are they?! I have a big 'ol* bag of 'em that I'd love to just throw away or put in the shed for a yard sale (or donate somewhere, of course)...none of them are really 'worth' anything anymore, correct? I mean, I get that they were never really 'worth' anything to begin with (but I was in my 'I'll buy stuff and feel better' phase...I won't admit how much I paid for that silly Princess beanie!!!).
So, just wondering. I really want to get rid of stuff!!! :hiya:
I have sooo many of these stupid things that just take up space... I remember when I would actually "hunt" for certain ones... WTF was I thinking?!?!?! lawrd!
Those days were sweet. I made oodles and oodles of money from buying and selling those babies. Great while it lasted . I remember selling a royal blue elephant for $5000!
I feel pain when i think of all the money $$$ i spent on them. We had over 500 total. I once drove 50 miles each way & paid $50 for the Princess Diana bear. You can't even give them away now. I also spent numerous hours in line & calling stores for these to surprise my dd with.
I worked for McDs when they ran the happy meals. They had to change their policy so you could just buy the beanie babies because people were buying the meals and throwing away the food! Before that, the power rangers were the all time high selling happy meals.
Some of the older ones have value--as do some of the ones with mistakes and misprints--and if you have a first edition one--it could be worth more--especially if the tag is in tact etc.
Some are so common they are worthless--some of the original teeny beanie babies from McDonalds--same thing--the first round because everyone just opened them--if you have them in the plastic bag--and the first edition (i think it was the flamingo that was selling out) might be worth something--but make sure it is a first edition
Otherwise--I agree--if you hold onto them--by then everyone will have thrown them out and you will have the collectors
My niece has an original dinosaur--she just took it to a place to have it evaluted for worth (not sure where) and they said because it is an original--and is in excellent shape it is worth over 400.00
So you never know--I would check all of yours and see
