You may have noticed in our blog roll that we have our favorite ebay seller listed. Well, she has agreed to give a 10% discount to anyone who buys from her, if they mention that they heard about her from Second Market Shopping! Just make sure that when you make your purchase, you mention the [...]
10% off at our favorite eBay seller, and she has “Boosha Beads!”
April 19th, 2009
The Second Market Shopping video is almost done!
April 19th, 2009
A couple of tweaks to fix, then all that’s left to do is export the audio to Audacity so I can clean up the audio; get together with Tinka next weekend to put in the final text balloon comments; and lastly, clean up the video. And it’s done! So within a couple/three weeks [...]
Tinka: we are going to teach you how to buy quality
April 16th, 2009
Tinka: It used to be that everybody had this knowledge. It was taught from mother to daughter. It is not being taught anymore. We are living in a society right now where every every penny counts. You need to be able to create something out of nothing.
If you drive up some place and you see [...]
Extensive additions to the Second Market Shopping bookstore
April 11th, 2009
I’ve added dozens of new books to the Second Market Shopping category in the Persephone’s Haven bookstore, including Garage sale, flea market, and lace and linens books.
I’ve added a new Antiques category, including an Antiques Roadshow division, an Antique Traders division, and Lovejoy books and DVDS. I’ve also added a Collectibles category, and I’ve [...]
What would you say to people who turn up their nose at going to a thrift store or feel too proud to buy something in a thrift store?
April 10th, 2009
Vivienne: What would you say to people who turn up their nose at going to a thrift store or feel too proud to buy something in a thrift store?
Tinka: Truthfully the thrift stores today are not like they used to be. They are very clean. They are almost like going into retail department stores. Especially [...]
Boosha: You can get so many nice things by going to the unusual places to shop. You don’t have to pay retail market price for these things. You can find things online, you can find things at eBay, you can find things on Craigslist, you can find furniture at thrift stores. There are so many [...]
$300 Oleg Cassini blouse for $5!
April 8th, 2009
Another great find I made while yard sale-ing was this beautiful Oleg Cassini blouse. Tinka saw it in one of the thrift stores we visited and showed me, telling me it would retail for around $300.00. It was being sold for $5! “Do you want it?” she asked me. “Absolutely!” I declared, [...]
Early 20th century pump organ
April 6th, 2009
A couple of weeks ago, on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009, I went yard sale-ing with Tinka and Boosha in Titusville. They go to yard sales and thrift stores every Saturday, buying for all their friends and family, and sometimes selling what they find on eBay. (They have great advice on that score, by [...]