There are many places to buy Beanie Babies™ . Getting them for a reasonable price is another matter!
I have found that the best place to buy current or new Beanie Babies™  for the cheapest price is to search local stores that carry them. Recently I went on a search mission and struck gold! and found 6 MYSTICS, 5 CURLYS and 2 PEACE BEARS all for $5.99 each! Keep one thing in mind to strike gold you must be persistent, Make it a point to find out all of the stores in a 30 mile radius of you and when they receive their shipments. It's also a good Idea to make friends with the girl behind the counter! (you just might get a tip when to make the trip to that particular store) Cruise those stores regularly. You'll find those hard to get beanies for $5-6. Yes it is still possible to buy ERIN for $6. My favorite beanie store is putting them out for that price when they come in!

  Classifieds on the internet are another good source for finding CHEAP Beanie Babies™ . I actually bought the entire set of Teanie Beanies off of a lady, who was advertising in a classified ad on the internet for $55 and turned around and sold them for a hefty profit! Here's a pretty good site to find some bargains (sometimes!) http://members.tripod.com/~TEXAS1/BOARD.html
  (There's also some higher than hell!)  Don't bother looking on eBay for bargains on beanies as that is where you'll want to SELL them. The only exception to this is sometimes you can get a good deal on a big lot of beanies, which can then be resold piece by piece for a profit! However OTHER auction sites have proven to be very productive at finding BEANIE BARGAINS! You see eBay gets about 70 million hits a week, which means it's a sellers market! All those people bidding on the same merchandise DRIVE THE PRICE UP! Other newer auctions with less bidders mean lower prices. To find good deals on retireds or valuable beanies such as the princess, use the above techniques as well as checking local flea markets I just bought the princess at one for $50 and will be selling it on ebay right away for what I hope to be a hefty profit. Ebay is a great place to sell New and moderately valuable beanies such as the Princess, Erin etc. If your patient enough classifieds on the internet can payoff with these type beanies too. Flea markets are also a great place to sell New beanies.

 
Typically when a Beanie is first released it's value soars as collectors rush to buy the new beanie they don't have. This is the best time to make the most money on Beanie Babies™ ! If you really want to make $1000's then don't ONLY try to buy ERIN'S and PRINCESS'S for $6 to resell for $200 (while you can find deals like that if your persistent enough, you won't be able to find enough deals like that fast enough to make any significant money!) Buy the new releases for $6, as many as you can get your hands on, and resell them on eBAY™ for $11- $15! As more and more collectors get these new Beanies the value begins to drop. STAY AWAY FROM CURRENTS THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME! It could be very difficult to sell some currents so be very careful! I remember when I could sell CURLYS all day ling for $35, but now most collectors have them and it's getting hard to sell them for $20! As retirement day nears the value once again rises as collectors try to pick up almost retired Beanies to add to their collection. Because of this trend, try to buy soon to be retired BEANIES for $6 even if they've been around for a while as their value will begin to rise again! Then sell them just before or just after they retire at that time their demand will be high again! DON'T WAIT TOO LONG AFTER RETIREMENT! as dealers unloading their stocks of them will momentarily drive the demand and price down again.

  In summery remember BUY as many NEW Beanie Babies™  as you can get you hands on and SELL THEM FAST for marked up prices. This is the way to truly make $1000's Hold on to Bears for a while as they seem to hold their value the most. Look for bargains on Moderate Bears and retireds on auction sites other than eBAY and Flea markets, Sell them in classifieds! Be very patient with Retread's as this can pay off bigtime!

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