re: Recap of my last 90 days from estate sales (Photo heavy)

Lol. Better late than never.

Fix your pic Baw

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As an irs agent, I love your threads

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I pay my taxes on my hobby. I get the famous 1099 every year

I recently acquired a box of about 100 or so vinyl records my great grandmother had from the 50s to early 70s. All in great shape

I’m researching each one to see if any are worth significant value. So far most sell anywhere from 5 dollars to 30. One with JFKs speeches has sold for couple hundred before.

Anyways I’d like to find someone to just buy the whole thing off me, only a couple I want to keep because most of it isn’t music I like. If interested email me at deltaland7204@gmail.com

I just sold the last pair of Allen Edmonds for $60, to the same guy that bought the other four pair.

~$120 spent
$262 sold

I thought I’d do much better and probably would have if I waited, but I don’t do that.

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Got laid in Cape Girardeau, MO, my wingman told her (while I was away) that I was Tommy Herr’s brother.

Tall blonde SE Mo farm girl put her Red Birds fandom to work for me.

Maybe the purchaser of that jersey was the biological result of that union?

Kinda makes you think….

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Always enjoy these posts. How detailed of a spreadsheet do you keep for purchases (list one line by the estate sale purchase lot or categorize each item)? Was wondering your percentage of “hits” vs misses.

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I just keep track of what I spent at each sale, not per item. Most garage sales, and all estate sales, now take Venmo, making it very easy.

As far as hits vs misses

I do miss a lot, but it pennies. I couldn’t tell you how many items I’ve bought for under $5 that were a miss, but just like I said above, I judge hits and misses by the sales.

I may drop $50-$100 at a sale, buying a dozen items I think are cool (or I know are valuable). Of the dozen items, five are misses, but the other seven items sell for $500+ total. The sell was a hit.

I RARELY have a miss from a sell.

I’ve said it for years, I could easily go out every Friday and Saturday and profit $100+ a day, but I don’t do this for the money, I do it for the hunt.

As of right now, I just got into the black on the sell the shoes and jeans came from. I spent $200 at the sell, and sold all the shoes and 3 pairs of jeans for $290. I still have 8 pairs of jeans and other items that will sell, but will take time.

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You just made me feel like an idiot. I have no idea what I'm looking at when it comes to Hot Wheels. They all look the same to me. Several of the cheap ones on eBay are still in their original packaging and I don't know if those are "old" or new. I guess a kid won't know the difference either. He'll just play on the floor with them and be in heaven.

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Big difference. Hot Wheels started in 1968 with 16 cars (in various colors). It grew from there. Up until 1974, the wheels had thin red circles on them. They are called redlines. From 74-mid 80’s (or maybe even later), the tires were just black, they are called blackwalls, and they are now coming very collectible.
If you just want some HWs for the kids, search hot wheels lot, and you can find a box load of loose, modern HW’s cheap

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stout

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A lot of it is stuff I accumulated over the years from repo houses I manage and/or bought.

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Man if you find old video game shite, hit me up. I’m always interested in that kind of shite.

Antique usually hits me with solid vinyl albums he finds.

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sorry, not a fan. I shake my head cause guys like you go around sucking up everything you can, then immediately flipping. More millennials like you will be doing this, estate sales prices keep going up.

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Only commies hate capitalism