Sold for $180 Paid $6 Reseller JollysTreasureEmporium Shares Big Money & Unexpected BOLOs

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The video features a reseller known as Jolly's Treasure Emporium who shares her recent successes in flipping items purchased from thrift stores, estate sales, and yard sales. She highlights several unexpected finds that generated significant profits, starting with a giraffe-patterned pink toddler pillow she bought for just three dollars and sold for seventy-five dollars in under a month. Another notable item was a pair of Spark Create Imagine green alligator plush rattles, originally intended for dogs but purchased for twenty-five dollars total after a buyer wanted them for their new puppy. Additionally, she discusses a vintage United States Operation Iraqi Freedom T-shirt acquired at an estate sale for one dollar, which eventually sold for forty-four dollars after eleven months, illustrating that some items require patience to find the right buyer. The host also emphasizes the importance of recognizing high-value categories and specific brands that can yield excellent returns, such as Pottery Barn Kids security blankets and NBA jerseys. She recounts finding a Mitchell Ness Vancouver Grizzlies jersey at Goodwill for five dollars and selling it for forty-five dollars, noting that she had previously mistaken the term "bibby" for a type of shirt. Other successful flips included unopened Avon perfume bought from a donation sale for less than twenty-five cents each and sold for twenty-five dollars in under two months, as well as a vintage red geometric side table found at Goodwill for six or seven dollars that sold for one hundred eighty dollars after being carefully wrapped with pool noodles to prevent damage during shipping. Beyond clothing and furniture, the video covers a diverse range of profitable items including vintage books, collectible dolls, and specific seasonal goods. The reseller shares her experience with a 2008 Barbie Mariposa doll found at Goodwill for six dollars, which she listed for two hundred dollars and accepted an offer of one hundred fifty dollars after receiving multiple inquiries. She also details the sale of a vintage Aladdin insulated mug bought for a dollar that sold in a single day for nineteen dollars as a Father's Day gift, and a retired Vera Bradley crossbody bag purchased at a yard sale for five dollars that eventually commanded a best offer of forty-five dollars after being listed for a year. Throughout these examples, she advises viewers to research sell-through rates, be cautious with items that have expiration dates like tanning oil, and consider the sentimental value or rarity of vintage pieces when pricing their listings.

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Hey, bolo buddies. Thanks for watching. All right, you guys, I've got some unexpected bolos for you. Items to be on the lookout for, items you can hopefully buy low and flip for a profit. I'm going to tell you where she got it, what she paid for it, and what it sold for. And can you guess who I'm featuring? She sold another blanket. Jolly's Treasure Emporium. Check her out here on eBay, but look at this. It is a little giraffe pink baby toddler pillow Chanel satin edge. Okay, I thought it was a blanket. It's a pillow. Oh my goodness, now she's selling pillows. I have found the blankets like this, but never a pillow. It's a little giraffe pink baby toddler pillow from 2022. Believe I paid $3 and it sold in less than a month for 75. So, she's like the blanket seller, but now she's going to be the pillow and blanket seller. 75 bucks for that little pillow. How cool is that? This little guy is a Spark Create Imagine green alligator, and it says lot of two. Um so, I guess there's two of them, and has original tags. Bought two of these Spark uh alligator plush rattles stuffed animals with tags. Had them listed sep- separately, but someone reached out and wanted both of them. One for the dog and one for her new puppy. She said her dog had one and loved, but I believe the new pup tore it up, so she wanted them to both have one. She said, "I bought them for $2 each and sold for 25 in 3 months." So, two for 25. That's funny. I don't know, like I think you're supposed to buy dog toys and not kids toys for animals, right? Wonder what its eyes look like. Oh, it looks like it's got sewn eyes. It's probably okay. Unless it gets the rattle. Eek! All right. Oh, wait, did that say beans? Bean filled. Oh, what a mess. >> [laughter] >> All right, she said, "I bought this United States vintage Operation Iraqi Freedom white T-shirt from an estate sale for $1 and sold it for 44, but it did take 11 months to sell. Here's a little lovey. If you're not selling loveys, I love selling loveys. This one is a Pottery Barn. These are usually easy to find, easy to ship, easy to list, and they're usually cheap. Pottery Barn Kids 2013 gray elephant security blanket paid two and sold for full price of 24 in 8 months. And some of you don't like long-tail items. Uh Some plush sells quick, some is long-tail. I guess the best thing you can do if you're not a long-tail seller is look at the sell-through rate. I saw or wait, she said I was about to leave the Goodwill and a new rack came out. I saw this Mitchell Ness Vancouver Grizzlies bibby. Bibby? This is called a bibby? Oh. >> [laughter] >> I thought that was the name of the shirt. Oh my gosh. I'm like, that's new to me. Okay, bibby's the name on the back. NBA jersey. Um She loves picking up jerseys, paid five and sold it for 45. All right, we'll pretend I didn't just do that. Okay, the next one. Um Artisan Cherry, it's a parfum. Parfum? Perfume by Avon, guys. She said I sold another thing of Avon perfume I bought from the donate sale I went to already. Made my money back. It's I'm thinking less than 25 cents each time for each item. It's unopened. Uh perfume sold for 25 in less than 2 months. Jolly's Treasure Emporium, you guys make sure you're following her. Check this out. Postmodern red black accent geometric table metal wood side table. Found this um at the Goodwill for six or seven dollars. Walked past it a couple times. Finally noticed it and Google Lens did and threw it in my buggy so fast. I looked at the tag and it had been there a couple days. It had a a wear, not a lot. Listed it right away, and sold in a few weeks for $180. I use pool noodles to um pool noodles to bubble wrap and brown paper, got positive feedback. So, yeah, you can take pool noodles and go around the edges here. And potentially down here, too. Yeah, I've used those to do like picture frames and stuff. Flamingo Casino Hilton Las Vegas cups. Bought these at the Goodwill. Color tag that was on sale, so $1.50. Sold for full asking price of 58 in 3 months. There's that one. Uh I went to a yard sale I've been looking forward to for months. Always get cheap items. I got a pretty good pile for 20, and it went to a great cause. They help people. One of the items was this Animal Alley uh Jaguar. 2000 Toys R Us cat plush sold for $29 in a couple of days. I believe I paid a dollar for this book. It's the first 50 years University of West Florida. Sold for 31 in a year, and it went to Florida. There it is. Books. What are you guys doing with books? You guys buying books? Oh, I bought a bunch of tanning lotion items from Walmart last year. They were on clearance and the coupons, so a lot of them I paid taxes only or less than 25 cents. These sold for 23. It's too tanned. Uh tan oil intensifier. Took 10 months to sell. Okay, my only question would be some of them expire. So, make sure that you um look at that because sunscreens I don't This is This is deep tanning oil, though. So, maybe Oh, she put no sunscreen. So, maybe it's just sunscreen that expires. Huh. So just be careful if you're buying things that expire. You You I think there's rules for that. All right, look at this one. She said, "I could not believe I found this. I went to the Goodwill and I saw this Barbie Mariposa Mariposa 2008 butterfly fairy bought doll in box." $6. She Googled it it and was freaking out. And when I looked at the tag, it had been there for 2 days and resellers are in there looking all the time. Listed at high at 200 had offers coming in. I took a 150 offer. Probably should have waited sold in a couple of weeks. Yeah, but who cares? Six into 150? Yeah. The next one is this Anna Sui poppy long sleeve button-up shirt. Never heard of that brand. It's made in Italy. That's a good sign. She got it at the Goodwill for five listed for five months and sold it for a best offer of 55. This one is a She said, "I love picking up Ralph Lauren items." And this is a Ralph Lauren Blake brown short sleeve button-up men's shirt. I can't remember how much I paid for it, but usually five and under. Sold in 3 months for 19. All right, we got some shoes. She said, "I bought these shoes from an estate sale probably around a dollar. I dig I did a big pile got great deal on everything." These are Tony Little Cheeks gray fit body sneakers. Took 11 months to sell for full price of 29.74. She said it's the second pair she sold to this customer. Oh, that's cool. Repeat customers are great. Look, it's got a little zipper. That's fun. Uh okay, Serendipity. If you don't know about the Serendipity books, look them up. They're fabulous. She said she bought this uh book flat church thrift store clearance sale 25 cents sold for 21 in a couple of days. Yeah. Love love love finding Serendipity. One time I went into um I think it was a thrift store and I got a whole bunch of them and I sold them. Bought this Aladdin vintage green insulated mug with lid at a church thrift store, I believe. I took I believe a dollar. Took me a little while to list but sold in a day for full asking price of $19. Got positive feedback. Said they were giving it to as a gift for Father's Day. Hmm. A used mug for Father's Day. It must be have some sort of sentimental value since it's vintage, you think? I don't know. Uh Cougar Paws replacements. Uh yiyiyi. Pads. These are for your boots. These are boot pads. She said, "This is the last pair to sell. I bought a few of these from Goodwill, $3 each. This pair took 10 months to sell for $44. Nice return." Vera Bradley crossbody. Bought this purse from a yard sale, $5. Been listed for a year, took a best offer of 45. Yeah, certain patterns, the really old ones that are retired, some of them can do very, very well. So, uh if you can get it for the right price, research it, but if it's cheap, just grab it. Uh this is a Tell City primer early American home decorating furniture book from 1964. This is volume 65. Check it out. Bought this at church thrift for 25 cents. Took a $19 offer in two days. How cool is that? Would you guys have picked it up or left it behind? Let me know down in the comments. Please go follow Jolly's Treasure Emporium. She is always uh sharing her fabulous finds. She has a really great store with a lot of variety. So, check her out. She may have something you want. She's got some cool stuff in here. Jolly's Treasure Emporium. If you guys want to be featured like this, just go into my Facebook group. At the top of the group, there's a share post. What I need you to do is share your item. If you want to be featured, share your first item, and then hit reply, share your next item, and then reply to that one, share your next item. That way they're all in a row for me, and it makes it a lot easier when I go to share your listings. Please shout out any socials or anything that you guys want um people to know about, and I will mention that in the video as well. All right, you guys. Thank you so much for being here. Thank you for watching. Be sure to like, comment, subscribe, and share, and thanks for watching.