Friday Garage Sale Open Thread: 11/13

Where can you get this fabulous Eames lounge on the cheap this weekend?  Be sure to sign up for the BackGarage Garage Sale Hotlist to get the answer, delivered before noon today.

What else can you use this thread to do?

• Alert everyone to any sales you’re having.
• Talk about sales you went to this weekend.
• Warn people away from sales you think aren’t worth it.
• This Friday bonus: which are better — suburban or city estate sales?

Friday Garage Sale Open Thread, 11/6

Find out where you can find this amazing scoop chair and Danish Modern sofa this weekend by signing up for the BackGarage Garage Sale Hotlist.  The hotlist goes out every Friday before noon and contains my picks for the weekends best estate sales, rummage sales, yard sales, auctions, demolition sales, going-out-of-business sales and more — stuff no thrifter would want to miss!

Welcome to the Friday Garage Sale Open Thread!  Use this thread to:

• Mention any sales you’re having.  Give BackGarage readers the details — advertise!
• List any sales you heard about and think might be promising — a church sale in your neighborhood, an estate sale down the street from you, an annual neighborhood sale you’re aware of.  Share the wealth!
• Rate any sales you went to this weekend — were they worth it?
• Talk about stuff you found at sales this weekend — any awesome finds?
• This Friday’s bonus question: what’s the first room you gun for at an estate sale?  (Mine’s currently: the basement!)

Have fun thrifting!

Friday Garage Sale Open Thread, 10/30

Is it already that time again?  Yes — time for you to tell the world about your garage sale adventures.

Want to find out where you can get this fabulous chandelier?  Subscribe to the BackGarage Garage Sale Hotlist this morning and get the answer in your email inbox before noon.

Otherwise, you can use this thread to

• Promote any sale you might be having.
• Talk about any sales you went to — were they worth it?  No?
• Tell people about sales you find that aren’t listed in the hotlist.
• Special bonus this week: do you prefer to go to estate sales on the first or second day?

Happy Halloween and happy thrifting!

Friday Garage Sale Open Thread: 10/23

Where can you find these awesome Blenko decanters this weekend?  Be sure to sign up for the BackGarage Garage Sale Hotlist to find out.  Each Friday morning I send out my picks for the best garage, estate, and rummage sales in the Chicagoland area, plus stuff like auctions, going-out-of-business sales and the like.  AND you get the answer to the Friday Garage Sale Open Thread teaser each week — so sign up today!

What else do you use the Friday Garage Sale Open Thread for?  (Besides my shameless flogging?)

• Tell us about any sales YOU happen to be having.  Promote yourself!
• Know about any good sales that weren’t listed on the Hotlist, or that BackGarage readers will want to know about?  Tell us about it in the comments!
• Go to any sales that were great?  Or bad?  Leave us your tips in the comments below.
• Get any great deals this weekend?  Find what you’ve always been looking for at an estate sale or yard sale?  Tell us about your victory in the comments.
• And: special bonus this week!  Have you ever gotten in an all out tug-o-war with someone over an item at a sale?  (For the record: I have not, though I have had some altercations of a different variety.)

Leave all your tips in the comments section below!  And have a great weekend.