 1 PS1, and 1 Super Nintendo. All without cords or controllers and I haven't tested them to see if they work yet. The oddest things I got were 8 small boxes of brand breast milk storage bags. These things sell for around $10 a box. I also picked up a large box of little vintage ceramic christmas tree glass ornaments. Maybe 3000-4000 or so. They seem to sell very well, but I'm not sure how small the lots I'll break them down into. I've seen lots of 12-25 selling for $5-$6 a lot with free shipping and saw a lot of 1000 sell for $25 or so. I'll probably sell them in medium sized lots and sell them closer to christmas.

That's amazing, congrats!

[Star_Cards]

I pretty much killed it this weekend. Picked up a ton of great stuff. Lots of typical things, but way more big ticket items than normal. Here's the creme of the crop.

Adobe Creative Suite 4 Full Version
Think I can get about $100.
Paid around $1

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G.I. Joe Cobra Terror Drome (missing most parts)
Think I can get about $50.
Paid $15

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Military Flight Helmet
Think I can get about $50-$60 but not sure.
paid $1

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1976 Bicentennial Glass 5 Gallon Jug
Think I can get about $60
paid around $10

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2 Vintage JVC Nivico Sphere Speakers
Think I can get about $250-$300
paid $40

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1958 Authorized Replica of a Renoir sculpture called Head of Coco.
Think I can get about $100-$150
paid $15

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Vintage Arthur Fulmer Motorcycle Helmet
Think I can get about $400-$500 (two in a bit better shape where listed at $699 and sold for best offers and I can't see their official sell prices.
paid around $4

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[ajcorleone]

Nice pulls

[Wickabee]

I grabbed a vintage Sankyo Japanese music box key chainfor $0.50, a collection of about 40 collectible spoon, around 5 are sterling, for $2, a really nice velevet lined jewellery box for $2, a nice giant Alpaca Mexico belt buckle for $1, and sold a few things in the buy and sell (costume ring, Canadian centennial coin set) for $50.
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Not a bad weekend.

[ajcorleone]

Nice pick ups Wick