I had a recent discussion about sharing your biggest flip - and it received a great number of replies - I even find myself rereading the replies often. I recently experienced remorse for selling an item of mine, a German made weather station that I discovered at a thrift store. It was a little beaten up, but it still worked perfectly. I let it go for a great margin - but well below what they are worth in my opinion. I do emotionally *regret* selling it, though...I was wondering if there are any flippers/sellers out there that have a longing for items they sold? What was that item you came across that you fell in love with, and then ended up selling? I know one day when I'm financially able, I'll buy another one of those weather stations! 😉
I sold one of the actual board shorts worn by Jason Momoa in the Baywatch Hawaii television series to some fan in Europe. It came with a photo of him in the shorts and a certificate of authenticity.
I bought them for $200. I was delighted to sell them for $500.
I think that because of his popularity now, those shorts are worth a lot more now.
I'd love to see that lamp! I love lamps that have motion to them!
@silverstatetreasureboxes wrote:@vintageantique77. Oh another one of your interesting fun topics! Well on EBay I sold an old boat lamp, the name escapes me but I believe it was from Denmark, solid brass.
It was stunning and it rocked back and forth in it's holder. I had it on auction and it sold for around $68? ( it was given to me) but I really wished I would have kept it. The buyer was thrilled.
In keeping with your title " which item do you regret selling the most"? There is 3 items and while working at my Thrift shop (Nevada) in 2017, I was cleaning up some very dirty large duffle bags to sell instead of throwing them out we could get $5 bucks each.
So here I am on the floor cleaning and spraying these things when a man came to my door and stated " I want those"..."ok" I said " let me finish cleaning...." He interupted " never mind cleaning HOW MUCH"? I stood up and said " for you? $15 each!! he grabbed them and left the store.
Now I didn't think anymore about it, we all knew who he was as he lived in our town and was a creep and very arrogant.
What happened to those bags I sold him? They ended up holding his assault weapons in Las Vegas on 1 October.
Holy moley! :0
That is....shocking! Did you recognize him right away on TV?!?
That is amazing...
@18704d wrote:
2002? 2003?
I'm a member since 1997 (other account that I lost the password for)
and a seller a couple years later.
eBay used to be auction only.
When BIN's came in .. I didn't understand them? But everyone seemed to be using them.
So ...
I had three of those Franklin Mint framed prints that were of famous cities.. NYC, London, Paris. Sterling silver paper made them up. I think there was 4? 6? issued, but I found three of them at a thrift store for $3.00 each.
I listed all three at 24.99 each, excited how high they could go .. because there were no others listed, and back then, Completed Listings went back an entire year .. and those prices got high at times.
But... BIN's.
Sounded like a good idea, so I put 34.95 BINs on all three auctions.
Next day, all BIN'd sold at that price.
Shocked me, for some silly reason.
Sale went perfect.
Weeks later, saw my buyer had resold them under the same account for 75.00 or higher. I think NYC went for over a hundred.
Sigh...
Lynn
Ah yes. There is still a racket for buying on eBay - to SELL on eBay. I've done it a handful of times. Most sellers have different buying and selling accounts to prevent the connection. I will check out a buyer's account to see if it is a strictly buying account when I suspect I may have priced something too low - but these days I rarely feel bad about leaving them some room to flip. Still is worth a sigh, regardless.
I feel your pain!
@smileytown18 wrote:I purchased a bag of high end clothing from friend. I didn't recognize one of the brands (it wasn't particularly pretty dress either)and was rushing, so didn't do much research. I listed it for $69, figuring I'll check the next day how much it is worth. It sold literally within a few hours.
Quickly did some research-it was a European company that costs over $1000 a piece!
Lesson learned: Do your research!
I used to hate those at the thrift stores that casually search items in plain sight on their phones for values...I thought it was just....just....something...I've become what I hate lol. I never go into a store without my phone...It's paid for itself 300 fold...Gotta love it.
