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Wait, Don’t Buy That Yet!

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

However, I wait until spring and summer to buy decorations – and get them at garage sales. Brand name TVs. Practically every site I checked recommended waiting to buy brand name TVs until the electronics show in mid-January takes place. Most claimed that the holiday sales were of no-name TVs. Winter clothes. Other tips.

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Save Money: Buy These 7 Items Used

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

From TVs to gaming systems to phones, buying used can make a great deal of sense, whether you buy used from someone you trust, or whether you buy factory-refurbished , this a good options. Garage sales, estate sales, and moving sales are all great places to look for used furniture. Our tablet, laptops, and desktop are all refurbished.

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Growing up in the 1950?s

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Growing up in the fifties made me everlastingly grateful for a number of things, such as hot running water, central air conditioning, automatic dishwashers, TV remote control, the internet, personal computers (typewriters really sucked – no backspacing!), Schools usually only had one or two TVs available for the entire school.

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How to Simplify Your Life to Make it Better

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Have a big box ready to take the throw-away items and another for anything that is good enough to go to the local thrift store. What about the old refrigerator in the garage you only use when you have a party? Do you have an old TV lurking anywhere that is never watched? Do you really need to have three TVs in your house anyway?

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7 Tips for a Successful Yard Sale

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There are tons of garage sale ads placed on Craigslist, so the more descriptive you are of your location, the better chance that the reader will head to your sale first. And they do work, but they are very old TVs that nobody wants anymore. The TVs became quite a joke at our yard sale. Thrifting'