Since it is winter up north...............

[CladSpends2]

..............and we have been posting a few slightly off topic, not exactly yard sale finds...............not that there is anything wrong with that...............I was thinking about something that happened to me this summer. I was at a yard sale being run by a young couple that had just moved into a small local house. It was a Sunday and I had missed the Sat. part of their sale. When I got there, I was told everything was free, they just wanted to get rid of it. I spoke to the guy a few minutes about coin collecting, as I asked about coins and found out he was a collector too, then did a little look around. Now, I am the type who is too something, embarrassed, not needy enough, something to take anything from a free pile. And, here was this whole sale, a free pile. I did see a blender, Black and Decker brand, good brand I thought and asked, "Is this free too?" After being assured it was, I said, "Does it work?" The young man allowed he believed it did and took me into his walk in basement to try it. It worked, so I said I would take it, but didn't feel right for free and gave him a couple of bucks for it. When I got home my wife put water into the pitcher part of it to wash it and it ran right out of the bottom. LOL I had bought a broken, would have been free if I had just taken it blender. Does anyone else have a similar story or something comical to add that involved yard sale-ing to help pass the long off season up here?

T.

 

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[inspectorgadget]

On a positive note there might be $1.50 worth of copper to scrap in the motor of that thing. If the copper is to hard to get out then whole motors scrap out OK, I have a big bucket of electric motors from ceiling fans, Dayton blowers down to small tiny little motors. Last time I scrapped them it was 50 or 60 cents a pound so it starts to add up.

 

[Nickleanddime]

Don't scrap it, take a little RV silicon sealer and take the ring off. Put some around the inside flat part and spread it flat with a Popsicle stick. Let it dry and it'll be good as new.

 

[CladSpends2]

Guys, I am sorry, but you are missing the point of my post. I believe my wife has long ago thrown out the rest of the blender, foolish or not, I didn't part it out...................what I was hoping to hear was similar comical stories. Surely we must have them. We thought we had bought one thing to find out when we got home it was another.............and more valuable. Or like me it was broken, or maybe there were baby mice living in the pile of clothes you bought, etc. I appreciate the attempt to help, but I was just looking for people to add a funny story or two while there were no yard sales up here for me to go to. Again, thank you for the advice.

T.

 

[Lafitte Deux]

Last summer, I went to what I call the "Un-garage sale". There was a storage building behind the house with a variety of tools and things that were not priced.
There was a guy in his 30's working there. I found some vintage tools and asked him what he wanted.
He'd look at one and say: "That looks valuable, I'd better not sell that." Then he'd take the tool out if my hand and put it in a pile on a bench.
This went on until I basically had nothing left to buy.
I was curious, so I hung around and watched. He did this same thing with everyone that asked about anything.
"Hey, that looks like it's worth something, better not sell it.", and into the pile it would go.
Finally a guy asked: "Are you planning on selling anything?"
The seller replied; " This is my late uncle's stuff and I don't know what any of it is. I figured if you wanted to but it, it has to worth something, so now I
don't want to sell it."
You should have seen the people streaming back to their cars.

 

[CladSpends2]

Last summer, I went to what I call the "Un-garage sale". There was a storage building behind the house with a variety of tools and things that were not priced.
There was a guy in his 30's working there. I found some vintage tools and asked him what he wanted.
He'd look at one and say: "That looks valuable, I'd better not sell that." Then he'd take the tool out if my hand and put it in a pile on a bench.
This went on until I basically had nothing left to buy.
I was curious, so I hung around and watched. He did this same thing with everyone that asked about anything.
"Hey, that looks like it's worth something, better not sell it.", and into the pile it would go.
Finally a guy asked: "Are you planning on selling anything?"
The seller replied; " This is my late uncle's stuff and I don't know what any of it is. I figured if you wanted to but it, it has to worth something, so now I
don't want to sell it."
You should have seen the people streaming back to their cars.

Now, that's what I am talking about. Thank you, Lafitte Deux!!!

T.