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<p>[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 8063164, member: 36"]We normally don't see yard sales until April. If you check CL for my area, there are like four advertisements in the Garage Sale section - all for two different thrifts and an estate sale on the wrong side of Avon Mountain. I don't go over it for medical reasons. There aren't even any auctions on Estatesales.net, never mind live sales in the area. Estatesales.org has more auctions, but only a small number of live sales.</p><p><br /></p><p>THe latter seem to be an endangered species. Some dealers I knew pre-Covid have quit the business or retired. One still in business, mostly in the Southeast corner of the state, is a scumbag I won't have anything to do with. Another deals mostly with moving sales. I'd go to hers, but recently they were all in Avon...see can't medically go there. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That too. The Ill will has lots of empty shelves. Even the glassware and dinnerware and coffee mugs. Never mind stuff for resale, stuff period. I could have bought a Tonala blue and white wall plate today, but ceramics designed to be hung...nah. The ReStore had more "stuff" but nothing for resale, except some severely overpriced "good things" that aren't as good as they think. Today I found a penny on the ground and figured I'd quit while I was ahead.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 8063164, member: 36"]We normally don't see yard sales until April. If you check CL for my area, there are like four advertisements in the Garage Sale section - all for two different thrifts and an estate sale on the wrong side of Avon Mountain. I don't go over it for medical reasons. There aren't even any auctions on Estatesales.net, never mind live sales in the area. Estatesales.org has more auctions, but only a small number of live sales. THe latter seem to be an endangered species. Some dealers I knew pre-Covid have quit the business or retired. One still in business, mostly in the Southeast corner of the state, is a scumbag I won't have anything to do with. Another deals mostly with moving sales. I'd go to hers, but recently they were all in Avon...see can't medically go there. That too. The Ill will has lots of empty shelves. Even the glassware and dinnerware and coffee mugs. Never mind stuff for resale, stuff period. I could have bought a Tonala blue and white wall plate today, but ceramics designed to be hung...nah. The ReStore had more "stuff" but nothing for resale, except some severely overpriced "good things" that aren't as good as they think. Today I found a penny on the ground and figured I'd quit while I was ahead.[/QUOTE]
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