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Ignoramus22378

On 2011-04-11, wrote:
Last year I noticed that the quality of the stuff available at local
garage sales declined. This year the number of garage sales is down
also. And I mean down! Whereas last year this time we would go to
10-12 events each Saturday, this year we are lucky if we see 5 or 6.

I suspect that there are two possible explanations:

1) Weather. It has been miserable and unstable. That global warming
thing has not reached us yet: We have been seeing temperatures
consistently 3 degrees C below seasonal average. Furthermore,

....

2) Bad economy. I postulated this last year as the reason for poor
quality stuff available. People in financial difficulty buy less new
stuff and hold onto their good old stuff longer. This was also

I wonder what the garage sales experience has been elsewhere...

Picked up a nice Craftsman tool box with a bunch of tools, mostly USA,
for $7 yesterday.

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