I Feel Alittle Guilty, but I bought the Entire Lot of GI Joes

[theantiquetiger]

If you don't know, I priced an entire collection of 3 3/4" GI Joes and G1 Transformers for a lady who was hosting an estate sale. The only things I looked up were the Joe fig and the Xformer figs, and priced them below going ebay prices. There were over 30 1st variation Joes (many complete) and about 20 G1 Transformers (some complete) that I priced to just over $700 total.

There is also about 50 Joe vehicles that I didn't have time to look up, so I just priced them $10, $20, and $30 depending on the size(except the aircraft carrier and Cobra Command center $50 each). Everything came out to about $1500, and not a thing sold. So she called me and said $600, its all yours (thats what I offered her when I 1st saw the collection before looking the up).

Its gonna be a large, long sale, but I figure over $2000 gross.

I feel alittle guilty because it looked like I over priced them just so I can get the entire collection. I told her that, and she understood that I priced them fairly,and that there is just no market for them in Baton Rouge. There are two toy dealers in Baton Rouge, me and one other guy, and he didn't make the sale.

Pics to come....

[toys2cool]

awesome,I don't know about $2000 but you should make some profit,the Gi joe market has slowed down a bit,but the transformers have gone up.So keep us updated

[jwyblejr]

Actually when the 25th Anniversary stuff picks up more steam,the older Joe stuff should pick up steam with it.

[theantiquetiger]

Even good stuff slips by me sometimes. I priced the entire collection and found this, a knock off Transformer set. I didn't look him up, didn't think much of him, and slapped a $5 price tag on him. He didn't sell, I got him with the collection, and do some more research on him, WOW!!! I found the 3 figures sell for $20 each and a partial set with no box and missing weapons sell for $60. It is missing one missile. So, what am I looking at here, $150? Its on ebay already:




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Here is the lot of G1 Transformers I got, not pictured, Perceptor:

[batmanmc]

good for you antiquetiger. its cool you tried to help her. it pays to eb nice. mike

[toys2cool]

cool that hot rod looks awesome,did you list them already?

[theantiquetiger]

The only thing I have listed so far are the camera knock offs, styrofoam insert for Jetfire and armor for Jetfire. I will start listing tomorrow.
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That is not Hot Rod, that is Rodimus Prime
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I have been offered within the 1st hour of listing, $100 BIN on the camera transformers. I turned him down. He has 700+ feedback, no negs, but I like to watch my auctions.

[toys2cool]

yeah I know,but hot rod is rodimus prime,remember the movie

[Hulk]

I can tell you are losing a lot of sleep over this. Hopefully the money you make will make you feel better. Good Luck.

[thunderbolt]

What are you feeling guilty over? Making money??
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If you feel guitly about it, you should have pointed the owner to ebay in the first place. Local estate sales aren't the place to sell collectable toys and get top dollar for them.

[theantiquetiger]

What are you feeling guilty over? Making money??
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If you feel guitly about it, you should have pointed the owner to ebay in the first place. Local estate sales aren't the place to sell collectable toys and get top dollar for them.

I felt alittle guilty because it looks like I over priced them just to keep people from buying them at the sale, allowing me to pick up the entire collection after the sale started. I had to work the weekend of the sale, so I picked them up Saturday evening. The owner of the estate company knows I didn't do this, I even showed her they were priced below current going Ebay prices. The $600 she made off of me is most likely as much or more than she would have made if she would have priced them the way she normally does.

She does know about Ebay. If she has a high dollar item at the sale that she will not go down on price the last day, she will put it on Ebay after the sale instead of marking it 1/2 price. This collection is just way too big for her to mess with on Ebay. I am one of her regular customers and have spent alot of money at her sales. I have made nearly $10,000 from items I bought from her sales and she knows this as well.

So basically, I didn't want her to feel like I over priced them on purpose, even though they were not overpriced, because she trusted me and she is one of the nicest ladies in the estate business here in Baton Rouge. She did tell me next time she gets a collection of this size, she will just call me to come and make an offer on them, instead of me pricing them. She knows I spent alot of time repairing many figures, looking through box after box, finding their accessories, putting them in display cases, etc. She would have let me make an offer on these but she had already advertised them on her web site and in the ad for the sale.
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yeah I know,but hot rod is rodimus prime,remember the movie

There are two figures, one is called Hot Rod and the other is Rodimus Prime. They look alot alike, but Hot Rod is not as long as Rodimus Prime.
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Here are the Joe figs, there are 48 total. I am still looking for some of the accessories:

[RG]

Cool stuff. In the Joe's I see you have at least 2 of the 5 figures from the Special mission Brazil TRU exclusive boxed set.

[toys2cool]

Cool stuff. In the Joe's I see you have at least 2 of the 5 figures from the Special mission Brazil TRU exclusive boxed set.

LOL! I was just looking at the same thing,but I actually see 4 of them.I sold my Claymore alone for about $40 2 years ago

[theantiquetiger]

I started listing the Transformers, they are scheduled to start tonight, here is a sneak peek. They are mostly complete except one or two:

http://s144.photobucket.com/albums/r198/theantiquetiger/transformers/

[toys2cool]

those are really nice,that soundwave looks great