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I thought they were cute and they were cheap and easy to collect.
I never bought any because I never buy anything that has to be dusted. Nothing that is mass produced in staggering numbers is ever going to have any value as collectibles, so I couldn't see any point in buying for future appreciation.
But they are cute. It made more sense to me to collect cute little stuffed toys than to collect Avon bottles. Seriously, some people thought that mass produced cheap pressed glass bottles intended to be thrown away were going to be their retirement fortune. I knew several people who collected them.
I think I have seen a thousand of them in thrifts.
What folks should have been doing is buying Apple in the 90's, and Exxon right after Valdese, and Amazon at under $200 a share. Just a few off the top of my head.
I saw a news story on TV this week about "if you have these Beanies, you will get rich."
I was HUGE into Beanies as a kid. I have one large tote and three smaller totes full of them. I pulled some of them out today.
The thing that makes many of them "rare" and desirable are "tag errors." If you look closely, many of the tush tags have "Oak Brook, IL" as "Oakbrook IL,". What should be "USA" instead "U.S.A." Those "errors" supposedly makes them more valuable. I have most of the first nine, and all of the ones I've gone through today have these tag errors.
I put six up on eBay to see what they do. Some are going for thousands of dollars, with no bids. I'd taken $50 for most of them.
I saw a news story on TV this week about "if you have these Beanies, you will get rich."
I was HUGE into Beanies as a kid. I have one large tote and three smaller totes full of them. I pulled some of them out today.
The thing that makes many of them "rare" and desirable are "tag errors." If you look closely, many of the tush tags have "Oak Brook, IL" as "Oakbrook IL,". What should be "USA" instead "U.S.A." Those "errors" supposedly makes them more valuable. I have most of the first nine, and all of the ones I've gone through today have these tag errors.
I put six up on eBay to see what they do. Some are going for thousands of dollars, with no bids. I'd taken $50 for most of them.
A lot of that is fake. There are some listings that you can check and it say's it sold for a thousand, and you go into the completed listing further and you see it sold for $10. I haven't figured this out yet, but it's definitely a scam.
Ebay has bots trying to attack their site all day I bet.
A lot of that is fake. There are some listings that you can check and it say's it sold for a thousand, and you go into the completed listing further and you see it sold for $10. I haven't figured this out yet, but it's definitely a scam.
Ebay has bots trying to attack their site all day I bet.
One of the ones that was valued at thousands in that news article has an average sale price, according to eBay, of $202. I'd be very happy with that.
I plan on keeping at least some of my oldest ones and most of the bears for nostalgia's sake. If none of these six rare ones I have sell, I'll be looking into selling a good bit of the less valuable as a lot locally.
Recently I was at a garage sale and the lady was selling Beanie Babies asking $1.00ea. for them. She had about 200 of them and I didn't see anyone interested in buying them.
The bottom fell out of the market years ago. I gave several totes full of them to the local family homeless shelter so they could hand them out to the kids that came in.
The bottom fell out of the market years ago. I gave several totes full of them to the local family homeless shelter so they could hand them out to the kids that came in.
Amusingly enough, none of the Beanies I listed sold.
These were the ones with tag "errors" that were supposed to be worth a lot. They didn't sell at $10.
Although it's a dead market, and when you say listed I don't know where you listed them, but that can happen with many items.
I listed something that was in nice shape didn't get a bid at $15, but somebody sold one with bids for $26. And there are only 6 currently listed.
Still this has always been an odd hobby to me. And the problem is many thought they would be valuable. I posted it a few posts back.
They are on eBay. I may try Etsy - I did the eBay relist for two of them. What's odd is that I used to eBay a lot to sell stuff. I had a laptop listed (two days to go) and a few other items - none have more than ten views, and no bids.
They are on eBay. I may try Etsy - I did the eBay relist for two of them. What's odd is that I used to eBay a lot to sell stuff. I had a laptop listed (two days to go) and a few other items - none have more than ten views, and no bids.
Yep, people are liquidating crap they see little value in.
Yep, people are liquidating crap they see little value in.
This post makes zero sense.
Not everything is crap. I could check a fellow flipper's listings who I rarely see any more but know well, and all his stuff is usually $24.99 BIN. Hundreds of listings like that. And don't think he doesn't sell.......
By the way, one of my buddies was selling crap as you call it in an antique mall for years. Up until it closed recently. It would amaze me the kind of junk people would buy in an Antique Mall that you couldn't give away on Ebay.
He got lucky in a junk shop yesterday with some carnival glass. Something both of us know very little about. He made out though. (He is not an internet seller)
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