It's that time again. Time to find out if 'The Auction Picker' and his 'Secret Weapon' raked in a profit, or settled for a loss. So let's just jump right into it.
Andrea's Night Out:
I will go right in the order in which they were featured, so, how did we do on the dollhouse furniture? Not bad, and whenever your answer is 'not bad,' it is a good thing. The Winged Chair sold for $45 and the Green Tufted Sofa sold for $24.99. If you recall, we paid a total of $50 for both boxes of dollhouse furniture. So, with just these two pieces we made $19.99 and the rest of the contents have not even sold yet.
Now for the Nut Dispenser/Candy Machine. All I can say for this one is, Andrea definitely has a good eye. We bought the Nut Dispenser for $12.50, the final bid ended at $43.51. That is almost a three-hundred percent profit margin of $31.01. You have to love that!
Lastly is the Cocktail Mixers. I was actually pretty shocked and dissapointed with this one. I was estimating that these would sell for around $35. Well, they only sold for the opening bid price of $9.99. Andrea and I paid $13 for the whole stack of items that had the drink stirrers on top of it. There was a chess board on the bottom of that stack that ended up selling for $9.99 and there was also a 1920's piano music book that I have for sale in my eBay store for $19.99. So when all is said and done, we will make some money off of this purchase, just not as much as I had initially hoped.
Andrea did a pretty good job and I am always glad to have her by my side.
Three Dollar Surprises:
Following the same format, I will start off with the Ghostbusters Firehouse. I paid $3 for this item and I was very happy to see the final price of $72. Yes, you read that right, $69 dollars of profit off of a $3 purchase. That is a GREAT score! Believe me, it is a great feeling when that happens.
Not to be outdone or overshadowed by the Ghostbusters Firehouse, Mighty Max wanted to prove his worth too. I also bought the Mighty Max lot for $3 and it ended with a final bid price of $22.85. I realize that there is a huge difference between making $69 and $19.85, but what you have to look at is the fact that I only paid $3 for each item. Most people operate with the thinking that if they can double thier money than it is worth it to purchase the item. I think this way too. However, imagine how awesome it would be if everything you bought was going to sell for seven times the money invested.
The last item for this update is the Marx Campus Cuties. This is another instance where I was dissapointed with the outcome. They only sold for $38 when I had $25 invested in them. $13 is a decent profit, but I was expecting about a $35 profit. I made this estimate based on what other lots of Cuties have sold for on eBay. So remember when I wrote 'I may have jumped the gun?' I did. However, at least it wasn't a loss.
Well, Andrea and I had fun, and most importantly we made some money. This is why I started this blog. I want everyone who is reading this to see that if you want to make some extra money, it is out there to be made. For anyone that thinks 'well, I just added it up and in two weeks you didn't really make that much money.' These items that I write about are only the items I want to feature and that I think are interesting. You should see my basement!
Look for my next featured post coming up soon and there is a special auction this Thursday at the Harris Brothers so hopefully I'll be buying a ton! Keep Your Eyes Open!
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