Toy Harvest
We recently became grandparents for the first time and soon realized our toy selection was very dated. We were never big toy buyers for our children, but it seemed like we needed at least a few. Ebay didn't exist when we were buying toys for our kids, but we like to shop there, so my wife checked out toys on Ebay.
It was interesting. She bought two boxes full for less than $50.00. There have been losts of changes; most of these require batteries. They must have been expensive when new. I get the impression many kids these days think of toys as throwaways. They play with them for a while and then move on to new ones.
I bought the ToyHarvest.com domain name because it looks to me like Ebay provides a venue for harvesting toys very cheaply. Obviously, used toys are not for everyone. Some folks, or their kids, will only be satisfied with the latest and greatest no matter what the cost. That leaves a profitable toy buying opportunity for the rest of us.
One potential snake in the grass that concerns me is the chance of buying recalled toys with lead paint and other safety issues. I am sure most of the recalled toys will be destroyed, but I know a few entrepreneurs who don't let anything stand in the way of profit. It is really easy to imagine a truckload of new toys dropped at the landfill going home that night in the back of employees pickups and from there to Ebay. For that reason I think it would be well to do some checking before purchasing.
In looking at the toy auctions I see many categories with lots of auctions in each:
Plus some other smaller categories.
The list below shows the next ending toy auctions that don't say "new" in the title. As I have time I will add more pages to provide targeted search pages for more specific kinds of toys. In the meantime, if something below looks interesting, the link will take you directly to that auction. Thanks for visiting.