I've gotten a lot of things but I think *the* best buy ever is my bedspread... it is an off-white antique Martha Washington chenille bedspread in immaculate condition -- holds up well to laundering.

Purchase price = $1.00!

What is the best thing that you have ever found at a yard sale?

DH picked up an item that he had no idea what it was---so, it got stuck in a drawer. One day he runs into the kitchen grabs that item and says "I figured out what it is!!"

It is the heavy metal attachment that fits the Kitchenaide mixer so you can grate cheese. It has three different size of graters to go with it.

He got it for a $1.
Let me tell ya'--nothing beats that thing when you want to grate carrots for carrot cake or slaw. Or if you have a huge honking lot of cheese to grate. I love it(now that we figured out what it is!! LOL)

__________________
Mental that one, I'm telling you. ---Ron Weasley, "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"

I remember buying a lot of my kids clothing and toys at yard sales. Once I went to one and they were about to close up shop. They let me have all the left overs.

__________________
Live, Love, Laugh

It wasn't exactly a yard sale, but I got about $300 worth of mosaic supplies for $30 off of Craigslist.

My sister got a Lonaberger basket at a sale for $1.00 once!!!

A pair of Oakley sunglasses for .10

my computer desk for 20 bucks.
a genie in a bottle collector bottle form jim bean for 1.00 sold it on ebay for 85!

__________________
Too many people spend money they haven't earned to buy things they don't want, to impress people they don't like. - Will Rogers

Get out!!! Really????

I got a dresser once for $10. Scott and I brought it home and sanded it down, then refinished it. We got SO many compliments on it!!

Holly

__________________
Forgiveness is love in its most noble form. -Anonymous

When we were stationed in Ketchikan, Alaska (back in 1996), I was lucky enough to get 2 Lonaberger baskets for $1.00 each. The little old lady that was selling them had gotten them from her daughter for a present and she said she hated them. I told her what they were and how much they cost, but she said she didn't care, just wanted them out of her house. I asked her if she had anymore!

The other thing I got while stationed in Ketchikan (gotta love those sales in Alaska) was a Steiff dog for .75 cents. I finally found one online recently and it sells for about $85 dollars now.

__________________
"Why must you speak, when you have nothing to say." Horatio Hornblower

I have a Steiff dog that my mom played with when she was little... He is so cute and lifelike. I had to hide it though because my dog thought it was a friend for him! Yikes.

An original Enchanted Tiki Room attendant's dress for $1. Sold on Ebay for right at $300. Sold to the artist, Shag, who was doing the anniversary artwork for the Tiki Room and his wife was going to wear it to a Disney event.

Ok, a little background. My sweetie wanted (and Lord only knows why) a coffee grinder like they have at the grocery store. So I look on eBay and these things start at $300 and go up. So I think, Yeah, right.
We stopped at a yard sale on our way to work one day and I spot one. The lady wanted $60 for it and my sweetie and I put every bit of bills & change that we had together and could only come up with like $43.67. She was laughing so hard at us digging for change and stashed bills she accepted.
I must say the thing really does a nice job of grinding coffee.

__________________

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass
It's about learning to dance in the rain.

I am going to fail the MyCoupons thriftiness test, but I don't have a best bargain because I have never bought anything at a yard sale.


cj/

Hmmmm... I don't really think I have ever found any think worth mentioning at a yardsale.

But Goodwill is another story

I have so many that I can't remember them all. My best buy was an old painting that looked a little shabby for 50 cents. I looked up the artist later and he was listed. Worth around $300.

Years ago I went to a sale that had an old dining room buffet that they were using to put items on. I asked how much for the buffet, and she said I really don't know, you tell me. I got it for $25, and after fil had it refinished it is so nice.

__________________
I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it!

Don't feel bad......I always drive by them....sometime I think about stopping, but then I think of having to get the kids out of the car, and trying to get them to keep their hands to themselves....but most of the time it's because I never have cash.....

__________________
"You can never really pay back. You can only pay forward."

Wayne Woodrow “Woody” Hayes

O-H-I-O

Girl you gotta get out there and see what there is to be found!

I have shopped way too many to list my best find ever...but my recent good find was a big red Radio Flyer trike for monkey-boy...around $50 new...scooped it up from a nice grandma for $5. The funniest thing is she lives around the corner form us and everytime he rides by there he runs into her garage and yells "Thanks for my bike!". Most of my purchases are stuff for my classroom. My 10 yr old bought herself a Vera Bradley backpack and wallet for $20

__________________
Terri...mom to drama queen and the monkey-boy

Blessed are the parents who make their peace with spilled milk
and mud, for of such is the kingdom of childhood.

When we lived in AK my friends and I went every weekend. I found a few nice home interior pictures and country decorations for almost nothing. Also some nice little tykes outdoor toys I never go to yardsales anymore but I do hit up the thrift stores for books

I have found some great bargains at Yard Sales. Let see.....I have found new Yankee Candles ($1), Boyd Bears, new Sheet sets, Ralph perfume (new bottle for 50 cents), and last week I found a futon for $40 (it was an oak one with a fairly new mattress and cover). My house is decorated with a lot of my Yard Sale finds!

I got a1943 fishing tackle catalog out of the free box and sold it on ebay for $50

__________________
Always be a first rate version of your self instead of a second rate version of someone else.[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds.

A barely used, still in style, Coach purse for $20!