We rolled up on Sarah D at a garage sale — she’s a reseller herself, sells on Whatnot and Pop, prices everything using a system we respect: doubled Goodwill tags, slash through means half-price. Good discipline.

Candice locked eyes on the Hello Kitty stuff right away. I eyeballed the weird nails (Sarah’s own words — fake nails that are, yes, obviously weird). And then there was a Pink Floyd hat. The three of us stood there doing the math out loud the way resellers do when they know each other’s reality: her Poshmark listings had those pieces at $20 to $24 each. Our bundle ask was more wishful than realistic.

“What about a bundle for all of it?” Sarah didn’t budge. “Three for each is the lowest I can go.” She was right — she’s got actual sold comps backing up that number, and she can’t kill her own listings to move them faster at a yard sale.

It made sense. It just didn’t make sense for us. So we grabbed the Pink Floyd hat for $4 and walked. Sometimes reseller-to-reseller means both of you are honest about where the floor is — and that floor just wasn’t under a pile of Hello Kitty.