What is the best thing you ever bought At a yard-garage sale? How much was it?

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  1. chuckandus6 profile image80
    chuckandus6posted 10 years ago

    What is the best thing you ever bought At a yard-garage sale? How much was it?

  2. LoisRyan13903 profile image71
    LoisRyan13903posted 10 years ago

    I bought a carpet shampooer for $3.00.  It think it was a Kenmore but can't really remember.  It lasted me a few years before it broke.  I used it to do the kitchen floor and was a lot better than mopping

    1. chuckandus6 profile image80
      chuckandus6posted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Awesome deal those are expensive

  3. davidlivermore profile image81
    davidlivermoreposted 10 years ago

    I know I used to buy video games at yard sales and then re-sell them on eBay.  Made good money that way while I was unemployed.

    1. chuckandus6 profile image80
      chuckandus6posted 10 years agoin reply to this

      That is a good Idea,david

  4. Qmarpat profile image62
    Qmarpatposted 10 years ago

    A 20 year old copy of the magazine, The Writer, for 5 cents. It changed my whole perspective. The second best thing was a famous clown doll for $1.50. My kids had a love/Hate thing for it; it blew this foul "breath", in your face.

    1. chuckandus6 profile image80
      chuckandus6posted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Wow clown sounds creepy but I think all clowns are,especially since I watched" it" by Stephen king.
      But I love looking through prices in old papers and magazines

  5. FatFreddysCat profile image60
    FatFreddysCatposted 10 years ago

    I picked up a heap of about two dozen '70s rock CDs - Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Alice Cooper, Grand Funk Railroad, etc. - for a buck apiece at a yard sale last year. That was a pretty sweet haul and it filled in numerous "holes" in my collection .

    1. chuckandus6 profile image80
      chuckandus6posted 10 years agoin reply to this

      I used to love buying cassettes when I was little, one in particular Paula Abdul a.Yardsale An. I got home it didn't workmy dad actually took the cassette apart and respooledit cutting off the bad part.(my dad was awesome like that he could fix anyth

  6. ChristinS profile image41
    ChristinSposted 10 years ago

    I bought a beautiful cabinet with beveled glass front doors that we touched up and placed in our kitchen.  It was only $20 and people ooh and ahh over it all the time wanting to know where it came from.  They are always shocked when I say a yard sale for 20 bucks lol.

    1. chuckandus6 profile image80
      chuckandus6posted 10 years agoin reply to this

      That's a great idea to redo an old piece of furniture and bring it back to life,great buy.

  7. Kristen Howe profile image72
    Kristen Howeposted 10 years ago

    It was a sunflower plate and cost about $2. I use it for a decorative piece, since it was small. This was two decades ago in New York.

    1. chuckandus6 profile image80
      chuckandus6posted 10 years agoin reply to this

      That's a great deal Kristen, it's fun picking up decorative finds at Yard sales

  8. Nicole Grizzle profile image75
    Nicole Grizzleposted 10 years ago

    I am a book nerd, so really old, undiscovered books are my favorite things to find in garage sales. Especially if they cost nickles and dimes. The information there can be such gold.

    I also bought my saxophone at a yard sale some time back for about $50. It has character, sure, but I love it to death. It also retails for $315 USED, so I can't complain!

    1. chuckandus6 profile image80
      chuckandus6posted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Yes books books are great to get at Yard sales
      Good score on.saxaphone

 
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