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Originally Posted by masraum
Hell, estate sales and garage/yard/rummage sales usually seem to be way overpriced to me. I think the deal is that some folks are "addicted" to them. There are regulars that go and buy a ton of stuff that they don't need and due to their compulsion, will overpay. When we had a house, we used to have a yard sale from time to time, every 3-5 years. We priced our stuff so we wouldn't have to take it back inside or throw it away at the end. We priced everything a little bit over what we wanted so we would make the people happy by dropping the price. We were selling it because we didn't want it any more, so no reason to charge a ton.
I've seen old tools that were practically priced at retail. Screw that.
I do understand that you can get some fantastic deals, but I am not willing to wade through an ocean of crap and overpriced stuff to find those gems.
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My latest haul. I Came across just a few that might be good for guitar amps, and offered $100 for the whole lot. There's a lot of NOS stuff in here, with a few being worth quite a lot of they're in working order... including some giant military AM radio transmission tubes.
Picked up a great 1950's Singer sewing machine in cabinet for $35 a few weeks back.
GF bought a 1902 book for $2... Turned out to be the first appearance of Peter Pan.
The Little White Bird, in great condition.
We're headed to a couple today. One has a bunch of car stuff... and a '31 Ford Roadster chassis...
