Peanuts anyone?

[Tallone]

The wife and I are not hitting the yard sales very hard these days as we try to clear out existing inventory and make space for new stuff. However, I saw a listing for a warehouse sale. I have usually done pretty well with these so we went to that and then hit the nearby flea market after. I picked up a couple of things.

Below is a Chipper Jones figurine I found at the flea market. The box is missing but the piece itself is in perfect condition. I don't usually buy recently produced stuff like this. However, Jones recently retired and will almost certainly be a first ballot Hall of Fame inductee. That is why I even gave this a second look. When I saw that this is a numbered, limited edition I thought it might have potential. The asking price was only $3 so I snapped it up. There are other Legends of "The Diamond" pieces Chipper Jones pieces that have sold on ebay. They bring $10 - $20 but I didn't find any of these limited addition pieces. I may sit on this until he gets to the Hall of Fame when the prices may go up significantly. Maybe I can find the box in the meantime.


Maybe my best score was the packing peanuts below. I picked these up at the warehouse sale for $2 a bag. I was running short of peanuts so these came along at just the right time. To buy these retail would probably cost at least $50.


I also picked up a nice Vivitar tripod (sorry no pics yet) for $5 at an estate sale on the way home. I will give that to my daughter who is becoming a pretty good photographer.

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

Agony and Death on a Gold Rush Steamer: The Disastrous Sinking of the Side-Wheeler Yankee Blade - Grab it through Amazon!

[mjlalt]

That should last a while. That is a great price for peanuts. I usually get my peanuts for free or very cheap on craigslist.
They are insanely expensive at the stores.

 

[JUNKER]

Are they shelled or un shelled lol looks like you did alright

 

[Tallone]

That should last a while. That is a great price for peanuts. I usually get my peanuts for free or very cheap on craigslist.
They are insanely expensive at the stores.

This is the first time I have paid for packing peanuts. I have often picked them up from CL or sometimes I find some people have left at the curb for the city to pick up with the trash. But... I was starting to run a little low, the price was cheap enough, and the quantity large enough to make it worth my while to buy them this time. Those 5 bags will probably last me 2 years. The same guy also had a bunch of large bags of those small, air-filled pillows but I don't use those as much and don't really have space to store them all so I let them be.

 

[Inkstainz]

That's cheap on peanuts....I think probably more than 50 bucks too!

 

[vpnavy]

Nice buys. Thanks for sharing...