Saturday, April 18, 2015

Finds of the week


Pickings are a little slim this first week back but I did only source on two days. Picked up the 4 CDs houdini magic deck, On The Dot, Oyo Sports lego knockoff figure, and the Donald hat for a total of $12 on Sunday. The bare minimum I'll make on the CDs is $5 profit each, but I expect it'll be more if I don't impatiently drop the prices. The toy isle is one of my favorite sections to scour through as everything is typically very reasonably priced if not dirt cheap. I guess it's a combination of a large supply, all toys generally looking the same to an adult, and the employees not wanting to overcharge children. The Oyo Sports Football champions figure, On The Dot game and Houdini deck were all in a $2 bag. The figure is sealed and should go for at least $10 on ebay, paying for the bag. The houdini deck is probably worthless, and I might make a buck and a positive feedback on the Dot game. The Hat was $2 and judging by similar listings, I should make at least $5 on it. 

The rest of the haul was from a different Savers, one I hadn't been to before. It was a little farther away than I would normally consider driving, but someone told me they had a lot of CDs and that they were cheaper. Made my way through a couple of shelves of CDs before I accidentally unpaired my scanner and found it wouldn't reconnect. Looking around I found a $2 bag with the two decks of playing cards. The only similar listing for the Crown deck is in green and is listed for $40. Threw mine up for $25 and we'll see how it goes. I think I could pull in $10 at the very least. The Spaniel deck doesn't seem to be worth anything.

The best finds were when I was getting ready to check out with nothing but a vintage deck of cards and decided to give the display case a closer look. The camera lenses were $15 and $6. Not wanting to look them up in front of the clerk, I decided to take a risk on them as they felt like quality lenses. I might make $5 on the smaller one and $10-15 on the larger. In a bin full of gameboy games for a buck a piece I picked out Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters, Spider Man, and Tom and Jerry. Considering the Savers I usually frequent prices these at $3+ each, this was an exciting find. I picked these up for my collection, but I could easily make $10 on Kid Icarus. Haven't been able to get Spider Man to boot up, but Kid Icarus makes up for it. That's all for this week.

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