nervas
more crickets than friends
I know many of us on buk.net are collectors. Collectors of many different things. Most of the stuff I've collected over my life span, I've never intended to sell. However I think as many have experienced, times our tough. So every now and then I will try and unload some stuff that I think may be of some value, or will at least bring me back the money I originally spent to purchase the item. I have some sure fire things that I know will bring value, at times 5-6 times the value I paid for them. But of course, those are the hardest to part with. I have collected Michael Jordan shoes for as long as I can remember, and know throwing a pair of those on eBay will bring anywhere from $200.00 to $600.00 bucks, depending on that version. These are also shoes that I originally paid anywhere from $50.00 to $100.00 for.
But my point on this topic is, what are the types of things that you've collected that now, you really couldn't give away? To this day, my childhood closet at my parents is filled from TOP to BOTTOM with ONE thing. Action figures! I haven't lived in that home for 15 years, so thanks mom for not letting my dad sell everything at a yard sale for $5.00! But anyway throughout this year, I have occasinally taken a box, or a bag full of action figures, to try and make some extra cash. I have quickly learned that most everything is WORTH NOTHING. About 50% of the figures are star wars figures like this:
The other 50% is divided between sports figures, movie figures, etc. BUT damn! Most of these I paid maybe between $6 and $10, but a lot of the 12" figures etc maybe more like $20-$30! Now, NOTHING, really NONE of them will sell even at .99! I've started a few listings at .99, hoping it would sell for 2-3 bucks. Well they never sell for 2-3bucks, once in the last month a 2 figure lot did sell for the .99! It was these two Jack Sparrow figures that I bought in like 2003, and I think I paid like $15 bucks each! hahaha, what a waste of time and money!
So I'm done with selling them, I mean I'd rather give them away to kids in the family or something, but any one else ever wake up to realize, they had spent a lot of time and money collecting stuff that would be hard to give away nowadays?
But my point on this topic is, what are the types of things that you've collected that now, you really couldn't give away? To this day, my childhood closet at my parents is filled from TOP to BOTTOM with ONE thing. Action figures! I haven't lived in that home for 15 years, so thanks mom for not letting my dad sell everything at a yard sale for $5.00! But anyway throughout this year, I have occasinally taken a box, or a bag full of action figures, to try and make some extra cash. I have quickly learned that most everything is WORTH NOTHING. About 50% of the figures are star wars figures like this:
The other 50% is divided between sports figures, movie figures, etc. BUT damn! Most of these I paid maybe between $6 and $10, but a lot of the 12" figures etc maybe more like $20-$30! Now, NOTHING, really NONE of them will sell even at .99! I've started a few listings at .99, hoping it would sell for 2-3 bucks. Well they never sell for 2-3bucks, once in the last month a 2 figure lot did sell for the .99! It was these two Jack Sparrow figures that I bought in like 2003, and I think I paid like $15 bucks each! hahaha, what a waste of time and money!
So I'm done with selling them, I mean I'd rather give them away to kids in the family or something, but any one else ever wake up to realize, they had spent a lot of time and money collecting stuff that would be hard to give away nowadays?
