What to charge for bass fishing lures?
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I used to be into bass fishing big time. I eventually grew tired of it and sold my boat. I still have a lot – like several hundred crank baits and spinner baits and thousands of soft plastic worms, lizards, etc. A large majority are brand new and some are still in original packaging. My wife and her family are planning a garage sale and I thought I might try to sell them, but I’m unsure as to what to price them at. I was thinking maybe 50 cents for the crank baits and spinner baits, and 25 cents for the bags of soft plastics. Would that be reasonable? Some of these lures cost 4 to 5 dollars new. I want to price them low enough to sell, but I don’t want to give them away either. Any bass fishermen out there with any ideas? Thanks.
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Search on ebay for how much they are being sold for then if you are selling to people in person add a bit more than you saw on ebay.
If you are selling them online on ebay etc slightly undercut most peoples prices its a pretty simple system but that’s busyness
Hi, I’m not anywhere near being a bass fisherperson, but here’s what I think; the new ones still in the package ($4.-$5.) I would put at least $2. each on those. You say .50 for crank & spinner baits, I would say .75 , then .50 for the bags of soft plastics. Then seperate the differant baits into seperate containers (boxes, laundry baskets, etc.), one for brand new still in package, one for crank baits, one for spinner baits and one for soft plastics. Ok, now when you make your sign for each basket, put the price for each & a price for a quanity: 50 cents each or 10 for $4. Good Luck & remember the main thing is to have fun with it….haggle with the customers over the price!!!! I would not go down in price on the new ones though, your sign should say $2. FIRM. When the sale is over, you could donate what’s left to an organization that promotes fishing, boyscouts maybe.
I work at a sporting goods store. Every summer we have a sidewalk sale. Lures that we cannot sell we put for sale at substantial discounts. Discontinued lures also. These lures are still in their packages.
We sell them for $2.00 to $.50 a piece. We move the $1.00 and $.50 lures first, and FAST!!! The $1.50 and $2.00 lures go last and on the last day, we lower those prices to try to get rid of our inventory.
We sell a bag of soft plastics for no more than $1.00 a bag, I don’t think you’ll get much out of your soft plastics.
The larger lures (3 1/2 inch lures +) you may get $2.00 out of, but all the smaller ones you probably won’t get what you would like.
The name of a lure will definitely help you get more, but in the end, everyone is looking for a bargain.
Good luck.
Make a list of what you have, and I may be interested in buying what you have.
You can contact me threw yahoo.
Mostly interested in the crank baits you have.