Well, I got my itch scratched yesterday by doing my first run of Sat. rummages in my metro. No scores as nice as what t00nces2 usually finds but because I have a lower dink factor than most, I think it was worth my time.
I hit about 15-20 sales, about a dozen or so listed on-line and another 5 drive bys, and because I'm not into contemporary home decor or clothes, most stuff gets passed by quick. I spent a total of $5.50 and had 2 freebies as well. Here's the breakdown:
3 car parts/motor sports/sports teams baseball style hats 75 cents total. Clean them up a bit and sell them at our bedroom town city wide rummage is a few weeks time. We usually have Mexican construction workers come through and they like these types of hats, sell them for 75 cents to a buck a piece.
I found a nice queen conch shell 9 inches long, 6 inches tall for 50 cents. It has some gold paint splattered on the back that I can probably gently scratch off. These go for between $8-15+ on
ebay. The same place had a Westbend bread maker that I bought for $3. I've done ok selling the pans and paddles if they're in good shape on ebay but it can be hit and miss depending on what you paid for the machine. I typically scrap the rest. And finally at this place they had a free single-sink resin vanity top with faucet. Heavy beast getting it into my trunk. I'll take the whole thing into Habitat for Humanity Reuse place and get a $20 tax credit for charity for next years taxes.
I had made arrangements with a guy on craigslist to pick up some computer parts he wanted to get rid of so it was in the middle of my rummage run so picked those up. He had an Antec fusion black Quiet Media Center Case w/ 430 watt Ultra Quiet Power Supply. I don't know if this thing has anything besides scrap value to it but it was free. He also had a Scythe Ninja mini CPU cooler (see pixs below) that I think he used but still looks like its in good shape. Maybe I'll ask $6+ on ebay for it and see what happens. Probably better than scrap value.
My final purchase was 2 Franklin Covey leather bound organizational pieces for $1.25 total, one a small zippered attache case, another one smaller hand held case. They're in good shape although they might have come from a smoking household, that smell seems to be in the leather. Probably obsolete stuff, especially the phone contact zippered case because everyone has all their stuff on smart phones nowadays but maybe someone will like them for whatever reason. If I could get $6-10 for them total, I'd be happy.
So maybe I will make $20-30 for me for 2 1/2 hours running around town and $20 for the wifey in next years tax return. My 30+ miles are recorded for my taxes. Happy rummaging!!!
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