Amateur flipper, Mat.
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Resale math from the middle of the hunt.
Flip Weekly is a fast, blunt reselling diary built around actual buys, sale prices, bad calls, and unlikely collector markets. Matt tracks everything from Goosebumps auctions and Skylanders bundles to Bop-Its, jerseys, cameras, and thrift-store books with a numbers-first eye.
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Flip Weekly is a weekly reselling chronicle centered on Matt’s hunt for overlooked value in thrift stores, op shops, garage sales, and Facebook Marketplace. It is practical, but never tidy. The show runs on numbers: buy price, listed price, sold comps, sell-through, fees, pickup risk, and the uncomfortable moment when the math stops working. Matt is at his best when a listing becomes a miniature detective story. A Goosebumps collection found for $100 turns into an auction result big enough to reshape what a good flip can look like. A Skylanders bundle gets assessed as a possible ten-times return. A pink Bop-It becomes evidence that strange collector niches can hide in plain sight. A Little Golden Books segment turns a familiar thrift-store shelf into a sorting lesson. The show also keeps the mistakes in frame. The Nikon Coolpix mix-up is not treated as a neat lesson from a distance; it is presented as a painful chain of missed checkpoints, from the model number to the pickup to the traffic-light realization. That honesty gives the advice weight. Flip Weekly is not selling the fantasy that every thrift run is a win. Some buyers are difficult. Some Marketplace deals feel risky. Some items take judgment, luck, or a tolerance for inconvenience. The show’s recurring pleasure is watching Matt weigh all of that in real time. He can be excited by a find, annoyed by a buyer, nostalgic about 90s collectibles, or briefly done with op shops altogether. Even the off-pattern episodes still orbit selling, whether through a controversial product from his early twenties or a break from thrifting after a busy stretch. It is a show for people who care about the small mechanics of resale as much as the headline profit. The tone is rough-edged and funny, but the underlying appeal is disciplined curiosity. Every object gets asked the same question: is there money here, and what could go wrong before it sells?
Made for: Best suited to active or aspiring resellers who want real pickup stories, sold comps, item categories, and mistake analysis. It also works for collectors who enjoy hearing how niche markets form around toys, books, jerseys, cameras, and nostalgia pieces.
What sets it apart: Flip Weekly stands out by keeping the full resale chain visible, from first Marketplace message to auction result or buyer headache. The show is unusually candid about bad buys and odd niches, which makes the wins feel earned instead of packaged.
Make Money Going To Thrift Stores & Garage SalesExplore the best items to buy at yard sales and thrift stores to resell on eBay for a profit. Flip Weekly is a podcast that follows amateur flipper Mat, featuring his top picks and (hopefully) success stories once a week.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Matt turns individual flips, mistakes and sales data into a candid operating record of the resale business.
Flip Weekly follows Matt through the working decisions behind reselling: what to buy, what to pay and where an item is most likely to sell. His solo accounts move from thrift-store and Facebook Marketplace finds to completed sales, with purchase prices and comparable listings…
An imaginary zero turns a camera flip into your reminder to check comps before paying.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A messy, numbers-first flip diary with real wins, one painful mistake, and plenty to steal from.
Flip Weekly treats the week like a reseller ledger: five marketplace buys, one dud, and a spread that runs from a $250 floor to a true holy grail. It works best when it stays close to the work, from finding inventory to checking comps to the sold-item follow-through.
A thrift-heavy episode that uses a Goosebumps auction to frame a practical WhatNot-versus-eBay comparison.
This episode circles a Goosebumps bundle auction and keeps coming back to the same practical question: what did the $100 buy-in actually turn into after the WhatNot sale, the turnout, and the ROI?
A loud, practical comp check for anyone who likes the hunt more than the polish.
Flip Weekly comes back from a short placeholder run with a clean reseller check-in: lifeline pickups, a marketplace bundle, and a hot-pink Bop-It Extreme 2 for six bucks.
A reseller-heavy episode that turns Harry Potter book prices and a $5 Simpsons find into a live buying puzzle.
This one stays in reseller mode from the start. It opens with the Harry Potter price spread, moving from an $8,000 first edition first printing of Philosopher's Stone to a $2.95 Half-Blood Prince, and that gap gives the conversation its shape.
A focused resale episode where comp math and a fast flip are the main draw.
The episode turns a simple Savers tip into a practical resale lesson: one section, one item, and the kind of comp check that tries to turn $20 into $200.
Rob Walling on bootstrapped SaaS growth, plateaus, and exits — with founders who lived them.
Abbey Ashley's playbook for turning your job skills into a virtual assistant business.
SaaS operators on scaling, pricing and AI, metrics included.
Alex Blumberg interviews guests like Megan Phelps-Roper and Shane McAnally about failure and reinvention.
Marketplace wins still come with traps.
Matt opens with a big reselling week built around a Goosebumps bundle he sent from Facebook Marketplace to Melbourne for a Whatnot auction.
Flip Weekly is back.
The host discusses taking a two-week break from thrifting and reselling to focus on life priorities like spending time with their partner and going on a holiday.
The host shares a personal story about creating and selling a controversial physical product in his early 20s that generated $9,390 in one night, sparked death threats, legal threats from the creators of Where's Waldo, and significant media attention.
The host shares a massive 90s Goosebumps book haul from Facebook Marketplace for $100, discusses its resale value, and teases other reselling stories including a profitable Vinnies pickup and a potential scam.
The host discusses reselling finds from thrift stores and garage sales, including a valuable Dr.
This episode reveals the secret to making money by reselling Little Golden Books and shares tips for finding high-value items in thrift stores and op shops.
The host shares his excitement about an incredible Facebook marketplace find in Sydney that he can't reveal yet, while previewing upcoming topics on reselling strategies and thrift store hauls.
Matt opens by comparing the extremes of Harry Potter book prices on eBay.
Flip Weekly opens hot and blunt.
Matt bought a Facebook Marketplace bundle of young-adult books for $50 after a rival $70 offer surfaced, because he spotted Sarah J.
The host shares a personal story about dealing with an entitled eBay buyer who requested a steep discount on a VHS player he found thrifting, using it to discuss broader frustrations with lowballers in online reselling.
The host shares a personal thrifting story about how fear of missing out (FOMO) led to a valuable find, while discussing his approach to thrifting as a combination of luck, perseverance, and timing.
The host shares a personal story about running a six-figure electronics business as a 16-year-old that attracted legal attention from Apple and involved importing products from China, affiliate marketing, and media coverage.
The host discusses a thrift store find, an 80's toy worth over $300, and shares experiences with eBay sales, including negative feedback from a DVD transaction.