Brag about your garage sale, thrift shop, e-bay bargain finds thread (page 2)

FlyingHighNow

Wow, that is the medical kit to end all toy medical kits.

Lady Lee

I am the QUEEN of bargan finds in my family

Best buys this year

a walker for $50. Then bought a second one from a neighbor so I have 1 for Montreal and another for Ottawa
Same store - I had been looking for a winter coat for the longest time. Several criteria were essential - LONG very long because when I sit in the wheelchair it goes up in the front so a calf-length coat becomes knee-length when sitting down. Went into the local seconds store and found THE perfect wool coat for $7.99. Then noticed the signs - All winter wear 50% off - got the coat for $4.00 Absolutely nothing wrong with it and in perfect condition
Was wandering through another store and found a bath-hand rail - regular price $70.00 Got that for $4.00
I usually pick up odd bits of material and one day was in the the second store and found twp bits of material in a light blue and dark blue. They matched well and both have some kind of waterproof backing on them. I had no idea what I would do with them but bought them for $5.99 each. In the same store at another time I found an old wheelchair raincape. These are unique to wheelchair users. They have a shirt to-the-waist back and a long floor length front so that when you sit down your knees and legs are covered. it was a really ugly faded orange color but it was the first I had seen one. On the net they sell for $40 - 170. I paid $7.99. Took it home and went Hmmmmmmm Laid it out on the floor and took my 2 bits of material and viola - a pattern. Cut it out and made an awesome cape/ People stop me everywhere and comment on it. They are shocked I made it. I went to a fabric store and bought some fleece and made a liner for it (most expensive part. I sure am toasty warm in it. Since then I have picked up more material so I will be making more capes. Might even try to sell a few.
Was looking through the curtains and found a set of curtains large enough to cover my entire sunroom - 12 feet of window - for $20.00
Last year went into the first store and saw a small cabinet on wheels that would be perfect for my knitting and crochet materials. Only thing wrong with it was the front on one drawer was broken. Paid $9.99 for it and had the clerk put it on my lap so I could "drive" it home. Put one screw on the drawer and got a great place to store my equipment.
My daughter has started a little cake business and I have found all kinds of tools, cake pans and equipment for pennies

As you see I could go on and on. I'm always looking for a bargain. Sometimes I see something and am not sure what I will do with it but I know something will come of it.

FlyingHighNow

Aunt Bee, my kids and grandson love to thrift shop. That book does sound creepy. Cool about the Risk Game. I bet you could have gotten bucks for it on e-bay I guess my saying should be:

My philosophy is either expensive or looks expensive for little or nothing.

This is actually what I do to make money to eat and live. I buy and sell books. I've been doing it a few years now and it works out good. I buy at the places you mention and another couple of places besides. I sold 12 books today for £185 in total. I paid £23.50 for them in total. This is a fairly typical day. The best single find I have had so far was a book I bought for 50p and sold for £425.

Slimboy that is so cool. I have a friend whose father has been buying and selling rare books for years. Very interesting life, he travels the world looking for books.

The books I sell are more academic/utilitarian/special interest than rare and collectible. I travel around local Scottish towns looking for books. But you never know maybe someday the world.

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