Claire CJS
20150613 - yardsale haul - guitar dude - guitar edge close-up - IMG_0489A
Can you believe these people?!?!! They had a Rock-and-Roll themed wedding, and they said a friend had this MADE for them. Later, it doesn't go with the decore of the house. So they sell it to us at a yard sale for 3. Jerks! But man, am I happy to profit from their jerkiness.
guitar, skeleton sculpture.
upstairs, Clint and Carolyn's house, Alexandria, Virginia.
June 12, 2015.
... Read my blog at ClintJCL at wordpress.com
... Read Carolyn's blog at CarolynCASL at wordpress.com
... Read my yard sale-related blogposts at clintjcl dot wordpress dot com/category/yard-sales/
BACKSTORY: Got up around 8:25AM, made it out driving by 9:00AM and went out until 1:11PM for a total of 4 hours, 11 minutes. Spent $30.50 plus ~$9.79 gas for 43.3 miles of driving (16.5 mpg @ $3.73/G), for a total cost of $40.29. We drove to 43 yard sales, stopping at 26 (60%) of them. We made 18 purchases (23 items) for a total estimated value of $187.35, leading to a profit/savings of $147.06. So in essence, we multiplied our $40.29 investment by 4.65X.
(Also, if you think about it, the profit counts for even more when you consider that we have to earn $~167 on the job, pre-tax, in order to take home the $187 in cash that we saved. How long does $187 of disposable income take to earn, vs the 4.183 hrs we spent here?)
Anyway, this works out to a *post-tax* "wage" of $35.15/hr as a couple or $17.58/hr per person. Kinda shabby compared to usual numbers.
THE TAKE:
* $6.00: sweater and shirt, Ann Taylor, black (EV:$4.99)
* $6.00: sweater and shirt, Talbots, purple (EV:$29.99)
* $2.50: skeleton slamming guitar down, 6.25x4.25x4.5"h (EV:$59.00)
* $2.50: head, ceramic, black, 11x8" (EV:$19.50)
* $2.00: shirt, Chico's, lime green (EV:$11.20)
* $2.00: shirt, Chico's, black (EV:$11.20)
* $2.00: shirt, Chico's, yellow (EV:$11.20)
* $2.00: shirt, Jones New York Sport, black (EV:$11.20)
* $2.00: fire extinguisher (EV:$0.00 because it was not full, oops)
* $2.00: camping chair, brown with white stripe, one really rough connection on the arm (the fabric is ripped), so it's not going to last long (EV:$9.49)
* $1.00: cloth napkins (4), white (EV:$2.84 (0.71 each))
* $0.25: scissors, black handle (EV:$3.49)
* $0.25: scissors, blue handle (EV:$3.49)
* $FREE: action figure, Smurf, Chef Smurf, 3" (EV:$3.99). Going to give to Paul to remind him there can never be "Too Many Cooks".
* $FREE: comic books (3), Walking Dead Free Comic Book Day 201305, Doctor Who #1 201506, Titan Comics 2015 Spring Preview Doctor Who, Divergence #1 201506 (EV:$0.00 since they said they were from Free Comic Book Day)
* $FREE: magnet, scorpion, Arizona, 1.5x1.25" (EV:$5.77)
* $FREE: piece of wood from a curb
20150613 - yardsale haul - guitar dude - guitar edge close-up - IMG_0489A
Can you believe these people?!?!! They had a Rock-and-Roll themed wedding, and they said a friend had this MADE for them. Later, it doesn't go with the decore of the house. So they sell it to us at a yard sale for 3. Jerks! But man, am I happy to profit from their jerkiness.
guitar, skeleton sculpture.
upstairs, Clint and Carolyn's house, Alexandria, Virginia.
June 12, 2015.
... Read my blog at ClintJCL at wordpress.com
... Read Carolyn's blog at CarolynCASL at wordpress.com
... Read my yard sale-related blogposts at clintjcl dot wordpress dot com/category/yard-sales/
BACKSTORY: Got up around 8:25AM, made it out driving by 9:00AM and went out until 1:11PM for a total of 4 hours, 11 minutes. Spent $30.50 plus ~$9.79 gas for 43.3 miles of driving (16.5 mpg @ $3.73/G), for a total cost of $40.29. We drove to 43 yard sales, stopping at 26 (60%) of them. We made 18 purchases (23 items) for a total estimated value of $187.35, leading to a profit/savings of $147.06. So in essence, we multiplied our $40.29 investment by 4.65X.
(Also, if you think about it, the profit counts for even more when you consider that we have to earn $~167 on the job, pre-tax, in order to take home the $187 in cash that we saved. How long does $187 of disposable income take to earn, vs the 4.183 hrs we spent here?)
Anyway, this works out to a *post-tax* "wage" of $35.15/hr as a couple or $17.58/hr per person. Kinda shabby compared to usual numbers.
THE TAKE:
* $6.00: sweater and shirt, Ann Taylor, black (EV:$4.99)
* $6.00: sweater and shirt, Talbots, purple (EV:$29.99)
* $2.50: skeleton slamming guitar down, 6.25x4.25x4.5"h (EV:$59.00)
* $2.50: head, ceramic, black, 11x8" (EV:$19.50)
* $2.00: shirt, Chico's, lime green (EV:$11.20)
* $2.00: shirt, Chico's, black (EV:$11.20)
* $2.00: shirt, Chico's, yellow (EV:$11.20)
* $2.00: shirt, Jones New York Sport, black (EV:$11.20)
* $2.00: fire extinguisher (EV:$0.00 because it was not full, oops)
* $2.00: camping chair, brown with white stripe, one really rough connection on the arm (the fabric is ripped), so it's not going to last long (EV:$9.49)
* $1.00: cloth napkins (4), white (EV:$2.84 (0.71 each))
* $0.25: scissors, black handle (EV:$3.49)
* $0.25: scissors, blue handle (EV:$3.49)
* $FREE: action figure, Smurf, Chef Smurf, 3" (EV:$3.99). Going to give to Paul to remind him there can never be "Too Many Cooks".
* $FREE: comic books (3), Walking Dead Free Comic Book Day 201305, Doctor Who #1 201506, Titan Comics 2015 Spring Preview Doctor Who, Divergence #1 201506 (EV:$0.00 since they said they were from Free Comic Book Day)
* $FREE: magnet, scorpion, Arizona, 1.5x1.25" (EV:$5.77)
* $FREE: piece of wood from a curb