Lke a "Cheat Code" for Garage Sales!
Jun. 4th, 2004 03:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
captain_slinkyA good tip to remember this summer while going to Garage Sales! If you plan on buying something/anything with a price tag over $10, be sure to gather up several smaller items as well that really interest you, as they will aid you in your bargaining.
CASE IN POINT:
Today at a Garage Sale, I found THIS ITEM (Crystal, baby, unless you want to spoil the suprise don't you dare click there) priced at $15. Actually,t hey had several of them and I am contemplating going back there tomorrow for more. Anyway, they *also* had a bunch of boxes ful of unsorted and unpriced toys, in which I found several vintage Star Wars, Ghostbusters, Transformers, GI Joe and Thunder Cats toys. I casually filled a box with what was easily $10 worth of toys even at standard garage sale prices, and then proceeded to make a big fuss over the $15 item.
In the end, I paid $8 for the plate and made them throw in the box of toys for free!
CASE IN POINT:
Today at a Garage Sale, I found THIS ITEM (Crystal, baby, unless you want to spoil the suprise don't you dare click there) priced at $15. Actually,t hey had several of them and I am contemplating going back there tomorrow for more. Anyway, they *also* had a bunch of boxes ful of unsorted and unpriced toys, in which I found several vintage Star Wars, Ghostbusters, Transformers, GI Joe and Thunder Cats toys. I casually filled a box with what was easily $10 worth of toys even at standard garage sale prices, and then proceeded to make a big fuss over the $15 item.
In the end, I paid $8 for the plate and made them throw in the box of toys for free!
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Date: 2004-06-04 03:48 pm (UTC)You may want to change this sentence as to help not spoil Crystal's suprise...
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Date: 2004-06-04 03:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-06-04 06:38 pm (UTC)BTW I did wait until I got home to click on the link. Of course, by then you had already told me about the plate and I had seen it on your desk, but still!