Originally Posted by
oddjob2
Geez, I went to probably 15 sales yesterday afternoon, during one of those community-wide garage sales. I should have known better; one of the less prosperous communities in the area, high unemployment, low income, limited disposable income. Nothing but junk. Some Huffys, Magna, and a Ross, PASS. I bought a half round file and yet another Scrabble board, $2 total.
Garage sales yesterday, no bikes (thats the norm). Did find a huge amount of painting supplies cheap (I will be painting the outside of my house shortly). Also picked up an unusual Seiko watch for $2. It had a dead battery. Looked it up on ebay. If it runs, they are going for $500 to $800, for parts, they are going for $75 to $100. I was hoping to just have a cool looking watch to replace my beat up, cheapie Casio. Well, that's not going to happen.
90% + of my best garage sales scores are not bikes. If I was just looking for bikes, I would have given up on garage sales long ago.