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Post by crazy4scraps on Aug 3, 2014 16:51:30 GMT
I have a LOT of leftover papers that I want to pack up into grab bags for an upcoming scrapping rummage sale (primarily stamping and scrapping stuff with a bit of other crafts mixed in). Some are older but many are newer current lines. I have single sided papers, double sided printed cardstock weight, etc. that would retail for anywhere between .89-$1.29 per sheet. I'd really like to pack this up so that all of the packs will sell. I have two questions. Would you rather have grab bags with one sheet per style or two? And how many sheets per pack? Selling by the sheet will not work in this scenario due to the nature of the sale and the sheer volume of paper I want to part with. TIA!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2014 17:05:44 GMT
I would put 20-25 sheets of paper grouped by like styles/lines/themes into a large baggie and sell for 2.00 a bag.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Aug 3, 2014 18:15:16 GMT
Thanks. Would you rather have one sheet per design or two? I usually buy two pieces of most designs but I typically do two page layouts.
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Post by Linda on Aug 3, 2014 18:48:05 GMT
I'm happy with 1 or 2 sheets - I generally buy new two sheets because like you, I do mostly 2-page layouts, but 1 single sheet works for accenting, cards or the occasional 1-page.
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Post by denij1 on Aug 3, 2014 19:14:04 GMT
4 friends and I just had a scrappy sale in June. We made over $2500. What we did with all the single sheet papers-----We put them together, 10 sheets to a pack. We kept collections and/or themes together. We sold them for $2.00 a pack, and we sold all of them. Instead of putting them in large ziplocs, we wrapped plastic wrap around the bottom 2/3 of each pack. It was cheaper than bags, and people liked it because they could thumb thru the pack to see why was all in it.
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Post by myboysnme on Aug 3, 2014 21:44:01 GMT
When I am selling papers I tend to combine them by some kind of theme and then throw in any sticker or embellie that coordinates and price it like $1 each. I will throw in some ribbon, some brads, whatever. It becomes like a sort of page kit, but I may have as many as 6-10 papers in it. Of course, the more stuff in it the price increased to as much as $2.
That helped me get rid of those odds and ends I have too many of. In this case now I'd probably have PL size cards to throw in to coordinate as well.
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Post by AerynK on Aug 3, 2014 22:25:13 GMT
People LOOOOVE kits. I don't get it, because I don't scrap that way, but any time you can take the guesswork out for someone and create a page kit of some type, people will snap that stuff up super fast. Make it as coordinated as you can, shove in some embellishments or stickers you want out of your stash, and they'll buy it. If it's more of a stampers/card maker thing, try to have some smaller kits with the paper at 6x6 and see how that goes.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2014 0:23:06 GMT
I would not buy kits but I have bought paper at garage/LSS sales before.
1 sheet or 2 of each paper wouldn't really make a difference to me. I guess I may be more likely to buy packs of paper that contained paper I didn't like if there was only one sheet of it...
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Post by crazy4scraps on Aug 4, 2014 1:44:38 GMT
Thanks for all of your input. I appreciate it. For what it's worth, I don't really have a lot of "collections" per se because these papers were leftover from kits that I manufacture and I don't order that way. I will choose a paper design that works for my layout, make up as many kits as I think will sell and then eventually just offload the rest. The "embellishments" in my page kits are usually my own precut paper piecing designs (or those from a few companies that allow me to use their designs commercially), so I don't typically have a whole lot of stickers or other things on hand that I could throw in with the paper. I buy miscellaneous things like brads or ribbon in bulk and whatever I don't use up for one project can easily be incorporated into something else later on. While people would probably like to be able to flip through what's in the packs, it could potentially be a real nightmare for the selling situation. I'll have my stuff out on tables that anyone can rifle through along with potentially a hundred other sellers, plus I won't be right there while the sale is going on so the organizers would rather have things sealed so various seller's items won't get mixed up. The organizers of the sale have been doing it for a number of years. It draws a LOT of people every time and the sales floor is absolutely a crazy feeding frenzy when they first open up the sale, so I'd like to keep things as simple as possible.  |
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