This wasn’t a particularly good period for sales, but it wasn’t particularly bad either. I’ll need to have productive holiday season to reach my goal of 24k for the year but I still feel like it’s very much within reach.
1. Vintage copper junk box: On eBay for 32$. This had the Chilean coat of arms on the top. Found a while back in TMR.
2. Apple keyboard: On eBay for 75$. This ended up selling for a pretty good price. I was thinking it’d be a 30-40$ item when I picked it up, so 75$ was a pleasant surprise. This specific model was very thin and had two USB jacks. Found in the lower Plateau.
3. HOG patch: On eBay for 7$. I don’t usually sell things for single digit profits on eBay, but I’ll consider doing so if the item is something I can easily throw into an envelope without worrying about packing. A patch is the perfect example of that. Found on Victoria Avenue in CDN a month or so ago.
4. Anime DVDs: On eBay for 45$. Not much remains of that huge collection I found last year.
5. Vintage Max Sievert camp stove part: On eBay for 50$. This is one of those things that sold within a day of my listing it, making me wonder if I should have asked for more. Oh well! Found on Oxford in NDG.
6. Persol sunglasses: On eBay for 46$. A nice old guy gave me a box of sunglasses while I was looking through his trash and these collapsible Persols were among them. One of the lenses was cracked but they were in good condition otherwise.
7. Zoom Handy Recorder: On eBay for 35$. It might have gone for more, but the battery door broke while I was testing it. The device still works fine but the buyer will have to tape the door in place. Found just a couple short blocks away from my home in the Mile End.
8. Yves Rocher “Fleur de Noel”: On eBay for 40$. For whatever reason I can’t seem to find a picture of this anywhere in my records. I thought I found it in Villeray, but I’m even starting to doubt that now. Regardless, it’s another perfume that sold on eBay.
9. Vintage GP Barbudo eyeglass frames: On eBay for 25$. These were listed on eBay for a long time before finally selling last week.
10. Mattel Hot Wheels tracks: On eBay for 35$. This was part of a toy car collection I found in Montreal West.
11. Yard sale: 330$. My last sale actually went pretty well, partly thanks to a sandwich board I had found earlier that week. Who would have thought that proper signage would increase foot traffic? Thanks to my mom for the pic!
12. iPod Touch: To a friend for 35$. Found in the lower Plateau.
13. iPad: On Kijiji for 50$. Cue my iPad stock photo. I found this specific device charged very slowly so I asked for a little less than I normally do. Found in the Mile End.
14. TI-84+ calculator: On Kijiji for 50$. This was one of my McGill Ghetto move-out day finds. I forgot to include it in that post, however.
15. Highlander 1969 Yearbook: On eBay for 40$. I only recently realized that I could make decent money selling old yearbooks. It’s always good to find another stream of income! In the last few months I’ve sold two for 80$, which is certainly better than nothing on both counts. This one came from Montreal’s Malcolm Campbell High School. Found this spring in Cote St-Luc.
16. Juliette Has A Gun: On eBay for 60$. Another McGill Ghetto find.
17. Pierre Cardin electronic lighter: On eBay for 36$. I have no idea how one would test an electronic lighter so I just sold it “as is”. It had a weird UFO-like design. Found late March in Hampstead.
18. Vintage bone bracelet: On Etsy for 15$. I’d had this for years and am happy that it’s finally gone.
19. Vintage 1930s Heinz soup sign: On eBay for 270$. My biggest single sale in a while! This would have been part of an old Heinz electric soup kitchen machine. I presume it will end up being a decoration of sorts. Found this February in Montreal West.
Total: 1276$, 17824$ since the new year.
I am always amazed by the variety of things you find AND the variety of things people are interested in buying from you. I loved seeing the old Hot Wheels track in this post… What you are doing is terrific. And who knew that some modest sandwich board advertising would improve your yard sale foot traffic?! Hurrah!
These are awesome finds! I’m not finding stuff quite as cool as you, but am working on it.
I just discovered your blog and find it so cool.I was born in 1993,but I am very thrifty.I read your blog often and also the blog http://youngandthrifty.ca
Glad you like it!
You certainly have a knack for scoping out the things that might yield a buck or twenty. Who else would have looked twice at that camp stove part … and yet here you are, $50 richer!
I can imagine what you might have thought when the battery door broke on that Zoom Handy Recorder when you were testing it … but still, $35 is $35.
I chomp at the bit to see your latest blog post … so keep ’em coming!
Sur l’enseigne Heiz soups: Purée mongole??? On se demande bien pourquoi ils ont arrêté de la vendre, il y a pas mal de mongols pourtant!