Monthly Archives: May 2007

The annoying side of the basement sale

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As Jenny mentioned, our basement sale was great. However, besides the guy showing up two days early, there were more than a few other annoying incidents that she neglected to mention. Most people were great, but some of them were … Continue reading

Our legendary basement sale of March, 2004

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In my last post I mentioned the sale we had (along with some friends) in Meghan’s basement. She was getting ready to move from the house she’d lived in for something like nine years into a pretty small apartment, so … Continue reading

On having a sale

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Lately (as you may have deduced) I haven’t been picking up a lot of stuff at sales. OK, I did have my crazy rummage sale moment, but other than that, I’ve been extremely restrained. Part of the reason is just … Continue reading

West Seattle Junk

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As Meghan reports below, we had a pretty good time hitting the West Seattle yard sales. I didn’t come away with any really amazing scores, but I did get a handful of interesting books and records and other small odd … Continue reading

West Seattle sale report

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Jenny and I hit the third annual West Seattle community sale on Saturday. It was advertised as 100 homes and I would guess that we hit around 45 sales in a little under 4 hours. We left a little early … Continue reading

Taking the “Early Bird” concept to a whole new level

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It’s not very often that I show up for a sale too early. I’ve mentioned this before, but we hate it when we have a sale and pickers show up 2 hours early – or in some cases I have … Continue reading

Embrace Your Inner Caveman

Posted by Meghan in Junk In My Trunk, Sale Tales | 3 Comments

On Saturday I ended up half-assing sales and started out super late, something I rarely do. At 10:00 I figured I would go to a few sales near by and call it a day. The first sale was an old … Continue reading

My favorite rummage sale

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I stumbled upon this rummage sale last year (on a Thursday!) and freaked myself out by spending over $150 … mostly clothes, lots of them destined for resale (but I sort of went crazy and ended up buying a lot … Continue reading