Craigslist and Garage sale scores!

[seafeye]

Well it was ridden in Atlanta...

Probably the worst place I can think of riding a bike.

[varmint]

Yard sale down the road. Rudder that looks like a piper to me and a couple lights probably off a bulldozer. $30 total.

[porsche930dude]

Had a good score at the scrap yard yesterday. An older fella was having trouble navigating where to dump his load my brother looked in the trailer and said this isnt scrap! We offered to buy the load for $40. and met outside the gate. He was cleaning out his deceased brothers shop. Probably a dozen buckets of treasures mostly bolts and hardware stuff but lots of tools mixed in and a few hotrod parts. Many snap-on tools easily a grand worth of stuff. My brother took most of that but I also got a Caterpillar engine load leveler. I didnt see any like it online but otc brand ones are north of $1,600 so I think I can get 1k for it.

[billybek]

Wow! That is a huge score! You are winning the tread this year!

Was looking back to the Original Poster of this thread, Futuresoptions.
Haven't seen him around for some time. What happened to him, anyone know?

[URY914]

I got these on Friday. 8 pieces of 3/4" plywood, 17" x 42" with a 1" x 2" nosing. They were headed for the dumpster but I was able to intervene. I could have taken about 20 more but just did't need them. I'll use them for shelves.

[greglepore]

Axis 12 in deli slicer. Free on local CL, not running. Had it going within 5 minutes of getting it home, thermal breaker was cooked. Bypassed for now, not needed in a home environment. $10 part ordered.

These things are 1k new and 500 used. You wouldn't think you needed one until you have one. Have chefmate I already had bought and rebuilt for sale on cl and ebay now.

[Baz]

Free......picked up curbside a few blocks away........

[Ayles]

To surprise I landed this vintage Korg Z1 in pristine condition off of our neighborhood buy nothing board. My son and I have really been having fun with it.

[Baz]

I have a couple patio chairs I picked up a year ago for free. Very well built and kinda high-end variety, but the weak design link is the swivel base that tends to collect water and rust. There are companies that make a replacement part out of aluminum but that part runs around $50, so I was thinking I wonder if I could just find a used chair for less than that and slavage to get the part I needed.

Looking on CL today I found a whole set of 4 for $80. and the seller told me if I came tomorrow she'd knock $10 off. I should be able to remove the swivel base I need but am not worried about it because these chairs just left alone pretty much duplicate what I had before.

From the CL ad - note the pic showing the swivel base design in the second pic:





The rusted part from my chair:

[Baz]

Originally Posted by tcar

Drill a couple drain holes???

1) drill drain holes
2) spray with more than one coat of cold galv spray/ rubberized undercoating spray - take your pick
3) keep them dry

Rinse and repeat as needed

[Baz]

Free curbside --- a few minutes ago on my way home from some work I was doing. Man these are nice!

[JackDidley]

I cant wait for the thread about Baz getting arrested for stealing furniture frome peoples yard.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by Baz

Free curbside --- a few minutes ago on my way home from some work I was doing. Man these are nice!

My grandparents used to have furniture that looks like it could have been the same manufacturer in their sun room many years ago on the Gulf coast of FL.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by JackDidley

I cant wait for the thread about Baz getting arrested for stealing furniture frome peoples yard.

Hahahaha.

Chances are, once the cops arrive, the blue hairs will have forgotten why they called them.

[JackDidley]

Originally Posted by masraum

Hahahaha.

Chances are, once the cops arrive, the blue hairs will have forgotten why they called them.

Well, it is Florida so you do have a valid point.

[craigster59]

They have a good description of the thief and the vehicle he used to steal the bar stools right off of their front lawn......

[JackDidley]

Baz.....

[Baz]

LOL......they were sitting there by themselves right next to the street.

No way someone wasn't letting them go.

I know you guys are kidding around but I'm very careful not to take anything unless it is clearly out at the curb.

I have seen folks tape a piece of paper saying "Free" on stuff which always helps....and of course you have pieces of paper with "For Sale (price)".

They are a pretty good score though.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by Baz

LOL......they were sitting there by themselves right next to the street.

No way someone wasn't letting them go.

I know you guys are kidding around but I'm very careful not to take anything unless it is clearly out at the curb.

I have seen folks tape a piece of paper saying "Free" on stuff which always helps....and of course you have pieces of paper with "For Sale (price)".

They are a pretty good score though.

Funny, related story. I am pretty sure it was someone on the board that tried the whole "free" sign by the street and had whatever it was sit there for a week. They swapped the sign for one that said "For Sale $10" and the item was gone within hours (with no exchange of money, of course).

[Aerkuld]

Around here, if it's left at the curb it's fair game.
Mrs Aerkuld and I walking the dogs last week, the night before garbage pickup. We found a pile of junk left at the curb which included one of those big plastic crates for transporting dogs, like this one;



Finished walking the dogs, then took the car round to pick it up. It was the extra large variety and a bit bulky to carry.
Got it home and into the garage where I had some light to take it apart and clean it. Inside was a stainless steel garbage can and bunched up piece of something which turned out to be a dusty leather jacket. Thirty minutes with the leather cleaner and an almost good-as-new A2 flying jacket!