posted on August 14, 2005 05:32:30 PM
I see the same people at garage and yard sales. Some of them are a PITA, what with cigar smoking, whistling continually, and other distractions. Most of them are really great tho and helpful
posted on August 14, 2005 06:23:29 PM
I went to a garage sale yesterday and there was a small box of cross stitch magazines and books. Most of them were about 10 cents each. The lady that was doing the garage sale told me I could have the box for $5.00. I gave her an "are you insane" look because there were maybe 25 books and mags in this box. I told here that they were priced at 10 cents each so she realized her "goof" and told me I could have them all for $1.00. So I took them. That was the only treasure I found. There was a housing edition that had a neighborhood garage sale and it almost looked like people just pulled a few things out of their house at the last minute. Not many worth going to.
posted on August 14, 2005 07:32:16 PM
So the guy with the stinky cigar keeps you back while he scoops up the bargains? That's a trick I use often, only with cigarettes. Chase those non smokers away and you have your pick of the best goodies. For a really high dollar estate sale, you can eat a can of Van Kamps pork and beans at 4:30 AM, followed by 3 hard boiled eggs and three bottles of beer. By the time the sale starts, you can empty the entire house and have the entire sale all to yourself.
A $75.00 solid state device will always blow first to protect a 25 cent fuse ~ Murphy's Law
posted on August 14, 2005 07:46:21 PM
Use fart spray for those mangy ole' hags that try to scuff up all the good stuff.
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posted on August 15, 2005 05:00:57 PM
Wonder if the high cost of gas has dampened people's enthusiasm for garage sales. I personally do not go to them but do drive by some when out doing other things. All I see are piles of worn out clothing (some with the family cat sleeping on top) and heaps of discarded plastic and stuffed toys. I have gone to some estate sales - all turn out to be professionally conducted with prices far higher than the final bids on EBay on the stuff I look at.
buyhigh
posted on August 15, 2005 05:31:36 PM
So the man on the BEEEEEEEP!!!!! Honk,honk,,,Street, boils it down,beep beep. to e bays,,HONNNNNNK!!!!!!HONNNNNNNK!!!! get outa my way ya stupid S.O...prices are now,whiiiiiiiirrrrrrr!!! Whirrrrrrrrr,,,,,RRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!RRRRRRRRR,,,BEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!!!!!! Hey you Dumb A,,,,,,,!!!!!! lower than just a normal beep, HONK! BEEEEEEEEP,,,local sale?
This man on the street interview was conducted in New York City...
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