posted on July 21, 2002 06:35:28 AM
Garage sale. My daughter's condo complex had a group sale Friday and Saturday. In her garage she was selling for 6 people besides the Relay for Life items. When I got their on Friday she said she had put a painting away because she thought I would like it for either eBay or myself. What a picture. It was done by an Haitian artist, It had very bright and bold colors with 5 Haitans with native dress and carring fruit and vegetables in baskets either on their heads or in arms. I immediately took it cuz it was really nice. I like pictures like that, not all the foo foo pictures. Well to make a long story short I searched the artist and he has another picture similar for sale for $480.00. I paid $5.00 for mine. I sit here in my eBay room enjoying it. She also had other interesting things like a Singapore Airline Stewardess uniform which I purchased immediately.
Did anyone else have a good weekend. Share your thoughts.
Does your daughter have a RFL team? If so, and she wants some bargain stuff to sell I need to clear some RFL items out. If she is interested please have her email me at [email protected]
posted on July 21, 2002 12:07:01 PM
Glad others had luck yard saling! We found acres of worn & stained kids clothes, tons of plastic toys, oodles of beat up paperback books, a zillion dishes, buckets & boxes of bric-brac, thinga-ma-bobs, and plain old trash. Near the end of the day we found a young red-headed girl selling ice cold lime Koolaid, Last time I drank lime Koolaid Ike was the pres! Life is good..
posted on July 21, 2002 01:11:22 PM
That is a great idea!
I belong to a group and we do an auction periodically, they would really appreciate it!
Japerton
posted on July 21, 2002 01:43:49 PMGlad others had luck yard saling! We found acres of worn & stained kids clothes, tons of plastic toys, oodles of beat up paperback books, a zillion dishes, buckets & boxes of bric-brac, thinga-ma-bobs, and plain old trash
You forgot the scratched, worthless Tupperware containers. All I ever find at yard sales is stuff the Goodwill will no longer accept as donations.
posted on July 21, 2002 08:28:45 PM
I went to a 6-family yard sale plus 2 more surprise ones down the street. For less than $30 I got an entire trunk full + a few things for myself. Good stuff + they had tons of new and great things that I'm not personally interested in buying for resell.
I had just sold the last of my eBay stuff so I am thrilled.
posted on July 21, 2002 08:44:26 PM
Thanks, JACK. I intend to do so. Hopefully, tomorrow I'll stop at my favorite thrift store. I have a 35% discount card on me (somewhere, panic, panic).
The nice part about the stuff I bought at the yard sales is that most of it is perfect for winter/Christmas. Great timing. Somebody was doing some serious house cleaning!
posted on July 21, 2002 09:14:18 PM
35% ???????? I CAN'T EVEN GET A DISABLED VETERANS DISCOUNT AT A D.A.V. THIFT STORE. THEY TOLD ME SORRY YOU HAVE TO BE 65 YEARS OLD. NEXT CUSTOMER PLEASE , THANK YOU. HOW ARROGANT. SHE WAS LOOKING RIGHT AT ME.
YA GOTTA KNOW ME AT THIS POINT,,,,,,,I CALLED HEADQUARTERS,,,,,,SAN DIEGO,,,,,,THEY SIMPLY PAY THE D.A.V. FOR THE RIGHTS TO USE THAT HEART BLEEDING NAME ON THE FRONT OF THE STORE. D.A.V. MY A$$........THAT IS NOTHING BUT A PRIVATE ENTERPRISE. WITH A NON PROFIT RIP OFF TITLE. THEY CARE LESS ABOUT VETERANS.
IT'S NO DIFF. THAN THE GOODWILL OR SALVATION ARMY. THEY THROW TONS OF STUFF TO THE DUMP AND THOSE VEHICLES YOU ALL THINK ARE BEING REPAIRED BY POOR FOLKS TO LEARN A TRADE, HAHAHAHAHA. THEY ARE SOLD TO THE NEAREST JUNK YARD. I KNOW,,,,,,,I DONATED MY PERFECTLY GOOD VEHICLE TO THEM AND A WEEK LATER I NEEDED A PART FOR ANOTHER CAR OF MINE WENT TO THE NEAREST JUNK YARD AND LOW AND BEHOLD GUESS WHAT?????? THERE WAS MY PARTS STRIPPED CAR. HAHAHAHAHA, WHAT A JOKE. I WOULD NEVER, NEVER, NEVER . DONATE TO THOSE ORGS. AGAIN. REMEMEBER ALL THE MONEY WE GAVE THE RED CROSS????? THEN THE TRUTH CAME OUT.........YES YOU ALL READ ALL ABOUT THAT JOKE RIGHT HERE AND THEN IT HIT THE NEWS ,,,,,,,,BIG TIME........THINK I AM CRAZY? THINK AGAIN.
I MIGHT TYPE IN ALL CAPS,,,,,,BECAUSE I AM,,,,,,,,IN FACT A DISABLED VETERAN BUT IT'S NOT BECAUSE I AM STUPID. IT IS EXTREMELY HARD FOR ME TO TYPE. SHIFTING IS JUST ONE MORE HARD STEP AND I PERSONALLY DON'T GIVE A DAMN WHAT ANYONE THINKS ANYMORE ABOUT ALL CAPS. I THINK AT THIS POINT EVEN AUCTION WATCH REALIZES EVERYONE IS NOT PERFECT. WHEN I FIRST CAME HERE DIANNA NOTIFIED ME CAPS WAS CONSIDERED YELLING,,,,,WELL CONSIDER NOT HAVING ALL YOUR LIMBS,,,,,,,,SHE HAS NEVER BOTHERED ME SINCE..
posted on July 21, 2002 09:16:13 PM
I happened to see a yard sale advertised on the bulletin board outside our little p.o. yesterday. It was the only one in town! (Smalllllll town.) The ladies were selling their mother's stuff, lots of good pottery items which I know I can resell, some old cookbooks, pretty good stuff. Royal Copley wall pocket, etc. I guess it's still worth the effort, huh?
By the way, does anyone know if there's a good category related to mobile homes and trailers on ebay? I have some kitschy wall plaques about trailers that might do all right there.
posted on July 21, 2002 09:24:05 PM"I CAN'T EVEN GET A DISABLED VETERANS DISCOUNT AT A D.A.V. THIFT STORE"
Wow! 20/20 would love to get a piece of that for their show:
"DISABLED VET TURNED DOWN AT DAV STORE"
news at 11.
My husband was given a senior discount at a fast food place because the girl saw his gray hair (he's way too young, yet). He didn't know whether to feel lucky or old!!!
posted on July 21, 2002 09:30:11 PM
I live in one of the most expensive area in the US. Homes average $450,000/$550,000 and the average household income is well over $100,000. These are the people selling stuff the Goodwill won't accept. That's why they're rich, they never give anything away. Some of the better garage sales are found in poor areas.
posted on July 21, 2002 09:39:54 PM
BIDSBIDS,,,,,,I ASSUME YOU MEAN THE GOODWILL, THAT'S WHY THIER RICH, THEY NEVER GIVE ANYTHING AWAY. NOT UNLESS YOU GO THROUGH TONS OF RED TAPE. THEN YOU MAY GET SOMETHING FROM THEM. I AM BY NO MEANS POOR. BUT I HAVE TESTED THESE,,,,,,,,CHARITABLE ORGS. TO THE MAX. I HAVE THE TIME TO DO SO..... LONG BEACH CALIF. GOODWILL CHARGES YOU TO GO INTO THE STORE. THINK I AM FULL OF IT,,,,,,,THINK AGAIN.
posted on July 21, 2002 09:47:24 PM
HAHAHAHAHA, AS LONG AS I AM AT IT,,,,,,YOU KNOW THE OTHER ONE WITH OUTSTREACHED PALMS??.......I CAN'T THINK OF THE NAME,,,UNITED WAY!!!!!!!!! THIS IS THE REASON FOR THE EDIT.....YEAH!! UNITED WAY.......CROOKS!!!!!!!!!,,,THEY ALSO MADE THE NEWS BIG TIME.....ROLLS ROYCES AND MULTI BILLION DOLLAR HOMES,,,,,,WHO KNOWS WHO I AM THINKING OF? I DEALT WITH THEM TOO GIVING TO THEM. SORRY WE ONLY ACCEPT CASH......THAT'S WHY YOU FOUND YOUR DONATIONS IN THE DUMPSTER BEHIND OUR STORE FRONT PHISODE. (sP) B.S. SIGN.
I CALLED THEM ON THE PHONE AS FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE I JUST FELT I SHOULD NOT WALK ACROSS THE STREET AND FACE SOME UNKOWING INDIVIDUALS AND EXPLAIN. THEY KNOW NOTHING THEY JUST WORK IN AN OFFICE. BUT,,,,,SOMEONE THERE THREW THE GOOD STUFF IN A DUMPSTER. I KNOW THAT. NOW I SELL THOSE,,,,,,DONATIONS ON E BAY. AND BY THE WAY,,,,,,,GOOD RETURN. HAHAHAHHA.
[ edited by JACKSWEBB on Jul 21, 2002 10:35 PM ]
Goodwill has it's own auction site and that is where most of the good stuff goes, doesn't it?
There have been rumors about the guys driving the trucks that pick up for these types of organizations and that they also take lot of the good things for themselves. And also some of the workers inside get first dibs at some of the things.
posted on July 21, 2002 10:55:10 PM
My aunt worked at a Salvation Armry store for years. The good stuff never saw the floor. The workers had they friends come in the back room and get the good items for a fraction of what it should have gone for on the floor. That was a perk for the workers.
posted on July 21, 2002 11:17:14 PM
HEY JACK! - I AM OFFERING A 1.5% DISCOUNT ON MY AUCTIONS TO ANY DISABLED VET WHO PAYS WITH THEIR PAYPAL DEBIT CARD! Merry Christmas!
posted on July 21, 2002 11:26:21 PM
PSSST. 1.5% ?????? HAHHAHAA. WHATEVER. I GAVE 100% OF MY SALES TO THE RED CROSS WHEN THE TOWERS WENT DOWN. IF THERE IS ANY WAY ONE OF THOSE DOUBT ME'S COULD VERIFY THROUGH PAY PAL ,,,,,,,,,,,DO IT TO IT. 1.5% I WILL EDIT THIS WHEN YOU EDIT THAT. I WOULD,,,,,,,IF I WERE YOU.
posted on July 21, 2002 11:53:52 PM
AH,,,,,,JALL,,,,,,,,NOW I REMEMBER ,,,,,,YOU ONCE REFERRED TO ME AS "JACK ON CRACK". NOW,,,,,,WHO'S REALLY ON CRACK? 1.5%......WHAT A JOKE YOU REALLY ARE. TAKE YOUR VERY PATRIOTIC 1.5% AND SPIN ON IT. WHAT AN INSULT TO ANY VETERAN. THEY GAVE 100% FOR YOU AND YOU HAVE THE NERVE TO OFFER A 1.5% DISCOUNT. WHY MAKE YOURSELF LOOK LIKE A FOOL. I WILL NEVER EDIT THIS, NEVER! OR THE PRIORS. SEMPER FI, EVEN TO THE BLINDED.
