Mercy_Me Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 What is the best "score" you've gotten from thrifting/garage sales? One mom mentioned she got her son an entire wedding ensemble for 10 bucks (!!) and another mom said she found a practically new Hanna Andersen for 5! So tell me your greatest find. Clothing, furniture....anything! :lurk5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarcyB Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 non-working laptop for $50 - turned out to be a VERY minor fix :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caitilin Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 My favorite? I got a complete set of Wheelock's Latin (text and workbook) for a dollar. :) I am a serious thrifter, though, so I have had many great finds. Recently I got a mint condition black jersey J Jill cardigan for 99 cents at Goodwill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercy_Me Posted October 15, 2010 Author Share Posted October 15, 2010 Oh, AWESOME!! :hurray: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercy_Me Posted October 15, 2010 Author Share Posted October 15, 2010 My favorite? I got a complete set of Wheelock's Latin (text and workbook) for a dollar. :) I am a serious thrifter, though, so I have had many great finds. Recently I got a mint condition black jersey J Jill cardigan for 99 cents at Goodwill. Omg....I am jealous! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dobela Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 (edited) I once paid 10cents for a cross stitch pattern booklet at a yard sale. After I used it I resold it on eBay. Little did I know it was a hard to find pattern book - it sold for $50. Edited October 15, 2010 by Dobela spelling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaBirdX7 Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 I was at a fund raiser type yard sale (bunch of junk) late in the day and clothes were $1 a bag. I saw the cutest Little Black dress and shoved it in my bag. Only later, when I had my 13 yr old trying it on did I noticed it was Dolce & Gabbana. There's a similiar one at Saks online for $595. A couple weeks ago, I got a laptop for $20. It was older but runs well and was from a business so is very tricked out. I love yard sales! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen in PA Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 I once paid 10cents for a cross stitch pattern booklet at a yard sale. After I used it I resold it on eBay. Little did I know it was a hard to find pattern book - it sold for $50. Wow! I love my Kenneth Cole down coat that I got at Goodwill for $5..... but DH is really the king of thrifting here. We often use computers that he has gotten for under $20 and for 16 months our primary car was one he got off Craigslist for $200 and it got over 40 mpg! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjbeach Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 I love thrifting/junking. Love it. I just bought my dd a bedroom set from a thrift store I repainted white and it is darling in her room, $57 for desk, large dresser and nightstand. We bought a tent recently for $20 priced $150 on the box. My son has about near new or new RL/Polo pieces I picked up for 50cents a piece from a Humane society thrift shop. FL has the best thrift shops! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemongoose Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 Unfortunately, we do not really have thrift shops besides overpriced Goodwill. My best scores were at a scout rummage sale. I got this castle http://www.littletikes.com/toys/classic-castle.aspx for $25 and a full bag of Hannah Andersson clothes for a dollar! They were almost all in mint condition! I think I ended up with 5 dresses, 3 leggings, overalls, hoodie, and a few shirts and skirts in the bag! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 What is the best "score" you've gotten from thrifting/garage sales? One mom mentioned she got her son an entire wedding ensemble for 10 bucks (!!) and another mom said she found a practically new Hanna Andersen for 5! So tell me your greatest find. Clothing, furniture....anything! :lurk5: A copy of Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons from a day school book sale. Not only did I teach all three kids to read with that books, but it probably marks the beginning of my thinking of myself as a homeschooler. Priceless. On a different note, dh found inscribed first edition of The Sand Pebbles that he'd picked up as a reading copy. Unfortunately, because it was worth about $2k he had to turn around and get another one as a reading copy. The one I'm very jealous of is my friend who bought a Compact OED at a thrift store for about $50. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTMCassandra Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 A GBC binding machine worth over $400 for $15! Some contractor had brought it to a tiny thrift store that didn't even have electricity. The people working there didn't even know what it was. I had to buy it not knowing if it would work or not, but it works like a charm. It was the same model of which our entire technical writing group shared one machine! It's a big, heavy, unwieldy beast, but I use it often, and hubby knows better than to suggest I get rid of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denisemomof4 Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 I bought a beautiful China cabinet at a consignment store for $1,000. Now that's not expensive, considering much of it was hand made by a company in VT and it would have cost 6k - 7k had I bought it brand new. It was delivered, heavy and solid as can be, without ONE scratch. It looks brand new. ETA: I also got a solid oak book case with glass doors for FREE from a recycle place that's only offered to teachers and non charity business owners. YIPPEE!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justasque Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 A GBC binding machine worth over $400 for $15! Mine was only $3! Again, no one knew what it was, including me, when my dad got it at a flea market. We all were kicking ourselves for letting him loose with any money. Now, I couldn't homeschool without it. *So* perfect for creating custom workbooks! I love to combine the best pages from, for example, a variety of grammar workbooks, or a variety of phonics/handwriting/early math/coloring books, or math textbooks (I choose all the word problem pages). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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