Before we left Seattle, virtually every non-food item we purchased was at either at an estate sale or on Craigslist. It doesn’t work too well here in central KY. The poverty level is higher so EVERYBODY buys used. Believe it or not, it drastically increases the price of used merchandise to the point that it’s way too expensive, most of the time.
In Seattle, a $20 item may go for $5 or less and be pretty much as good as new. Here in KY, the same item may go for $18 or even $25 at a garage sale. Not to me, though...
That is what pisses me off. Here we have a great deep deep red state and it is worse off then extremely liberal Seattle. Something is not right. Red states are supposed to be the cream of the top. How can we sell our message if red states are full of poverty. No wonder why we are losing elections right and left. We need to fix our red states ASAP!
yeah, basically in KY where a lot more people’buy used and there’s a bigger demand for used, you are kind of dealing with a cash for clunkers problem on any in demand used items. especially’if in good condition.
i picked up a dyson dc14 for $10 because the guy was selling it for parts. i got it working - he didn’t find what the real problem was - and i gave it a thorough cleaning. one of my best finds this year.