# Happy rummage sale finds

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-rummage-sale-finds/248567>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 4, 2004, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-rummage-sale-finds/248567 "2004-06-04T02:38:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-rummage-sale-finds/248567/21 "2004-06-06T13:25:41Z")

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**Life on Wry** oh, suuuure, taunt me with an estate sale. The weekend I’m driving down to Floriday with the kiddies and inlaws . What do you think I’d rather be doing: standing in sweltering heat on hot cement or rummaging through somebodies life time collection of TV guides, shower rods and pot holders?

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**Author:** ![Sami41](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c57346/32.png) [@Sami41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sami41)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-rummage-sale-finds/248567/22 "2004-06-06T13:47:16Z")

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> [@LifeOnWry](#):
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> All you rummage/garage/estate sale freaks oughta take a road trip to the Northwest Chicago suburbs in about two weeks. I’m in the process of cleaning out my in-laws’ house. My mother-in-law is a compulsive shopper, my father-in-law has never thrown ANYTHING away. I have a literal house full of stuff to sell. The’ve moved into a retirement community and aside from 62 pairs of shoes she couldn’t possibly part with, they’ve left almost everything. Anyone need 130 curtain rods?
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> (PS: My husband and his brother took all the sentimental value stuff, which is as it should be, but I’m up to my eyeballs in books, craft supplies and knick-knacks.)

Can I type “Ebay” loud enough? There’s real money out there, and they’ll buy anything for more than you’d expect. I’ve sold items that I actually felt bad that they went for so much $. Bidding wars are beautiful!

Sorry for the hijack.

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**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-rummage-sale-finds/248567/23 "2004-06-06T14:16:15Z")

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> [@Sami41](#):
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> Can I type “Ebay” loud enough? There’s real money out there, and they’ll buy anything for more than you’d expect. I’ve sold items that I actually felt bad that they went for so much $. Bidding wars are beautiful!
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> Sorry for the hijack.

Actually, I think the hijack here was mine initially. I’m an eBay power seller, so I know all about eBay. But the house I am cleaning out is 2500 square feet, it’s FULL, and it goes on the market July 1, at which point it must be empty. Unless I rent a warehouse, there’s no way I can get all this stuff listed. Besides which, much of what’s there is not easily shippable. However, I did load up a couple boxes of readily salable (and easily shippable) items to hawk on eBay.

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**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-rummage-sale-finds/248567/24 "2004-06-06T14:20:12Z")

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Not quite yard sale- after the yard sale is great, too. It pays to check out front lawns on Saturday evening. I just got a table (ugly but I’ll repaint it), a couch, some shelves, and a comfy folding chair for free.

Our other couch was free, too. Whee!

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