need serious help with pricing magnesias

ROBBYBOBBY64 · May 14, 2020

RIBottleguy said:
I've been selling bottles out of a rented space in an antique shop for a number of years now. People here (Rhode Island) absolutely love anything blue like Phillips and Bromos. I usually sell the smaller ones for around $3 and larger ones for $5. And funny story, I dug a dump years ago that had so many Bromos I started to leave them. Once I sold all the ones I kept I realized my mistake and now I take home pretty much every blue bottle!

RIBottleguy, I was just curious, how much you ask for the extra large 6.5" bromo. 10 dollars sound about right. I know of 4 different sizes. ROBBYBOBBY64

Timelypicken · May 14, 2020

yacorie said:
Any way you cut it - it needs to sell for 20 bucks for me. If I pay shipping or if they pay shipping, I do both.

People factor the shipping costs, and now taxes, into what they’re willing to pay. You aren’t going to get someone to pay 10 bucks for a $10 bottle and then add tax and shipping on top.

I see your point. The only way to get those prices are someone who doesn’t know there prices or they are rich

yacorie · May 14, 2020

Timelypicken said:
I see your point. The only way to get those prices are someone who doesn’t know there prices or they are rich

I wasn’t taking about these magnesias. I have a bunch of blobs and Hutchinson’s I’ve been selling. List them all for 20-30 BIN and if they sell great - if not they go.

I’ve also been selling them for 5 bucks each plus shipping, a good deal for someone looking to add some to the collection.

RIBottleguy · May 16, 2020

ROBBYBOBBY64 said:
RIBottleguy, I was just curious, how much you ask for the extra large 6.5" bromo. 10 dollars sound about right. I know of 4 different sizes. ROBBYBOBBY64

I usually ask around $8, so pretty close! I price my bottles to move lol.

Dogo · May 16, 2020

When you check Ebay be sure that the bottle actually sold, and try for more than one sale. Sometimes a non-collector will pay more out of ignorance.

lamareagle2 · May 16, 2020

The problem with online pricing is it is just an asking price. You could just as easily put $40 to $50 per bottle and some fool might actually pay that price.

That does not mean they are selling for $40 to $50 each on line.

hemihampton · May 16, 2020

Reminder: If you read my post on page 2 post #19 it will tell you what these are actually selling for or how to find out what they are selling for.

ROBBYBOBBY64 · May 17, 2020

RIBottleguy said:
I usually ask around $8, so pretty close! I price my bottles to move lol.

Smart man. Got to make room for the new finds. Priced too high and you just sit on them. That is not profitable. Thanks RIBottleguy for your expertise.
ROBBYBOBBY64

Teradacto58 · May 19, 2020

They use to get more for the very small ones.....they sold for $5-7 years back....if they were cork. Average midsize were $3 for Cork...Larger Cork $5 ....Screw tops were $1-3 ...This was in Southern BC Canada,,,,

nhpharm · May 19, 2020

Sounds like you all need to swing by the Houston, Texas bottle show this year (hopefully happening in October)! I'll have a heap of corker bromos for $1 each.

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