Here’s this week’s Secondhand Sunday deal!
Check out the deal Tara got at a garage sale on this Chicco Cortina Double Stroller – she paid only $40. Amazon has the same Chicco Cortina Together Double Stroller for $299, so she saved $259, plus tax. Woot!
Tara had been garage sale shopping and spotted this stroller for $100. It was more than she was hoping to spend, so she went on to more garage sales. After awhile they decided to stop back by the sale to see if the Chicco stroller was still available. It was. Tara told the woman working the sale that she only had $40 cash and they lady selling the stroller said, “I’ll take it!” What a deal, Tara easily saved 87% plus tax on this item, which looks like it’s in amazing condition!
Lesson learned here – it can never hurt to ask and negotiate on an item at a garage sale. You can ask when they plan to close up shop and come back at closing time to see if an item is still left. Or, give them your phone number and say, “I’d be willing to pay $x for this, if it’s still available after your sale ends and you’d like to sell it for that price, please give me a call!” Of course with any situation when you’re dealing with strangers it’s a good idea to go in pairs (whether you’re selling or buying) and meet in a public place, like a grocery store parking lot.
Secondhand Sunday is a series I’m doing through the summer to feature deals that readers are finding secondhand – either at a thrift shop, garage sale or on Craigslist. It’s to encourage us all to consider secondhand purchases when we try to save money. Tara will get a $10 Amazon gift card for sending in her secondhand treasure!
Since we started this series, here are some of the secondhand treasures we’ve featured:
- A FREE Baby Grand Piano valued at $1,000
- Beth saves 97% off a KitchenAid Professional Mixer
- Seneca saves 99% off a Harveys Seatbelt Designer Purse
- Kristyle saved more than $160 off a Bissell Spotbot
- Kendra’s Gucci purse for just $30
- Aimee saved 90% on a brand new pilates machine
- Kara saves 88% off this Step 2 Lifestyle Kitchen
- Katy finds Little Tikes Playhouse for $30, reg. $200
- Jean paid $7 for an antique clock appraised at $300
- Jennifer paid $100 for a $1500 Jura-Capresso Espresso Machine
Have you found any great secondhand deals lately?
Send in your secondhand treasures and if I feature your score here on the blog, you’ll get a $10 Amazon gift card!
- I’ll be featuring one secondhand score each Sunday
- If I feature your thrift-store or garage sale treasure here on the blog you’ll get a $10 Amazon gift card!
- Please email me a photo at thehive@queenbeetoday.com – include in the email a short description of what you found secondhand, what you paid for it and what you think it retails for. Use subject line Secondhand Treasure when you send the email.
- Try to take a photo that is not blurry and is in good light (try natural light, no flash, if possible). The better your photo the more likely it will be to make it on the site. People want to see what you got!
- If you bought something secondhand and restored it or improved it somehow – I’d love before and after photos!
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