12/31/2025
You know those videos you see on Facebook or TikTok of Thrifters finding treasures and turning them into cash, well it ain’t that easy. The treasure finding is the fun part but you also have to have a strategy on how to sell it and know what sells and what to price it at.
So here’s a little quiz to check out your IQ of the resale vintage business. The person who gets all of them correct will get 25% off on any item of their choice, assuming it hasn’t sold yet. Item can be in store or online or in previous product images on this site. Buyer pay shipping. If there is a tie, a winner will be drawn. To qualify, all your answers have to be included in one comment, not separate responses.
1) which item will give you a higher profit, the 2 side saddlebags from Harley Davidson in fair condition you paid for at $49 each or the industrial looking wood table from world market also in fair condition you paid $$50 for?
2) which do you think will have a quicker turnover rate and fly off the shelf, the Disney Mickey Mouse backpack or the coach messenger travel bag?
3)Which item would be priced higher, the Metallica shirt or the Grateful Dead shirt?
4) of all the images you see which one would take the longest to sell?
5) what would a savvy vintage reseller price the mid-century freestanding mustard yellow fire pit, not stamped with only small blemishes. You can only pick one: $100, $250, $500, $800, $1000, $1200, $1500, $2200, $2800, or $3200.
6. between the tinker toys, the tiara and Harley Davidson shirt, which one has the highest likely hood of selling first in Kernville?
7. What is the golden rule of flipping vintage items?
8. What is the number one strategy a reseller should employ when going to estate sales?
9. What vintage item is the hardest to sell, beanie babies, antique porcelain dolls, vintage 45 records, or a bag full of costume jewelry mixed.?
10. What is the most important ingredient in earning over $1000 a month in vintage reselling. You can only pick one. 1)Having the eye for what moves. 2) specializing in certain products. 3) knowing how to negotiate 4) having an adequate inventory backup of merchandise 5) knowing where, how and when to shop.
Quiz ends tonight so have some fun and take a guess.