is going yard sale-ing! I have scored so many great deals on clothes in EXCELLENT condition by going to yard sales. For me & for friends & for Elias. I love getting a great deal & I love to "negotiate" prices. Especially when they want me to just make an offer. They usually don't take my offer (a quarter is what I start at!), but it sure is a thrill getting such great deals.
This weekend, there are a couple of hot spots for yard sales in my area. PineyZ is having a community wide yard sale & a friend's church (Fellowship @ Midway; north of I-10 on 90 towards Quincy). I'm excited just thinking about heading there.
Since yard sales contain obviously used items, it makes perfect sense that I also enjoy shopping used stuff... just not as quick & a one-stop-shop as a yard sale!
** Thrift Stores: When in Melbourne, Elias, Mama, Dad, & I went out several days just stopping at thrift stores. Dad was looking for good books, but Mama & I were just looking for anything that caught our eyes! I got some clothes for Elias, some clothes to resell at the local consignment semi-annual sale, & some great books for super cheap!! My Aunt is picking up TONS of stuff for cousin's fall wedding by shopping @ thrift stores! Pitchers, vases, even (sealed) plastic utensils for the reception!!
** Craigslist: Sometimes you luck out & find something great, then have to wait for the reply email to see if you were the first to email an item! When we have family in other areas (Tampa Bay, Bainbridge, Space Coast) &/or are going to be traveling, we check out the CL section for that area. We have gotten great deal on CL & sold plenty of stuff there, too!
** Consignment Sales: Our local semiannual consignment sale has the final day as Half Off. I got some great clothes & shoes for Elias on the half off day! And I can resell most of those (unless I wanna keep them) for what I paid. So, I'm literally clothing Elias for free or at the least very cheaply renting them when I shop there & yard sales.
I think the key to saving the most, particularly if you're thinking/planning on reselling, is to buy at the RIGHT price! I can find good deals on used cloth diapers that someone just didn't care for or decided not to cloth diaper. They can be close to new or sometimes never used & I like to pay at or less than 50% of the new price. Or offering super low prices at yard sales w/ a promise that I'll spend much more. Clothes are hard to sell @ yard sales because most people want too much; our yard sales move lots of clothes, though. Our going rate for clothes is 50cents/item, $1/jeans+dresses+jackets... we'd rather sell the stuff, than cart them to Goodwill or Salvation Army!
Wow... all that to say that we are having some yard sales in the area that I wanted to share w/ other local buddies! You can grab some great deals if you are picky, cheap, & looking! :)
Friday, April 16, 2010
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green with envy. the only yard sales within 20 miles all have junk. So people can get cigarette money. I've even found these people digging through our trash for stuff to sell. I REALLY envy you your yard sales. But the new consignment shop in town is slowly yielding some good stuff. We're averaging about $8 a month from our stuff. But every bit helps, right? And how mean of you to mention Chik FilA! Mmmmm.... congrat on the cloth diapering. Awesome! (no way would I ever be tempted, but I am so proud of you!)
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