Kiddo and I are having a toy sale tomorrow. My question is in regard to the following:
I have a couple items I am unsure as to 'how' to sell them. One is a very unique wooden dollhouse that slots/pegs together (the walls do) in different ways. Should I sell it separately from the furniture (Doug and Melissa style) and dolls, or sell all of it together as a collection?
The same for a wooden kitchen and loads of kitchen toys. Should I include the kitchen with all the goodies (Nova wooden food that cuts apart, cloth picnic set,Plan tea set, etc.) for one price or sell the kitchen alone and smaller collections of like-item/same manufacturer toys?
Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. (I'm busy pricing tonight!)
Ah yes, Wild Woman-- point taken. It's a one-of-a-kind... never have seen anything like it and I've even looked online for one,just out of curiosity.
Thanks to everyone's helpful suggestions! We had a great sale. My son was able to buy his Lego set he so wanted (and this will buy me some time, too!). I ended up selling the dollhouse with the furniture and dolls as a set for $20 and the kitchen with the suggested 'starter kit' of pans and utensils for $20 as well. The rest of the kitchen collections were split up and sold separately.
Both ideas worked well and I ended up selling them to a neighbor friend who has just learned she'll be teaching kindergarten next year. :) So glad they went to her!
You can get a better price by selling a complete set. Usually when you piece things out they sell for much less, and it is way more hassle.
Separately, but be willing to make a deal if someone wants to purchase them all together.
Separate.
As it is the items you have, seems to have been gotten separately and not necessarily all of the same, brand or collection. But you put it together as a "collection." It did not come like that, from the store. In other words.
If someone wants to get it as a "collection" and keep it how you/your kids played with it making their own "set" for it, then that's fine too.
I would thus, display it, as a whole. As an "example" of how it can be. But that the buyers can buy it piece meal.
Or they can buy it, just as you have it. Too.
Up to them.
For one person, a collection may be just like what you have. Or they may have different ideas about it. And perhaps have stuff at home already to go with it.
But if a person says "hey can I buy this entire thing as a set/collection..." then sure, negotiate that price. But have a price in mind already, beforehand.
You could sell the dollhouse with the furniture if the furniture goes well with it. I'd be more likely to buy a dollhouse with the furniture because then I could give my child a complete set. I'd be sad if I had to buy a dollhouse with *most* of the furniture because some of it was sold ahead of time.
I'd sell the wooden kitchen with some basic things like pots and pans and then divide the rest up into collections of *like* items. I'd be more likely to buy a kitchen set that included a few starter items then having to buy everything separate, or coming later and finding that most of the items were sold but the plain kitchen was not.
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First off - nothing is "very unique" - if something is 'unique' then it's already one-of-a-kind. If the Doll house is vintage - sell it on ebay. Not at a garage sale.
if the house is complete? Sell it as a whole set - if you list it on ebay - you will get more for it as a "complete set" instead of partial set.
Keep sets together.
Have fun!! Good luck! Hope you sell everything!!
I would sell the dollhouse and accessories together. If you have a TON of furniture - more than fits in the house - you can sell that as a separate lot.
Same for the kitchen. Sell enough food and accessories to make playing with the kitchen fun and interesting. Have enough for a "meal" for four. The rest you can sell as a couple of other separate lots. Maybe split out the tea set as a separate item or make it as a discount ($40 for the kitchen with many accessories, $10 for the tea set or $45 for all of it).
I would sell it as a set for a discount compared to the store price for the same or a similar thing. People are buying a used thing because it is cheaper and a better quality product. Give them the advantage of a bargain. The people paying you will appreciate it. Plus, you are not trying to make a fortune. The goal is to make another child happy and earn a little for your trouble. And if it is that hard to figure out, then you should save the toy for when your daughter has a child.
Separately, you'll probably make more money. If someone wants to buy different items as a group for less you can then negotiate, you might sell more items overall that way. And as things wind down you can always drop your prices to avoid being stuck with items you really want to be done with.
