My Great Buys

Now you got me.. You have talked about vegetable plantings, muffins, your sexy fave hat and your sweet brunette picture, which were interesting items, but now you are bringing out the big stuff.. You stole the stuff, you know that don't you.. That is the type of bargains that make my heart race faster.. There is nothing in the world that is as much fun, well, almost nothing, as an auction, a good old timey flea market or a good yard sale.. I am an addict to junk shops, flea markets, yard, garage and other types of sales.. My husband swears that I can spot a red sale tag a mile off, but I really can't, I can smell them a mile off though.. I have s sister-in-law who lives in Florida, she called the other day and told me she had found a milk glass punch bowl set with 12 milk glass cups at a yard sale and she bought them for me for $5.00.. Then the next day she found a milk glass fruit bowl for $5.00 and bought that for me.. Now that is an item that will be used for each and every holiday and cherished.. But as far as auctions, they can't be beat, you might not find something everytime, but you will more often than not.. Your yard will be the envy of the neighborhood.. Happy hunting and the very best of luck to you..

I love auctions they can be so much fun. My hubby and I bought a couple of vehicles from auctions. Its also fun to go to house auctions. I once bought 2 electric weed wrackers for $1, that was for both of them. I like the online auctions too like ebay, and bidz. They are alot of fun and you can get some great deals.

We use to go to auctions every week. We've got some great buys at auctions. We bought a secretary, china cabinet, baker's rack, grill,painting,nic nacs, books, all sorts of stuff. We have ran out of space so we don't go much anymore. Plus my hubby spent waaayy more for that painting than its worth. He got into a bidding war with another guy and he won...(or lost if you ask me). Since hubby can't control his male ego we can't go.

Hi Grandpa Bob Before I get to the subject at hand, do you know that now your avatar, that goes along with the in box notification, is of some sort of greenery? It looks like an outdoor scene, and it's all green, but I can't enlarge it, so can't take a better look. Everyone of your discussions that I've received notifications for today, have this avatar. Those are some great items you've picked up. I've only ever been to one auction, and it was a quilt auction, with a professional auctioneer. Very entertaining to watch, but the quilts were all handmade, and quite expensive, so I just observed. Take care.

Yep, I'm convinced this is the same auction that I used to go to. We got prints from those artists too. Great buys! Gosh, I can't even remember some of the things we were able to pick up there, but I got some good buys for sure. A couple of Bunn coffee makers (the $100 model) for next to nothing (kept one as a spare and sold one on eBay). One lot had boxes and boxes of 3x9 envelopes and I wanted a box or two (I was mailing Avon catalogs to customers at the time), but they sold the LOT of them for less than $20. One box costs more than that at the office supply store! I used a couple boxes myself, sold a few to online friends and still have several boxes left in my storage unit. I know we got lawn/garden equipment, a computer desk, and lots of various glassware, candy dishes and such. I sold several pieces of that on eBay too. I think I paid $10 or less for a lot just to get an answering machine that I wanted to give to a friend. Even with giving her that, there were several other items in the lot that I was able to sell that netted me more than double what I paid. I miss that place for sure (but eBay isn't much fun anymore with all the rate/rule changes anyway).

My husband is an auction nut. When we were setting up housekeeping, we bought a bedroom set, dining room set rocking chair and mantle clock at an auction. Since then, now that my husband is retired, I guess you could say his work is attending auctions. It's getting warmer now and the auctioneers are again getting busy. He will probably be gone every Saturday and a few days a week looking for bargains. He has a few items that he actually collects and then also buys whatever he finds interesting. I love them, too, but standing is hard for me now and it requires a lot of that unless you can find one indoors. Most of ours here are farm and house sales.

wow that is great, I wish I could go to an auction, I don't even know where there are any close to us around here.

I am relectant to go to one because I am afaraid that it will become a habit for me and I ll get addicted. I will end up buying a list of useless items which i think that they are a bargain but that i will never make use of.

I dont go to auctions at all & to be honest I am not aware of any around her. I would be interested in local online auctions, but I dont think that is available in my are. Actually, it is a very good idea for someone to set up a business online, organising auctions. My brother sells items on ebay. He goes to garage sales & buys items for say, 50c, that he believes are worth something, & then sells it on Ebay for say, $15.00 or more. I wish I had the knowledge to do this.

I have not been to a live auction for years. I used to go with my mom and my dad when I was younger. I loved to hear the guy auction things off. It sounds so neat that they can talk that fast and know when bids are made and who wins them.

Wow those are definitely great bargains for $40. We don't own a lawn but those ornaments are cute.

I don't go to auctions but I do visit flea markets couple times a year. Good bargins are to be had at them if you know what you want and not afraid to bargin.

I do ebay and half.com. I really enjoy half.com because you just list your books and wait for them to sell. When they sell, that's when you pay half.com their percentage. No paying anything upfront. The rest is deposited right into your bank account. Low hassle. One time I bought a book for one dollar and sold it for somewhere around thirty dollars. Not gonna get rich, but I really enjoy it. I used to coupons, too. But, lately I just don't have the time. I would love to go to an auction, but have never been. Once, I heard that a storage facility was having an auction, I guess of unpaid storage bins, but I missed the date. How do you find out about local auctions?