You think you’ve tried couponing. After all, you’ve clipped your weight in coupons from the Sunday paper. You’ve blown through dozens of ink cartridges printing them online. Sure, every now and then, you save a few dollars. But you usually end up sprinkling your coupons in the bottom of your purse, jamming them into…
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Buying secondhand is a great option for the thrifty shopper. If you have a thriving online buy-sell community like VarageSale nearby, it can make picking up previously loved furniture, toys, sports equipment, electronics and appliances enticingly easy. And while buying used items has clear fiscal advantages (who couldn’t use a little more room in their…
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This post is part of our ongoing series on buy and sell acronyms. For more lingo, check out parts one and three. In part one of this series, we learned that the definition of BUMP was news to VarageSale‘s Chief Mom. So for part two, we were determined to find another term she didn’t know. This proved…
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This post is part of our ongoing series on buy and sell acronyms. For more lingo, check out parts two and three. Think you’ve been buying and selling long enough to give this post a pass? Think again. Just last week, VarageSale’s own Chief Mom got a surprise when she learned the actual meaning of BUMP. Like…
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The holidays have come and gone in a flurry of tinsel and good cheer. Santa may have gotten your loved ones everything they wanted, but he doesn’t always work for cheap. All that gift-exchanging and merry-making and meal-sharing? It’s likely more than just your heart and waistline that swelled to twice their size. Many people…
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When it comes to gift giving, it’s the thought that counts, right? Well, yes… until all those lovely thoughts start overrunning your garage. There isn’t a person out there who doesn’t have a deep fryer from Aunt Jane or a popcorn maker from Uncle Tommy that they know they’ll never use. Accept those gifts graciously,…
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The larger the family, the more holiday shopping that has to be done! Sometimes it can be a challenge coming up with the right gifts for family members. Here are a few tips to help you get your shopping done while finding the perfect gifts at the perfect price. For the kids When it comes…
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Black Friday is known for being epic—when it comes to sales AND crowds. The last thing any of us wants to do when coming out of a turkey coma is stand in a mile-long lineup, shoulder to shoulder with strangers at 4AM. And those packed malls filled with frantic shoppers? No, thank you! Buying gifts for…
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After many years of renting an apartment from a landlord whose sports car collection had grown as quickly as our rent had gone up, we knew it was time to buy our first house. And after months of searching high and low, we finally found a beautiful little place to call our own. Moving out…
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Whether you loathe shopping or love it, chances are you’ve told yourself one of these half-truths… and it’s costing you big bucks! Which one sounds most like you? 1. “I will totally use this (insert item you’ve never touched here) .” That food dehydrator your favorite celebrity posted about on Facebook—the one that you just…
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