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Posted: 4/3/2006 1:30:23 AM EDT
Whats the best thing you ever picked up at a garage sale?I found  A whole tackle box full of old reels that were like new and full of tackle for $8. I priced the reels on ebay and I the y are worth $150.

Also found some pallet forks for a tractor that are usally about $600 for $30 bucks but I didnt buy them since i didnt have a way to bring them home.
Link Posted: 4/3/2006 1:35:35 AM EDT
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I bought a refridgerator that was in perfect condition off a guy for $50. His wife all of a sudden decided she didn't like the color.
Link Posted: 4/3/2006 1:53:55 AM EDT
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A $225,000 House for $85,000.
Link Posted: 4/3/2006 1:55:15 AM EDT
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Am 18 inch double sider for 75 cents,she said it was just not big enough anymore.
Link Posted: 4/3/2006 2:04:18 AM EDT
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My old man found 2 WW2 Kabars in pristine condition aside from some cracking on the leather.

$5

Personally, I've never found jack.

- BG
Link Posted: 4/3/2006 2:48:48 AM EDT
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I found an old lap that I tossed out 5 years ago!
Link Posted: 4/3/2006 3:34:39 AM EDT
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a Marlin model 60 .22 for $30.

a co-worker bought an old spice rack with spices to use as a decoration, when he got it home he saw that one of the jars was filled with about $1000 worth of saffron
Link Posted: 4/3/2006 3:44:52 AM EDT
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Bought a box of old model chub creek fishing lures. All the lures were new and in the original boxes. I paid ten bucks for the lures. I ended up selling them on Egay for about 5 grand.
Link Posted: 4/3/2006 4:02:15 AM EDT
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I got a colt new in package 22 long rifle conversion thingy for $5.00... Ended up costing me $500 more for an AR so I could use it... I got screwed!


Link Posted: 4/3/2006 4:07:18 AM EDT
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Best turn around for me was an aircraft altimeter.  Bought it for $10, listed it on ebay that day & got $175 a week later.

Last fall while traveling the upper pennisula we stopped at a sale & I bought a dozen reloading die sets.  Some were new....$30.

I buy pretty much all the brand name quality tools I find, often for 10 cents on a dollar.

For those of you who do not follow the survial forum, rummage sales are a great place to pick up second hand camping equipment.  My BOB, an L.L.Bean backpack & top quaility was only $1.00.  Coleman stoves & lanturns can be had for $5 to $10.
Link Posted: 4/3/2006 4:08:33 AM EDT
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I bought a Mosin Nagant last weekend, paid $100 and thought it was too much.

Turns out (and I know nothing about these guns) that I wound up with some sort of Weird Finnish variant that's worth $300 and is the most accurate and one of the more desirable Nagants out there.  Weird.
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