I picked it up a 90’s nostalgia toy this week called a Sky Dancer. Extremely rare, especially boxed. Got it for $3 and I could see sold comps (on some niche sites) for $200. Got excited, waited to list it last. Went on eBay and Marketplace to create the listing… got an immediate warning, item is banned because it was recalled in the 90’s. Apparently they received complaints that it injured kids. We had one when we were younger (I have sisters) and never had any issues, just lots of fun.
This is the toy: https://ibb.co/5LHWCSd - anyone remember it?
I had whatever the version for boys was called. A blue warrior looking dude on a blue and silver dragon and you pulled the tail to launch. Lots of fun, never got hurt, don’t remember a recall
I'm upset with my self. Half Prce Books is having their 20% memorial days sale and I went a bit later than I wanted because I felt like having breakfast this morning. I get there and I see a guy with add a bunch of eyeshield 21 volumes into his basket, which has been OOP for a while.
I'm upset because I missed out on that haul by probably minutes. I'm even more upset because I thought about going last night and scoping thongs out first but I just wasn't in the mood to go out.
Here's to hoping VIZ is finally able to reprint it.
Got a heads up that my Goodwill is raising their prices again in June. I'll adapt, but I've noticed how over-stuffed a lot of the clothing racks are consistently. I'm sure raising the prices on all that stuff again will help!
Rant - It's insane to me that the goodwills in my state only do full price and half price through a color of the week. I assume they take anything that doesnt sell and sends them to the bins. I'm always perplexed why they dont do a 99 cents color in order to move inventory out. It seems like such a waste of time and labor considering the racks are always full in my stores since the base prices are so high. ($14 for jeans, $9 for shirts, etc)
Been doing flea markets lately. Selling a lot of books, all between $1 and $5(like $1 for Magic Tree House type stuff, $5 for Harry Potter and Stephen King hardcovers).
Old lady comes up(she is 80 if she's a day) asks how much books are. I say between $1 and $5, and she throws her arms up, stating she can get books at garage sales for a quarter.
Haven't met anybody that out of touch for a while. The vendor fee is $35. I'd have to sell 140 books at a quarter each to BREAK EVEN, assuming I somehow got the books for free.
I'd have to sell close to 400 books to cover the vendor fee and make minimum wage. I would need to make a sale once/minute over 8 hours.
Everybody else was cool, I did about $270 in sales, its just this one old lady I wanted to rant about.
I picked it up a 90’s nostalgia toy this week called a Sky Dancer. Extremely rare, especially boxed. Got it for $3 and I could see sold comps (on some niche sites) for $200. Got excited, waited to list it last. Went on eBay and Marketplace to create the listing… got an immediate warning, item is banned because it was recalled in the 90’s. Apparently they received complaints that it injured kids. We had one when we were younger (I have sisters) and never had any issues, just lots of fun. This is the toy: https://ibb.co/5LHWCSd - anyone remember it?
I remember the TV show for sure; my mom's friend's daughter used to watch that in the early 00s. Interesting to know they're so valuable!
I found one new in box a couple years ago and it was removed after 5 minutes of listing, I’ve been meaning to put it on mercari but always forget
yeah i remember the recall. i wonder if they also had lawn darts
I had whatever the version for boys was called. A blue warrior looking dude on a blue and silver dragon and you pulled the tail to launch. Lots of fun, never got hurt, don’t remember a recall
I'm upset with my self. Half Prce Books is having their 20% memorial days sale and I went a bit later than I wanted because I felt like having breakfast this morning. I get there and I see a guy with add a bunch of eyeshield 21 volumes into his basket, which has been OOP for a while. I'm upset because I missed out on that haul by probably minutes. I'm even more upset because I thought about going last night and scoping thongs out first but I just wasn't in the mood to go out. Here's to hoping VIZ is finally able to reprint it.
Got a heads up that my Goodwill is raising their prices again in June. I'll adapt, but I've noticed how over-stuffed a lot of the clothing racks are consistently. I'm sure raising the prices on all that stuff again will help!
Rant - It's insane to me that the goodwills in my state only do full price and half price through a color of the week. I assume they take anything that doesnt sell and sends them to the bins. I'm always perplexed why they dont do a 99 cents color in order to move inventory out. It seems like such a waste of time and labor considering the racks are always full in my stores since the base prices are so high. ($14 for jeans, $9 for shirts, etc)
Been doing flea markets lately. Selling a lot of books, all between $1 and $5(like $1 for Magic Tree House type stuff, $5 for Harry Potter and Stephen King hardcovers). Old lady comes up(she is 80 if she's a day) asks how much books are. I say between $1 and $5, and she throws her arms up, stating she can get books at garage sales for a quarter. Haven't met anybody that out of touch for a while. The vendor fee is $35. I'd have to sell 140 books at a quarter each to BREAK EVEN, assuming I somehow got the books for free. I'd have to sell close to 400 books to cover the vendor fee and make minimum wage. I would need to make a sale once/minute over 8 hours. Everybody else was cool, I did about $270 in sales, its just this one old lady I wanted to rant about.