Bargain thrift Store, yard sale & dumpster diving treasu

[rowerwet]

my best finds,
a trailer hitch mount for my Focus $20 at the discount store
a cambridge sound works powered woofer and tweeters, made to be portable in a carry bag to make it a portable sound system, now my computer speakers. $25 at goodwill
a 9 gallon Honda gas powered compressor $835 new, $235 on clearance at Home Depot, in the box
My wife has a knack for hitting yard sales as they are packing up for the day, whole boxes of toys free (they didn't want to put it away again)
and a garage full of bikes, we got the first one each child will use as a birthday present, the rest came free from yard sale clean up. my garage looks like a bike store, but I won't have to buy a bike for my kids, until they stop growing.

[Sonoma ZR2]

Went to Garage Sales this weekend. I found a new in box Fantastic Fan Endless Breeze for $5. A Burley bike trailer for $21 kid carrier. A five foot tool box that will be my front toolbox for $40. And lots of other good things. I also have had lots of luck at work finding good things bring home scrap. As a few coworkers have told me I got it one piece at a time and it didn't cost me a dime.

[Cliffmeister2000]

My latest find, at an antiques and collectibles mall that just opened in the old Sportsman's Warehouse location.

Lodge L410 Sportsman's Grill! Brand new! $32.50! That's 66% discount off the $99 retail!






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[rowerwet]

my mattress is made of foam blocks that came from the boxes batteries came in at work, free, with a 1.5" memory foam topper from wally world...if site to store ever comes through, it was supposed to get here on the 26th, now they say the 2nd of aug....

[rowerwet]

my mattress is made of foam blocks that came from the boxes batteries came in at work, free, with a 1.5" memory foam topper from wally world...if site to store ever comes through, it was supposed to get here on the 26th, now they say the 2nd of aug....

[bobhenry]

Well GoodWill was the place for me today !

Mine had some paint overspray and not quite as pretty as this thumbnail but it was only $7.49

[bobhenry]

Well The yard sale gods were smiling once again. I scored a nice porta potty for $5.00





And a small microwave to replace the house one that is now in the caboose.





Also picked up a nice Makita 7 1/4" power saw for $5 to replace the Dewalt that has recently expired.

I love cheap

[Cliffmeister2000]

Cheap is good!

Great scores!

[CarlLaFong]

I found a Black & Decker Workmate in front of my neighbors house on trash day. One handle was broken. I made a new one.
I like free!!

[logman7777]

Love my Workmate!! It was a trash find down the street from my house over 20 years ago and its still kicking..

[working on it]

I have the Workmate that my Mom bought for my Grandad (both long gone now), back when Black and Decker first brought them out. I remember getting it with her (she didn't know one tool from another, and I loaded it in the back of her '75 Pontiac Astre for her) , but can't quite remember- was it at Montgomery Wards or Sears? It sits unused in my garage (while I cut wood on my tailgate!?!).

[jonw]

Well GoodWill was the place for me today !

Mine had some paint overspray and not quite as pretty as this thumbnail but it was only $7.49

Nice find. The new ones are trash. I'm still using the one I got back in the 70s or 80s (can't remember which) and it's one of the best, most-used tools I have.

[D.J.]

Picnic for one, plus seating. It has an insulated bottom cooler section and a front storage area that holds a place setting for one, including a wine glass and a cloth napkin. It was $3.95 at the Salvation Army thrift store. .... D.J.

[pmowers]

My last great buy was on clearance at the local Warehouse club- I scored 4 4-quart enameled dutch ovens and 2 12-inch enameled saute pans, all cast iron and all for $36 total. Needless to say, I made some friends or their wives very happy when I gave them to them. I think that they are rebranded Tramontina, (yeah, I know, Chinese CI), but still, they were regularly $38 each

[Todah Tear]

I don't have pics, but I scored a refrigerator w/working freezer for $70 for my church. Just in time to stock up for our future Wednesday night Love Feast before Bible Study . The same folks who sold me the refrig, gave me a toaster over. It works and it will go to the office.

Todah