<p>Besides donate them to the local salvation army store?</p>
<p>(I swear those things breed. I thought we had already given away the last of them, but today I found another box in the top of D’s closet . . .)</p>
<p>LOL. At one time I joked that we could fund college with beanie babies.</p>
<p>Hahaha…</p>
<p>We have two big boxes, my S’s and D’s, and we’re keeping them for grandkids. They’d kill us if we gave those away. We were never collectors who protected tags; our beanies were well loved and the source of hours of creative fun. 
Ah … The Macy’s thanksgiving parades we had …</p>
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<p>Do they have the tags still on them? If so, you could probably sell them. I don’t know if Salv Army will take stuffed animals any more. If not give to someone who is having a garage sale. They’ll sell. I’d take them off your hands if you were near by. Our school does a tag sale twice a year, and they would go like hotcakes for a buck a piece.</p>
<p>@Treetopleaf So true… I still have my Beanie Babies and I look at them every day and say, “Gee. guys, it’d be nice if you’ll are actually worth something so you can help me pay off my loans…”</p>
<p>Alas, not worth the $100 to sell my 75+ BBs. But that was definitely one of the few fads I actually got involved in. I’ll never sell Quackers and Squealer- they were my first!</p>
<p>their collectable, no sale!</p>
<p>/avid beanie collector</p>
<p>No stuffed animals at salv army or at thrifty stores for helath reasons. I had to throw them out. Luckily, my D was fine with it.</p>
<p>I was one of those crazy mother’s that called 10-20 stores a day to see if the latest release has arrived; good thing I had unlimited cell phone minutes!! I also ate more kids meals from McDonald’s than I care to admit so that we could have all of the teenie beanies.</p>
<p>The later additions still have their tags, but most were played with and taken to school for playground time. We had to write my daughter’s name on the butt tags so that each child came home with the ones that arrived at school. I am going to hold on to each and every one of them for grandchildren or other visiting youngsters.</p>
<p>I just read this thread to my D. Right after she said…“keep them forever”.
They are happy in a bin in her closet right now…wait till she gets a real apt and a real job and a real life and I bring them over to her because I have moved into the great condo with a golf course view!</p>
<p>Then we will see where her true love lies!</p>
<p>Insulation. Bore a few holes in the walls and fill those spaces. Save on heat and cooling .;)</p>
<p>It’s eBay time! Alternatively, CraigsList.</p>
<p>Maybe give them to a homeless shelter or a women’s shelter … personally I like to find a “good home” for our old stuff; where a good home means the stuff will be used and appreciated.</p>
<p>You would not believe how many of these things we have. I don’t believe how many of these things we have.</p>
<p>I pass them out @ Halloween- they are a big hit even with the preteens</p>
<p>Had to laugh. I cleaned out during our last move but the bbabies are well protected. Tags and all. Yes, even the mikey d ones! Several have gone to the dog over the years at Christmas or Easter. She treats them well. :)</p>
<p>I was just “defending” a drawer of them, after my husband watched “Hoarders”.</p>
<p>Few if my of the “mint condition” with tags are getting any bids on ebay.</p>
<p>You might try grouping them in lots . . . I know they devalued a lot after their initial wild popularity. (Remember when people were buying them as investments?)</p>
<p>Or try searching around for private Beanie Baby forums and make a sales list. Then you won’t have to pay eBay fees. ;)</p>
<p>Our church mission group took a whole bunch for us. They give them out to the kids they meet. I also gave several to a special ed teacher I know who uses them in her reward box.</p>
<p>Not that my daughter is parting with hers (most are in underbed boxes in her room, however Ringo still merits a place of honor & I suspect will go to college next year, along with the large version of Tracker), however I would wash the used ones and donate them to a shelter or other place where kids may not have toys. Another idea is the Red Cross, they might like them for disaster relief efforts for kids who have lost everything. Some ambulances carry stuffed animals to give kids, as it takes their mind off of an injury.</p>
<p>I just off-loaded a giant bag of beanies and beanie-equivalent possibly collectible toys at the gift shop that supports our local animal shelter. They have a squad of e-bayers who can take on the project of selling the things, and they do have several baskets of beanies in the toy section for shoppers. </p>
<p>I do like emerald4kity’s suggestion! I might try that next time.</p>