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Wait, Don’t Buy That Yet!

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

You may decide you don’t need or want the item at all if you push yourself to wait to get a bargain on it! However, I wait until spring and summer to buy decorations – and get them at garage sales. Stores also stock up on gift sets with cosmetics for the holidays and may need to move it fast in January. Winter clothes.

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Collecting – Tips for Fun and Profit

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

For example, a person who runs estate sales may buy up the remains after the sale at bargain basement prices and resell them in a shop – selling to home decorators businesses for their displays and other B 2 B endeavors, online at an auction sale, consigned to an specialty auction shop or at a flea market or ongoing ‘garage’ sale.

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Donating Household Clutter and Taking a Tax Deduction

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I've been tackling clutter since January and I had the boxes stacked in my garage to prove it. You should claim as the value the price that buyers of used items actually pay in used clothing stores, such as consignment or thrift shops.". However, this year we were in Pittsburgh and I missed out on the event.and the cash.

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