October Recap

I sold 33 items.

I spent $409.94 on those items.

I sold those items for $1,569.15

I paid $154.44 in fees to eBay.

I made a profit of $1,037.05

I sold 2 things on consignment and made $31.16

From my Flipping Experiment with Chris:

We sold 3 items

We sold these items for $221.99

We paid $28.25 in fees to eBay.

We made a profit of $193.74 - meaning $96.87 each

My total profit this month was $1,165.08

October was a very slow month. Despite it being the first month of Q4, I didn't have amazing sales. I barely broke 1K, and that was largely due to a couple late-month large sales. I am hoping that sales pick up in November leading up to Christmas.

Heroquest Expansion Pack

Bought: $2.25 Sold: $149.99 Fees: $14.45 Profit: $133.29

Chris and I recently hit up all the VVs in the city, but it was a disappointing trip and we found almost nothing. We were at the last store and I was complaining about how bad of luck we were having, and while standing looking at the board games for the second time when I saw this, which totally made up for the lack of finds the rest of the day. HeroQuest is a popular board game from the 1980s that fetches high dollars. This is the first expansion pack providing 10 more quests, and it also sells quite well. This one had some damage to the box but the pieces inside had never been punched, so it was unused. Always nice to turn $2 into over $100. This is the ROI I'm always looking for.

1996 Fisher Price Loving Family Hideaway Hollow

Bought: $0.00 Sold: $10.00 Fees: $1.78 Profit: $8.22

Months ago I picked up a few bags at VV of various animal figures. I look them all up and they comprised three different sets of animal figures. I sold the first two already and made back my investment and then some. This was the last set, and by far the smallest. A Fisher Price bunny family from 1996. Not a huge profit, but with no investment it's hard to say no to free money.

Warhammer 40,000 Imperial Armour Update

Bought: $5.64 Sold: $19.99 Fees: $2.67 Profit: $11.68

This is a book to be used with the game Warhammer 40,000. It is apparently an update to a part of the game that came out in 2004. This sat in my store for months, but I knew it would sell eventually, I just had to wait for the right buyer. It is nice to see old stock being sold.

Hotels Board Game

Bought: $5.64 Sold: $75.00 Fees: $8.29 Profit: $61.07

Chris's 5% Commission: $3.05

This is a board game that involves the building of hotels. It includes a number of cardboard 3D hotels. I'm not sure why, though I'm guessing because few copies exist without damaged hotels, but this game sells quite well. I accepted a best offer because I wanted some end-of-the-month sales, but it was still a great profit. This is a game to be on the lookout for.

Sony Discman D-FS601

Bought: $45.67* Sold: $49.99 Fees: $3.82 Profit: $00.50

This was an item that I had previously sold but the buyer opened an INAD (item not as described) case claiming it had no way to turn it off. I sent her the manual as a PDF and explained how, but she claimed it didn't work. I was forced to accept the return and had to reimburse her for the shipping cost to her and had to pay shipping back, which combined with the original price I paid for it cost me $45.67. The item sells for $50. I checked it when I got it back and it works fine. Not sure if the first buyer was just incompetent or had buyer's remorse. Either way, I sold it again, and broke evenly essentially (which is better than being out $45). Hopefully they can figure out a simple power button and have no complains.

Star Munchkin

Bought: $2.36 Sold: $17.00 Fees: $2.77 Profit: $11.87

This is a version of the game Munchkin, which is itself a rather popular card game. I picked this up because it was cheap and unused. It has sat for a long time - likely due to the fact that there are so many versions of this game, and this one is still in print. I took a low offer, but it is a sale and I'm always happy to move inventory.