Belly35
Posts: 9,716
Jul 22, 2014 7:27am
I'm not a big garage sale person but the wife sometimes get in the mood to garage sale and sometime we just randomly will stop at a garage sale.
our best buy was an old dirty wooden box with a lid. I bought it to store wood in it out in the garage. But once we got it home I cleaned it up I found that it was a old cedar trunk. I bought it for $20.00 had it refinish and sanded inside for $125.00 we now have a great, very large cedar chest to store blanket, sweater and linen.
I did buy a portable table saw for $5.00 replaced the cord been using it for years.
What at your best garage sale purchase?
our best buy was an old dirty wooden box with a lid. I bought it to store wood in it out in the garage. But once we got it home I cleaned it up I found that it was a old cedar trunk. I bought it for $20.00 had it refinish and sanded inside for $125.00 we now have a great, very large cedar chest to store blanket, sweater and linen.
I did buy a portable table saw for $5.00 replaced the cord been using it for years.
What at your best garage sale purchase?
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BR1986FB
Posts: 24,104
Jul 22, 2014 7:39am
Every year, the retirement home in our community has a "garage sale." Years ago, I bought a reclining chair in very good condition for $5.
TedSheckler
Posts: 3,974
Jul 22, 2014 10:22am
I don't shop at garage sales because I'm not poor and tacky.
Enforcer
Posts: 2,140
Jul 22, 2014 10:47am
I bought a Hoyt compound bow that was fully ready to hunt for 35 bucks turned around and sold it for 375
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BR1986FB
Posts: 24,104
Jul 22, 2014 11:20am
Nice find. Person was either desparate to get rid of it or just plain dumb.Enforcer;1637813 wrote:I bought a Hoyt compound bow that was fully ready to hunt for 35 bucks turned around and sold it for 375
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thavoice
Posts: 14,376
Jul 22, 2014 11:20am
Too bad they didnt have an AC unit to sell you as well.ccrunner609;1637828 wrote:i bought a shopvac that I used for 10 years that I spent $5 on.
Just bought a 35 year old Schwinn collegiate is almost mint condition for $40. Its worth about $400 on ebay.
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BR1986FB
Posts: 24,104
Jul 22, 2014 11:22am
Nice. I let my girlfriend go to these things with her mom. Not my cup of tea but a saavy shopper can find some diamonds in the rough.ccrunner609;1637828 wrote: Just bought a 35 year old Schwinn collegiate is almost mint condition for $40. Its worth about $400 on ebay.
Uz2Bon36
Posts: 1,135
Jul 22, 2014 12:18pm
Just today I bought for $100 bucks a XZ2 Ford Escort. Hasn't ran for a year and needs the water pump replaced but figured why not. I can either scrap it or trade the car to my drug dealer for a few ounces of weed easily enough.
Belly35
Posts: 9,716
Jul 22, 2014 1:22pm
You don’t shop at garage sale because you don't have any extra money to piss awayTedSheckler;1637794 wrote:I don't shop at garage sales because I'm not poor and tacky.
Belly35
Posts: 9,716
Jul 22, 2014 1:25pm
call pull-a-part they will give you 250-300 and pick it up and tow it away...Uz2Bon36;1637871 wrote:Just today I bought for $100 bucks a XZ2 Ford Escort. Hasn't ran for a year and needs the water pump replaced but figured why not. I can either scrap it or trade the car to my drug dealer for a few ounces of weed easily enough.
OSH
Posts: 4,145
Jul 22, 2014 2:12pm
Got two recliners for $25.
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queencitybuckeye
Posts: 7,117
Jul 22, 2014 2:15pm
True, just the opposite. You have money because you don't piss it away paying top dollar when you can get it for less.Belly35;1637905 wrote:You don’t shop at garage sale because you don't have any extra money to piss away
mcburg93
Posts: 3,167
Jul 22, 2014 2:29pm
I have bought a lot of gold necklaces, rings, and coins at yard sales for cheap. I did get a 1903s $5 liberty half eagle gold coin in a box of coins at a yard sale once. It is probably my best find. Its not in the best shape but still worth more then I paid for it.
Uz2Bon36
Posts: 1,135
Jul 22, 2014 2:37pm
At the moment I'm optimistic I can only spend a few hundred bucks and have a decent little front wheel drive car.Belly35;1637906 wrote:call pull-a-part they will give you 250-300 and pick it up and tow it away...
Ironman92
Posts: 49,363
Jul 22, 2014 2:47pm
Kinda like Ponderosa gives you a decent meal
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thavoice
Posts: 14,376
Jul 22, 2014 3:02pm
No doubt. No place to hide those kids that ya lure into your vehicle at the park.....ccrunner609;1637935 wrote:the problem is that you are driving a escort.
Laley23
Posts: 29,506
Jul 22, 2014 3:10pm
$10 pinball machine when I was 12. I had to have made 1k on quarters alone with that thing just sitting in my parents basement growing up. Drunk people can not resist a pinball machine and were too stupid to realize you could have just turned it off arcade mode and played for free lol
salto
Posts: 2,611
Jul 22, 2014 3:11pm
Maybe he'd rather spend his income on air conditioning.ccrunner609;1637935 wrote:the problem is that you are driving a escort.
TedSheckler
Posts: 3,974
Jul 22, 2014 3:53pm
lol Good one! You really got me. lulz roflcopter lollerskatesBelly35;1637905 wrote:You don’t shop at garage sale because you don't have any extra money to piss away
Belly35
Posts: 9,716
Jul 22, 2014 5:08pm
then give me a rep you butt wipeTedSheckler;1637969 wrote:lol Good one! You really got me. lulz roflcopter lollerskates
TedSheckler
Posts: 3,974
Jul 22, 2014 5:17pm
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