I have sold two items since my last update and bought three items. I sold the Full Sheet White Set and made $11.23 of profit. This type of brand in white normally sells very quickly. However, there are times when certain sizes don’t sell for an appropriate amount to make it a good flip for me. If I find the full size again I will buy multiple sets of them again if they are available. I was not able to list these until after the holiday and it sold it less than a week.

I also sold the Technics Tape player on craigslist and made $17.71 of profit on the same day I sold the Full White Sheet Set. I had an interesting conversation with the person I sold the tape player too. He wanted to make sure and meet in a crowded area to be able to test the item. He told me he got robbed one time when he met someone to buy something off of craigslist, and always meets in a crowded area now. I have always met people in an area with lots of other people when selling craigslist items, before this interaction. This seemed like a good idea to me from a safety perspective. Making sure I am not putting myself at risk when doing flips is something I’ve always considered a first level thing compared to the profit I’m hoping to make.

I bought a new set of William Morris Queen Sheet Sets and a Peter Reed Reina Blue King Duvet. A week later after the two sales I had I went back and bought another Peter Reed Reina Blue King Duvet. I bought well on both of these and will hopefully make at least 50% on my money on these items. I’m much higher on this right now, because if I need to lower the sales amount I can still meet my goal for margin on these larger items. I am hoping to run up the amount by $1000 of profit this year, but I don’t control how sales will go. As long as I buy at a good price then I have set myself up to potentially be successful.

I have $47.84 more to invest to get back to fully invested again, and am at $760.42.

Current Inventory

Item	Cost	Date Purchased	Sold	Profit
NFL Puzzle	$3.45	6/27/22
Serving Dish and Bowl	$9.29	7/20/22
*2 Coca Cola Puzzles	$6.91	9/13/22
*Floral Plate	$2.71	9/26/22
*Old Spice Cologne bottle	$3.25	9/26/22
*Wood block set- kid’s toy	$2.17	9/26/22
*Japanese Stein 1	$4.33	9/26/22
*Satellite Puzzle	$2.37	11/28/22
*Board Game	$3.78	1/4/23
*Painter’s puzzle	$3.78	1/30/23
*Antique? vase	$8.11	2/21/23
*Antique Plates	$7.56	3/19/23
*Rollerblades	$16.77	4/1/23
*Granite Cutting Blades (5)	$40.54	4/4/23
*Crystal bowl	$5.94	4/10/23
*Perfume bottle	$8.11	4/10/23
*Casserole dish	$8.11	5/17/23
*Nike Air Jordan V.5 Canvas	$27.11	5/22/23
* Air Jordan Flight Remix Wolf Grey	$42.50	5/24/23
*Coffee Cup- Floral	$2.70	6/20/23
*Twin Duvet Set	$25.98	6/21/23
*Skateboard	$8.11	7/26/23
*Queen Sheet Set Brown and White Plaid	$64.94	8/23/23
*Technics Tape Player	$22.29	8/23/23	1/7/24	$17.71
*Accounting Book	$6.27	9/6/23
*Brooks Brothers Sheet Set	$12.99	9/8/23
*1.019 Share – Verizon	$33.07	9/29/23		$5.35
*William Morris King Duvet	$64.94	11/16/23
*Full Sheet Set White	$38.97	12/13/23	1/7/24	$11.23
*William Morris Queen Duvet	$54.11	12/13/23
*William Morris Queen Duvet	$54.11	12/13/23
*William Morris Queen Sheet Set	$42.22	1/3/24
*Peter Reed Reina Blue King Duvet	$42.22	1/3/24
*Peter Reed Reina Blue King Duvet	$42.22	1/10/24
Underinvested	$47.84
Total inventory amount	$760.42

I ended up selling on more item before the end of 2023. I sold the William Morriss King Duvet on 12/25/2023 for $117.50 less shipping. I ended up making $23.61 after everything was all done. I had bought two of this exact duvet when I got this and am going to replace it in my inventory so I don’t have to find another item for it. If you are reading this you might think that doesn’t seem right, but it seems reasonable to me since it is my change jar flip game I’m doing.

End of the year numbers updated

I made a profit in 2023 of $624.03. Current Inventory possible inventory amount is $736.83. I need to invest $84.29 to be fully invested. Verizon was trading at 37.70 on the last day of trading in 2023 which puts the potential profit at $5.35.

Current Inventory

Item	Cost	Date Purchased	Sold	Profit
NFL Puzzle	$3.45	6/27/22
Serving Dish and Bowl	$9.29	7/20/22
*2 Coca Cola Puzzles	$6.91	9/13/22
*Floral Plate	$2.71	9/26/22
*Old Spice Cologne bottle	$3.25	9/26/22
*Wood block set- kid’s toy	$2.17	9/26/22
*Japanese Stein 1	$4.33	9/26/22
*Satellite Puzzle	$2.37	11/28/22
*Board Game	$3.78	1/4/23
*Painter’s puzzle	$3.78	1/30/23
*Antique? vase	$8.11	2/21/23
*Antique Plates	$7.56	3/19/23
*Rollerblades	$16.77	4/1/23
*Granite Cutting Blades (5)	$40.54	4/4/23
*Crystal bowl	$5.94	4/10/23
*Perfume bottle	$8.11	4/10/23
*Casserole dish	$8.11	5/17/23
*Nike Air Jordan V.5 Canvas	$27.11	5/22/23
* Air Jordan Flight Remix Wolf Grey	$42.50	5/24/23
*Coffee Cup- Floral	$2.70	6/20/23
*Twin Duvet Set	$25.98	6/21/23
*Skateboard	$8.11	7/26/23
*Queen Sheet Set Brown and White Plaid	$64.94	8/23/23
*Technics Tape Player	$22.29	8/23/23
*Accounting Book	$6.27	9/6/23
*Brooks Brothers Sheet Set	$12.99	9/8/23
*1.019 Share – Verizon	$33.07	9/29/23		$5.35
*William Morris King Sheet Set	$51.96	10/17/23	12/25/23	$23.61
*William Morris King Duvet	$64.94	11/16/23
*Full Sheet Set White	$38.97	12/13/23
*William Morris Queen Duvet	$54.11	12/13/23
*William Morris Queen Duvet	$54.11	12/13/23
Underinvested	$84.29
Total inventory amount	$736.83

I have sold three items since my last update. I sold a pair of Nike shoes the next day I bought them for one of the biggest profits I’ve ever had. I sold a William Morris set of sheets, and the Rae Dunn King Set of Sheets.

The pair of Nike Shoes were at Kobe 8 model and I paid $14.60 for them and set them for a quick sell priced at $100. I ended up making $70.75 of profit off of them once all the fees were charged. I was very happy with this highly profitable, fast flip. I also did more research after the fact and learned I could have made more money than this, but was happy with what I got. When I am flipping items you can’t expect things to maximize profit all the time, but you can learn more about items if they sell super fast in case you run across an item again.

I sold the Rae Dunn King Sheet Set for $30 and ended up making $6.33 profit after it was all shipped out. This was another decent flip and gives me the opportunity to reinvest easily at this price point again.

The last item I sold was a set of William Dunn Queen Sheets I had paid $42.22 for $83.00. This ends up being $28.46 in profit off of this set after shipping them out and fees. These three items ended up making me $105.55 of profit, almost three times the amount I started with. That’s a win!

I went and bought three items to replace those which sold. One is a Full Size White Sheet set, and two different William Morris Queen Duvets. This pushes me to over $712 in potential inventory. All three of these items should get good views and have high chances of selling in a reasonable amount of time. I need to invest $60.68 more to be fully invested at this point, and this is to be expected when I have an item make as large a profit as the Nike Kobe 8 shoes did which cost me such a small amount.

Verizon is at $37.49 as of the writing of this which puts me at a potential profit of $5.14.

As 2023 ends out I look back and see I am up $600.42 this year. This works out to $50 a month in profit. I have written about $50 a month for a while and could keep on just cranking out this amount a month, if I wanted. This is a great success on my flip jar journey, and lines me up with where I hope to be at $1000 of potential inventory by the end of my second full year at this. In 18 months, I was able to make $676.63 of profit which I find to be an amazing amount to have grown to. I look forward to where this journey will take me.

Current Inventory

Item	Cost	Date Purchased	Sold	Profit
NFL Puzzle	$3.45	6/27/22
Serving Dish and Bowl	$9.29	7/20/22
*2 Coca Cola Puzzles	$6.91	9/13/22
*Floral Plate	$2.71	9/26/22
*Old Spice Cologne bottle	$3.25	9/26/22
*Wood block set- kid’s toy	$2.17	9/26/22
*Japanese Stein 1	$4.33	9/26/22
*Satellite Puzzle	$2.37	11/28/22
*Board Game	$3.78	1/4/23
*Painter’s puzzle	$3.78	1/30/23
*Antique? vase	$8.11	2/21/23
*Antique Plates	$7.56	3/19/23
*Rollerblades	$16.77	4/1/23
*Granite Cutting Blades (5)	$40.54	4/4/23
*Crystal bowl	$5.94	4/10/23
*Perfume bottle	$8.11	4/10/23
*Casserole dish	$8.11	5/17/23
*Nike Air Jordan V.5 Canvas	$27.11	5/22/23
* Air Jordan Flight Remix Wolf Grey	$42.50	5/24/23
*Rae Dunn King Sheet Set	$21.61	6/14/23	12/9/23	$6.33
*Coffee Cup- Floral	$2.70	6/20/23
*Twin Duvet Set	$25.98	6/21/23
*Skateboard	$8.11	7/26/23
*Queen Sheet Set Brown and White Plaid	$64.94	8/23/23
*Technics Tape Player	$22.29	8/23/23
*Accounting Book	$6.27	9/6/23
*Brooks Brothers Sheet Set	$12.99	9/8/23
*1.019 Share – Verizon	$33.07	9/29/23		$5.14
*William Morris King Sheet Set	$51.96	10/17/23
*William Morris Queen Sheet Set	$42.22	10/17/23	12/4/23	$28.46
*William Morris King Duvet	$64.94	11/16/23
*Nike Kobe 8	$14.60	12/1/23	12/2/23	$70.75
*Full Sheet Set White	$38.97	12/13/23
*William Morris Queen Duvet	$54.11	12/13/23
*William Morris Queen Duvet	$54.11	12/13/23
Underinvested	$60.68
Total inventory amount	$713.01

I sold two items since my last update, but made a mistake with one of them I sold. I sold the pair of shoes which were Nike’s for $47.50 plus shipping and ended up making $9.47 of profit off them.

The second item I sold was the Dyson vacuum. Unfortunately, I didn’t notice it was missing the rolling device on it when I bought it. I had been using it to clean my house till I sold it, but the person I sold it to said it didn’t work for them. In this situation I’m not going to worry about this and refunded their money, and wished them luck on finding the missing piece.

I learned a lesson about double checking the pictures of the items I buy online before completing a purchase. The vacuum never had the roller when I looked back at the original pictures. If I would have taken more time to compare it to others like it I would have noticed. This type of mistake happens and I’ll try my best to make fewer of them over time. As well, it cost me and additional $1.25 to refund them on the purchase. This is the most I’ve lost on one item since starting.

I currently need to reinvest $38.47 to be fully invested as of the end of the month. Not sure what I’m going to focus on for this amount to keep me moving forward. All of the sheets and duvets I’ve bought are receiving lots of views, but have yet to sale. This is likely my best course of action to have a high probability of consistent sale.

Current Inventory

Item	Cost	Date Purchased	Sold	Profit
NFL Puzzle	$3.45	6/27/22
Serving Dish and Bowl	$9.29	7/20/22
*2 Coca Cola Puzzles	$6.91	9/13/22
*Floral Plate	$2.71	9/26/22
*Old Spice Cologne bottle	$3.25	9/26/22
*Wood block set- kid’s toy	$2.17	9/26/22
*Japanese Stein 1	$4.33	9/26/22
*Satellite Puzzle	$2.37	11/28/22
*Board Game	$3.78	1/4/23
*Painter’s puzzle	$3.78	1/30/23
*Antique? vase	$8.11	2/21/23
*Antique Plates	$7.56	3/19/23
*Rollerblades	$16.77	4/1/23
*Granite Cutting Blades (5)	$40.54	4/4/23
*Crystal bowl	$5.94	4/10/23
*Perfume bottle	$8.11	4/10/23
*Pair of Shoes	$37.86	5/4/23	11/21/23	$9.87
*Casserole dish	$8.11	5/17/23
*Nike Air Jordan V.5 Canvas	$27.11	5/22/23
* Air Jordan Flight Remix Wolf Grey	$42.50	5/24/23
*Rae Dunn King Sheet Set	$21.61	6/14/23
*Dyson Vacuum	$20.02	6/20/23	11/28/23	-$21.27
*Coffee Cup- Floral	$2.70	6/20/23
*Twin Duvet Set	$25.98	6/21/23
*Skateboard	$8.11	7/26/23
*Queen Sheet Set Brown and White Plaid	$64.94	8/23/23
*Technics Tape Player	$22.29	8/23/23
*Accounting Book	$6.27	9/6/23
*Brooks Brothers Sheet Set	$12.99	9/8/23
*1.019 Share – Verizon	$33.07	9/29/23		$3.80
*William Morris King Sheet Set	$51.96	10/17/23
*William Morris Queen Sheet Set	$42.22	10/17/23
*William Morris King Duvet	$64.94	11/16/23
Underinvested	$38.47
Total inventory amount	$602.33

Not much has happened since my last update really. I bought four new items to sell with two of them being William Morris Sheet Sets, and the other was a Ralph Lauren Queen Sheet Set. I bought the two William Morris items on October 17th and the Ralph Lauren set on November 2nd. I’m getting lots of views on the William Morris items, which is good. The Ralph Lauren Queen set sold today and I made $2.15. This was a mistake on my part, because I forgot I had listed the item where I paid for the shipping. When I make a profit though I’m always pleased though, and went ahead and bought a William Morris Duvet to replace it today.

I currently have 33 items in my inventory and am overinvested by $12.26 with my total amount possible since the start of $610.81.

Verizon Stock

The one share of Verizon I own paid a dividend of $.665 on 11/1/23. I had this reinvested back into Verizon. This bought me an additional .019 share of Verizon at a share price of $35.00. This is going to be harder for me to track compared to me buying physical inventory. As well, this increases my cost basis by the same .665 cents. I’ll be adding the dividends to my cost of the Verizon investment as I go in the table I show. However, I viesw this in a different manner when I think about my return. I view this investment at the original amount I paid for the one share and it is just throwing off free money to me over time. I’ll likely go between these concepts over time, but will show the total invested along with dividends for clarity. The 1.019 share of Verizon closed at $36.18 per share today. This would make the value of my shares worth $36.87. This is not where I believe the intrinsic value of it is, and I will continue to hold till it gets to the value I think it is worth.

Current Inventory

Item	Cost	Date Purchased	Sold	Profit
NFL Puzzle	$3.45	6/27/22
Serving Dish and Bowl	$9.29	7/20/22
*2 Coca Cola Puzzles	$6.91	9/13/22
*Floral Plate	$2.71	9/26/22
*Old Spice Cologne bottle	$3.25	9/26/22
*Wood block set- kid’s toy	$2.17	9/26/22
*Japanese Stein 1	$4.33	9/26/22
*Satellite Puzzle	$2.37	11/28/22
*Board Game	$3.78	1/4/23
*Painter’s puzzle	$3.78	1/30/23
*Antique? vase	$8.11	2/21/23
*Antique Plates	$7.56	3/19/23
*Rollerblades	$16.77	4/1/23
*Granite Cutting Blades (5)	$40.54	4/4/23
*Crystal bowl	$5.94	4/10/23
*Perfume bottle	$8.11	4/10/23
*Pair of Shoes	$37.86	5/4/23
*Casserole dish	$8.11	5/17/23
*Nike Air Jordan V.5 Canvas	$27.11	5/22/23
* Air Jordan Flight Remix Wolf Grey	$42.50	5/24/23
*Rae Dunn King Sheet Set	$21.61	6/14/23
*Dyson Vacuum	$20.02	6/20/23
*Coffee Cup- Floral	$2.70	6/20/23
*Twin Duvet Set	$25.98	6/21/23
*Skateboard	$8.11	7/26/23
*Queen Sheet Set Brown and White Plaid	$64.94	8/23/23
*Technics Tape Player	$22.29	8/23/23
*Accounting Book	$6.27	9/6/23
*Brooks Brothers Sheet Set	$12.99	9/8/23
*1.019 Share – Verizon	$33.07	9/29/23		$3.80
*William Morris King Sheet Set	$51.96	10/17/23
*William Morris Queen Sheet Set	$42.22	10/17/23
*Ralph Lauren Queen Sheet Set- Plaid	$64.94	11/2/23	11/16/23	$2.15
*William Morris King Duvet	$64.94	11/16/23
Overinvested	$12.26
Total inventory amount	$610.81