Five Frugal Things -- Buying and Selling From Goodwill
1) I sold a "bins" remote control on eBay for $15, which puts $11.65 into the Goodwill Gift Card Challenge for the Oregon Food Bank. It weighed a single ounce, which means I paid around 18¢ for it.
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2) My sister and I hit up the Goodwill bins for an hour or so and I bought this pretty hunk of honed marble for my own personal use. I'd been actively keeping an eye out for something to use as a large coaster and this seemed like a cute solution. I have an ancient roll of adhesive green felt, so I cut corner pieces to pad the bottom surface.
I was worried that this heavy item would cost too much, but in the end they only charged me $2.46. I paid for it out of pocket.
3) I also bought this pair of "Papillo" Birkenstocks to resell for the gift card challenge. I currently have them up for sale on eBay for $25.
4) I couldn't resist this soft as butter alpaca cardigan sweater. It has a stain above the right pocket, but I welcome the opportunity to work on my stain fighting skills. I'll list this on eBay after it completes its beauty treatment.
5) Lastly, I picked up this Gecko brands dry bag, which I listed on eBay for $22. It was super light and should hopefully sell quickly.
I spent $6.36 and sadly have just 95¢ left on the gift card. Boo!
Now your turn, what frugal things have you been up to?
Katy Wolk-Stanley
"Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without."
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I am always interested to see what you buy. You definitely have me thinking outside of the box!
I have sold one of the Planetbox lunchboxes I bought at Goodwill, so I'll be packing it up today and listing the other one.
I need toilet paper, so I'll go to Sam's while I'm out, and I'll get my Sam's regulars -- rotisserie chicken and raspberries. And I'll buy Always Discreet pads if they have the right size. They usually don't.
I went through all my books, but still didn't get up to the total I need to send a package to Thriftbooks. I will start looking at little free libraries differently. I think I have a better sense now of what they want. Somewhat.