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dragonfly183 · 06-02-2007, 04:36 PM

I do this frequently and it "never" fails. I am a garage sale addict. I like expensive name brand things but i refuse to pay a lot of money for it. There is nothing like the thrill of finding a pair of like new pants that would have cost me 50 dollars for sale for 1 dollar in someones front yard.

Before you leave state to yourself what you are looking for. I need bluejeans that fit comfortable. I need some new summer shoes. I need to not run out of gas before I reach the gas station.

You "WILL" find what you are looking for. Every single time!!!!

Beloved · 06-04-2007, 10:55 AM

It works. A couple of weeks ago I was looking at my vintage treadle sewing machine and thought that I really wanted a vintage chair to go in front of it. That Saturday I wasn't intending on going to a garage sale but when I saw one I knew I had to go in. I found a chair that I thought was a perfect style but the seat was torn, I thought that it would be perfect if it wasn't torn and that I needed 2 - have 2 treadle machines. I went to pay for the chair and the guy said that he had 3 more of them and that 2 of them had untorn seats. Cost me a hefty $4 each and yes the colour is perfect.

dragonfly183 · 06-04-2007, 03:17 PM

Isn't that awesome how that works. Its just to bad that all of the bigger things aren't so easy.

Scin · 06-05-2007, 03:39 PM

If you're less specific it seems to help in my experience. I managed to pick up an awesome carved coffee table (2" x 6" x 2") with a storage compartment for $3. Almost new condition except for a bit of paint splashed on one corner, which I promptly sanded out and restained to match.

I'm a guy that loves garage sales. This amuses my girlfriend to no end, heh.

Beloved · 06-07-2007, 04:10 PM

I remember about 10 years ago I tried to get mum to give me an old set of travel cups (coloured metal cups in a zip up container), she wouldn't do it. I was determined to get a set of those cups somehow. Not long after I went to a garage sale and they had 2 sets, one had never even been opened.

{aspiring_to_clarity} · 06-07-2007, 09:41 PM

Ahh, garage sales. Bless the person who came up with that one. I have had so many similar experiences. Makes me want to go check some out this weekend!

06-02-2007, 04:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
dragonfly183 Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 68	Before you go to the garage sales!!!! I do this frequently and it "never" fails. I am a garage sale addict. I like expensive name brand things but i refuse to pay a lot of money for it. There is nothing like the thrill of finding a pair of like new pants that would have cost me 50 dollars for sale for 1 dollar in someones front yard. Before you leave state to yourself what you are looking for. I need bluejeans that fit comfortable. I need some new summer shoes. I need to not run out of gas before I reach the gas station. You "WILL" find what you are looking for. Every single time!!!!

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06-04-2007, 10:55 AM	#2 (permalink)
Beloved Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 340	It works. A couple of weeks ago I was looking at my vintage treadle sewing machine and thought that I really wanted a vintage chair to go in front of it. That Saturday I wasn't intending on going to a garage sale but when I saw one I knew I had to go in. I found a chair that I thought was a perfect style but the seat was torn, I thought that it would be perfect if it wasn't torn and that I needed 2 - have 2 treadle machines. I went to pay for the chair and the guy said that he had 3 more of them and that 2 of them had untorn seats. Cost me a hefty $4 each and yes the colour is perfect.

06-04-2007, 03:17 PM	#3 (permalink)
dragonfly183 Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 68	Isn't that awesome how that works. Its just to bad that all of the bigger things aren't so easy.

06-05-2007, 03:39 PM	#4 (permalink)
Scin Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 69	If you're less specific it seems to help in my experience. I managed to pick up an awesome carved coffee table (2" x 6" x 2") with a storage compartment for $3. Almost new condition except for a bit of paint splashed on one corner, which I promptly sanded out and restained to match. I'm a guy that loves garage sales. This amuses my girlfriend to no end, heh.

06-07-2007, 04:10 PM	#5 (permalink)
Beloved Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 340	I remember about 10 years ago I tried to get mum to give me an old set of travel cups (coloured metal cups in a zip up container), she wouldn't do it. I was determined to get a set of those cups somehow. Not long after I went to a garage sale and they had 2 sets, one had never even been opened.

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