Flipping Experiment #1: Comic and Anime statues, comics and posters - Month #5

September 27 - Lot of 6 Hooters Magazines

Sold for: $19.99 Fees: $4.19

In among the comics we got were a number of adult magazines. This was a lot of the 6 Hooters magazines. They don't have great resale value individually, but figured someone may want to buy 6 of them for $20 and we were right. I was just going to throw these out, since I have no real desire to sell adult magazines and I would never buy them to sell, but $20 is better than nothing.

The Numbers:

Initial Cost: $2,000

Number of items sold in September: 5

Number of items sold overall: 24

Gross Profit for September: $215.96

Fees to eBay: $34.84

Net Profit for September: $181.12

Net Overall Profit: -$395.90

Chris and I have each recouped $802.05 of our initial $1,000 investment so far.

September 2 - Intron Depot 1 - Masamune Shirow 1981-1991 Art Book

Sold for: $19.99 Fees: $2.72

This is an anime art book that was part of the lot. There was a number of art books among the comics, and I don't think they will be fast sellers, but it is nice to make $20. We are slowly making back our investment.

September 17 - Overkill #1 Comic

Sold for: $3.99 Fees: $1.25

Another comic sold. Not a huge profit, but at least it wasn't a dollar comic. Chris and I are still trying to figure out the best way to list these. We are likely going to lot similar comics together to save on fees and shipping. That being said, even if we made this profit ($2.75) for all 300 comics we wouldn't be doing too badly.

September 17 - Tenjho Tenge Aya Natsume Statue

Sold for: $170.00 Fees: $25.67

Another statue sold! It has been a while since one sold, and it sold for a good price! This one was in good shape as was the box. Another over-sexualized woman character that I am sure Robin is more than pleased to get out of the house.

September 25 - Soul Saga Collected Edition #1 Comic

Sold for: $1.99 Fees: $1.01

Another comic from the lot sold. The vast majority of comics are worth a dollar at most. So even when we sell a comic for $2 it is worth more than most comics. While we only take home 98 cents after fees, we are slowly selling off the comics. The comics were not the reason we bought the lot and just an added bonus, so any money we get from them is a bonus.