Puzz 3D CN Tower

Bought: $9.03 Sold: $49.99 Fees: $5.99 Profit: $34.97

This was a new in box Puzz3D, which is the only way I buy puzzles now. Too much stress selling used ones. This is an interesting puzzle - it is over 5 feet tall and glows in the dark, and apparently out of print. It sat for a while, but it found that right buyer today and sold for full asking price. 

Commissioned Sale: Marvel Essential Spectacular Spider-Man And Web of Spider-Man

Sale Price: $85.00 Fees:$13.45 Profit: $71.55

My 50% cut of the Profit: $35.77

These are more Marvel Essentials that Chris dumped on me when he moved to sell for him. This is a lot of all "The Spectacular Spider-Man" and "Web of Spider-Man" Essentials that have been printed. I was asking $100 but accepted an offer of $85. These take up a lot of space, so glad to see them gone and glad to make some money for Chris.

Disney Electronic Talking Mickey Says

Bought: $5.64 Sold: $35.00 Fees: $4.17 Profit: $25.19

This is a Disney Mickey toy from the 1980's. You press different parts of Mickey's body and it speaks that part, or it asks you to find body parts and you have to press it. It's a bit odd and a bit simple, but it had the box and was in really good condition and being Disney I figured it would sell. Someone actually made an offer on this, which I accepted, in the summer but then refused to pay once they released shipping would be expensive (it weighs a fair bit). So tonight it sold, and I'm glad its gone. 

Captain Corndog vs. Baron Von Broccoli Action Figures

Bought: $7.90 Sold: $25.00 Fees: $3.20 Profit: $13.90

I saw this in VV and it was still new in box and I looked it up on eBay and only person was selling it for $50. I assume they were from a TV show or something. Apparently not. As far as I can tell someone created these two figures solely for the purpose of selling them. I have no idea where they would have been sold. They seem to be sold out online, but then again, who would buy these? I listed mine for $40 and figured it would never sell but if that one person did come along they would buy mine before the other one. Today I got a low ball offer so I countered with $25, which was my lowest and I came down $15 from my asking. They countered again, and I returned with $25 and they countered again and I returned again with $25. They had run out of offers. So a few minutes I got an offer of $25 from a new account with a very similar name - this guy had clearly created a new account to buy it. He clearly wanted it, and probably would have paid more, but I don't think there is anyone else out there who would buy this, so I took it. Once he paid, his Paypal name is a website, which I checked out and it is a gag gift website. I guess he is planning on reselling it? Overall a very weird sale on a very weird item that I probably should not have bought in the first place.

Flipping Experiment #1: Comic and Anime statues, comics and posters - Month #7

November 27 - Fathom #9 Platinum Holofoil Edition Comic

Sold for: $9.99 Fees: $2.41

Last Saturday Chris and I spent the day sorting all the comics from the locker. We went through them, decided which ones were worth listing on their own and creating lots for the rest. We then photographed them all, and then packaged them all up. It took us about 10 hours, and was a ton of work, but they are all done and can just sell now. I haven't managed to get all the listings up yet - it takes time - but I have posted around 20 or so of the comics/lots and this was the first to sell. Anytime a comic sells for over $1 is a good comic, and so $10 is great. This is a special edition holofoil cover. These were quite the rage in the 90s and variant covers became so popular and prevalent that there was a comic bubble and it burst in the mid-90s and many comics that people were buying purely for speculation were worth nothing. It turned out that almost no one was buying them to keep, but almost everyone was buying them hoping they could sell them for a large profit in 10 years. The collector of these comics that we got in this lot was clearly a speculator who was buying in the mid to late 90s. So many of his comics still had price stickers on them and we paid 4 to 5 times what the comics are worth now. A lot are worth maybe $1 or $2. Some kept some value, like this one, but he likely spend $20 or $25 on this when he bought it. Chris and I will make some good profit on these comics once they sell, but no where near what the original owner paid for them.

The Numbers:

Initial Cost: $2,000

Number of items sold in November: 6

Number of items sold overall: 33

Gross Profit for November: $255.17

Fees to eBay: $38.80

Net Profit for November: $216.37

Net Overall Profit: $50.21

Chris and I have recouped our initial investment, and each made a profit of $25.10

November 7 - Epoch Vampire Savior Morrigan

Sold for: $222.22 Fees: $31.93

Finally we sold one of the bigger statues with a good price. This one has some serious water damage to the box but the figure was in good shape and had never been displayed. Also, with this sale we have finally recouped our full initial investment and have started to make a profit on the lot. With still 50 statue and figures to sell, and all the comics and posters, I am still confident this lot will end up bringing in a good profit.

November 18 - Four Comics

Sold for: $22.96 Fees: $4.46

A guy messaged me asking if I could combine shipping if he bought a number of comics from me, and I said of course. He bought four comics and I made a new listing with all four as opposed to having him buy the four separate since we saved on fees (1 final sale fee versus 4). Most of these comics were a few dollars, but one was $15 so that helped with the sale. We have so many comics from this lot and most of them are low dollar amounts, so any time we can get rid of more than one at once I am happy.

Play-Doh Transformers

Bought: $4.51 Sold: $35.00 Fees: $4.17 Profit: $26.32

Chris' 5% Commission: $1.31

This is a Play-Doh set that I've sold a number of times and it always does well. This set was almost complete - just missing one of the card molds. I probably could have got more for it, as I accepted a best offer less than 24 hours after posting it, but I wanted it sold and $25 is always nice. Chris continues to do well with his finds and getting his commission. 

Super Scrabble

Bought: $7.90 Sold: $19.99 Fees: $2.96 Profit: $9.13

Chris' 5% Commission: $0.46

Chris picked up this copy of Super Scrabble that was still new in box at VV. It was rather expensive for a board game, but I figured it had to sell for more than $8. Part of the issue with not being there to source myself is that when I quickly looked this up on eBay from the photo Chris sent me - he sends me photos when shopping for approval - I saw that it sold for $40-50, but I didn't realize there is two versions of Super Scrabble and the other version is the more desirable one. I'm not sure I would have picked this one up had I realized it was only worth $20. Still, I posted it today and it sold in a few hours - it's not going very far so likely was the cheapest option for that person as opposed to someone buying it up quickly because it was priced too cheaply. Still a quick sale is always nice, and even better when I'm making something and not losing money.