Fantastic Finds Friday

We want to hear all about your Fantastic Finds! This features isn't about your exciting sales. It's about your exciting finds! There are so many places to find inventory: your closet, your garage, a yard sale, thrift stores, a consignment item you're selling for someone else. What did you find this week that you are excited about? It can be something you're excited to get listed OR something you're excited to keep! You can even post to your listing, if you'd like. Free advertising!
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I finally found my first Risk game! It's been on my list for quite some time, but I've never seen one while I was out thrifting. It's from 1998, so not one of the most highly sought after ones, but I should still be able to make a nice profit from my 99 cent investment. Here are the current listings for that version. Sadly, mine's not listed yet. Busy busy.

Jessica
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What did I find this week to resell?.....nothing!  What did I find for myself?...well now, that's a whole 'nother story! :)

Our neighbors come over occasionally for coffee or drinks (okay a little more than occasinally) and hubby and I decided we need some little cordial glasses.  We had been looking and looking and would find 1 or 2, but we being the proper people that we are, wanted a matching set of four!

You see this is the one thing I have discovered about thrift shopping.  If you shop enough, you will eventually find what you are looking for.  At least, that's what I tell myself.

So here are my new matching set of cordial glasses....what do you think?

While I'm pretty excited about this little find, I'm even more excited about what I found that I didn't even know I was looking for!

How do you like my new North Face spring jacket....pretty sweet, huh? :)



My total investment this week for my two finds......$9.  I look at that as money saved, not money spent!

Lesley

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So what about you?  What great things did you find this week either for resale or that your're excited to keep for yourself?  Leave a comment below as we would love to hear all about it.

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Fantastic Finds Friday

We want to hear all about your Fantastic Finds! This features isn't about your exciting sales. It's about your exciting finds! There are so many places to find inventory: your closet, your garage, a yard sale, thrift stores, a consignment item you're selling for someone else. What did you find this week that you are excited about? It can be something you're excited to get listed OR something you're excited to keep! You can even post to your listing, if you'd like. Free advertising!
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I haven't been out thrifting lately because I've been too busy with my current inventory and frankly don't really need anything. BUT, I needed a day off, which includes a day of shopping, so off hubby and I went Tuesday to our new favorite Goodwill in Reading, PA.

This week I found some brand new kids Primigi boots. I have yet to list them but believe me they are sweet. I also spotted one lone Robeez on the shelf. It was unique because it looked like a dragon and was 3 dimensional. I found the partner to the shoe on the floor.....gasp!

Robeez in like new or new condition can fetch a fair price, but I soon discovered these were unique on eBay. Check them out here!

I also found this Stephanie Matthews girls wool dress coat.  I ALWAYS pick up these when they are in good shape and current style.  They sell well for me!

My total investment for my Primigi, Robeez and wool coat.....$13.91.....potential sales $110.


Lesley
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I'm in the same boat as Lesley. I've got SO much inventory here at the house to be listed that I just can't justify going out and buying a lot more until I get it all listed. I'm making real progress, so that's good! But I did hit a Goodwill on Saturday while I was out shopping with my sister. I found a really nice pair of men's Florsheim shoes! They were only $2.99! So I paid for them, along with a whole bag of clothes. When I got home from a long day hours and hours later, I realized the cashier didn't put my Florsheims in my bag!! :( Fortunately, I was back in that town the next morning, so I stopped by and found them ... back on the shoe rack!! I explained what happened, so fortunately I didn't have to pay for them a second time. I'll be getting those listed this week. I'll try to remember to post a link here.

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So what about you? What great things did you find this week, either for resale or that you're excited to keep?

Fantastic Finds Friday

We want to hear all about your Fantastic Finds! This features isn't about your exciting sales. It's about your exciting finds! There are so many places to find inventory: your closet, your garage, a yard sale, thrift stores, a consignment item you're selling for someone else. What did you find this week that you are excited about? It can be something you're excited to get listed OR something you're excited to keep! You can even post to your listing, if you'd like. Free advertising!

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I’m so excited to tell you about my FIND! We have been limping along with an old vacuum cleaner at our place of business for years now. The thing would barely pick anything up without going over the same spot several times, it’s pathetic really. I realized last Sunday when I went to close up and vacuum that I really couldn’t hold out any longer, I was going to have to break down and buy a new vacuum cleaner.

Fortunately, hubby and I stopped at our local Goodwill on the way to our weekly grocery shopping trip. As I was perusing the isles...there it was...the vacuum cleaner. It was a Hoover Wind Tunnel upright that was in like new condition. No scratches, clean and the bristles underneath were barely used. The bag inside appeared to be new and the price tag was in my budget...$10.00!

To top it all off this vacuum cleaner is valued at $190 at Sears. I just saved $180 and am a pretty happy camper!

----Lesley

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I'm super-excited about my big find this week too! I had a gal I graduated with approach me a few weeks ago and ask if I wanted to buy all her daughter's outgrown clothes. After looking over them a bit, I decided heck yeah! I brought home sixteen 13-gallon kitchen trash bags stuffed FULL of clothes.

My top priority was to sort out the Gymboree items. There were 250 pieces!! Most are like new, several still have the tags!










The Gymboree pile!










There were a LOT of other, less-exciting brands, but that's ok. They'll sell in larger lots, and I will have NO problem recouping my investment.






The odds-n-ends pile







I'm excited to get this stuff sorted and listed, and start raking in the cash! I'll be sure to post an update in 6 months to let you know how it's going.

--Jessica

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