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How much for your box, honey?
Nothing like a good BAH-GAIN!
Yesterday I bought a little wooden box in which to put my Tarot cards. The tag-sale proprietress wanted to make it a GWP (gift with purchase).
Gave her a buck ("quid"/dollar) and said "it's lottery money take it, I forsee you winning big!" She stuck it in her 48 double-D bra and lit up like a Christmas tree. Sometimes it's nice to strike a person's...well you know...what's the wod I'm looking for.....ah ego.
Thought to self:
It's an estate sale, after all. And you have your grief. What's a buck or two between "friends"?
Nothing like a good BAH-GAIN!
Yesterday I bought a little wooden box in which to put my Tarot cards. The tag-sale proprietress wanted to make it a GWP (gift with purchase).
Gave her a buck ("quid"/dollar) and said "it's lottery money take it, I forsee you winning big!" She stuck it in her 48 double-D bra and lit up like a Christmas tree. Sometimes it's nice to strike a person's...well you know...what's the wod I'm looking for.....ah ego.
Thought to self:
It's an estate sale, after all. And you have your grief. What's a buck or two between "friends"?
Small towns---I live in one---often have a community-wide Yard Sale Weekend. I'm always amazed at the number of out-of-towners who show up for ours. The streets are lined with cars.
We also have a "clean-up day", in which you can put anything (except paints/toxic chemicals) at the curb for pick-up. No charge. Ours was this weekend, so huge piles of mattresses, old furniture, appliances, etc., began piling up during the week. It looked like a third-world country!
Anyway, people will drive around and pull things they can use from peoples' junk piles. Most of my stuff (an unused cross-country ski exerciser, metal shelving, a de-thatching attachment for a Snapper lawn mower, an old built-in desk from my kitchen, among other things) was gone by the time the actual junk-haulers arrived yesterday afternoon.
Funny how so much stuff gets recycled. One person's toss-aways are another's "Hey, I could use that."
We also have a "clean-up day", in which you can put anything (except paints/toxic chemicals) at the curb for pick-up. No charge. Ours was this weekend, so huge piles of mattresses, old furniture, appliances, etc., began piling up during the week. It looked like a third-world country!
Anyway, people will drive around and pull things they can use from peoples' junk piles. Most of my stuff (an unused cross-country ski exerciser, metal shelving, a de-thatching attachment for a Snapper lawn mower, an old built-in desk from my kitchen, among other things) was gone by the time the actual junk-haulers arrived yesterday afternoon.
Funny how so much stuff gets recycled. One person's toss-aways are another's "Hey, I could use that."
The little village adjacent to us had the annual garage sale yesterday Eugene. Jam packed with cars. I went on my motorcycle for ease of getting around and figuring it would hold me back from buying anything that wouldn't fit in the saddle bags or "trunk" LOL.. Thankfully no vacuums were seen otherwise I'd have been racing home for the truck. I scored a blender though.
Here in town you can pretty much put anything to the curb on garbage day, sofas, washers, console tvs etc. Our trash day is Tuesdays so by 6 or 7pm on Monday night cars and trucks there's always a few cars cruising up and down seeing what's out there.
Here in town you can pretty much put anything to the curb on garbage day, sofas, washers, console tvs etc. Our trash day is Tuesdays so by 6 or 7pm on Monday night cars and trucks there's always a few cars cruising up and down seeing what's out there.
I wonder what the "Queen" says about yard sales that are nothing but Baby toys(some of them broken)baby furniture and baby clothes-whats up?NO appliances,NO vacuums,NO books?The Baby item sales would be great for baby item collectors---or food for trash trucks.Out here the sales have been dry for this appliance and vacuum hunter.Its to the point I first drive by the sale-if its baby things-I keep going.I just want to find ONE good yard sale with the real goodies-appliances,vacuums,records and some books.And some power tools-vintage for my tool collection.
Agreed
Baby items are surely a drive-by.
Baby items are surely a drive-by.
~I just want to find ONE good yard sale with the real goodies-appliances,vacuums,records and some books.And some power tools-vintage for my tool collection.
Methinks these items now make their way to eBay.
Methinks these items now make their way to eBay.
I don't usually hit a lot of yard sales or garage sales unless I'm driving by. When my son was little, and when had the four-month-old baby for a few months (foster-child) I made it a point to hit all the sales I could find. It was awesome to find baby clothes, toys and furniture at a fraction of their original cost - I was thrilled to find most everything I needed, and then some.
I don't find much for a fourteen-year-old now, typically the clothes aren't acceptable for one reason or another and we're rather past the toy stage so unless someone is selling off a stash of vintage Oxydol, I'm driving by...
I don't find much for a fourteen-year-old now, typically the clothes aren't acceptable for one reason or another and we're rather past the toy stage so unless someone is selling off a stash of vintage Oxydol, I'm driving by...
I've done several citywide and highway sales and managed to come out with some interesting things. Out of 110 miles of highway 6 in northern MO, I only came away with a Lux 61. I went to the Clinton MO citywide in March and got a Riccar 8850 for $15 that was supposedly broke but just needed a reset button push. The one in Bolivar, MO last month I got a Wizard badged Eureka Rotomatic, with lit, hassock, all original and a Filter Queen Model 33, with lit and tools in original box. Many yard sales are too much toys and last year's fashion rejects, but they sell well. That's why I carry binoculars, I can shop from my car, if I can't see a handle, NEXT!
Ferguson is having their citywide this Saturday, and out of 200 sales listed someone's gotta be selling some dead broad's antique sweeper.
Ferguson is having their citywide this Saturday, and out of 200 sales listed someone's gotta be selling some dead broad's antique sweeper.
when I am looking at yard sales-I also look for telltale vacuum handlebars.Once got a Hoover 1070.thing works pretty well-was only 5 bucks-and came with a big box of belts and spare bags.One of the last vacuums I have found.Got that one LAST spring.This spring its been the baby stuff yard sales.I am thinking as well that EBAY is causing the content of yard sales to decline-they try to EBAY the neat stuff.I also try to spot appliances sitting on their sale tables-thats how I spotted a Vita-mix.Saw the SS "Monolith" sitting on a table-stopped and grabbed it.Again years ago.Well lets see what THIS Saturday brings.Like a surfer looking for the "perfect" wave-I am looking for that "perfect" yard sale.I am so tired of the baby stuff yard sales and others that have piles of clothes on a tarp.Food for trash trucks!!
