Love this picture & just had to include it! One of my favorite actors and two of my favorite characters ever.
I enjoy posting about my struggles. Generally, I get the largest response on posts about struggles and get great advice.
Let me set up the scenario:
- I set the goal of 25% of my thrifted items this year being non-clothing items.
- THE STRUGGLE IS REAL.
- I understand if my sourcing changed, I'd have better odds of finding non-clothing items. At the moment, I'm not big on yard sales or flea markets. The flea markets aren't good here and I like to sleep on Saturdays.
- Researching clothing and having knowledge of clothing brands is fairly easy. It's pretty limited to: jeans, shirts, shoes, jackets and categories such as that. Researching non-clothing is A LOT more extensive. Records, plush, knick knocks, toys, VHS tapes, DVDs....I could keep going.
So, what non-clothing items do you buy and sell? Where did you acquire the expertise?
I acquired the knowledge I have by selling consignment items. I sell tons of non-clothing items for consignment purposes but not that I find on my own at thrift stores. Here are a few things I've bought and sold (or are selling now):
I ALWAYS search for DISNEY DVDs at thrift stores but they are difficult to find.
Old Christmas ornaments seem to sell well. I sold one from 1980 and one from 1981. I was attracted to them because I was born in 1980 and my brother in 1981. I'm guessing people lose or break the ones they had and need a replacement.
I never realized plush could sell for high profits until reading other blogs. Plush could be my savior to reaching my 25% goal. What plush do you sell?
I LOVE board games! We played for hours as kids and our family still plays when together. I always check for quality board games to sell....which I found them more often.
I've also sold:
- Mugs
- Vintage toys
- Puzzles
- Horror VHS movies
- Candy jars
What am I missing? Any advice?
I have read about people having good luck selling children's lovies or blankets. This is a post from one person about it: http://canigetsomesugarwiththeselemons.blogspot.com/2015/02/almost-like-free-money.html
ReplyDeleteThat should be loveys (not lovies). And here is another person selling them: http://www.shethrifts.com/2015/05/i-love-to-sell-loveys.html
ReplyDeleteI have one item that is non-clothing. It's some new wall decals from Pottery Barn Kids. I do browse the non-clothing departments at the GW, but rarely see anything I'd take a chance on because I just don't have the desire to ship things that are fragile.
ReplyDeleteI love selling vintage toys! I've sold vintage play doh sets, fisher price toys, plush and lots more. People are willing to pay top dollar for the nostalgia. I don't sell too many books. I think that's too much work, having to scan or look up each one when most of them are worthless. I've had luck with non vintage Sesame Street toys. I sold an Elmo vacuum once for $60, which is crazy to me. I just picked up an Elmo microwave that I can sell on Amazon for about $40. I also look for vintage Pyrex because it can sell really well depending on the piece
ReplyDeleteI've sold plush in the past and without much luck. I think my problem with plush is I buy what I like, not necessarily popular plush. My daughter was with me at an estate sale several years ago and she bought a My Pet Monster big plush because she had wanted one as a child. She checked it out on my phone before purchasing for 33 cents and she sold it for $100. She decided she needed the $100 more than the plush!!
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite sales (not my highest, just favorite) was a 1980 Snuzzles pig. It was a small stuffed animal that I dug out of the bottom of one of those giant bins that thrift stores use for plush. I paid .99 and it sold for $105.00! I couldn't believe someone would pay that for an d stuffed animal!
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