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<p>[QUOTE="bluumz, post: 261004, member: 649"]What he said.</p><p><br /></p><p>I live in a suburb of a large city and thrift stores abound. I never go to garage/yard sales because, to me, there's a lot of wasted time/feul going from one yard full of worthless junk to another. I do visit estate/tag sales occasionally but items are often priced in such a way as to leave little room for profit. (<a href="http://www.estatesales.net" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.estatesales.net" rel="nofollow">www.estatesales.net</a> is a great resource)</p><p>My personal requirement is that I must be able to sell an item for a minimum of $25 profit or it's not worth my time. With that rule, there are quite a lot of finds to be had at my local thrift stores. It's a "woo-hoo!" if I can make a profit of $100+ on an item and that happens maybe once, sometimes twice, per month. I sell exclusively on fleaBay and have done so for 15+ years.</p><p><br /></p><p>My latest woo-hoo: two Hudson's Bay scarlet 4-point blankets in wonderful condition, purchased at a local Salvation Army for $12 each![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bluumz, post: 261004, member: 649"]What he said. I live in a suburb of a large city and thrift stores abound. I never go to garage/yard sales because, to me, there's a lot of wasted time/feul going from one yard full of worthless junk to another. I do visit estate/tag sales occasionally but items are often priced in such a way as to leave little room for profit. ([URL='http://www.estatesales.net']www.estatesales.net[/URL] is a great resource) My personal requirement is that I must be able to sell an item for a minimum of $25 profit or it's not worth my time. With that rule, there are quite a lot of finds to be had at my local thrift stores. It's a "woo-hoo!" if I can make a profit of $100+ on an item and that happens maybe once, sometimes twice, per month. I sell exclusively on fleaBay and have done so for 15+ years. My latest woo-hoo: two Hudson's Bay scarlet 4-point blankets in wonderful condition, purchased at a local Salvation Army for $12 each![/QUOTE]
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