Whenever anyone asks about selling Beanie Babies on eBay, I feel compelled to tell this story and have done so hundreds of times.
A local church-run thrift store has several big bins filled with "stuffies" of various sizes and types. The largest are priced at $3 and smaller are less; however, when the bins start to overflow, which happens often, the largest are reduced to a dollar and others accordingly. That's when I buy for the great grands who visit here. I have at least two of those Princess Di ones. It used to be three, I think, but a dog I had at the time wasn't able to differentiate between her own chew toys and the toys that were on the floor. The end result was often not very pretty.
Items which were manufactured in amounts over 100,000 will never be considered "rare", until over 99.99% them have been destroyed.
Beanie Babies were deliberately promoted as "instant collectibles" by Ty Warner, as a means to con gullible and unsuspecting buyers into believing that his cheaply-made stuffed toys would have investment value.
Big reveal: Beanie Babies have NO value, because TOO MANY were manufactured.
He made millions of dollars hoodwinking his customers, and became one of the richest individuals in the United States.
The "rare" Beanie Babies were actually oversold inventory which retailers no longer wanted on their shelves; so Ty Warner came up with the marketing campaign that those particular Beanie Babies were going to be "retired."
Result? Beanie "investors" rushed to gobble up all those "retired" stuffed toys, under the mistaken belief that anything being "retired" must eventually mean "rare."
No -- it simply meant that Ty Warner didn't have to pay retailers for returned merchandise -- the Beanie "investors" paid the retailers, and Ty Warner never had to pay a cent in return fees.
Don't believe me? Check out this article from the History Channel --
If you want sell on EBAY you must register as Seller. You must provide your checking account# and social security# (for tax purposes). NAME on your checking account, social security# and EBAY profile page must be EXACT MATCH (otherwise your application may be rejected).
You might want to look up those that have "Sold". Don't want to be a kill-joy, but I think you have 3 too many zero's on the price tag. One with tag errors recently sold for less than $10..... with free shipping, sorry.
First off, your not supposed to try to sell here. That is breaking the rules. Second, beanie babies are no longer in demand. Might sell for 5.00 if your lucky.
soh.maryl
·1 year agoWhenever anyone asks about selling Beanie Babies on eBay, I feel compelled to tell this story and have done so hundreds of times.
A local church-run thrift store has several big bins filled with "stuffies" of various sizes and types. The largest are priced at $3 and smaller are less; however, when the bins start to overflow, which happens often, the largest are reduced to a dollar and others accordingly. That's when I buy for the great grands who visit here. I have at least two of those Princess Di ones. It used to be three, I think, but a dog I had at the time wasn't able to differentiate between her own chew toys and the toys that were on the floor. The end result was often not very pretty.
1786davycrockett
·1 year ago@patiad36
Items which were manufactured in amounts over 100,000 will never be considered "rare", until over 99.99% them have been destroyed.
Beanie Babies were deliberately promoted as "instant collectibles" by Ty Warner, as a means to con gullible and unsuspecting buyers into believing that his cheaply-made stuffed toys would have investment value.
Big reveal: Beanie Babies have NO value, because TOO MANY were manufactured.
He made millions of dollars hoodwinking his customers, and became one of the richest individuals in the United States.
The "rare" Beanie Babies were actually oversold inventory which retailers no longer wanted on their shelves; so Ty Warner came up with the marketing campaign that those particular Beanie Babies were going to be "retired."
Result? Beanie "investors" rushed to gobble up all those "retired" stuffed toys, under the mistaken belief that anything being "retired" must eventually mean "rare."
No -- it simply meant that Ty Warner didn't have to pay retailers for returned merchandise -- the Beanie "investors" paid the retailers, and Ty Warner never had to pay a cent in return fees.
Don't believe me? Check out this article from the History Channel --
https://www.history.com/news/how-the-beanie-baby-craze-came-to-a-crashing-end
inhawaii
·1 year agoTwo apostrophe zero zero zero?
I can't even afford that.
erikstuff
·1 year agoIs there free shipping?
caldreamer
·1 year agoIf you want sell on EBAY you must register as Seller. You must provide your checking account# and social security# (for tax purposes). NAME on your checking account, social security# and EBAY profile page must be EXACT MATCH (otherwise your application may be rejected).
https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/getting-paid/registering-seller?id=4792&st=3&pos=1&query=Registering%20as%20a%20seller&intent=register%20as%20seller&lucenceai=lucenceai&docId=HELP1461
pls-consignments
·1 year agoYou might want to look up those that have "Sold". Don't want to be a kill-joy, but I think you have 3 too many zero's on the price tag. One with tag errors recently sold for less than $10..... with free shipping, sorry.
simba6
·1 year agoFirst off, your not supposed to try to sell here. That is breaking the rules. Second, beanie babies are no longer in demand. Might sell for 5.00 if your lucky.