JEANS to LOOK FOR!

Some of these jeans are a no brainer.  Anytime you see the vintage Levi 501 jeans in smaller sizes pick them up.  MAKE SURE THEY ARE HIGH WAISTED!!!!  Most vintage 501's are high waisted.  The higher the better.  Preferably for $1.00 or less.  Cut them off and make them pretty short.  Bleach them - cut holes in them - make them as slutty as possible and the sluts will buy them!  Wash them a few times to get the strings on the cuts.  One thing that sells is trash to trashy women!  Another HUGE thing on Ebay right now is tye dying trashy shorts.  Levi brand does the best.  These two pairs of cut off tye dyed jeans sold for $160.00.  If you can bedazzle or jewel the jeans - you're SET!  Artsy original people with idea's could get into this and make a fortune while it lasts because the more original - the better!

These cut off shorts sold for $50.00.  These are going to be hot all summer! 

More brands to look for!!!  Make sure to get a killer deal!

Mens Levi's 512 bootcut
Mens Levi's 538
Mens Levi's 501
Mens Levi's 569
Mens Levi's 527 bootcut
Mens Levi's 507
Mens Levi's 597
Rock Revival
Rock Republic
Diesel
MEK
BKE
Seven For All Man Kind
Citizens Of Humanity
Lucky Brand
Big Star
Monarchy
Guess
Affliction
American Eagle
Abercrombie Fitch
Antik
LEVI cut off shorts

More Yard Sale Delights!

This chess set was a total of $2.50.  I sold it for $41.00.  Chess sets do good if they are in great detail like this one, and also if they are vintage.  When in doubt, pick up your laptop, internet on your phone or call a friend and LOOK IT UP before you buy it!

These are "Big Star" jeans.  I got these for $3.00 at a yard sale and sold them for $30.00.  Big star is a good brand to look for.  Make sure they are in decent condition.  They can show some distressing, but the heal can't be too torn up.  If they are, you can possibly get them for lower and cut them off.  Turning these into cut off slutty shorts is also a good seller.

These books were a $5.00 investment at a yard sale and sold for $162.00.  These are the sweet valley high books from the 1980's.  When ever you see a big set of books like this, look them up.

These "Tony Lama" boots were a $4.00 investment from the DI.  They sold for $65.00.  Anytime you see "Tony Lama" or "Justin" boots - they are usually good.  Be sure again to LOOK IT UP!  You don't want to waste money - so be sure before you dish out the money.

Turned $4.25 into $198.00

I usually swear by yard sales, but today at the DI... I hit the jackpot.  I purchased 5 brand new tubes of Arbonne skin care system.  Each one was $.85 for a total of $4.25.  I sold them on Ebay for $198.00.  I knew this brand because my friend sales it.  The products had no expiration dates on them, so I bought them up.  Not a bad day.  I am saving for a 55" big screen!  Not far off.

Another great find at the DI.

Yes, I spend an hour or two everyday at the DI.  I look forward to it and get enjoyment out of "the hunt".  It's important to know discipline and not load  your cart with non-selling items, or you will never come out ahead.  Today I bought a 1957 Peter Ganine Gothic chess set.  I knew it was old, so I grabbed it.  It was only $1.00, but I will still make a call to see if it's worth my time.  It sells for about $35.00/$40.00.  It's complete and in nice shape... so I'm excited!!!  I will put it on Ebay on Monday because I refuse to sell on the weekend... in my experience, people are too busy to be at their computer on the weekend and I get disappointed for what stuff sells for.

This is my other find for today!  It's an unused Raggedy Ann & Andy pattern book.  It was $.25 and will sale for about $15.00.  Add that to the Chess set and I am up to $50.00-$55.00 for a $1.25 investment!

Todays DI find!

I live at the DI (well, I spend about 2 hours a day or less there anyway).  I don't have much time to spare with 5 small children.  It's super fun to me.  Carts come out and you never know what's going to be them.  It's quite a rush.  Today's big find was this pair of Justin Gypsy boots.  I had never heard of this brand, but they looked nice and smelled strong of real leather.  I purchased them for $4.00.  I got them home and looked them up.  They are a HUGE brand and typically sell anywhere from $60.00 to $70.00 on Ebay.  I have high hopes for these boots.  Not bad for a $4.00 investment!

This was my other DI find today.  It is a Browning hoodie.  Browning is a big name for hunters.  I called my husband and he looked it up and confirmed that it was a good purchase, so I bought it for $3.00.  This hoodie will sell for about $20.00-$30.00 used on Ebay.  Today I spent a total of $7.00 for the boots and the hoodie.  I will make $80.00 - $100.00 (I'm thinking the higher end).  Not bad for a stay-at-home mom! 



WHAT A YARD SALE FIND!!!

To start... this was a TOTAL accident.  I have had these ginormous over sized books kicking around my house for a few months.  They are the softcover Teacher sized books, they are about 17x21 inches.  I purchased them for $.50 each at a yard sale last summer.  I bought 20 of them, which would have been a total of $10.00, but then I talked him down to $8.00.  My kids were never really interested in them.  They ruined two of them right away.  I put them up and didn't think much about them.  When I finally looked them up on Ebay, I was surprised to see that a few of the titles sold for about $30.00.  I decided to put them all on together and see what happens.  They slowly went up to $30, then $50, then $70 (at this point I was in a panic... these are just paperback books).  We were on the road traveling home and we had about 3 hours left on our trip.  My mom called and said they were at $112.00 about half way home.  When I got home, I rushed downstairs and to my surprise, these books were at $265.00.  Their final ending price was $270.00.  That is over 30x the money I spent.  Each book sold for about $15.00.  We were jumping and screaming all over the basement!  WOW, who knew? 

Toys From Your Childhood!

While walking around the DI, I noticed this little guy.  I remembered him from my childhood.  I think he was one of my first toys.  His name is Teddy Ruxpin bear.  I didn't know anything else about him other than he was from the 80's.  I picked him up for $1.00 and put him on Ebay that night with a $40.00 buy it now.  It sold within 3 hours (leaving me thinking I could have asked more).  That was 40x the money I paid.  Not bad if you ask me!

The bird is a Furreal Squawkers bird that had been discontinued.  I had to make a phone call to my husband to ask whether or not I should buy them.  They were both $1.00 and I sold them for $26.00.  People... do your homework and learn what is selling, it pays off.  Also, if you come across something that you are unsure of, make a phone call and find out before you buy it.  This is a great way to make quick and easy money... not to mention that it's quite a rush to find the treasures!