Garage sale idiots

[Doomer]

Wife had a garage sale yesterday. I had a 10 year old busted microwave sitting in the garage waiting to be hauled to the dump. It wasn't even part of the garage sale. Some idiot offered me $20 for it. SOLD, said I.

Why is it that people are unwilling to pay a decent price for things of value at a garage sale but will pay good money for worthless junk ?

 

[geno]

Because they think they're getting a good deal - and as we know, most people can't turn a good deal down =P

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

I'll give you $30 for it! Go get it back from him!

 

[Engineer]

I had a garage sale this year and had 2 perfectly good microwaves...One large (BIG Amana) and one smaller (Kenmore)....Nobody wanted them at $10 and $8 each...

Go figure...Be happy

 

[geno]

I coulda bought a fake christmas tree for 50 cents at one time...makes me wonder why I didn't....

 

[Isla]

Did you see the episode of Antique Roadshow where this guy bought a hideously ugly thing from a garage sale for a few bucks and it turned out to be an Eskimo artifact worth over 70K? His wife nearly fell over.

 

[Relf Lauren]

That Eskimo thing is only worth what people are willing to pay for it....

Relf Lauren

 

[FettsBabe]

The idiots on e bay never cease to amaze me. I guess some of them don't research the price of the product from the local store. I saw several items go for double or triple of the value that you would pay at Walmart.

 

[Windogg]

A co-worker was having a garage sale and drove to his self storage space to grab some stuff. On the say back he and a friend went "dumpster diving" and pulled a bunch of junk out (old lamps, busted chairs, picture frames, etc...). He made an extra $1,000 with the stuff they found in the garbage.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!! People are dumb.

Windogg

 

[Ornery]

I repaired my 7 year old microwave with a $6.00 part...

 

[Viperoni]

I bought a perfectly good, near mint shape, 6inch Craftsman car buffer for $10 bucks.
6 years ago.
Still works great

 

[Triumph]

i pulled some really nice iron (or whatever they're made of) weights, and a nice steel barbell out of the garbage in my apt complex last year. people moving out just don't want to take that stuff with them i guess. i'll take it!

 

[Jedi Mike]

Because your junk might be someone elses treasure.

 

[piku]

<< Because your junk might be someone elses treasure. >>



But some junk is just _nobodies_ treasure

 

[PhaZe]

My grandma(hehe) bought a coffe pot for 3 dollars. Seller didnt think it was real silver and she got it apraised(however you spell it) and it was worth 45+ dollars.
Not a BIG BIG find but a decent find.

 

[chess9]

My garage is full of stuff my wife has purchased at garage sales. We have, for instance:

1. A trampoline without any legs, but it is in excellent shape!

2. A ferret cage that is 6 feet tall and 3' x 3', but we have no ferret.

3. Two used tires in excellent condition but in sizes we don't need.

4. An enormous lawn edger, but we have a community wide lawn service.

5. My personal favorite is the chain saw. We have one tree in our yard and it's only about 4 years old. But, when you marry a redneck, they come with a chain saw in their trousseau anyway.

 

[T2T III]

Not only that, these people start lining up in your driveway 30 minutes before your garage sale starts. Sheesh!

 

[KingHam]

In a nearby, lower class city the city council had to make garage sales illegal except for a few times a year because some people were using them as their sole source of income.

KingHam

 

[Pretender]

<< In a nearby, lower class city the city council had to make garage sales illegal except for a few times a year because some people were using them as their sole source of income. >>

What type of idiotic town is that? Because some people make money selling stuff they don't need, they decide to stop it. Who were the garage sales hurting? The townspeople were obviously buying otherwise these people wouldn't be making money. This has to be the dumbest thing I've heard in a while.

 

[T2T III]

<< What type of idiotic town is that? Because some people make money selling stuff they don't need, they decide to stop it. >>


What you fail to realize is that some people run constant garage sales as a business - just as described. I doubt people who are doing this are paying any type of business taxes, even through they should be.

 

[KingHam]

Exactly, no taxes, buisness license, zoning problems, etc. Besides would you want to live next to a constant garage sale?

KingHam

 

[Pastfinder]

I love garage sales. My dad and I collect militaria (rare stuff, not that cheap crap from surplus stores.) Anyways, we have been able to pick up stuff from Vietnam and WWII that is worth hundreds if not thousands in garage piles and at yard sales for a couple of dollars. The people don't want it and have the time they will just give it to you. I tell them about the auction bay and how they can make money on it but they say &quot;take it, too many bad memories.&quot; Weird, but true.

 

[DesignDawg]

The worst part about them is f@cking pieces of human sh1t STEALING from garage sales. I mean, DAMN. My grandmother lived in this same house in Memphis for abou 45 or 50 years. When she moved there, the neighborhood was very nice, upscale, great little neighborhood. By the end of her living there, the neighborhood was just THE HOOD. She had bullet holes in her windows and walls from a stray bullet from a car driving by, and we feared for her life every day. Well, when she decided to move, she had a big garage sale, and if you add up all the stuff she had STOLEN (bearing in mind that the prices of most things in her sale averaged about 25 cents) she lost literally thousands of dollars. --ANd MAN, when she caught them, she LET THEM HAVE IT. SHe would start going off, call the police right there in fron tof them, and tell them to DROP IT AND RUN! But Jesus Christ. WHAT MAKES PEOPLE come to a garage sale and stuff lunchboxes full of 10 cent USED PANTIES and steal them?!?! The world is a sad, sad, sad sick place.

Ricky
DesignDawg

 

[Russ]

Isla,

The Antiques Road Show is at the top of my favorites. I love that show, but usually only get to catch it when it repeats at 1 AM.

Russ, NCNE

 

[Pretender]

<< WHAT MAKES PEOPLE come to a garage sale and stuff lunchboxes full of 10 cent USED PANTIES and steal them?!?! The world is a sad, sad, sad sick place. >>


WHAT MAKES PEOPLE come to a garage sale and buy USED PANTIES from your grandmother?!?! The world is a sad, sad, sad sick place.