are you bored? yard sale report? ok. yard sale report. obviously we live in a university town and one of the most valuable furniture items in town is
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amanda
Jun 29 '13, 14:40
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the loft bed.
mike (who owns the cafe) has a child who's moving from dorms to an apartment in fall (two bedroom apartment; four people. super common here). mike bought a loft for his son recently from craigslist that is apparently the cadillac of lofts. he paid $150 for the frame only, which he thought was a smoking deal since the thing sells for $350.
this afternoon, after running all over town doing scooter research, we were driving around and saw a yard sale sign. "8am - 1pm," it said. "turn left," it said. we turned left.
at the yard sale, we found the same cadillac loft. used for only one year, in really flawless condition. "how much do you want for this?" mike asked. "make me an offer; we're trying to close down," said the woman. "well, I don't have any cash on me; I would need to go *get* cash," mike replied.
I interrupted. "I have $42.25 cash in my bag," I said. the woman looked at us, at the sky, which was about to open up, and said "sold."
we flew to mike's parents' house to borrow his father's truck (no way can newt carry a loft bed; even with the top down) and *flew* back over. we loaded up all the wooden pieces and then saw the almost-brand-new mattress sitting in the garage. "is that included?" I asked.
"get it out of my garage," she said.
we complied. so for $42.25, we bought about $450 worth of bed. not the worst yard saling ever.
note that mike is going to ask his son's roommates if they'd like the loft; if not, he's going to sell it on craigslist. the worst that happens is that we make back his $150.
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