Do you buy second hand? - Page 5

ZenGum · 06-26-2009, 02:36 AM

You really in Moscow?

limey · 06-26-2009, 11:35 AM

I was wondering the same thing. I used to find the coolest things out at the flea market there ...

Gargantutron · 06-26-2009, 01:27 PM

Moscow, Idaho.

Moscow, by itself, sounds so much more exotic. Not that Moscow, Idaho isn't.

BTW currently looking for a quality USED Subaru. Manual drive, preferably.

ZenGum · 06-27-2009, 03:27 AM

Ask LumberJim.

TheMercenary · 06-27-2009, 07:03 AM

Where can I get a third hand? Every now and then I feel I need one.

ZenGum · 06-27-2009, 07:13 AM

Don't you have cadavers laying about in the lab?

TheMercenary · 06-27-2009, 07:16 AM

Yes but they are all cut up. I guess I may be able to find a second-hand one the morgue.

Glinda · 06-27-2009, 02:16 PM

I'd guess that at least 70% of everything I own is second-hand.

It's mom's doing. See, she's a thrift store 'ho - simply canNOT pass one by without stopping. Same deal with yard sales. As a consequence of her having pretty much everything she could ever possibly want or need, she turns her thrift-store eye to supplying me.

And she finds some killer stuff! Clothes, shoes, coats, gardening supplies, food, plants, furniture...

I kid you not, when I bought my first place, mom (who lives in Southern CA) bought a dining room set, a big-ass 1-inch thick-glass coffee table with brass legs, a sofa/loveseat set that was brand-freakin-new, and a washing machine, all from various thrift stores, and had them shipped to me in the SF/Bay Area.

And I still have all of it (except the sofa/loveseat, which died after about eight years).

She's also addicted to dollar stores and sends me a couple of "care packages" a month. Okay, I'm 50 years old and do NOT live in the Arctic tundra, but, god bless her, she's still sending crap. I must have twelve bags of various kinds of beans in my pantry, and enough Jiffy cornbread mix for an army. Hell, she even sends me cans of sauerkraut!

Gotta love her!

limey · 06-27-2009, 02:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gargantutron

Moscow, Idaho.

Moscow, by itself, sounds so much more exotic. Not that Moscow, Idaho isn't.

BTW currently looking for a quality USED Subaru. Manual drive, preferably.

Could have been Moscow, Ayrshire ...

View Poll Results: I get at least 20% of these second hand
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White Goods (washer/dryer/cooker...)	11	27.50%
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Other electronics	12	30.00%
Light fitments and lamps	10	25.00%
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Childrens clothes	15	37.50%
Shoes	9	22.50%
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Linens	3	7.50%
Furniture	28	70.00%
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Sports Equipment	13	32.50%
Craft Items	9	22.50%
Tools	14	35.00%
Collectables	16	40.00%
Furniture	21	52.50%
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06-26-2009, 02:36 AM	#61
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	You really in Moscow? __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

06-26-2009, 11:35 AM	#62
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	I was wondering the same thing. I used to find the coolest things out at the flea market there ... __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

06-26-2009, 01:27 PM	#63
Gargantutron Uncommonly rare Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Moscow, ID Posts: 11	Moscow, Idaho. Moscow, by itself, sounds so much more exotic. Not that Moscow, Idaho isn't. BTW currently looking for a quality USED Subaru. Manual drive, preferably. __________________ "In spite of everything, life is good."

06-27-2009, 03:27 AM	#64
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Ask LumberJim. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

06-27-2009, 07:03 AM	#65
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Where can I get a third hand? Every now and then I feel I need one. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

06-27-2009, 07:13 AM	#66
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Don't you have cadavers laying about in the lab? __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

06-27-2009, 07:16 AM	#67
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Yes but they are all cut up. I guess I may be able to find a second-hand one the morgue. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

06-27-2009, 02:16 PM	#68
Glinda Fucktard Resistance League Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: 1.14 acres of heaven Posts: 1,512	I'd guess that at least 70% of everything I own is second-hand. It's mom's doing. See, she's a thrift store 'ho - simply canNOT pass one by without stopping. Same deal with yard sales. As a consequence of her having pretty much everything she could ever possibly want or need, she turns her thrift-store eye to supplying me. And she finds some killer stuff! Clothes, shoes, coats, gardening supplies, food, plants, furniture... I kid you not, when I bought my first place, mom (who lives in Southern CA) bought a dining room set, a big-ass 1-inch thick-glass coffee table with brass legs, a sofa/loveseat set that was brand-freakin-new, and a washing machine, all from various thrift stores, and had them shipped to me in the SF/Bay Area. And I still have all of it (except the sofa/loveseat, which died after about eight years). She's also addicted to dollar stores and sends me a couple of "care packages" a month. Okay, I'm 50 years old and do NOT live in the Arctic tundra, but, god bless her, she's still sending crap. I must have twelve bags of various kinds of beans in my pantry, and enough Jiffy cornbread mix for an army. Hell, she even sends me cans of sauerkraut! Gotta love her!

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