lerath666
Super Freak
If you want to make a living off this hobby...
Get a business liscense, and open a store, becuase that's the only way.
Get a business liscense, and open a store, becuase that's the only way.
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This conversation pops up every couple of months without fail, but this is the very first time I've heard people suggest that statues and figures are not solid investments and should be collected just for enjoyment. I suspect people here are trying to influence the market for a run on figures and flip them for a huge profit. Very clever guys, very clever
..and I would have gotten away with it, if it hadn't been for those pesky kids!
uscmhicks
Super Freak
The majority of stuff I've purchased has actually raised in price on the secondary market. The problem is by the time I actually want to sell any of my stuff it'll probably be worth peanuts. 
And not even! Tons of businesses in the figures and collectibles departments are closing doors due to low sales and other higher costs.
Best way to do it, open a "home store". But then you will also have other issues such as online competition, lack of visitors, etc. Definitively a loose- loose situation, unless you are SSC or Hot Toys themselves at this point.
Imagine, look how there are bunch of items sitting at SSC stockroom.... Have you checked BBTS inventories? They have 70+ Luke's HT, 66 Iron Mongers and plenty of stock in more items. Now imagine having 66 IM worth almost $500 each (let's say you buy for $379 at wholesale), that is $25,000 worth of cash you invested sitting there in your shelf.
cokebabies
Super Freak
batfan1991
Super Freak
Don't go into the hobby expecting to make a profit, you can expect to get your money back and if you get a little extra your lucky. But these pieces will at least be worth the money that you put into them.
Boba Ben
Super Freak
I don't know about that. I think it's very possible that interest in these figures won't be there years from now and their value could drop below retail. The high end collectible market relies on the newest, best thing. When an improved version is released, the old one immediately drops in value. I don't see the same nostalgia being there for these a couple decades from now that you see now with people buying vintage Star Wars toys and other similar lines from their childhood.
comicbookguy
Super Freak
everyone forgets these other costs.
gagaliya
Super Freak
+ 9% ebay fee + 3% PayPal fee + risk of fraud and damaged returns
Invest everything you have in collectibles! Forget your 401k, IRA, pension, savings/checking accounts!
comicbookguy
Super Freak
Yep plus the much higher statue costs to begin with = 0 to so little profit which makes no sense. Don't forget your time to pack and trip to ship it. If breakage occurs then be prepare to spend months calling and dealing with the mess.
Colossus
Super Freak
Bezzerkerr
Super Freak
yes, you can make a couple of bucks on buying and selling collectibles.
Not just any collectible. You must buy the "right" collectible, at the "right" price and sell it at the "right" time. It's pretty hard to get everything "right" but if you do, it's certaintly possible to make a few bucks...nothing crazy, maybe enough to fund another purchase.
Not just any collectible. You must buy the "right" collectible, at the "right" price and sell it at the "right" time. It's pretty hard to get everything "right" but if you do, it's certaintly possible to make a few bucks...nothing crazy, maybe enough to fund another purchase.
Wouldent be worth the trouble or the guilty conciouse 
Pineapple
Super Freak
You can definitely make some extra money buying certain collectibles (PF, HT's, etc) and selling them later on. I wouldn't quick your day job though.....
I can now breathe a sigh of relief because my big run of ebay sales the last few months is coming to an end.
20+ items altogether, everything arrived safely and happy buyers.
All in all I made around 75%+/- of original cost. I'm very happy with that as I never bought with the intention to make money.
20+ items altogether, everything arrived safely and happy buyers.
All in all I made around 75%+/- of original cost. I'm very happy with that as I never bought with the intention to make money.
but those
-were toys, so they became rare because toys are broken/lost(/burnt)
-were thrown because no one expected them to get a value
If there's one thing not to collect, it's Star Wars stuff because everyone is - it will never have any value.
Ebay can also make it look like some stuff increased in value, but it's not because someone is selling it at a high price that it has a high value, it's only if someone *buys* it.
But sure, in 50 years, fragile statues may have a high value, if someone is looking for them.
If it's to make money, better be a reseller than a collector.
On a short range, your stuff immediately drops in value at the time it's opened (especially for PVCs, near-zero value once opened), + you'd also need to recover what you spent on shipping.
The sought after stuff with lowest edition sizes will generally hold value and continue to rise in the long run.
This is generally the older stuff. Unless the company decides to re-release the same item, you don't have to worry too much.
You can make profit from anything you buy, just need to be able to buy it for the right price and sell it at the right time. As mentioned before.
This is generally the older stuff. Unless the company decides to re-release the same item, you don't have to worry too much.
You can make profit from anything you buy, just need to be able to buy it for the right price and sell it at the right time. As mentioned before.
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