Goodwill Outlet Income Experiment - Thrifting, Picking, & Finding Profit Day 11 - Goose Biots?

Adventures in thrifting income from the pay per pound Goodwill - Day 11.

I got to the Goodwill Outlet a little bit later than normal today. I got home and said I would lay down for 30 minutes as I was feeling pretty tired. (The hustle takes its toll!) Well, that 30 minutes turned into almost 2 hours.

It's ok though, I got a good score that will bring in a lot of profit. Most people won't believe which item it is. Can you tell what that one item is from the picture below?

Today is March 28th and it is day 11. Let's see what I found this Wednesday.

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Goodwill Outlet Income Experiment: Day 11

Today I am keeping the Diaper Genie, small flathead screwdriver, and the two pot lids.

The Diaper Genie will replace our busted one. On ours, the piece that allows one half of the inside to open to allow the diaper to go into the hell hole of baby shit is broken. So this is worth the few bucks I paid.

Two Revere Ware pot lids. Ok, now it's getting ridiculous. Why only lids and no pots? I really need to get a set of lids together and list them on eBay.

The screwdriver just because it was a thinner one that could get into places.

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A blank VHS video and a cassette tape. I save these up and when I get enough I list them as a lot on eBay. Not together, separately.

Another small NERF gun for the lot I am building up.

King's Quest Collection for PC. No box, but these discs are scratch-free. They weigh almost nothing, so a few dollars in profit will be easy when they sell. Plus, I always hate to see classic PC games got to waste.

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48X30! Woah, that's a big dude. Horizontally, that is. Anyways, these are new with tags and had no defects. Big guys always have a hard time finding their size, so the extra large stuff sells pretty well online.

I found 14 of these unopened goose biot (I had to look up what a biot was) feather packages. Each package is .15oz - so at a rate of 89 cents per pound, I paid around 12 cents for all of them. Each package had a retail price of $1.99. I think I can make some money from these.

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I found this old MASTERPIECE board game from the 1970's. It was in good condition, the box wasn't torn and all the pieces were there except a die. I figured I could scrounge up some dice from some of the crappy board games, but after looking in the 4th board game I now believe that someone was going around taking the dice out of each game box.

This intrigues me. I must research this dice hustle and see if there is anything to it. I took one die out of a board game from my personal collection so I could list this one.

I found this Iceberq4 cooling fan kit and it looked complete. I didn't look too closely though, it does appear that someone tried to install it before putting it all back in the box. So that really brought the value down. Oh well, I just wrote it all out in the listing - it still has some value.

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Now we come to the big profit item of the day - Werner Erhard cassettes!

A few years back I found two sets of his in a thrift store. When I looked them up I was amazed at the prices they were going for! I paid $3 for both sets and listed them for $175 - AND THEY SOLD THAT NIGHT!

So you can imagine how quickly I scooped this up from the bin when I saw it. I then spent an extra effort looking for another but there was none to be found.

Apparently this Erhard guy was a popular self-help type guru in the 70's and 80's until he was set upon by the media who accused him of numerous wrongdoings. Specifically a "60 Minutes" episode about him pretty much ended his career, even though it was all proven wrong later one. Werner was even set up by the IRS as tax evasion was a claim by the media, and the investigation proved he was innocent. The Scientologists were also out to get him. It really seems like a large conspiracy put him in their sights.

He is still alive today, though he is 82 and doesn't do speaking nor does he sell his old products. So these cassettes remain valuable to those that love the man.

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Sales!

Two more of my better profit margin items sold today. The Flowbee from Day 4, and the Open Circuit Tester from Day 7.

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Day 11 Totals

• Total Spent Today: $12.17

• Running Total Spent: $143.98

• Total Listed Price Today: $198.84

• Running Total Listed Price: $1870.18

• Total Sales: $500.67

• Total Profit: $300.52

As always, tomorrow is a new day and a new thrift!

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