Avoid Buying These Toys to Sell on eBay - DO NOT BUY!
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- In this video, we chat with 12-year eBay seller Brandon Farr about the best tips for starting a toy business selling on eBay. Brand LOVES selling toys from thrift stores, garage sales, and flea markets and earns a full-time income with this business. If you enjoy this video do us a big favor and like, comment, and subscribe for more content!
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Oh lord! I’m only 41 but you guys made me feel old not know about Atari! I still have my original console and controllers with over 50 games!
That's awesome! Definitely keep up with it 😀 Sometimes sentimental value is worth more than monetary 👍🏻
Whats In My Life 2017 let me know if you want to sell.
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Thank you for the tips they always come in handy preciate it awesome video bro..
Thanks man! Appreciate you🙏
McDonald's Polly pockets do well. The ones from the early 90's.
I've doubled up on complete new hot wheels sets after fees & shipping. I bought the toy book from you & less than 24 hrs later, picked up a grab bag for $4 that I'll make $30+ for.
Hot Wheels sets do well but the newer individual cars themselves do not. Aside from a handful of exceptions of course.
Glad the book helped you out Jason! 👍
For Barbies, I have had some good profits with selling these dolls. The ones I find at yard sales I get if they are 1980s and older. Ones I've sold go around $35 to $60. They rarely stay listed past 2 weeks. Plus most people don't know what they are selling, I have found every Barbie I've sold/listed in the toys tub.
I do well selling Barbie dishes/accessories though. Or replacement parts for Dream Houses.
You guys have golden thrift stores up north.
Jason W that’s where the money is would be my guess.
Star Wars figures from the late 90s till now. I've had to put all mine in a bin and sell $5 each or 5 for $20
They did mass produce baseball cards! My mom worked in a printing company in the 90s and I would get like shoebox full of the them every once in a while lol
Haha that's awesome though Daniel! Did you collect them?
Daniel Q. Baseball cards are a bust. That time has come and gone.
Hot Wheels and Matchbox can be easier money makers, they just are not high profit items although there are a few I am picking up locally 4 to 7 at a time and selling right now for 10 to 20.00 each. Also variations are a key thing, so its not just treasure hunts that have value.
True, Off packaging can fetch a pretty penny too. It's just a matter of looking and taking the time to research each item. Glad to hear you are having some good luck with them! Thanks for watching!
Steve loved this video on the couch. You have an enviable team of talent.
Glad you enjoyed it, Aaron!
Aaron Kluge building community ! FTW
I'm scared to watch.. I just spent thousands on clearance toys!
Don't be scared to learn Candace! You might have bought the best of the best, doesn't hurt to take a look 🙂
Candace Pitt I hope you did your comps.
@@levittperez ya know what lol I did but also thought I was gonna start FBA and chickened out so now have pilessssss of stuff & wasted a ton of money and idk what the heck to do! 🙄😞😩
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I've done pretty good with Mega Blok Halo, and Call of Duty minifigures.
That's awesome James!
I’ve just sold an Elvis beanie this week but the rest don’t sell for ages. However I only pay 25p so the risk is low and they don’t take much room. I’d recommend selling low value items in bundles. Then they will go. Thank you for sharing your knowledge guys appreciate it xx
Very true Joanna. If you have a bunch of similar low priced items, lotting them up is a great way to get some of them moving! 💯👌🏻
I have so many toys from the 90s that are barely worth what I paid for them back then. When everybody sees my toys they think that I have stuff worth thousands of dollars just because it's brand new. But they don't realize that thousands of other people already saved the same toys.
That's always the downfall of holding onto everything. Not every toy, book or shirt will be worth money just because it's vintage.
My best selling is Barbie but brand new modern.
Pokemon Cards! My husband and I are avid collectors and 90% of Pokemon new or old are worth about $0.25 each. People think if they have old Pokemon they are worth a lot but even shadowless are worth about $1 each. Newer cards that are good for playing the game in the current generation are USUALLY the ones worth $30+ (there are a couple exceptions of course)
I agree with you for the most part but I LOVE me some Pokemon cards!! I have over 10,000 and some are definitely worth decent money. My favorite are the reverse holos from the Legendary collection, they are beautiful!!
If you find old school mechanical or electrical toys like toro toro they sell for a lot. Nostalgia sells folks.
Thanks for the added tip, Levitt!👍
My massage therapists parents had the cabbagepatch kids, the orginal release in mint condition. They ended selling them for 10,000 for all 4 of them. So I guess that was one good exception.
Wow!! Would love to come across a full original set like that!
@@RetroJunk1987 right!! Good thing they refused the 1st offer of 2,000 from someone else
@@danielq.4371 Always weigh your options!
@@RetroJunk1987 absolutely I found that sometimes you can even get deals on ebay when new sellers put things on bid at a time when no one is searching for this item. I've made some great purchades like this and resold them as well
Thomas trains. I don't buy them at yard sales because there was a period in time when they were recalled for lead paint. I'm not going to check every single one to see if it was recalled...not worth the time.
That makes a lot of sense. Some collectors may not care, but I would definitely list any recalls you know of as a disclaimer if you decide to pick them up in the future!
I inherited a boatload of diecast from the 90s - 00s, some worth nothing, some crazy money. Just gotta research each one.
Research can take forever, but it is definitely worth it in the end!💯
Raiken Profit Agreed. I just bought 3000 1:64 diecast cars, all on card. Selling them on my ebay store, but holy cow is there a lot of research involved. And there's always outliers in sold comps at both the high and low end that make pricing each car a challenge.
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Appreciate you Jeremy!
I don't know if you have heard or not but I'm trying to get the word out that Target has started kicking people out of their stores for doing RA because they have a policy that is against retail arbitrage. I have heard this from several people I know and I saw it happen to someone so be careful if you go to Target for RA.
I don't do any retail arbitrage but that's pretty lame that they do that.
Retro_Junk_1987 I think it's completely stupid of them. I mean people who do RA spend hundreds or thousands of dollars at every store but I guess Target doesn't want the money.
A lot of stores have problems with RA. You definitely have to be careful if you are trying to source in bulk!
Raiken Profit I'm always careful. I never tell anyone I'm a reseller. I don't do anything to make it obvious either. I see other resellers going to stores and filling up 4 or 5 carts or groups of 3 or more people each pushing multiple carts and they're constantly messing with their phone. They might as well wear shirts with RESELLER across the front.
I do well with bulk loose hot wheels. In good condition they'll sell for 30 to 50 cents each in bulk lots. Especially just before christmas.
I can imaging Q4 is great for items like that!
Awesome info. Thanks so much!
Thanks Anita. Appreciate you!🙏
@@Raikenprofit I appreciate you as well. 😇
I just sold a set of McDonald's toys for $15.00.
Nice sale!
Beanie babies haha...Would be interested in hearing thoughts about tech decks? I know those used to be huge.
ORIGINAL Tech Decks do well in lots or if they are still new in package.
Tech deck lots have sold well for me. Not a load of money in them but I've bought a few £10 bundles and sold for £30+ not loads of money but sell pretty quick
@@fandangoshorts Thanks for the feedback!
@@RetroJunk1987 Appreciate it!
Nice video! I am curious now about legos - if you had a big of loose legos, how would you sell/price that?
If it's just a mix match bag of random pieces you can usually get about $5 a pound. You'll get the most money out of Legos if you have brand new sealed sets, complete sets with instructions and of course minifigures. For instance I have a Davy Jones minifigure from Pirates of the Caribbean that is worth $50-$60 on it's own!
@@RetroJunk1987 Thanks! Almost makes me wish I kept them in boxes instead of playing with them as a kid. ;)
I was working at Hallmark during the Beanie Baby craze! All day long that phone would ring, “Got any Beanie Babies?” They would sit on the floor of our store with their lists, not even kidding! Lord have mercy, I wonder what they did with all of them 🤦♀️
I bet that drove everyone crazy! I couldn't imagine working through that 😲
Raiken Profit, oh, it did! It didn’t occur to them that we actually sold other products and might have something else to do 😂 Great video, and thanks for the bonus trip down memory lane!
I do not have much luck with new Fisher Price reproduction toys. NIB or lightly used do not sell well for me......
I’ve been keeping an eye on Disney Cars, the original 12 2005’s have been going up in price.
I have some sealed Cars stuff that I've been hoarding, love me some Disney!
I thought my Alf doll would do well, but apparently they are a dime a dozen, so I just kept it. My Huggabunch dolls aren't worth anything either.
What about Pokémon and yugioh cards? I cane across a huge box of both. Some are rare god cards. Looked up some comps but doesn’t look too promising.
There are not many valuable yugioh cards at all so you should probably avoid them. Pokemon is tricky because there are only cards from certain sets that are worth good money. First edition base set cards hold great value but are super hard to come by. Another set that has some high dollar cards is The Legendary collection, specifically the reverse holo cards from this set. There are a handful of current cards that sell in the $20+ range as well.
Whats In My Life 2017 ITS A TRAP !
The storage unit guys all get good money for happy meal toys still in bags. I had the real big Simpsons dolls from McDonalds in canada in the 80s part soft with big hard heads. Collected 1 a week. I sold them in 1998 for a good amount at my yard sale. Complete set.
Ones still in original pacaging and some special ones can do well. We actually have a whole video just about the McDonalds toys if you do a search on the channel.
World series baseball was a hit!
It was a cartoonish arcade style baseball game with no real players or rosters to get outdated. Any games that have original stories or characters tend to do better.
Thanks for the tip!
I deal almost exclusively in vintage toys at my brick and mortar store on Long Island- and I agree with everything you’re saying. For eBay. The good side of having a store front for me is that even the saturated stuff will sell in the store (1980s-90s baseball cards will sell in bulk if they are near pristine). But I will add to the list *NSYNC dolls and Disney VHS- I get at least a call a week asking if I buy beanie babies or Disney VHS!
(PS I do buy beanie babies but they never want to hear that I’ll pay 10 cents each 🤣)
Exactly! Brick and mortar is a completely different story. There are always exceptions. I've bought beanies for SUPER cheap just to sell them for a buck at the flea market but overall not worth it unless you're looking for fillers so a store like you said 😊
Yeah the store is a great opportunity for filler/ mistake purchases. Yesterday I bought a bag of mixed toys for the easy eBay sellers in it- threw the rest in my dollar mini toy bowls. No waste!
I sold beanie baby for $65 . So beanie babies are alive and well
The only cabbage patch doll that I would pay up for is the Original one with the whole stocking body, that was discontinued after some kid caught fire because their parents wasn't paying attention to the kid. But that is the one I would pay up for...SO FINE ONE>
Hahaha yup! That's one of the few exceptions when it comes to Cabbage Patch.
Which ones are you talking about? I'm not sure you know but cabbage patch dolls were a stolen idea from some old lady that used to knit them and sold them with a birth certificate.
@@palillo2006 I believe Xavior Roberts was the one who started the Cabbage Patch kids and he made them out of a stocking material by hand. I visited his "Orphanage" in Clevland, GA as a kid and also visited a local specialty store which sold them (Albany, GA). They sold for over $100 back then! We would visit the store often and I had my eyes on this one doll and so excited to get the doll I had picked for Christmas. It was about 1980 and it was a huge deal. Juanita Gloria was her name and I still have her and the Adoption papers. I doubt I have the original clothes but who knows!
Omg the Atari jackpot story was insane😳🤑
Star Wars. The market has become uber-saturated. People think that anything Star Wars is gold. Nope.
Vintage/original Star Wars still holds tons of value but stuff from like the 90's to current isn't worth much at all. I sold one of the original figures (Amanaman) recently for $144!
This x1000. People have had a backlash to Star Wars recently with the Last Jedi. Some vintage pieces sell ok, I recently sold a vintage Dewback. Other than that, the pieces from the new movie series are peg warmers.
SAM CWEIBER facts same with Marvel. Lifelong collector speaking here.
Funko pops are the next beanie babies
That's a possibility, but there are quite a few special and limited edition ones that go for big bucks!
I don't agree, pops resemble characters that people love. Beanie Babies are just animals filled with beads. I thi m Pops will be around for a very long time
@@RetroJunk1987 that’s arguable because they’re animals that people prefer over others as well.
@@kkkongblong272 not at all the same
@@RetroJunk1987 that’s exactly the same are you dumb? If a character is specifically preferred over others just like people prefer cats over dogs vice versa then it’s the same. People can collect certain animal beanies just like they do pops.
Also Spiderman Toybiz toys don't sell for that much profit on ebay. They mass produced them in the 90s so the chances of finding some mint condition figures for $5-10 isn't that hard.
Truth! Most of those 90's Toy Biz toys aren't worth much at all unfortunately.
@@RetroJunk1987 sentimental value only lol. About those mcdonalds toys I may get one two for nostalgia.
@@danielq.4371 Exactly!
What’s Brandon and Vinnie thoughts on Funko Products?
I have a feeling they overproduced them and they will be like Besnies
I will disagree with you with baseball cards in protectors. Not all of them will be worth money. Most of the time, they are the favorites of the collector. I Would stay away from cards from 1986 to present. Unless you know what you know what you are doing.
Great input here! You are totally correct, aside from a few hidden gems you'd be better off using them to heat your home hahaha.
Thanks for turning people away from certain niches. More money for me and other sellers.
To each his own 👍🏻
Im not doing sport cards anymore. They get heavy and majority of them are worth nothing.
I have a lot of GI JOE and Transformers toys unopened. Do they sell well? How do I go about selling them?
Depends on what era we're talking about. Originals will always sell best but there are still newer releases that go for great money. You could sell them to me! Lol
Thought I found some deals at a thrift store I hadn’t been too yet yesterday. Laid a couple games on the counter......$5 each. Left them lol.
Wow, that sucks man! Sorry you weren't able to find any deals worth your time Jason!
What kind of games ?
I love the classic ugly dolls toy line
They are so cool looking 😄
Great info, thanks!
Thank you, Donna!
Modern Action man
Not really familiar with Action Man honestly.
I found some beanie boo plush dolls at my local goodwill that are listed for pretty good $ i payed $1 & saw the same one listed at $16
Some great information...albeit sad but very informative! 😂 Of course when my kids were little (late 80’s early 90’s) I would always buy extra Happy Meal toys! Now I think of all the things I could have bought with that money had I only known! 😳
No, if you have a collection is it few 100 worth
Bas T.Hoorn ??
I had a collection happy meals (modern) bought for €25 an sold €130
@@BasTHoorn once again, there is always an exception to the rule. If you are able to purchase a HUGE lot for a VERY low price then it could totally be worth it. Unfortunately those deals are few and far between.
The world is UPSIDE down only a YEAR later.... TON of SPORTS games are selling HIGH..(Some $40-150) ..Sportscards are ON FIRE now...!!!! I am just waiting for the beanie babies to come back...LOL LOL LOL LOL
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Kynex was a complete fail for me.
Took forever and sold low.
I just bought 60 lbs of lego collections with minifigures included for $90. I'm going to sterilize them & sell them $5+ by the pound.
Great deal, you'll definitely make good money. Make sure you are selling the minifigs separately.
Do not buy Playdo toys. The playdo will dryout eventually. Not a great long term storage toy.
Thanks for the tip!
Transformers g1
Now you're talking big bucks!!
Oilegor moonfog I have never seen one.
Fact - sold my original Optius Prime in the box 1983 for over $1200.00 on ebay this year - had all the accessories and decals still on the sheet. Box was not sealed and had storage wear.
Thanks for the video! I recently bought some nerf guns that would not sell.
Nerf is tricky! Vintage ones sell well as long as they are either new in package or in great shape. I find that breaking them down and selling the parts/accessories works out well and costs way less in shipping.
Thanks I’ll have to see how that goes
@@TheEntrepreneurChannel No problemo, best of luck!
Most Barbies don't sell for much, however..Imaginext.. especially the discontinued ones are awesome and can go for hundreds...also Littlest Pet shop's sell well and Monster high dolls. Star wars stinks, Thomas train sets are no longer hot.
Once again there are definitely exceptions to every group of toys. Just sold a single vintage Star Wars figure for $144. I also just sold a new in package Thomas train for $155 a few weeks ago, bought it at Goodwill for $3. I've done very well with certain Monster High dolls and Littlest pet shop figures for sure.
Thanks for the tips Janie! Some people will have better luck with certain products. Sometimes only one or two specific items may be worth money, while hundreds of other figures are useless.
I sell my Thomas trains usually immediately and make 10 or more for each one, usually only paying 25 or 50 cents each
The sports figure market jas gone downhill imo.
Different markets will have fluctuations, and some people might just have better luck selling certain things. Thanks for your opinion!
Regarding Mickey Mouse (sorry its not in the original thread, I was having issues replying). Mickey Mouse, much like several of the items you mentioned, is a mass produced piece of Americana. If you go to Disney you'll see 20 pieces of merch to all other characters one. Much like you gents were saying in the video, it doesn't mean there aren't great pieces that sell out there. (I did well one time with a tea cup set) However, for the most part I find that the supporting characters (Donald, Goofy, Minnie, etc) have a much better sell through. A lot of people may find something with Mickey on it and automatically assume they hit a goldmine especially if it is old. Through my experience, I tend to trend very carefully with anything with Mickey Mouse on it because it is quite literally hit or miss.
darksider66 For Disney merch I have found the exclusive plushies sell. They take some time to sell but collectors snatch them up as most are limited release.
Generic barbies, beanie babies, shopkins seems pretty dead
Generic Barbies were never alive lol. I definitely agree with Beanies and Shopkins as well.
Do NOT BUY ANYTHING that says "collector series"......that's the first clue that it's NOT going to be of value. Of course there are exceptions, but generally...avoid it.
STAY AWAY from Hess trucks , not worth it, many of them out there, heavy , battery problems!
The old original ones new in box still bring in quite a pretty penny but you are correct about the newer ones!
Watch Match Really ? Hess closed shop I would have said the opposite was true. Checking solds.
He’s right the vintage stuff is the only ones worth it.
No toys on my eBay
I'd start looking into it for sure, lots of money to be made in that area!
I don't agree with happy meals.
You're totally allowed to disagree but overall I find that they aren't worth it unless it's one of the few popular vintage sets :)
Happy meal toys don't make me happy. :( Discovered that almost without exception any Disney movie tie-in has a short half life then is condemned to never sell for more than a quarter. Have to get creative and think outside the box to move them.
Nerf guns suck to a point and newer transformers
hockey cards
Do you have experience with them? How do the do?
Older, mass market cards are worthless, just like 90’s baseball. Upper Deck Young Guns rookie cards are good, especially the bigger names. Graded cards from the better companies are also good. And no haggling over the condition.
I do good on hotwheels you wrong about hotwheels
What do you mean by "do good" though? Certain ones such as Treasure Hunts and vintage so well but other than that I don't think they are worth the time.
@@RetroJunk1987 lots of 40 hot wheels sell decently on eBay they then fit into a flat rate poly bag which can save you over $20 in shipping hot wheels sometimes
@@earlgendron4893 great points! I didn't say that you can't make money on Hot Wheels, I just tend to avoid them unless they are vintage and in great condition.
Great discussion, I would say many items with Mickey Mouse on it are a huge risk.
This is too vague of a statement I'd say. Disney has a huge following and there is still Mickey Mouse stuff out there worth good money :)
I agree with Retro. What exactly makes you say it is risky? I would love to hear your reasoning!
This is just an idea, if we spot a large amount of good conditioned toys that are not worth us selling, we could buy some and pass them on to children's hospitals as a form of paying it forward, it helps out the person selling them and it might just brighten up a sick child's day .
What do you think ?
Cheers.
That is a wonderful idea Neville. Donating things you find is a great way to give back to your community and help pay it forward. I think most Children's Hospitals prefer new in the box toys due to how easily illness can spread, but local women and children's shelters, orphanages, and even some day care centers would be more than happy to receive items!
I was gonna say Tickle Me Elmo which came out in 1996 as the toy everybody wanted and was willing to push people out of the way for.
That was definitely a toy that everyone wanted!
Don't buy yo yos
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I found a 1976 Incredible Hulk yo-yo for .50 cents once. I kept it though.
As a yo yo guy this statement is absolutely true. I bought a 1986 tournament style Duncan Butterfly for 1.99 + shipping. This thing retailed for almost 80 bucks new.
Barbie dolls. Way too mass produced
Although that's true, there have been quite a few special released and holiday ones that can fetch a decent profit👍🏻
PS2 games and console. Worthless.
Not true at all, complete ps2 consoles in working condition will bring in $50-$60 easy. There are a number of games that bring in a pretty penny as well
It's all about finding the right ones!💯
Pretty much any good working ps2 goes for 50-80 here.
I’ve made a lot of money from ps2 games gotta look them up
I make pretty good money over time with PS2 games as log as you avoid the sport games, Tom Clancy games, SOCOM game, and anything else that's super common,
Excellent information, thank you so much!