What frugal find came your way today?

zarazara

I just come back home from a walk. I walked past a pick-up truck with lots of books,sturdy blue plastic trays and many other things ,all just thrown into the back along with builders rubbish,presumably ready to be taken to the tip. There was no one about to ask if I could rummage through and take stuff home. What a shame!

thriftymoo

i got myself free yoghurts in the fridge that weren't wanted!

BitterAndTwisted

zarazara wrote: »

I just come back home from a walk. I walked past a pick-up truck with lots of books,sturdy blue plastic trays and many other things, all just thrown into the back along with builders rubbish, presumably ready to be taken to the tip. There was no one about to ask if I could rummage through and take stuff home. What a shame!

I'd take a walk back to that truck and wait there till someone came, to ask if it was OK to have a rummage. Most stuff taken to the dump these days has to be paid for, so you could be doing them a favour by taking things away with permission

zarazara

Didnt get to walk back but did call in our local "junk" shop. picked up some white crockery for 10p and 20p per item and a couple of very cheap flower vases.

shelley_crow

I bought a brand new kenwood food processor on ebay for £20, rrp £80, it was still wrapped and boxed. I've been looking at car boot fairs for ages but they don't seem to come up very often.

bilbo85

Today at work my colleage came in with 3 boxes of PG tips 'loose tea' asking if anyone wanted them because he had accidentally bought loose tea instead of teabags. I then told him that all he needed was a teapot and a strainer and he could use them, but he didnt want to have to do that every time he wanted a cuppa, so i took them off his hands for free.......and now im using them at home with my teapot and strainer! yay....i love freebies! i reckon these will last me for a couple of months!

The_Thrilla

This did not happen today, but I have been dining out on this story, and I thought I would let you know about it too, as it is very strange.

I was looking through my book collection to see what I could sell on ebay. I found a book by an author from Dundee, that I had bought new many years ago. I knew it would fetch a good price on ebay. It was still in mint condition, and, after torturing myself, I decided that I could not bear to part with it.

A couple of months later, in the hot August sun, I was at a car boot sale, going through some books in a cardboard box, I came across the same book, and that, too, was in mint condition. Keeping a poker face, I paid the stallholder the 50p she was asking, and took it home. That evening I put it up on ebay.

A week later, the hammer came down and I sold it to a guy in the USA for a great deal more than I paid for it. I then got an email from the buyer, asking if I would mail the book to a British address. I said I would, and he gave me a Dundee address. Yes, the addressee was the author.

stilernin

The_Thrilla wrote: »

.......... That evening I put it up on ebay.

A week later, the hammer came down and I sold it to a guy in the USA for a great deal more than I paid for it. I then got an email from the buyer, asking if I would mail the book to a British address. I said I would, and he gave me a Dundee address. Yes, the addressee was the author.

C'mon, spill the beans.... how much???????

ljonski

That evening I put it up on ebay.

A week later, the hammer came down and I sold it to a guy in the USA for a great deal more than I paid for it. I then got an email from the buyer, asking if I would mail the book to a British address. I said I would, and he gave me a Dundee address. Yes, the addressee was the author.

Don't tell me it was "Fly Fishing" by J R Hartley

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abt6wGtWVX8

mrsmuggy

Lovely story about the author,what a coincidence
Haven't received anything today but gave away some modern canvasses that i no longer need to a neighbour who is saving for a flat with her little boy and boyfriend,so thats my good deed for the day,doesn't ot make you feel good when you can help others