Yard Sales - Jackpot !!

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Today we went yard saling again and I hit the jackpot with snowmen and found 6 quart canning jars. I picked up 7 snowmen items for $6.50 and the canning jars were $2. A little more than I would normally pay but they are clean and no chips.

I couldn't get over how many had way overpriced items. I think folks don't realize that if it is in a yard sale then you really want to get rid of it and you will take bottom dollar for it. Last week we found a set of books that dh wanted to buy for his classroom. When he asked the price one of the women said that she wanted them and they weren't for sale. I found that extremely rude so we left everything that we were going to buy and left. They had the nerve to fuss about us so loud that I heard it. Not cool.

Hopefully when we have our sale this fall I will not act like that.

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  1. RhondaJuly 3, 2010 at 8:38 PM

    yard sales are funny. I prefer the ones that are priced like they just want to get rid of the stuff, not the ones trying to sell like retail.

    Seems to me you have to visit a lot of them to find good deals. And I do :)

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