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Jodi Falk Bears by Jodi
Gahanna , Ohio USA
Posts: 3,463

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Going to tour the city to see if there are any garage sales out there. See you all later. Hope you all have a great day.

                                        Jodi Falk

Happy designing !! let the fur fly !!!

Tami E Tami Eveslage Original Teddy Bears
Milford Ohio
Posts: 2,367

Hope the weather in central Ohio is better than here in the Cincinnati area! Or else you'll need a a raincoat and some hip waders!!! bear_rolleyes  Good luck and stay dry!

Daphne Back Road Bears
Laconia, NH USA
Posts: 6,568

On a Friday???
All the garage sales around here are on Saturdays and Sundays. And it's gonna rain here all weekend. :(
Wish we lived closer.... I need a yard sale buddy!
Hubs has a phobia of them with a very strange uncontrolable physical response... his foot automatically presses down on the accelerator just as hard as it can when he sees a 'Yard Sale' sign! :crackup:
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Sandi.S. Posts: 1,277

Really, on a Sunday? Around here they are on Fridays and Saturdays. I always assumed nobody did Sundays because of church. My mom is my yard sale buddy. And our feet have opposite reaction of your husband's!

Good Luck, Jodi. Hope you find lots of goodies.  bear_original

gotobedbears Posts: 3,177

well, it's alright for some innit????
Galavanting off looking for bargains on a Friday afternoon - you lucky old thing, i love a rummage sale!

Penny  bear_tongue

Michelle Helen Chaska, Minnesota
Posts: 2,897

My whole family are garage sale hounds. Just so you know, some sales some start on Thursday... Now a hint for all who are serious about this. You need to start out very early...say 7:00 am...to get the good stuff. Antique dealers are out there sometimes earlier. But, garage salers are an interesting breed...for estate sales that advertise yummy stuff, one can find cars parked out all night just to be the first in....how do I know you may ask? Well My aunt Patty is a dealer and when I visit, I often find myself keeping her company....alllllll nightttttt longgggg. By the time the sale starts I'm tired, hungry and have to pee....

Michelle

Stellajella Wien
Posts: 1,399

I live in a garage sale  :crackup:

Gaby bear_flower

sarahjane Brisbane
Posts: 2,951

I live in a garage sale

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That's so funny....and exactly how I feel!!!  bear_grin

Stellajella Wien
Posts: 1,399

Sarahjane, I´m glad that I´m not alone!  :hug: LOL I could make gazillions if I sold all the stuff that I don´t need anymore, don´t want anymore or don´t know what to do with  :crackup:
I drive a big car and last week I drove 6 times to the junk yard with rubbish from the cellar....today I stood down there, wondering, WHERE I had kept  all this stuff, because it does not look a tick different than one week ago. :doh:


Gaby bear_flower

psichick78 Flying Fur Studios
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Posts: 3,073

Gaby, you are too funny. If you live in a garage sale, that's totally fun. New 'finds' everyday!

Where I'm from, Garage sales are on Saturday and Sunday. Can't imagine too many people going on Friday as they work.

Daphne Back Road Bears
Laconia, NH USA
Posts: 6,568
psichick78 wrote:

Where I'm from, Garage sales are on Saturday and Sunday. Can't imagine too many people going on Friday as they work.

Exactly!

Though I will say that in the summer, as I live in a summer vacation lake area, that people will have a yard sale any day they want!

Michelle.... I've done a ton of yard sales, I actually used to organize and run them for people (yard sales to teddy bear shows.... hmmmmm....) anyway.... those antique dealers were the worst! No offense but they had no sense of respect for the home owner, the words 'no early birds' and they wanted everything for nothing. They were awful. My boyfriend at the time used to stand guard at the front of the property to keep them out!

Anyway, I do agree that one must arrive as early as respectfully possible for the best selection.

Now I want to go yard saling tomorrow!!!!

Tami E Tami Eveslage Original Teddy Bears
Milford Ohio
Posts: 2,367

So Jodi, How'd ya do? You can't still be out there?

Jodi Falk Bears by Jodi
Gahanna , Ohio USA
Posts: 3,463


Well... It was a wet day and chilly. Very few garage sales to be found today.My friend Sue who just found out she has brest cancer went with me , and we ended up doing allot of medical thing also.She had to get things together for a second opinion. But thats ok , I want to be there for her.I had some photo work done I had to pick up and I had to go to my work to pick up my pay check .I have to go back to work on Monday ....I have been off on a weeks vacation, I don't want to go back AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH  !!!!! I did not get to buy any thing fun . Maybe I will get out tomorrow, who knows  bear_rolleyes You never know what you will find !!! But I think it is susposed to rain tomorrow. I might be taking some pictures of Sue tomorrow for her family ...Just in case things do go as good as we hope !!!! Keep her in your prayers.


                                                           Jodi Falk

Daphne Back Road Bears
Laconia, NH USA
Posts: 6,568

"Any kind of day with a special friend is better than a great day at garage sales!!"

Jodi Falk Bears by Jodi
Gahanna , Ohio USA
Posts: 3,463


Daphne,

You are right !!  And it would be fun if you lived closer, you can never have to many garage sale buddies bear_tongue

Jare Hares & Bears Jare Hares & Bears
Polo, IL
Posts: 983

I ain't that desparate for the good stuff!

Jodi Falk Bears by Jodi
Gahanna , Ohio USA
Posts: 3,463

Oh come on

Jared !! Its like out doors Wally World !!! :crackup: No really you can find some amazing treasures. I have bought $500.00 Hull pottery before for $2.50 !!!! I have found amazing nick knacks to go with my teddies !!! It is the thrill

of the hunt !!!

Nancy D Dog Patch Critters
Titusville, FL
Posts: 512
Website

Down here in Florida, garage sales start on Thurs all the way through Sun---year round! My home is practically furnished with garage sale finds. I have a beautiful oak king size headboard I purchased for $10. I once purchased an old box of doll house furniture for $1 and sold it on ebay for $100. It's a wonderful treasure hunt!

Nancy D

Jodi Falk Bears by Jodi
Gahanna , Ohio USA
Posts: 3,463


Nancy,


Sounds like you do pretty good also !!! Like I said GREAT finds !!!Wonderful treasures if you just take the time to look.

                                              Jodi Falk

jenny Three O'clock Bears
warwickshire uk
Posts: 4,413
Website

OOOh I love mooching round for bargains..on Thursday I got a leather bag which I have seen in shops for £150 for £5 and I bought a set of louis style bedroom furniture which painted is going to look fantastic for £100. I saw the exact same dressing table in Selfridges painted pink for £1400...and the set had two dressing tables ..I sold one for £100......

That's why I like 'bargain hunting'!!!

Jodi Falk Bears by Jodi
Gahanna , Ohio USA
Posts: 3,463

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Garage sales are so fun I am going today also !!!! Byeee

Acipenser Bine-Teddies
Stockholm
Posts: 862

Wow, to me, garage sales are another typically American tradition. We don't do that in Sweden or Germany (my home country). People donate their stuff to charity organizations such as the salvation army or they sell to second hand shops. Both the charity shops and the second hand shops may have nice things at lower prices than new, but very far from your great bargains. I fear, the tax office would knock on our door if we did garage sales. They want a piece of any profit we make, no matter how small  bear_sad

Jare Hares & Bears Jare Hares & Bears
Polo, IL
Posts: 983

Well here in the States, if you sell personal property there is no tax on it.

Jodi Falk Bears by Jodi
Gahanna , Ohio USA
Posts: 3,463

Jared , come on go to a garage sale with me !!!! I could drag you along !!!!! :dance:

Jodi Falk Bears by Jodi
Gahanna , Ohio USA
Posts: 3,463


Well.................... I only found a Pfaltzcraft teddy bear bowl and kitten mug. But the bowl is really neat, I had found one like it before a couple years ago. If any one is interested I can take a picture for you.

                                                              Jodi Falk

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