Bought: $5.00 Sold: $33.40 Fees: $4.25 Profit: $24.15
I went to a community garage sale last weekend, and while I didn't find much, I did find this sitting in a box of seemingly random things. Despite knowing nothing about it, it immediately caught my attention for a few reasons: it looks vintage, it appears to be a camera, and the reel says Scooby Doo. I walk away, quickly search eBay and decide to see what they want for it. He says $5 and I get him to throw in an ipod nano that I found in the same box as part of the $5.
Pocket Flix appears to be a kid's toy from the 1970's that allowed you to watch short segments of cartoons or shows before the invention of the VCR. If you had missed this episode of Scooby Doo you could watch a really grainy 30 second snippet of it on this handheld device. I can understand why it wasn't very popular, but it just screams collectible. This is exactly the type of thing that will sell. The camera was missing the battery cover and was a bit finicky, and so asked less than I would have otherwise. The reels are pretty unique looking and appear to sell quite well on their own, so I will be keeping an eye on them for sure.
No comments:
Post a Comment