Daily Flip: Heated Towel Rack

It took a little longer than expected, but it finally sold. Several months ago I went to a live auction here in town and came away with a plethora of misc. items. I made it out with two Heated Towel Racks. A quick iPhone completed listings search informed me they would sell for around $50 a piece.

I don't have any idea what took them so long to sell, but the final one sold just last week.

For those of you not privileged enough (including myself) to know exactly what a Heated Towel Rack even is, it is this very cool contraption that you setup in your bathroom. It plug into the wall and gets warm. Before you climb into the shower you put your towel on it and then when you get out its all nice and warm for you.

Seems like a bit of odd thing to have. But, there are people out there looking for them.

The numbers...

We Paid: $10
It Sold: $49.99
Margin: 80%

Daily Flip: Ping Iron Set

It has been a while since I have put a Craigslist deal on the blog. Today we'll deviate from our Goodwill/Thrift Store theme of the week and do that. Several weeks ago we found a deal on a set of Ping Irons on Craigslist. After some skilled negotiation, the appointment was set and the friendly guy came over to the apartment to complete the transaction.

He brought the set of clubs that we talked about, as well as another set and a nice golf bag. After more negotiation I wound up buying both sets of Ping Irons and the Ping Stand bag from him. It was a pretty good deal.

The first set of Irons was a set of Ping S58 Irons. The second was an older set of Ping Red Dot 2+.

Here are the numbers:

Total Investment: $255
Total Return: $421.46
Margin: 40%

 

Daily Flip: Knee Brace

Last week I visited the Goodwill 2 different time. It had been quite a while since I had visited. The first day that I dropped in I was making a to my supplier that I buy boxes from to get an order that was ready. After getting halfway to their store, a torrential downpour started. Being that I was in a truck and planned to haul the boxes back home in the bed of the truck I decided to delay my trip until the rain quit.

So, to kill some time and salvage my trip into town, I stopped at the Goodwill. I loaded up two buggies full. This week I'll show you a few of the things I picked up.

The first of which is a Donjoy Kneebrace...

We Paid: $1.99
Sold: $56.55
Margin: 97%

Saturday Roundup: Picture Version

Another Saturday is complete. The Hoover/Vestavia area has been conquered. Check out the  sites and sounds below.

Daily Flip: Kelty Hiking Pack

This Friday version of Daily Flip is being brought to you live via Athens, Al. Wife and I are headed to Birmingham for the weekend to see several friends. One of our good friends is considering starting up their own eBay business, so we are going to spend a few days with them and give them a few pointers. Hopefully, it will be helpful.

So, be on the lookout for a Saturday Video Roundup from the hills of the 'Ham on Sunday. The video camera will be out and in action while we peruse the local yard sales on Saturday.

Today's Daily Flip is a double whammy. It's strange how when you find a new item, usually you find multiple ones at the same time. This go around, we have started to encounter external frame back packs. These are the type you go hiking with. The first was found at a yard sale this past Saturday. I passed on it at first, until the lady running the sale practically begged me to take it and said I could have it for $5. At that price I knew I could make a little money. It was a good name brand "Kelty" and in decent shape.

The second of the two came from the Goodwill store yesterday.I plan to have a more indepth post on my two recent goodwill visits in the next few days, possibly even a video. They were two of my best trips to a thrift store that I have ever had.

Anyway, the second Kelty Backpack is practically brand new. Its a newer and more popular model. I have little higher expectations for it.

Onto the good stuff....


Paid: $5
Projected Sale: $25
Margin: 80%

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Paid: $5
Projected Sale: $35
Margin: 92%

Daily Flip: Kitchen Aid Mixer

This will be a abbreviated post today, due to time constraints.

We picked up this awesome Kitchen Aid Mixer at an estate sale last weekend. It was hiding perfectly under a table in the middle of a very large room with thousands of items in it. This had to be the biggest single estate I had ever seen. In fact it was so large they had to haul all of the stuff to the community center so you could see it all.

Without further adeiu....

Paid: $40
Projected Sale: $95
Margin: 58%

 

Daily Flip: Ben Hogan Golf Bag

  
There is some lesson to be learned in the story...

It was after 11am in the morning on Saturday. It was well past prime yard selling time. I was ready to go home. It was hot, somewhere around 95 degrees. I was tired and hungry. I already commented multiple times that I was ready to head to the house.

However, my loving wife had a different thing in mind...finishing. We only had 2 destinations left on the map and she was determined that we would finish them. So, I obliged and it really paid off. The last sale wound up being a pretty sweet stop. We picked up two golf bags and a present for Stacy's dad for .... Xmas? fathers day? b-day? Any of the above...


Check out the completed listings search on this bag. There are no exact matches, but a few have a very similar style. It looks like this bag could go for over $100, but I made a conservative estimate on its resale. Either way, we only paid $5...it looks like we will be alright.

Here are numbers...


Paid: $5
Projected Sale: $75
Margin: 93%

Daily Flip: Gumball Machine

Our very first stop on Saturday was to the previous home of this 1985 Gumball Machine. We made our normal rounds through this particular yard sale, not seeing too much of interest. The gumball machine caught my eye momentarily but not long enough for me to stop and consider buying it. It had a price tag of $15 on it and I quickly thought to myself, I would buy it for $10. However, I guess I was too tired , at 6:30am, to seriously consider haggling with someone.

So, we got back in the truck and cranked it up. Then Stacy looked over at me and said "What do you think about that gumball machine." I then looked it up on eBay with my iPhone and saw them going for $50-60. So, I said why don't you go back and offer them $10 for it. So, she did...they accepted...and here we are.

The numbers....


Paid: $10
Projected Sale: $50
Margin: 78%

eBay Weekend Update (8/16/10)

Last week I told you about three different items that we bought the previous week at yard sales. All three of those closed over the weekend and I wanted to give you an update on how all three of those items did at auction. I will get to those in a minute.

A few months ago I invested a few bucks into a new video camera. I had several reasons for getting it. One of the reasons I got it was that I wanted to do more videoing for this blog. I wasn't sure what form that would take on, but I thought it would be cool to show you in a little more detail what we do.

So, if you haven't read the blog in a few days be sure to check out the last 3 days post. All of them included video's or sideshows. If you don't feel like clicking back to get to them you can go here, here or here for a first hand account.

Now, back to the Weekend Roundup. There were three items featured.

We paid a total of $46 for the three items. They sold for a total of $348.85. That's a net profit of $302.85. Here are the items again:

We Paid: $6
Sold for: $49.99
Margin: 88%

We Paid: $20
Sold For: $123.86
Margin: 84%

We Paid: $20
Sold for: $175
Margin: 89%

Saturday Roundup: Video Montage (8/14/10)

 
We has another awesome day of Yard Selling yesterday. We picked up some pretty sweet items. I put together a Video Montage of our day and a few of the things we picked up. Stay tuned throughout this week for updates on how they are doing on eBay and how much we made of each item.


And without further adieu...the first ever Saturday Roundup Video Montage:

Saturday Roundup: Picture Version

 
Another Saturday of Yard Selling has come to a close. All 29 locals were successfully plundered, as well as a few extras that we just happened to run across. Check out the sideshow below for some sights and sounds. A video montage will be up later today or tomorrow.

Video Montage: Nashville to Cincinnati

Here is my first experiment in Video Editing. Yesterday I took a trip to Cincinatti to pick up a few items from a restaurant auction. I busted out my iPhone for some videoing and just finished stringing it all together. Its nothing to groundbreaking. Check it out if you must...

Daily Flip: Fish Finder Glory....

We were yard selling a few weeks ago and came to an older house. It was on the side a steep hill with massive oak trees all around it. I normally don't remember those kinds of details but this one stuck out. Mainly because everything at the sale was wet. The trees were blocking all the sunlight, so all the items they had laid out were dewy and just kinda nasty.

We wound up picking up several items here anyway. One of which is today's Daily Flip.

It is a portable fish finder. I have owned several boats through my short 27 years. All of which have had a depth finder of some sort on board. However, I have never seen a portable depth finder. Its actually a pretty good concept. It comes in a hard case an the transducer is on a large cord and mounts with a suction cup to the boat. It runs off two big lantern batteries.

So, as I am perusing the damp and dirty yard sell. I came across this thing. It was in a hard black case and I walked by it the first time. Stacy was taking forever at this sell so I made another round back through and this time I noticed the words on the front of the case "Humminbird." Being a boat guy I immediately knew it had to be a depth finder of some kind.

Here are the numbers....

We Paid: $6
Sold for: $49.99
Margin: 88%

Daily Flip: Club Golf Travel Bag

Yesterday I told you about a yard sale we went to this past week. We picked up several really unique and great money making items. The second thing we got, was a brand new (almost) golf travel bag. You use the travel bag when you going on a trip or haev some need to transport golf clubs somewhere other than directly to the course.

Imagine a large bag that your golf bag can fit into. I have picked up a few of these in the past but never at a yard sale. Usuaully, I will se them at goodwill or a thrift store. They are usually well used and have a good bit of wear on them. This one though, is still in its original box. The guy that I bought it from actually won it at a golf tournament a number of years ago. He never had a need for it so he never used it or even opened it.

So, it is new in the box. That is very big when you are selling something online. If it can be classified as NEW you can increase your selling price substatntially. Sometimes as much as 40%.

Here is the skinny on it....


We Paid: $20
Selling For: $89
Margin: 78%

Daily Flip: Telebinocular

You run across some of the strangest things at yard sales. We visited a yard sale last weekend. It was at the end of the normal yard selling time, around 11:30am. I was getting hungry and ready to go home. But, we were almost done with our list. Since we have never actually finished our list that we started the day with, we thought it a good thing to finish for once. So, we both stuck it out and made ourselves go to the last few sales.

Turns out, that was a really good idea. We hit the jackpot there. The first item we picked up, Stacy and I both saw on the way into the sell. It was at the very front of the sale and was sitting on the floor and was half way pushed under the table. I couldn't really make out what it was at first, but it appeared to be some type of specialized equipment.

We always keep our eyes open for weird specialized equipment. Things that are relatively small, heavy and look expensive are usually a pretty sure bet in our world. This was no exception. After 20 minutes of perusing over all the other stuff at this sell and buying several items (more on this later in the week), I came back to the cool looking piece of equipment we saw on our way in.

After some closer examination the piece had a name on the side of it. It was a Keystone Telebinocular. Any idea what that is? Yes, me neither. But, it has something to do with getting your eyes checked. And apparently they are in high demand....

Here is the breakdown.

We Paid: $20
Sold for: $175
Margin: 89%