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Garage sale scores

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Corwack10
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Anyone go to garage sales alot?
If so what kinda cool stuff have you seen bought and what kinda prices?




Apr 11 2010 7:46PM
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Benson23
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im always to hungover to get up early saturday mornings to go to some, one of my buddies got a 32" flat screen samsung for 100$ because the guy was moving into a pre furnished apartment
Apr 11 2010 7:53PM
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ShredTheGnarnia
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almost scored a super sweet go kart for like 50 bucks but i was up skiing when my parents found it and by the time they went back to pull the trigger, it was gone.
Apr 11 2010 8:05PM
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Spinoza
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when i was around 15 i bought a huge (like 6') stuffed bear, but when i got home my mom made me bring it back.
lame
Apr 11 2010 8:15PM
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skithesprings
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water skis, $10, mounted with ski bindings, but they just ripped out repeatedly.
Apr 11 2010 8:16PM
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.travis.
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Went to one before the winter and this dude was just giving away all these old skis in like mint condition. If I ever get enough time to do it they will be made into a ski chair.
Apr 11 2010 9:39PM
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Sklar
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i got a pair of mantras with fritschi freerides for $100
Apr 11 2010 9:42PM
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The-Pencil-Man
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UMBRELLA HAT!
Apr 11 2010 9:52PM
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skiminnesota
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a couple of years ago i scored about a $100 Odyssey putter for 10 bucks.

SCORE

a word of advise. church garage sales are where its at. they just want to get rid of stuff. IE its WAY WAY WAY cheaper than private garage sales.
Apr 11 2010 9:55PM
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Motherfucka
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I got a legit, mint condition type writer. One of the very first ones, hand cranking and everything. Oh and with all the stuff I need to work with it(paper, ink stuff, whiteout kinda thing). Done a couple reports with it, scored a better grade almost everytime since they liked it.
Apr 11 2010 10:00PM
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rockjumper
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church yard sales are were its at. the best thing i ever picked up at a yard sale was a Schwinn orange krate for 10 bucks. steal of the century.
Apr 11 2010 10:17PM
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Sklar
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this is a fact
Apr 11 2010 10:18PM
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DrZoidberg
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At a church one I got this rad red skateboard form like the 60s. It's a fishboard but really small and awesome, and really soft and flexy. It's some type of plastic. Maybe I'll post pics.

I always look around for sales though. Sometimes you'll get people selling older camera stuff  that's wort hundreds for less than fifty.  People don't know what stuff is worth. Still waiting to see a hasselblad for really cheap...
Apr 11 2010 10:23PM
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CTD
Posts: 6300 - Karma: 348
a bunch of bottles of unopened Jim Beam from the 50s in collectible Decanters for 5 bucks a pop. got 5 of um. Shit was delicious. every time we found something good from there on out, it was a celebration shot. we were hammered by 9:30 in the morning.
Apr 11 2010 10:23PM
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skiminnesota
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are you super cereal?

thats SICK!
Apr 11 2010 10:25PM
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bsuthjwu
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taking the threads cake right hurrr. you must've been pumped
Apr 11 2010 11:31PM
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prontocuts.com
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goodwill is where its at

ive got about $1000 worth of classic mid century furniture for $15.
Apr 11 2010 11:33PM
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AlexGaynor
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schwinn varisty road bike 1963, all original except for new saddle - $8
22 in monitor (using currently) -$20
bolle ski shades from way back - $1 (broke them though)
broken dell latitude 1550 or something - $10 + $60 hard drive online + perfectly good laptop.
I got 3 of those sigg canteens, which are $25 each for $3. (i lost 2, but they were solid, now i only have the cheaper types, not as good at all)

I used to troll the sales with my dad every sat morning. Prolly made $1000 dealing stereo equipment, and other shit i sold. But i kept the best stuff for my room = denon amp, 2 oldish polk audiophile fronts, and bose rears.
Apr 12 2010 12:48AM
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Schlop
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there's this junk day kind of thing here this weekend, you put a bunch of old shit out for disposal on Monday but everyone looks through it all weekend looking for cool stuff, i scored a 55" TV
Apr 12 2010 12:54AM
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Corwack10
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we have a junk day near us to its so sick, and WOW to the other guys you've gotten some sweet stuff
Apr 12 2010 7:28AM
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Big.L
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the other day my dad picked up this sick road bike from some garage sale (idk why cause ive never seen him ride a bike) but its all flat black with a curved downtube and has these big street tires, its soo sick i just got on it and rode it for like 3 miles for no reason really
Apr 12 2010 7:40AM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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water skis are the ultimate garage sale score. people always sell old skis for $0.50 - $1.00. I'm always hawkin' garage sales for these kind of deals. can't beat a ski for a dollar - if the skis are pieces of shit, i just use them for barefoot step off skis.
Apr 12 2010 9:21AM
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CoolioDude
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haha i just pictured that whole scene in my head perfectly
Apr 12 2010 10:42AM
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Spinoza
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thats so sick.   why would somebody sell those for so cheap
Apr 12 2010 1:09PM
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dirty.
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i got some never used rossignol power pivot 140's for $20 at the plymouth, nh climbing gym
Apr 12 2010 1:17PM
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Arabian.
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My neighbors gave me a harlequin sex whip at their garage sale when I was 15. Explains a lot, really.
Apr 12 2010 1:18PM
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J.DUKE
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stellar
Apr 12 2010 1:44PM
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Elg
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I got a war helmet with bullet holes in it. My grandpa says its a german helmet from the 2nd world war. Pretty sweet!
Apr 12 2010 1:48PM
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vincepru
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i scored a WW2 gas mask for 5 bucks, and it works hand in hand with a bong i have. home made gas mask bong for 5$ woop.
Apr 12 2010 2:21PM
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geteducated
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a nice Cleveland 3 wood and adams golf bag i think for a grand total of 30 dollars.  it was my neighbors garage sale.  i don't go around looking for them on sundays like an old person.
Apr 12 2010 2:24PM
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MAPLE_SYRUP
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i am so upset that i sold Crash Bandicoot Racing so many years ago

now i want to go scoping grarage sales

Apr 12 2010 3:06PM
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Corwack10
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I'm gonna bump this thread because I just scored Bose around ear headphones for 3 bucks! 3! So stoked.
Feb 19 2011 6:58PM
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I_Am_Mod
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also waterskis,
a vintage longboard,
look pivot 14 mounted on old skis,
some solly bindings with rainbow colored driver toe pieces
fluo clothing from the 80s/90s
sickest goggles, wayfarers with fluo yellow in the black legs and purple mirror glasses
set of golf clubs
an old surfboard
old LPs from ACDC, Led zeppelin, the doors and a rasta colored LP from bob marley (a friend of mine actually got that one, damn him ! )
a bowling ball
a ww2 m1 helmet with vintage liner and everything, even jeep dustgoggles strapped around :)
a pair of full leather fleece lined gloves
etc..

Feb 19 2011 7:14PM
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Panda_with_Guns
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got some old baby moniter type thing when i was like 11 for 5$. since then ive heard the moaning of the exxchange student that live in my basement a couple times. /claim inb4 cool story bro
Feb 19 2011 7:15PM
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000000000000
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got a thrift store story:  My friend needed a couch, and we found a free one outside of a thrift store on the curb.  It wouldn't fit in his tiny ass suburu,  but he had chains in the back.  there was an old box spring next to the couch.  We tied that bitch up, put the couch ontop and i surfed behind the subey at midnight next to the cop shop.
Feb 19 2011 7:16PM
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line1260skier
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this summer i got 13 bottles of champagne, 3 bottles of wine, and a wine rack for 5 dollars.
Feb 19 2011 7:22PM
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hoodratz47
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human fetus in a jar presurved... CLAIM>...  Like whoa....... when some one comes over and passes out on the couch..     BLAM Fetus is cuddling up with yeah...

and also  . epic oldschool skateboard... sold one for 300 bones once.. it was an 1980 alan gelfand Powell Peralta  with the tank graffic...

but yeah.. great clothes... i will stop by when ever i se one.!

Feb 19 2011 7:54PM
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Yung_Gnarley
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1950's globe guitar.
15 bucks.
Feb 19 2011 7:58PM
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KrazyistKarl
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iv always wanted to try barefoot but no one skis on my lake really and even fewer people barefoot, other then a bar but thats fuck all
Feb 19 2011 9:55PM
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I.B
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so many jackets. I wore a sweet/ warmest jacket i've ever owned today in 5 feet of powder didn't feel anything. But the jacket was $10. Then the ladie added in a north face fleece jacket for free
Feb 19 2011 9:59PM
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potato_man
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05-06 salomon 1080 guns in factory plastic - 50$ (this was in summer of 08)
Feb 19 2011 10:05PM
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cultrara
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solomon ski blades $10

sold them for $40

Feb 19 2011 10:12PM
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315jibber94
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neighborhood garage sale, beer glasses, (all kinds of brews) old stiens, shot glasses everythig, like 2 bucks a glass! SO pumped

Feb 19 2011 11:14PM
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Noss.
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pics are a must sir
Feb 19 2011 11:20PM
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.AR6rider.
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$.25 for some Rockem Sockem Robots.
Feb 19 2011 11:30PM
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Moosen
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Ditto I have a ballin ass typewriter!
Feb 19 2011 11:33PM
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.skiperisher.
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bought a pair of rosi boots with intuition liners for $60 and sold them for $150.
Feb 19 2011 11:54PM
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mommy
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i got 32,000 points in garage sale
Feb 20 2011 12:03AM
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soulskier
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i used to make 8 year old bank selling pop, lemonade, and candy in my neighbourhood during garage sale weekends. never bought any really cool stuff other than some collector item baseball cards
Feb 20 2011 12:10AM
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cultrara
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gnar?
Feb 20 2011 7:38AM
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Tonic
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Feb 20 2011 7:42AM
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