Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 15, 2015

Years ago, Mom introduced me to the idea of going to garage sales. People sell the darnedest things at their garage sales. Garage sales take time, you have to hit quite a few before you find the item you want or need. I look for the neighborhood sales, which are usually either in spring or fall.

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Garage Sale Garage Finds Sale 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 3, 2014

Another benefit is that I am cutting the governments out of the loop – there no sales taxes on used stuff (except big things of course, like boats or cars). Here is a short list of some of my favorite finds at garage, estate and thrift store sales. I’ve seen similar ones (Razors) for sale for $40 new.

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Buy Buying Garage Sale Garage 178

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 23, 2015

I keep a roll of heavy paper (which I buy at Home Depot for about $11 for a roll about 2 inches thick and 2 feet wide) to use in wrapping packages, protecting floors during home projects, making garage sale signs and etc. I will probably use an old garage sale board game as the base, and just glue the printed game mat to it.

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Games Making Garage Sale Kids and Family 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 9, 2011

The lady ahead of me in the line at Walmart mentioned that the frozen pretzels she was buying were $3.00 Garage sales – need I say more? Paint a clear and simple picture of how to bridge the gap – make it easy for them to do what you want. less over at Hen House and the checkout clerk knocked $3.00 off the price.

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Haggle Haggling Price Discount 202