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Shopping for Furniture at a Garage Sale
The weather is getting nicer and with spring comes more and more garage sales. Try and remember these tips when you’re hunting for some furniture.
- Go early and hunt. See if you can find some hidden gems before someone else finds them.
- If you buy some items at a garage sale, see if you can get a ‘bundle’ discount. It doesn’t hurt to ask and you may be surprised to get an item dirt cheap in a deal.
- Double check the furniture’s condition. You want to make sure it’s solid and will last for some time.
- Bring cash. Don’t waste sellers time by asking them to hold an item until you come back and pay.
Shopping for Furniture at a Store
- Think in terms of overall cost. Don’t let the sales person talk you into furniture that is over your budget because you can afford the monthly payments.
- If you don’t see the item you’re looking for, ask to check if there are more options. Sometimes a model may have two finishes.
- Ask for a discount with the sales person. Take advantage of this economy and see if you can lower the price. Maybe you can get a floor model discount.
- Double check the furniture’s condition. If there are any minor imperfections, you may be able to come away with a deal on it.
Your Take
What tips do you have when you’re bargaining hunting for furniture? Do you have any success stories?
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Bringing cash is probably the most important tip. Unfortunately for us, most of our trips to garage sales consist of randomly driving by and seeing a sign. Since we don’t usually carry more than a few dollars in cash, we’re stuck either having to come back or foregoing the whole thing all together.
If you don’t carry cash like us, I think your best bet is setting aside a few Saturday mornings a month just for this purpose, or go to group/community garage sales, which have been enormously popular in our area lately. It’s a great way to see a lot of stuff all at once.
I have bought furniture off of craigslist before with success. It is cheaper and you can find quality buys.
We got a good deal with a washer and dryer from Craigslist. They were upgrading, so we got decent appliances cheap.