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Showing posts with label garage sales. Show all posts
Showing posts with label garage sales. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Thursday, December 04, 2008
Garage Sales
With all the news about recession, my blog lately has taken on a hard luck theme. Wednesday's topic was garbage picking.
Today's is garage sales.
When I first moved out to the suburbs from Chicago, I didn't even know what a garage sale was. They seemed to be a suburban institution. They probably exist in Chicago also, but since I've moved I don't know. Do they exist in other countries? I don't know the answer to that question either.
Anyway, around here, as soon as the weather clears in the spring, the garage sale signs seem to go up. You can find them tacked to light poles or trees, staked into the ground on street corners or lawns, and other spots where the salers hope to catch your eyes.
Although my husband says I'm just taking home someone else's junk when I go to garage sales, I love going to them anyway. One reason is because I enjoy the surprise element. I never know what I'm going to find, but I usually do find something to bring home.
The thing about garage sales is they often contain items that are no longer available in stores, although I wish they were.
I've bought barely used dressers, picture frames, cassettes, book cases, books, all kinds of great stuff at garage sales - all at reasonable prices.
That's another thing. It's traditional when you go to a garage sale to bargain about the price. Most of the time the price on the ticket is pretty low anyway, but I usually say something like, "Would you take this instead?" and name a figure. Sometimes I get a no, other times a counter-offer, many times a yes.
I do have this idea in my mind about a story based on a garage sale. Some day you may see it in print.
In the meantime, please comment and share your experiences with garage sales. Do you go to them? Do you bargain? What great finds did you get?
Today's is garage sales.
When I first moved out to the suburbs from Chicago, I didn't even know what a garage sale was. They seemed to be a suburban institution. They probably exist in Chicago also, but since I've moved I don't know. Do they exist in other countries? I don't know the answer to that question either.
Anyway, around here, as soon as the weather clears in the spring, the garage sale signs seem to go up. You can find them tacked to light poles or trees, staked into the ground on street corners or lawns, and other spots where the salers hope to catch your eyes.
Although my husband says I'm just taking home someone else's junk when I go to garage sales, I love going to them anyway. One reason is because I enjoy the surprise element. I never know what I'm going to find, but I usually do find something to bring home.
The thing about garage sales is they often contain items that are no longer available in stores, although I wish they were.
I've bought barely used dressers, picture frames, cassettes, book cases, books, all kinds of great stuff at garage sales - all at reasonable prices.
That's another thing. It's traditional when you go to a garage sale to bargain about the price. Most of the time the price on the ticket is pretty low anyway, but I usually say something like, "Would you take this instead?" and name a figure. Sometimes I get a no, other times a counter-offer, many times a yes.
I do have this idea in my mind about a story based on a garage sale. Some day you may see it in print.
In the meantime, please comment and share your experiences with garage sales. Do you go to them? Do you bargain? What great finds did you get?
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