Micro Machines Playset

Bought: $4.50 Sold: $19.71 Fees: $3.35 Profit: $11.86

This is a Micro Machines Play set. It unfolds to be a city that you can play in with your cars, or it folds up to be a Van shaped carrying case. I bought it without doing much research - it's a collectible toy from the 80's. I bough it the week of a geek garage sale that my brother had a table had, hoping he could sell it there. He had some interest but no one jumped at it. I listed it on Kijiji and had it listed there for a few months - was hoping to sell it locally to make more profit, and it was big and would be expensive to ship. Finally gave up and listed it on eBay, and it got a lot of views and sold in under a week. The buyer had to pay $30 to ship it to Florida - like I said, big and heavy. I'm glad it is finally out of my house, but I am not sure I will be buying any more play sets any time soon. They are big, take up space, and cost a lot to ship. I had to lower the buying price a lot to compete with other American sellers who get the benefit of American shipping. While I still made a profit, it is not huge. This was almost more hassle than it was worth.