My wife has banned me from sourcing and I need a fix!
My wife started reselling a few years ago, and I began tagging along to thrift stores, Goodwill bins, estate sales, etc. At first I made plenty of stupid purchases, but over time I’ve gotten pretty good at sourcing. I think it helps that I’m vintage myself (old AF), so spotting vintage pieces comes naturally because I actually lived through a lot of it. I source mostly in Florida, Los Angeles, parts of the Southeast, and even internationally (Barcelona, Spain – only because I have family there), so I run across some interesting stuff. At this point I genuinely love the treasure-hunt aspect of it.
My wife handles the hard part — cleaning, photographing, listing, inventory, shipping, all the stuff that actually turns sourcing into a business. Me? I could source all day, but I don’t have the patience for the listing side. Now that I’m retired, I’ve accumulated way more inventory than she could ever process, and I’ve officially been banned from sourcing more until I offload some of it.
So my question is: are there larger resellers, vintage shops, Whatnot sellers, or companies that buy quality inventory in bulk? I’m sourcing way more inventory than we can realistically process. This isn’t a dead pile - I’ve attached some pictures. Recent finds include Allen Edmonds Park Aves, vintage Coach belts, a good bit of Polo Ralph Lauren, vintage Patagonia and LL Bean, etc. And a good bit of “Made in USA” – Levi’s, Wranglers, Sears, Harley Davidson, etc
I’d love to work with a small network of resellers who are good at the operational side but don’t have the time or flexibility to source. Curious if anyone here has gone this route.