thrift finds

    Yesterday I found a copy of Panzer General II for 60 cents.  Today I
got a Sound Blaster Live sound card for $1, Nvidia Geforce 2 AGP video
card for $2 and an IBM PS2 keyboard with the wonderful clickety clack
sounding keys for $1.

   What have you found lately?

  OhioGuy wrote:


Sound Blaster Live sound card for $1,

wonderful clickety clack sounding keys for $1.


4 bread machines for peanuts, two for me, identical to the one I already had,
one each for a couple of mates whose previous bread machine had died.

All virtually brand new and perfect with manuals.

Heaps of PET beer bottles and a brewing barrel and misc
other beer stuff like concentrate in cans etc, all for peanuts.

Sunbeam Mixmaster 50s vintage, identical model to the one I have always
had from the parents, for less than the cost of new beaters alone on ebay.

Hordes of books, including the Vise book on Google last weekend.

Car kit for the Nokia N95 8GB for peanuts.

Etc etc etc.

 
Sorry partner. I wouldn't give you a buck for all that stuff you named
above. It's all old junk. You reminded me to clean out my storage.
Check my dumpster.
I was given a Dell laptop that my friend saved from the trash for me.
It has a 2.6Ghz processor and I added 1GB memory. The only defect was
the pinout on the power supply, which was an easy fix for me.

 
A Logitech wireless mouse for $3 and "Plus!" for XP for $5 (ok, could
have lived without Plus! but I wanted it).

Speaking of thrift stores, Goodwill had 50% off all used items (but
not the dollar store items they sell or the things they buy from some
3rd party and designated by pink stickers) on holidays.  Yesterday I
went into the local Goodwill and you'd swear people had never seen
such "low prices" before.  They were willing to stand in a 100+ person
line to get 1/2 price on used stuff???  We're talking a 1.5 hour wait
to get to the checkout?  No way...nothing that good in there for me.

 Seerialmom wrote:


Crazy people around here stand in line at estate sales in desirable
neighborhoods.  Two come out, two more go in.  As I say, crazy.

One of my better (useful) yard sale bargains so far is my skis+boots for $5
total.  If you knew about my feet you'd know the boots are the bigger miracle!

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Cheers, Bev
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