Yard sale/flea market/car boot/thrift store finds - Anyone else into this stuff?
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Big_Lou
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I didn't really watch many animated shows as a kid, I preferred Sanford & Son, Krofft madness, and other stuff. This is a childhood favorite:
Big_Lou
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Fixed!
That's hard to call, man...hmmmm... Well, about a year ago I found some 70s stuff on Craigslist via an old seed I had planted. Got a bunch of goodies for around $125, culled a few things we wanted to keep, and sold the remainder for around $1,800....not a 'high end' deal, but a very generous profit margin at the end of the day.
wascaptain
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I like flea markets and garage sales.
Bought this rocker yesterday morning on the way to the gym.
Was icing on the cake for the wife's birthday.
Bought this rocker yesterday morning on the way to the gym.
Was icing on the cake for the wife's birthday.
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Cannacat
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Can't believe how excited I was to stumble on this thread, the nostalgia, man! He-man, Thundercats, Shera (which is what everyone always wanted me to play with but I didn't mind that so much as the skirts they tried to make wear!) I loved them, oh and the Ninja Turtles too but they came later. Sigh. They just don't make them like they used to, all the crap my kids watched when they were little was PC rubbish with a blatant moral lesson. My dad collects Warner Bros figures, he's got some pretty cool shit too. Good score @Big_Lou 
Big_Lou
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I don't collect (cough...horde...cough) too much, these days, and 90% of my gaming is done on lovely handhelds via tiny chips, but wifey sure hits it hard. Marvel, DC, MOTU, She-Ra, Jem, various character dolls, graphic novels, video games, etc.etc....it can be a drain on our 'fun money'!Can't believe how excited I was to stumble on this thread, the nostalgia, man! He-man, Thundercats, Shera (which is what everyone always wanted me to play with but I didn't mind that so much as the skirts they tried to make wear!) I loved them, oh and the Ninja Turtles too but they came later. Sigh. They just don't make them like they used to, all the crap my kids watched when they were little was PC rubbish with a blatant moral lesson. My dad collects Warner Bros figures, he's got some pretty cool shit too. Good score @Big_Lou
Corso312
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I put a furnace in for dads buddy a few years ago..dude was a packrat ..had to move boxes and boxes of shit out of the way to make a path to the furnace...he buys everything from flea market or garage sale..I told my old man what a fire hazard that guys house was..floor to ceiling boxes everywhere in the house and garage and my dad told me that dude had over 500k worth of valuable merchandise in there and he won't sell anything..just hoards...must be a sickness.
Cannacat
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Your missus sounds like fun! I love my video games, nothing like losing a few hours blowing zombies' heads off or slaying dragons, it's therapeutic. I'm not into all that simulated war shit that all the kids like though, I like my games to be pure fantasy. My ps3 just died though. I think that's the universe's way of telling me I need a ps4 or Xbox One!
BarnBuster
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waiting til this friday, yard sale had pics of about 6 full tackle boxes of fishing stuff. ima sucker for that stuff. you guys signed up at these sites?:
http://gsalr.com/
http://garagesalefinder.com/
oldtimer54
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In the state in which I reside they just had the 301 endless yard sale it happens every year at the same time Friday thru sunday. Over a hundred mile stretch of two lane country black top that goes thru many small towns. And all along that stretch of Route 301 there are literally 100 's of neighborhood yard sales and when you hit the small towns the local shop owners roll their goods onto the sidewalks for sale. To the yard sale enthusiasts it doesn't get any better !
Big_Lou
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Yar, I agree on the 'drab/militaria' bullshit....lameass training aides for the US Military. CodFlops or whatever the hell it's called. Yawn.Your missus sounds like fun! I love my video games, nothing like losing a few hours blowing zombies' heads off or slaying dragons, it's therapeutic. I'm not into all that simulated war shit that all the kids like though, I like my games to be pure fantasy. My ps3 just died though. I think that's the universe's way of telling me I need a ps4 or Xbox One!
PS3, eh? Huh, gotta move up to one of those new fangled machines, eventually! (We've been steadily gathering the 'hits' via yard sales and thrifts, major titles for the console that folks were shelling out $50 each for a few years back, heh. I've always operated this way, since the 2600/Coleco era: Stay a generation or two behind and reap AWESOME rewards! Bioshock 2, Batman Arkham, and Dead Island for $3 each from a flea market? Yes, please.
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Gary Goodson
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Me mum is a thrift store whore. I guess she likes to hit the pipe and walk around goodwill while she's on it. Im always having to tell her to NOT bring shit to my house. She does find some good stuff sometimes and I'm like "ok, I'll take that!" lol fucking asshole.
Cannacat
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And that is why I stayed with the ps3 so long, gotta love those cheap second hand games! In fact, I might just get another ps3 instead of shelling out £40 a pop for new games, I wasn't even considering one of the newer ones until mine died. Think it's the hard drive that's gone, it was very sad. I can't believe you're not into Skyrim man, it's awesome but I play it on the laptop now so I can cheat, once you've played it 5 times through you have to start messing about with it to keep it fun.Yar, I agree on the 'drab/militaria' bullshit....lameass training aides for the US Military. CodFlops or whatever the hell it's called. Yawn.
PS3, eh? Huh, gotta move up to one of those new fangled machines, eventually! (We've been steadily gathering the 'hits' via yard sales and thrifts, major titles for the console that folks were shelling out $50 each for a few years back, heh. I've always operated this way, since the 2600/Coleco era: Stay a generation or two behind and reap AWESOME rewards! Bioshock 2, Batman Arkham, and Dead Island for $3 each from a flea market? Yes, please.
So... Were you into Monster in my Pocket too? They were the original and the best man, now it's all cute fluffy puppy in my pocket, sparkly unicorn in my pocket, rubbish.
Cannacat
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My fella goes mad with me for "bringing home other people's rubbish" lol but I hate to see good stuff wasted and have all these ideas about upcycling, like ooh that'd be lovely with a lick of paint, look how well made it is. Then it gets stuck in a corner for months and other shit starts piling up on top of it and some of it smells funny sometimes.... Actually, I can kind of see why he goes mad. Thanks.
Gary Goodson
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One time, I asked is she had a wicker basket. So I could be a garden fag and use it to harvest tomatoes and peppers like in the country. She showed up with like 15 baskets!!! All I wanted was one! Jeez mum, take it easy on the meff. Slow it down a bit. I've had these damn baskets in my house for years now.
mo841
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I usually hit the salvation armys around here, there is probably a dozen of them within a 15 mile square
I get all my cooking stuff from them. Got a 1970s electric hand mixer that would out beat most of the junk they have today.
Got a pressure cooker and food processor from the same era that work great. They might be ugly ass puke greenish yellow but I don't care.
I get all my silverware from there too at .25¢ a piece you cant beat that and it's nice thick stainless silverware not the shitty ass chineeses garbage you find for cheap in stores.
Basically all their cooking shit is good and cheap. Metal spatulas for a buck a pc. Nice pot for $5. You find the better stuff in the stores that are in better neighborhoods obviously. If you don't give a shit about your shit being miss matched than it is the way to go.
I get all my cooking stuff from them. Got a 1970s electric hand mixer that would out beat most of the junk they have today.
Got a pressure cooker and food processor from the same era that work great. They might be ugly ass puke greenish yellow but I don't care.
I get all my silverware from there too at .25¢ a piece you cant beat that and it's nice thick stainless silverware not the shitty ass chineeses garbage you find for cheap in stores.
Basically all their cooking shit is good and cheap. Metal spatulas for a buck a pc. Nice pot for $5. You find the better stuff in the stores that are in better neighborhoods obviously. If you don't give a shit about your shit being miss matched than it is the way to go.
Big_Lou
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As far as I'm concerned we should still be in the PS2/GC era...a golden era! I've still got dozens (hundreds?) to explore before thinking about moving on/up!
MIMP, you say? Nah, never heard of 'em...though I hear they were little rubber things that you Brits obsessed over back in the day, like Mini Boglins.
HydroRed
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Cool thread. Not sure if anyone remembers them but there were these ugly faces on rubber balls called "Mad Balls" back in the late 80's.
I found almost a complete set about 8 yrs ago at a yard sale -still in the original packaging. A little beat up, but in the original packaging none the less. I asked the lady how much for all of them and she said make an offer so I threw out 20 bux not knowing what they were worth...and she quickly accepted. This was my first "Ebay flip" for a profit of almost $200. I pay a little more attention to the toys now at yard sales n such.
I still see these things floating around every now and then.
In the states....aka "Muscles" hahaMIMP, you say? Nah, never heard of 'em...though I hear they were little rubber things that you Brits obsessed over back in the day, like Mini Boglins.
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I still see these things floating around every now and then.