I must be sick!What could I be thinking?

**Dancing Lotus** · 02-27-2009, 07:47 PM

Lately I have become obsessed with Vintage jewelry. Rhinestone brooch's to be exact. Now when I say obsessed I mean that i spend hours stalking it on Ebay, craigslist, yard sales and thrift stores.
I want to keep the best of the best for myself but I have hatched a plan to resell the rest. I am going to buy in big Lots , pick out what I want and resell the rest. The idea is to make enough back to cover the expense of what I keep.

I have a shop I can sell it in, I could remix it up into lots and auction it off on ebay and I could also go to the flea market.
But am I nuts to think it might work in this economy? Will people buy this stuff at the flea market?

The average brooch retails around 12.00. When I buy in lots I am getting them at about 2 to 3 dollars each.

I guess since I want to keep some for myself I have nothing to lose. It's just that I fear setting up all my jewels and nobody buying.

Do it or don't?

**nuisance26** · 02-27-2009, 08:22 PM

~I love vintage jewelry too but honestly it's not something I would personally be buying right now. JMO.~

**Michelle68** · 02-27-2009, 08:38 PM

As Constance posted, I'm not sure how much of a market there would be for jewelry with the economy the way it is now. Perhaps you can buy one small lot (I'm not sure how many are in a "lot".) and see how they sell before committing to buying a large amount and sinking your money into something you might not be able to unload.

**Nana2two** · 02-27-2009, 11:59 PM

Its a great market for buyer like you, because your wanting it. for sellers its few and foar between. I sell on ebay and last year i sold alot of vintage jewlery, did pretty good.

**MommyBliss** · 02-28-2009, 12:13 AM

I think you'd do well. There is a good market for this, especially with people who turn them into new pieces of jewelry. I would also try etsy to sell your pieces, you could sell them as supplies. I'd love for you to offer some here, I'd be buying!

**JanieD** · 02-28-2009, 11:05 AM

I think you should test the water before investing too much money. Maybe buy 1 or 2 lots & see how items sell. I got into the eBay thing last year & bought several lots (not jewelry) to resale. Once the items arrived it was hard for me to sell the nicer pieces (I want to keep too much). At this point I should make a little, but items haven't sold as fast or for as much as I thought they would.

**Dancing Lotus** · 02-28-2009, 05:20 PM

I don't' mind selling them for a just a few dollars profit. Every penny earned is a penny more then what I had.

**Guest57** · 02-28-2009, 05:25 PM

I think that you should start small as well...if I have to choose between buying a gallon of milk or a piece of jewelry, my choice is obvious...and I think more and more people are getting in to the same situation. I wish you the best with your endeavors!!

**HandyMom** · 02-28-2009, 10:45 PM

I feel the same way about certain vintage dolls but I know that I have to put a limit on it. Like another poster said, test the waters first. If it's a really small profit it's not worth the time and effort you are putting into it so maybe you should draw the line and stop stalking for a while. I know that is hard to do. I keep talking about ebaying a lot of my stuff but the truth is I won't make as much selling things now as I would have before the economy took a nosedive.