My wife found a giant sectional couch that’s in “great condition” at an estate sale. She couldn’t believe no one bought it for $900. She bid $500 on the last day of the sale and was shocked she won.
I sincerely doubt anyone else even bid on the thing. People with living rooms that large don’t buy used couches. We have a relatively large living room and it still sticks out funny.
My wife is so excited. I don’t have the heart to tell her that I hate it. So now I’m out $500, stuck with a behemoth of a couch with worn out cushions, and I have to give away the perfectly nice couch we already have.
So… that’s interesting.
A small bag that fits my ‘worlds tiniest usable bbq’, so it wont get soot all over other things when I shove it in the bag.
that’s the bbq. The bag is early 90s, all black thick double plastic, and has all different colored stitching. It was 1,- euro. I included a 0,50 metal bottle opener with minimal rust, so the bag is a complete kit bbq now, hahaha.
I found a Sunbeam Radiant Control toaster. That’s the one featured in an excellent video from Technology Connections. I can afford the $6 for toast that’s “Automatic Beyond Belief!”
Aw hell yeah!
It hasn’t been great since covid, but before covid I would frequently find stuff worth over $1000 for like $45. I built my entire home theater system with top level gear from the thrift store.
I found the Palm Portable Keyboard I’m pretty sure I donated 10 years ago, didn’t buy it though gave it away for a reason even though it’s really quite neat
A life sized gordon freeman statue with a headcrab
GORDON FREEMAN?!?!
I like to look at local estate auctions on hibid, the worse the pictures look the better. Although I get kind of depressed seeing all of the junk people have accumulated over the years and left for their kids to deal with. I find the best stuff the auctioneer doesn’t even give a decent description.
Estate sales always depress me. Worn out carpet, and decor stuck in a much earlier era. Lots of VCRs and DVD players. China sets no one wants. Endless nick nacks and bric-a-brac. Family photos in frames, and the air of “someone has recently died or moved to an old folks home.”
Unsold china sets that no one was ever allowed to touch because they were expensive. Might as well have let them be used and broken and rare.
So true.
I picked up a singer 501a, better known as the singer rocketeer for 12 bucks. I need a new front cone, top plate, and power cable but honestly I may just 3d print the chassis parts and I’ve already got the cable.
A controller for my switch that looks like gengar
Portable stadium seat cushions. I just use it at home anywhere I need to sit or kneel on the floor to do something. I was also surprised to see dumbbells and kettlebells for $5 each. Also saw Combos snacks, which is so hard to find in my city.
