The Thrill of the Deal

Nice image. That said, they are not exactly "wee". They are proper-sized chairs and are quite fricken heavy. They are made of "ironwood", which Google tells me could be any number of dense hardwoods. In this case, probably something tropical.

Tully I can see how that would be an issue. The possibility of stolen goods is so remote here that I don't even give it a second thought.

 

My wife LIVES for used on-line bargains. Drives me crazy. Generally I don't want what other people don't, and if I do want it, I want it new, lol. But my weakness is books. Went to a wonderful hole-in-the-wall shop in Bar Harbour, Maine many years ago. I had one volume of a 2-volume set of the complete Sherlock Holmes, I'd had it since I was quite young and it was pretty ratty. I found both volumes, in excellent condition. The guy wanted $40 bucks for them (outrageously expensive at the time), and wouldn't split the set. So I bought them. Got home and found out they were worth close to $200 as a set. I still have them, but my reader son has managed to put some wear on the second volume, and was po'd when I told him to use the older, well worn copy of the first volume. I'm actually not upset, books should read and enjoyed. But I did love that bargain.

 

Deals? How's this?
Comicon: Free (even if it is sold out)
Pax: free (same deal)
Indy movies: free, sometimes before they are released
Indy music: same deal.
Lots of PC and X-box games: free
None of it stolen

Yah, sometimes it's good to be me.

 

I worked in that hell hole for 3 years. Things cycle so that if you do happen to find something that is not on sale, wait about 3 weeks and it will be. Their worst sales (for consumers) of the year are the BOGOs.
My "thrill": I bought a Oster blender at Target for $39.99 that came with a food processor. The spouse and I could not get this damn processor to work, so I emailed the company. I didn't ask for a new one or anything, I just wanted to know what I should do or if anyone else had an issue. They emailed me back that, since that model had been discontinued, they would be sending me a new blender, one model style up in value! Their invoice (billing me at $0) stated that its retail value was $70. Anyone want to buy a NIB blender/food processor/ $50