Lures lures and more lures I don't know what to do with

[addicyn]

I recently was cleaning out my basement that I should have done a long time ago would have come across hundreds upon hundreds of unopened and opened lures A lot of them I'm looking up on eBay and they're worth a decent amount cuz they're discontinued and this and that where can I sell these at Like all at once for a lump zone ASAP I'm a single mom and Lost my job and really have nothing else to sell. I don't know what to do. Anyone have any advice I will submit some pictures of everything I have also There's about probably 50 pages of pictures.

Well I thought I could put a picture but it's not letting me now I need help figuring that out too

 

[Bankc]

It's up to you what's more important.  If you need the money now, then I'd sell them locally and post on Craigslist or FB Market Place as a whole lot.  You might only take 1/3rd their total value (or even less), but you'll save yourself a ton of time having to sell each one individually online on something like eBay.  However, selling them individually on eBay would net you the greatest return.  But it could take months or even years to do.  

 

If you want to make more money than selling them as a lot, but not spend years selling each one individually, it might be wise to bunch up a lot of the lesser valuable lures into bundles of similar lures so that you cut down on the number of sales you actually have to go through.  And you could take out a few of the most valuable ones, sell them individually online.  Kind of strike a balance between the two extremes.  

 

What I would not do is sell them in a single bundle locally and take out all of the best ones to sell online individually.  The reason being, it'll be a lot harder to sell the large bundle locally if there aren't any valuable lures in the mix to entice a would-be buyer.  If you can showcase a few valuable ones in the bundle, people will be more inclined to want to buy the whole lot, knowing that there are at least a few that are going to be worth getting.  Otherwise, it's just going to look like you're trying to offload a bunch of junk.  

 

[looking45]

Welcome to the forum. Post enough times so you can post in the classifieds. People interested in buying will look there. Not bashing you, but some people are wary of someone trying to sell things with their first post

[rgasr63]

Craigslist is ok but eBay will take their share and then you got that discounted price that you were trying to get more money for. Fb marketplace works ok too.

[MN Fisher]

9 minutes ago, rgasr63 said:

Fb marketplace works ok too.

My best selling has been on FB Marketplace - old 30#TM when I replaced it, and the old canoe were both sold there.

[12poundbass]

This past summer our high school fishing club had a car wash to raise money. I decided to go through my stuff and pull out a box of lures and soft plastics I hadn’t used and won’t use and dropped them off to them. It was nice to see the kids digging through the box and smiling and the coaches coming up, shaking my hand, thanking me, and talking fishing for a quick minute. 
 

I’d go this route, it’s worth more than you’ll make selling the lures.

[Cdn Angler]

I'd also say going the Facebook Marketplace/Craiglist route is a good one, but it really depends on where you live. There might be a lot of fishermen, there might not be.

 

From what I've seen it is hard to get people to buy HUGE lots of lures unless they are underpriced by a lot as the market is basically a reseller looking to make their own profit.  The best way to maximize price with minimal hassle is to group them into lots based on type of lure, assuming your collection isn't completely all over the plac.e 

[WaskaCrank12]

@addicyn

 

There are many good people in the Bass Resource community - several have chimmed in and given you some good options (Facebook Marketplace, EBay, CraigsList, local Swap Shop, ect..)

On the Bass Resource site there is a "Flea Market" section (if you scroll down the Forum choices you will see it) - in that section Glenn (site administrator) has listed out the "do's and dont's" and guidelines to posting pictures/prices/ect....

As mentioned above I beleive you have to post a certain number of times on the BR site before you are allowed to load pictures.

Keep asking questions -- lots of good people on here to support you.

[Bankbeater]

You might contact some auctioneers and see what they say.  There are a lot of collectors that visit auctions looking for antique or discontinued hard lures.

[WaskaCrank12]

@Bankbeater is offering a good suggestions with the auctioneer.

 

In addition there are some online auction companies that will take the pictures and place them on an auction site (an example is the KBid site, they take a % of the sales) -- you can have open bidding or you can set a minimum bid/reserve that has to be met -- you could auction each lure individually in each lot or multiple lures in a lot -- you could have the bidding last two days or two weeks -- this allows you to have a far reach/many people bidding on them. Just a suggestion.

[addicyn]

Thanks everyone I really appreciate all the advice. I am definitely going to check out donating the rods and reels and cases of lures to a school.. I am located in northwest Indiana.. again thank you all for your time and advice and taken note of all of it

 

[MAN]

I am in the market to make a bulk lure purchase to fill a spot on the game room wall.  Please shoot me a PM if you are still interested.