Garage sales/finds

[Fatal Rewind]

Made me think of this subject when I got that ridiculously great deal on that fairly big eagle picture today.

Another one I can think of is in regards to those nice marine life sculptures you may have seen at a mall, having dolphins and such put on a rock, going for like $75 or something. Well, I found one of those, a swordfish, for...actually I don't recall, but I think it was less than $10. It didn't have any color on it (I've seen killer whales ones that were at least in black and white) but that was another steal I got. And I was living in a townhouse at the time and took my neighbors to the sale, and they filled up my car with stuff they bought and they said I had snagged the best thing out of the entire batch of junk we had grabbed. One of them offered to hold it but he seemed a bit *too* eager to do that, so I put it in my lap...which the sword part of the swordfish was stabbing me in the leg as I drove home

Share ones you found.

[Ripple]

Wish I had pictures...might take some later. But at the beginning of May, I got 20+ Goosebumps books for $3 total. Might relive my youth a little.

[Livesindaw00ds]

Garage sale last month

2 tennis balls (10 cents each)
Tennis racket ($1.00)
Tennis outfit ($2.00)
Tennis shoes ($1.00)

[Non-Conquering Wolf]

I got a working SNES and 12 games for $25.

[Desired Apathy]

Jesus...all thats around here is used clothing and broken dishes.

[Fatal Rewind]

Jul 24, 2011 6:53:43 GMT -5 Livesindaw00ds said:

Garage sale last month

2 tennis balls (10 cents each)
Tennis racket ($1.00)
Tennis outfit ($2.00)
Tennis shoes ($1.00)

Not only a little spree there, but you got a theme too!

[Tuxedo Mask]

A pile of womens clothing for my mother for $15 total. Most of it was new with tags.

[Hugo]

I generally do better at flea markets. Sometimes you get lucky and find a vendor who actually wants to get rid of their stuff....instead of trying to make a job out of it.

[Keiphus]

Never got where they came up with the names flea market and swap meet.

[Fatal Rewind]

Swap meet seems self-explanatory to me, but good point about 'flea market'

[blackmagic]

Even swap meet makes no sense. You're not meeting to swap goods. *shrugs*

[Fatal Rewind]

Some people do though, hence that's why it fits

[Chris Johnson]

20 blank, 6hr VHS tapes for $2. My dad will be in heaven. He still uses a VCR to tape things off TV

[Fatal Rewind]

^That was recent?

[Chris Johnson]

Early January of this year. Semi recent I guess.