I can't believe the lady didn't just take everything to Goodwill since it is way too much effort to have a yard sale to just give stuff away.
Pamered Chef large stone with rack (new)-25¢
3 Table clothes-50¢ each
3 candles holders-$1
Genuine Longaberger basket-$1
Salad Spinner-50¢
2 vases-10¢ each
cupcake/apple holder-25¢
This was our first yard sale of the morning and we were on bikes. So we had to go home and drop off the loot and go back out. Our second yard sale had American Girl Dolls for sale for $25 each. I had to look twice. You can easily sell these dolls on ebay for 2 or 3 times that price. One was a 2005 retired doll and Erin really wanted her. But she didn't have $25 and I stopped giving loans (I don't want the kids to become accustomed to borrowing money.) I told the lady that she should sell them on ebay. She said she thought about it. She had a daughter Erin's age and so we picked up a couple pairs of shorts and shirt for Erin for 50 cents each. When I went home and told Eric about the doll, he said he would pay for it and sell it on ebay. So I went back to see if they still had the retired doll. They did and so I bought it along with lots more shirts for Erin. But then I felt guilty about putting it on ebay since they lady thought it was for Erin (why that matters, I don't know-she had her chance to ebay it and decided not to.)
I got home and didn't know what to do. I felt bad since Erin really wanted the doll and so did Eric (that sounds funny even saying that.) But, I decided (with the help of Mario) that Erin shouldn't get the doll because she can't pay for it. Eric should get it because we are encouraged to make money (Mario quoted the story of the talents in the Bible.) So I let Eric buy it with the intention of selling it on ebay. But then Erin asked him if he would sell one of her other dolls and let her keep Marisol (she really is cute.) So she gave Eric her "Just like Me" doll with some extra clothes. Marisol would easily sell for more than Erin's doll because she is retired.
Sorry about a long blog from our morning of yard sales. I was just excited about my good deals.
2 comments:
Wow you really scored today! A guy from church will loan his kids money with interest (if they are at wal-mart or something and want something but didn't bring their money or don't have it) to teach them about debt and interest rates and how much you REALLY pay for something...that's nice that she and Eric worked it out.
that is so awesome that you did so well at the yard sales. It makes you feel really good when you get good deals. I don't like going to yard sales that they price it like as if you were at a store. That's good bargaining for Eric and Erin.
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