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Posted by peanutmom (My Page) on Mon, Sep 14, 09 at 8:40
| I was at an auction this weekend. I mentioned this on another thread on the forum earlier. I bought a gardentub for my bathroom for 20$, a very nice toy horse for my 2 yr old for only 16$, some shrubs for my yard for 1$ and 2$ a piece. My husband bought some welding gloves for 5$, 2 chain binders for his utility trailer for 6$ each, and a heavy metal bucket(for our dog who eats the plastic and rubber ones) for 10$. We are hoping the bucket is indestructible. LOL.
I am curious to see(forgive my prying) who has bought something at an auction, estate sale, flea market, or yardsale that was such a good deal that you had to get it. I personally love knowing I spent a few dollars on something that would have cost me 4 or 10x's more in a store.
Come on everyone, share the thrill with us.
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| I just bought a mint twin cot (metal frame; mattress) for $35.00 at a garage sale. She even threw in the sheets. I need it for guests coming next weekend. I think it was a deal although honestly I didn't price new cots or air mattresses. It was just what I needed at the right time for the right price. |
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Marita40, Sounds like a pretty good deal to me. I know that they go for a pretty penny around here. The reason is that the mattresses are so hard to replace. Air mattresses are impossible to keep from getting holes in. I have a king that seperates into two twins and pumps up itself. I can tell you, it was a lot more than I should have spent. LOL. I have to admit it has stood up to two camping trips and no holes yet. I love yardsales because I get great deals on clothes. I don't seem to find much else here for a good price. Maybe I'm just stopping at the wrong ones. I hate buying jeans though. They are okay for the baby, but for the adults they cost too much. Seems like no one has my size either. Oh well, can't win them all. Haha. Congrats on the good deal.
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I love auctions, estate sales and thrift stores. I buy more used stuff than I do new. I not only save money but very often get better quality items for less than what I would have spent if I had to buy it new.
The trick is to have a list of what you need and knowing what you are shopping for is going to cost you if you buy it new, so you know if you are getting a real deal or not.
I've picked up everything from gardening tools, ladders, furniture and kids stuff to some fine antiques at these types of places.
It's hard to pick out the best deal but getting gardening tools for dollar each that are better made than the ones in the stores today that cost anywhere from 30 dollars and up has got to be in there along with the sandblaster I bought for 15. |
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| We love rummage sales and thrift stores and buy stuff ALL the time. We get a lot of great antiques that way. A few weeks ago, we bought a new regular size pillowtop mattress and box springs for $40 (for our daughter's bed). The person selling them said her mom had bought them for her, she used them a week, then decided she wanted a queen size so was selling this set. A great bargain for us and our daughter loves them! |
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We recently went to a yard sale and bought a Pack N Play crib for $4....in case our 1 yr. old granddaughter comes to visit.
It was really clean and in good shape. I checked it out on line and found that many like it were recalled. I did get a serial number and phone # of the company and the one we bought was NOT recalled.
So it was a good deal.....but it is something to think about before buying kids toys, etc. |
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There are many bargains at auctions, estate and yard sales, etc. I got several part-balls of wool (and other material) in a bag
at one for $1.00 that I'll use during this winter to darn some heavy work socks, etc. And some others that I can't remember
at the moment. Careful when you're at an auction, though ... don't get into a bidding war and end up paying about double what you would
have paid in a store! That happens sometimes ... and a person feels really stupid when thinking what a dumb trick one played
on one's self! The best deal, though, is shoopping at the roadside clearance place. I've picked up cupboards, shelves, wood, running
shoes, etc. Plus a good crib blanket on the street in town last Sunday and some good sheets on the freeway ... in fact,
I picked up a light jacket (CVS logo - and "Donnell"), almost new in northern Ohio on the freeway about 4 years ago -
that I'm wearing at the moment, as a matter of fact: it's 60 degrees in here. There's a U.S. flag at the top of one sleeve,
that I've never bothered to remove, though I can't qualify, being true-blue Canadian ... but my kids can, as they have dual
citizenship, their late Mom having been an Iowan ... and daughter has worked in AZ for several recent years. Some folks on this thread got a good laugh about six years ago when I told how I found a good chesterfield a couple of blocks
away, went to son's apt. downtown and pressed him into service to come out to carry the other end as I slowly drove
home with one end in the back of the car, with the hatch open ... ... asking him several times whether I was driving too quickly. And he answered ... that I wasn't ... between puffs of breathing. I took a vanload of pop cans, most intact, when I helped a friend move a trailerload of scrap iron to the scrap metal dealer's
about three years ago, yielding $90.00, most of them picked up on the roadside, at summer festivals, fall fairs and other
joyous gatherings, when I took my son to be an entertainer. Plus quite a few dollsrs' worth on other occasions. And I've taken a bunch of beer cans and bottles, about 1/3 - 1/2 of them originating at a friend's house who likes to drink
but has no vehicle, to the beer store, where they pay me 10 cents each for them, that has netted a number of dollars, as well. Being cheap - pays!! Enjoy your weekend, everyone. One of the perquisites of retirement is - every day is weekend! ole joyful ... thankful to be in good health at 80 |
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| I have a bunch of margaine bowls what craft can i make out of them i do crochet any ideas? |
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