After years of yard saling, I can tell you this:
The main purpose of yard sale is to get rid of LOTS of stuff FAST. Yard sale items are usually marked about 10% of their original asking price -- 20% if the item is literally new in the box -- if you mark them higher, you'll probably end up lowering the price (mid-day after the serious buyers have left), or you'll end up taking your items back into the house. Few things at a yard sale should be priced over $10, and even fewer should be marked over $25. If you mark things too high, people won't even bother to bargain; they'll just leave. People don't come to yard sales with pockets full of cash, and you aren't going to take checks from strangers who you could never find later. And since yard sales are, by nature, short-lived things, you're hoping that the right person happens to come by . . . hoping that person has money on hand . . . hoping that person's willing to make a decision on baby furniture on the spur of the moment . . . hoping that person is driving a car that can haul the things away right then -- you're hoping that an awful lot of things come together. They usually don't, and that's why yard sale prices are so low.
On the other hand, if you have things like your crib set -- things that are genuinely like new, things that are worth more than 10% of their original purchase price, then you need to look for another selling venue. Ebay's great, though not necessarily for large items that are costly to pack and ship. Consignment stores'll probably get you more money; people go in there looking specifically for baby furniture, and they don't expect to pay pennies on the dollar. Downside: the consignment store'll take a cut of the profit, and you'll have to wait until it sells.
Another option: Do you or your husband work in an office where people put up signs about items for sale? That type of thing often gives you a higher price than a yard sale, and you don't have to split the profit or think about shipping. Since this costs you nothing, you have nothing to lose by trying it for a week or two before moving on to another option.
Ditto for the wildlife prints. They may very well have some value, but you won't get much of anything at a yard sale. I'd definitely go with ebay for the prints. They'll cost almost nothing to ship, and with ebay you'll have a huge audience and a much better chance of matching up with the person who wants this very specific item.
What would you put on Disney VHS tapes? I have most of them and they've lived in a kid free zone. I've replaced them already with DVDs so it seems silly to keep the VHS tapes too.
Essentially everyone has switched over to DVDs these days; VHS tapes don't really have a market anymore. I have a TON of them, and I wish I'd sold them a couple years ago when they still had some value. You
might be able to donate them to your local library and get a tax write-off.
Most of my CVS loot is in the $3 to $4 range at CVS. I've decided to mark everything a buck because it was all free or almost free.
But for the razors, if they are the nice ones I would think $3 for those?
Personal care items don't really "move" in yard sales. Though it doesn't mean cash-in-hand, you could probably maximize your "profits" with these things by donating them to a battered women's shelter (or similar) and taking a tax write-off. Yard sale shoppers are VERY stingy with a dollar (I am!), and most know that razors are essentially give-away items; the manufacturer makes his "real money" by selling the replacement blades. My husband has several razors that aren't even out of the package -- cost: zero.
