Garage Sale Friday
In lieu of today’s haul, I offer the following Golden Rule of garage sale-ing:
Never Buy Something Just Because It’s Cheap
I’ve seen it play over and over: Two ladies at a garage sale, one hold up a widget and says “Look at this, Janet!”. Janet looks and mutters “Umm hmmm…..but what are you going to do with it, Betty”? Betty shrugs and says “……..but it’s only a dollar“!! Janet shrugs, Betty buys the widget.
This is a slippery slope, my friends, and one that I have sailed down myself. Paying only a dollar for something is not a reason in itself to buy it. At a garage sale, or anywhere. This is how pack rats are made. I have seen many an estate sale of people who filled their basements with these garage sale finds, unopened boxes of things bought on the Shopping Channels, stuff with 10 year old tags still on it. Cheap stuff, that’s unneccessary and unused, becomes a burden. And you become poorer for it, albeit little by little.
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