Tag: bargains
group name: microeconomics
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June 02, 2007 10:22 PM EDT --
Today we inadvertently stumbled on the Ecco Neighborhood Yard Sale. We did not see it in either of the major Twin Cities papers, but we did see a Craig's List ad saying there would be a . . .
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June 10, 2007 11:42 AM EDT --
There were no sure bets this weekend. A block down southwest of Lake Nokomis was having a sale (that's always a good neighborhood).
Then, a townhome complex in St. Louis Park was . . .
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April 15, 2007 01:33 PM EDT --
Back for its second season, Would You Buy This or Not is my yard sale column. Formerly called To Buy or Not to Buy, this weekly photo essay is primarily about yard sale finds . . .
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May 27, 2007 11:07 PM EDT --
Oh, did I say we were headed to the Kenny Neighborhood sale? I'm sure it was great, but we'd made plans to go north this weekend. There were a ton of yard sales along the way, . . .
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September 30, 2007 02:30 PM EDT --
Janie decided to work this Saturday, and had to be to work at 10. So no yard sales for her, right? We found a way around that.
The St. Paul, MN Junior League was having a sale that started . . .
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June 03, 2007 11:46 AM EDT --
This is a continuation from Part 1, where we showed off the things we did not buy.
Before we discovered we had the Ecco Neighborhood sale on our route, we stopped in a couple sales in the Kenwood/Lowry . . .
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June 11, 2006 06:22 PM EDT --
This Saturday the sun rose over Silver Lake on what passes for a cold summer day in Minnesota. (It was gorgeous).
The Brainerd flea market beckoned, and we'd driven several hours . . .
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October 15, 2006 06:12 PM EDT --
It was 35 degrees out Saturday, but we had 11 sales marked, including a block sale with 5 sales close together. We put on some light coats and hit it.
Find of the day
Dictionary . . .
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April 22, 2007 07:59 AM EDT --
It did not promise to be a profitable day, but we set out anyway because we knew there were folks out there who could not go yard saling and they wanted pix. It was up and down, but turned out pretty . . .
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September 01, 2007 07:06 PM EDT --
Labor day weekend doesn't always offer up a lot of yard sales, but I thought I'd give it a try anyway. Janie decided to work, so I was on my own.
Find of the day:
Cool shirts . . .
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May 26, 2006 10:15 AM EDT --
I've gone to yard sales for decades now, and from time to time I would call my purchasing there a commercial activity. After being through thousands of sales, and hosting a half dozen of my own, . . .
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May 18, 2007 08:12 PM EDT --
Okay, I have an idea. Janie and I plan out our yard saling for the coming Saturday, and then we take pictures and come back and do a photo blog.
As long as we go to the bother of planning our yardsaling, . . .
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May 14, 2006 02:27 PM EDT --
It was drizzling lightly, but a church it Kenwood was having a sale, and at least one alley was advertising a cluster of 5 sales. We set out and found lots of keepers.
Find of the day
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May 21, 2006 01:07 PM EDT --
It was a sunny morning - finally.
We looked out Saturday morning at a city brimming with more yardsales than we could even think of attending. Two neighborhoods - Carag and Seward - . . .
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June 25, 2006 12:17 PM EDT --
Yay! You're here to let me out of the back yard right?
No, you've come for the garage sale. Dumb human . . .
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July 23, 2006 03:38 PM EDT --
Our first weekend back in the cities was pretty good. No neighborhood yard sales, but the season isn't even close to losing steam.
Find of the week
Riobi cordless skill saw.
price . . .
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July 30, 2006 06:59 PM EDT --
This week especially, the better photos attached to the article are worth viewing, as they show much better detail than those here in the narrative.
Find of the Week
Kafka biography illustrated by . . .
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May 19, 2007 08:39 PM EDT --
We were expecting a lot from the Carag Neighborhood Yard Sales, and we were not disappointed. Carag is close in to downtown Minneapolis and is much more diverse than the suburbs we've been shopping . . .
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June 24, 2007 02:34 PM EDT --
As you may recall from yesterday's post, Janie and I went to the Minnekadha Vista neighborhood of Minneapolis to see if their community sale was any good.
This is almost an inner-ring suburb, . . .
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