Michael A. Terrell wrote:
William Sommerwerck wrote:
My usual answer: Do you have a thrift store nearby?
A valid question.

I wonder, though, how likely one is to find a _working_ toaster-oven --
particularly a modestly priced one like the GE/B&D -- at a thrift store?
Don't people generally toss out such products when they fail? And if they
haven't failed, why drop them off at a thrift shop?


From estates, when the kids have to get rid of everything after a
parent dies. A freind of mine just closed his store after seven years,
and almost always had one for sale for 5 to 15 dollars.

Exactly. Toaster and toaster ovens are also cheap enough to be replaced
when minor issues occur, or they just start looking...old.

While I most often pick up useful stuff at thrift stores, I find the
same sorts of interesting/useful items--cheap--at yard sales and pawn
shops as well.

Another source is a local freecycle group. I see them fairly often,
on my local group.

I used to subscribe to freecycle email. It flooded my inbox and never
resulted in getting an item I wanted/needed. I was always too late, so
I gave up on them.

The 'free' listings on Craigslist are more managable; but I rarely see
anything I want. I do shop CL often, though; and buy a lot of stuff
there. Also notable is that my city government runs a surplus auction
from where I've bought many times...also GovDeals.com worth looking at.

jak
http://www.freecycle.org/