I did not finish the book, Antiques Roadkill, I mentioned in the previous post. It just didn't keep my interest and the tie in to 'vintage' just wasn't strong enough for me. I'm now reading The Language Of Flowers which I am enjoying although it is long and a bit slow. I am enjoying the tie in to the meanings of flowers and other plants.
I went thrifting yesterday and bought a ton of stuff. Our new weigh and pay was having 50% off of the regular rate which is $1.29. So yesterday was only 65 cents a pound. I find I take a lot more chances on questionable things when it is so cheap. I bought a couple of items I probably never would have purchased and am glad I did. They have sold previously (for other people) for a decent profit. The two items are fax paper and ribbon for I think a word processor or typewriter. Recently the ribbon cassettes sold for $31 for 2. I purchased 3 of them for less than a dollar. I love this weigh and pay. It seems like it has not been discovered by other resellers much. It's never chaotic or busy. Yesterday I was there for a couple of hours. At any one time there were probably 10 to 15 people in the store. Nothing like the Goodwill weigh and pays I read about. I love it!! I'm hoping it remains my own private hidey hole.
Hope your sales have been hopping :)
Thrifting by the pound, what a concept! We don't have that here in Northern CA.
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Hope you had a happy holiday too Tami. Thanks for the link to your blog. I'll check it out!
DeleteThe ribbon looks like the one I have in my antique dot matrix printer. They dry out, so I succumbed to buying an inkjet. I can imagine people looking for them on Ebay.
ReplyDeleteAhhh. Thanks for the info. I was hoping they would sell right away but I guess there probably aren't a ton of people who need them.
DeleteYou're lucky you have a goodwill outlet by you. We don't have any here in Chicago. There is one in Indiana about 45 minutes from me...it's still one I'd like to eventually go to and try out. Glad you have one!
ReplyDeleteThe weigh and pay by me isn't a Goodwill. I'm glad because those sound CRAZY and a bit scary. Ours is a Bethesda Lutheran Thrift. It just changed to a weigh and pay last fall. It's never crazy busy. I'm not sure why…If you're ever up in the Racine area check it out!!
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