Things I haven't bought since I started scrappin' - Page 3

Originally Posted by BurlyGuys

Let's just say I don't pay retail for anything anymore... ;-)

And thats why your the boss lol

Vacuums..never had to look far to get one that either out right works or just needs minor work (belt etc.). I don't understand why these are so easily ditched..a crappy one is still $80 or so new???

Open toed shoes, shorts, shirts with sleeves, hair gel, manpons, fingernail clippers, gloves

once a video gets posted I can only see the left half of a page on my android. I'm bowing out of this thread until I can get on a desktop. Funny video though lol that's sortof what I meant by I don't buy manpons.

too much to list ,think i'm getting to the point that i don't wanna buy anything anymore......i just wait for one if i need one ......i buy food ,gas and anything that could house bugs .....my cordless is dying and i might have to buy a new one ,.....it'll still hold a charge for like three screws so i'm still hoping i find one ,lol

Shampoo, soaps, candles, clothes, shoes, boots, toilet paper, vintage magazines and other interesting reading media, dishes, flatware, pots and pans and many other things.

I prefer the old incandescent lights over the LED lights personally as the LED lights mess with my eyes. I have many of the old light bulbs from salvage and I also bought many cases for later when I heard they were going to quit making them. I will still buy them if the price is right as I do like using them more so then other types of lighting. I will use other types of lights in working areas or along pathways and outside. But for where I sit and read and such, I prefer the vintage lighting over the seizure prone lighting of the future.

ALSO I don't have to buy consumer electronics batteries as I get many of them in the items I buy for my gaming and learning toys collections. I don't end up with many good C and D cell batteries, but I get MANY good AAA and AA batteries. So I like to look for flashlights and other battery operated items that use them.

I give away small boxes full of good batteries to friends and they do me favors back.

I'm also a leftovers and vintage freezer food collector as fussy people will let me know when they want to sort through their fridge and/or freezers.
I eat the good stuff and the critters get the rest. Get some good canned & dry goods now and then and other things that others want rid of but believe it is to good to toss.

I do a lot of bargain food shopping as a body needs to eat. I have a few of the small chest freezers that I use as back when my large freezer quit working I saw that the price per cubic foot was about the same for chest freezers no matter the size. It's the up right ones that can cost big money. What I figured is that if a freezer goes out on me I just have to replace the small square footage with another one. If you have a large one you loose it all. And the power use for many of them v.s. one larger one is not bad if you don't open them all the time and you have them in a un-heated area. Just something I learned.

Light Bulbs. I sell a shoe box or two of them at our yard sale. I only charge $2.00 to $3.00 per box. People ask if they are good!?! LOL