We’re back at the Aida Springs Citywide for round two. Candice has the wagon out, and I’ll never let her live it down — “her wagon has a basement, her wagon has a tailgate.” It’s a $150 Christmas present from her mom and it makes me feel like we’re parking a stroller at Disney World.

A few highlights from the haul

[5:21] Football pumpkin — $3. Robert Stanley resin pumpkin from Hobby Lobby, 2016. Originally $30. Comps have sold up to $40. We’ll list it at $25 and probably sit on it until football season.

[7:03] Isabella Fiore Y2K purse — $5. Candice’s pickup of the day. The leather work is heavy, the brass rivets are real, and a thread I dug up afterward says Phoebe on Friends used to carry this brand. We listed it for $100. We’ll see.

A note about the purse: that lot was already aggressively priced — most of the stuff at Aida Springs is — but Candice has the eye for the one mispriced thing on a table where everything else is fair-market. She wandered off, came back with this, and the seller had let it go for five bucks.

Order pulling — sales on eBay and Poshmark

[8:29] Star Wars 7-Bravo thermos. $10 yard-sale buy. Decal still sharp, which is rare on these. Quick flip.

[9:19] Two Dober Bluff hats — $25 as a lot. $2 a whack at sourcing. The reason to bundle: shipping cost on a single hat is about the same as on two, so the lot’s perceived value goes up while the per-item shipping math gets friendlier.

[10:08] Osagi Yojimbo Playmates SDCC exclusive — $135. And the buyer messaged us a day later: “I’m primarily buying this for the comic book inside. Is it in great condition?” Sealed in the inner box, never been opened. Candice has a bad feeling. I’m optimistic — I think this is a collector who’s been skunked before and just wants to confirm before it shows up. We’ll see how it lands.

[13:50] Two IT Cosmetics blush — $79.98. From a $20 fill-a-bag of cosmetics. We started with three and we’re down to the last two. Math on that bag is comfortably in the black at this point.

[18:33] “Galvatron” Transformer — $124.99. Custom SKU said Galvatron, listing title said Megatron. Candice catches it pulling: “Why does it say Megatron at the top of the box?” Title was right; only my bin label was wrong. “I was in transformer mode. Not literally — I don’t transform.”

[19:51] Three boxes of vacuum cleaner bags — $74.99. Dollar wax at a garage sale. This is the math on cheap, easy-to-list inventory: low buy, low effort, decent sale, three at a time.

[20:54] Tim Edler “Swamp Wars: Dark Gator” — $40 offer accepted. Listed at $60. It had been on the shelf almost a year. Tick tick tick. These local-author books have no comps; we’d been guessing. Forty bucks closes the loop and frees the slot.

Plus one Poshmark sale — Bare Glow super powder, $21 in a peachy-pink bag.

Wrap

We listed the football pumpkin, the two Wizard of Oz Barbies ($35 and $50), and the purse ($100) at the end of the same day. Candice’s pick is the headline. Mine — the football pumpkin — is the patient one. We’ll see how that one holds up.

Garage sales are back in season and we’re having a blast filming them again. We’ll see y’all in the next one.