Flat Foot Minty

[Aquatic Neon]

I have had a Minty in a box for awhile now didn't realize she was even a Flat Foot until yesterday, forgot to check a long time ago, I'm going to list her on ebay for $39.99 based off recent sells of her, anyone interested, or think that's an alright price?

 

[KitKatVintage]

I just looked up recently ended auctions for Flat Foot Minty & I see quite a few that ended between $9-17, and one single auction that ended at $49. Based on that, I don't think you will have much luck selling your pony for $39.99. I'd try listing her at $14 since that seems to be the average price of her recent sales.

 

[Skeen]

Agreeing with KKV.

 

[Aadra310]

Yeah, that $39.99 is a real outlier and you just kind have to chalk that up to a bidding war or someone who didn't know their values very well.

I'd say if your Minty is in mint condition with perfect hair and everything, you might be able to get $20 if you find someone who needs her for a set completer.

Good luck!

 

[darcerin]

I have had a Minty in a box for awhile now didn't realize she was even a Flat Foot until yesterday, forgot to check a long time ago, I'm going to list her on ebay for $39.99 based off recent sells of her, anyone interested, or think that's an alright price?

I'd love to know where you're getting your numbers from. What I normally do is look at all recently ended auctions of my item (or similar), take the AVERAGE of what it's going for, not what the highest number was. No way is someone going to be able to be that lucky to sell a Minty a second time for that kind of money.

 

[Stormness_1]

Yeah I certainly wouldn't pay that much for a minty, FF or otherwise, I mean I got my Italian thrown in as a freebie, due to some shipping dramas! I'd probably pay a max of $15 for a super absolutely minty one, but that's just me.

 

[Ianthe99]

According to the recent sales of her.. that's a bit high. One sold for $49.99 after an apparent bidding war. The others that sold high-ish ($20-$35 range) were BIN which sometimes people will do because it means the buyer doesn't have to compete. The rest went for $6-$20.. and one went in a lot for $3.50 for the entire lot of 5 ponies. Doesn't hurt to try if that's what you want to do.. but I wouldn't hold my breath. Unfortunately, not every pony is worth big bucks. It also depends a lot on her condition.

 

[Aquatic Neon]

Thanks for the posts guys, I think I'll just give it a shot I got nothing to lose, she is in next to mint shape btw, only flaws are like two or three black dots, very minor might even come off. She already has two watchers so we shall see.

 

[lev_21n01]

I say Good Luck Brony!! I hope she sells for ya!

 

[FluffleNuff]

Sorry guys, but mind sharing with me a pic/description of a Flat-foot Minty? I have a Minty III so I'm really curious to know how she looks like

 

[Canazta]

Collector Pony Minty was sold as 4 releases. First year as a Flat footed Pony, that means that her hooves have flat bottoms.
Second year she was sold as a Concave footed Pony, that means that her hooves has concaved bottoms like most other ponies. She is also better balanced and doesn´t fall over as easy as the first version.
Third version was sold as a Mail order pony, which is the same as the CF Pony I guess....
Fourth and last version was sold as the 25 Celebration Pony. She has smaller eyes and stronger colors then the others.

I hope that helps...

 

[Aadra310]

Sorry guys, but mind sharing with me a pic/description of a Flat-foot Minty? I have a Minty III so I'm really curious to know how she looks like

I'm guessing you are talking about Generation 3 Minty? Flat foot and concave Minty that we are talking about is part of the original G1 line and is green with white hair and has clovers/shamrocks as her symbol. Never did understand how they got "Minty" out of shamrocks, but whatever! :LOL:

 

[Aquatic Neon]

I just looked up recently ended auctions for Flat Foot Minty & I see quite a few that ended between $9-17, and one single auction that ended at $49. Based on that, I don't think you will have much luck selling your pony for $39.99. I'd try listing her at $14 since that seems to be the average price of her recent sales.

Agreeing with KKV.

Yeah, that $39.99 is a real outlier and you just kind have to chalk that up to a bidding war or someone who didn't know their values very well.

I'd say if your Minty is in mint condition with perfect hair and everything, you might be able to get $20 if you find someone who needs her for a set completer.

Good luck!

I'd love to know where you're getting your numbers from. What I normally do is look at all recently ended auctions of my item (or similar), take the AVERAGE of what it's going for, not what the highest number was. No way is someone going to be able to be that lucky to sell a Minty a second time for that kind of money.

Yeah I certainly wouldn't pay that much for a minty, FF or otherwise, I mean I got my Italian thrown in as a freebie, due to some shipping dramas! I'd probably pay a max of $15 for a super absolutely minty one, but that's just me.

Just to let you all know you where wrong just sold her not for $39.99 but $49.99! Plus shipping, maybe she is more valuable than you guys think, I think in the future I'll just stick to my gut. Only had her listed for a couple days too by the way, she sold in less than a week buy it now.

 

[Skeen]

Good for you. Glad it makes you so smug, must have made your day.

 

[Aquatic Neon]

Good for you. Glad it makes you so smug, must have made your day.

I'm not being arrogant, I just think a lot of people on this site give very low blow price checks, when you ask them how much a pony is worth. People even said as low as $6 which is 8% of how much I got for her, my point exactly.

 

[Aadra310]

I'm not being arrogant, I just think a lot of people on this site give very low blow offers, when you ask them how much a pony is worth. People even said as low as $6 which is 8% of how much I got for her, my point exactly.

Well, I second the good for you. An item is only worth what someone is willing to pay and if someone was willing to pay that much for Minty, then you came out on top on that one.
I don't feel people on this site give low blow offers. A lot of your advice came from long time collectors who have seen the market fluctuate greatly. That pony could have just as easily not sold at all. You didn't provide pictures but claimed she was mint then went on to say she had some black dots (not mint). Your range of price quotes wasn't unreasonable given the info you provided.

If you can't graciously accept/appreciate advice (even if you don't agree with it or plan to take it) than it's probably better to just not ask and 'stick with your gut' as you say. And you did come off as arrogant (even if that wasn't your intent) when you took the time to re-qoute all the lower price checks. That was just unnecessarily rubbing it in our faces.

In all seriousness, though- I think I have a FF Minty around here and I could totally use a quick $50!

 

[Aquatic Neon]

Yeah I hear you I was just letting them all know, because they didn't think would sell even around $40, I was making a point saying people give low price checks on here.

 

[fantasticfirefly]

It seems like you are seeking highest price possible for anything you sell. best bet in that case is sticking to ebay and using a very high start bid, see if you get lucky or setting a reserve on anything you list so if it doesn't meet your expectations you get to keep it.


Forum prices and ebay prices can have some stark contrasts, mostly we're collectors on the forums and know how easy, or difficult various ponies or acc are to acquire. So, usually there's a more narrow selling range happening on the pony forums, if collectors feel a price is too high they'll pass that sale and a $40+ dollar minty for sale here would sit around, FAR longer then on ebay. I would hazard to say a $40 FF minty wouldn't sell here at all unless she had her backcard and accessories, but as you see it is not the same on ebay.

On ebay you not only have collectors shopping but many, many more people who are not collectors, do not know average pricing and will bid what they want for items. When I sold there, I would regularly be shocked at the ending prices of some of my auctions that I started at 99cents! "beddy bye eye" ponies ending for $20 each alone, pony bride for $30, Sundance for $25 all of those are a struggle to get $6 each here on the forums, I sold my last pony bride here for $3.

99% of the time too, on the auctions that surprised me with those crazy high ending prices my buyers were not collectors, but people who knew little about MLP and were bidding to get a gift, or wanted one for nostalgia. It's an entirely different market. Perfect example, when I first met and started dating my fiancee we went to a toyshow together and he was SO excited as he found me a diamond keyper for $10 and gifted her to me there. When we got home he showed me the same one on his ebay watchlist he was going to buy for me as a surprise... it was a BIN for $135.00 + shipping. That toy is "worth" about $20 but he had no idea as he didn't see all the completed listings, didn't look them up, He just saw something he felt was a "perfect gift" regardless of price would have paid it. there are a lot of those buyers on ebay! You won't find them on collectors forums though.

 

[Ianthe99]

Honestly, if you don't like the price checks here.. don't ask. You actually do come off as a bit smug or arrogant..perhaps you should just do your own research from now on, instead of pumping the community for information and then being a bit insulting when it's not what you want to hear.

 

[himmie]

Honestly, if you don't like the price checks here.. don't ask. You actually do come off as a bit smug or arrogant..perhaps you should just do your own research from now on, instead of pumping the community for information and then being a bit insulting when it's not what you want to hear.

I concur.

Also, why do you never post links to your eBay auctions?