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%