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I do a lot of bike flipping too. Sales are a little down now in big cities where the delivery contingent is now fully committed to ebikes. I can't believe you got the above bike for 20 bucks, though. Bonded Carbon and in perfect shape, a very difficult find.
lol, I bought a brand new luxury brand Tux at a thrift shop for $20 and sold it a few months later for more..lol. you can use your imagination $$$$$$$$ it really helped me out at the time, thank you thrift shop
lol, I bought a brand new luxury brand Tux at a thrift shop for $20 and sold it a few months later for more..lol. you can use your imagination $$$$$$$$ it really helped me out at the time, thank you thrift shop
You can make money on many things out of those places. You just have to know what to look for, and being in the right one at the right time.
It's still become a lot tougher because they have become much smarter on how they go about sorting the stuff. Anything they think they can put on their shopwhatever.com site they do.
Last thing I would do is drive to these places. Not within a couple miles of home forget it. You would be better off going to a massive fleamarket a few times a year, or maybe yardsale season in certain areas.
First: last hour of the last day as I shut down my dad's estate, cab almost literally waiting to take me to the airport and away probalby forever, I dug in a last box of (worthless) and found my mother's family bible, dating to start of the 19th Century. It had been in the slightly-clammy basement forty years, hauled around from who knows where.
While of questionable 'value' in dollars, it has a modest amount of family information about the (somewhat common Irish name) family. They settled Ohio in I believe the 1840s, ending in Springfield. Some are there to this day. The bible lists some interesting births and deaths, of names I was taught by mom as a lad. So one day, I'll tree that out, and will the bible to someone on that side of the family. I know almost none of them, but still: they won't be hard to find, now.
Second: not quite a "thrift" store, more upscale, but I caught a Michael Godard artist proof (xx of 75 or so) in thier back room. I paid a non-trivial $700 for it, but correctly assumed it would be a good investment. Some art, you just know. He's popular, but his work is always in demand and they sell second hand (most of his APs) for $2,000 at this time. That will never be less, he's younger than me and may outlive me, but in ten years I'll probably look into selling. I'm not advocating speculating on art, but sometimes...
So interesting to read everyone's story. I picked up a full set of Ping Golf clubs for $75 at a thrift shop in San Bruno, CA a few years back - no bag, just loose clubs. Thought too good for me, since looked new, never used - so put them up for auction on eBay and they fetched over $1,000. I stuck with my cheapo golf clubs since not a good enough golfer to justify a fancy set. These kind of finds are so fun.
Not the most valuable by far, just the prettiest piece of silver I have found in a while. 800 Silver. $4. 112 grams.
Along with another 195 grams of sterling silver scrap for $8.
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