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    Garage sale finds

    Went to some garage sells today and found a new client.....Walked into her shed and in the back corner was a computer.....Of course I asked for it and she said she hadn't wiped the hard drive......I immediatly offered to remove the hardrive and give her $5



    She gladly accepted and told her I was a recycler and gave her one of my cards

    Two hours later she called with two tv's, printer, Large futon frame, file cabinet, and two sets of aluminum crutches......Anyway I am getting to the point where I need another truck but how the hell can I drive both....My F150 is full, my trailer is full and I am now using my Buick to haul small stuff in..........LOL

    Would rather be busy than no work at all!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    Anyway I am getting to the point where I need another truck but how the hell can I drive both....My F150 is full, my trailer is full and I am now using my Buick to haul small stuff in..........LOL
    Would rather be busy than no work at all!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    I was going to say, Don't b*tch it can always go the other way.
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    I have found in this biz I can stay as busy as I wanna be......

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    maybe you need a trailer for the buick too ; )

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    Congrats on the new find, yes being too busy is a good thing.

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    I cant wait for the city wide garage sales this coming mothers day. .no fishing for me..scrap scrap n more scrap.sent my ma out on the hunt for extension cords last year...about a dozen for a quarter each..this year I'm hoping for a very nice score

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    scrappy - I've never thought about extension cords. I look for computers, silver, etc. but never "looked" for other stuff. I'll have to do that come May 5th. Have a large spring flea market at the local army post. I'll be out there selling but will do some shopping also. Will have to keep that in mind. Thanks for the idea.

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    I cant wait for the city wide garage sales this coming mothers day.
    That's when I go out and start passing out business cards and networking. I still get calls from some of them from last year.

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    In my junk pile I found a 1Lb chrome plated copper dish that someone had dumped.

    It was with all the other rubbish that hadn't sold at their yard sale. Take a magnet with you next time you go yard sailing.

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    Thanks for the post. I'm looking for a garage sale now to buy some stuffs. I can save from a garage sale than buy a new one.

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    Garage sales can be a gold mine I always ask bout any other "junk" round there Too, got couple cars given to me that way.
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    I allways look for brass lamps, found one at a yard sale for 2 dollars, took it home and broke it down ended up with 5 lbs. clean brass at 1.80 a lbs.

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    I hit an Estate sale today and it was day two of the sale. I found a 1inch by 1inch 1# bar of brass, and an old toy from Disneyworld from the 1970's for $5. I looked the toy up and they sell for 50-$120 on ebay LINK

    Looks like Its Brass stock of some sort. Some like it selling on ebay for $10-20. Not a bad day
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    Very Nice!
    I am exited to get back into yard sales and flea markets. C'mon Spring!!

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    Got this this weekend. ~250' 10/3 NM for $15. Got it listed for $150

    -250' ft feet 10/3 NM B Wire

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    I'm just getting into reselling stuff on Amazon an eBay. Mainly I get stuff from Goodwill, because there are no garage, yard and estate sales going on during winter up here in Wisconsin. So Im pretty excited to start hitting them up since its getting warmer out

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