ESTATE SALE TIPS: Search these three rooms first in 2024

After standing in line for seemingly an eternity, you're finally inside the doors of the Estate Sale you have been waiting for all week. Your adrenaline is pumping. You have no idea where things will be. Everyone is rushing around you in different directions. The treasure hunt is on... but where should you look first?

5 Essential questions to ask before you buy it on Craigslist

CRAIGSLIST BUYING TIPS ― The secret to buying stuff on Craigslist is asking the right questions. When you master that, Craig's list and the 13,000 new classified ads posted daily are your oyster. Not sure what to ask?  Start with these 5 essential questions experts say you should always ask before you buy anything on Craigslist:

Craigslist's 13 Most Haunted Halloween Countdown

Here's an easy, entertaining read to get you in the All Hallow's Eve  spirit: The Top 13 Scariest Haunted Objects Ever Posted on Craigslist. These are 13 actual Craigslist ads selling everyday objects people claim are haunted, scary and even downright evil. Some of the Craigslist posters actually plead for someone—anyone—to come take the frightening object away!

Do you have what it takes to win the Million Dollar Mystery Box Challenge?

An eccentric billionaire, as eccentric billionaires often do, made a man an offer he couldn’t refuse. “If you can find someone in the next hour who will pay $100 for the contents of this mystery box,” the eccentric billionaire explained while handing the man said box. “I will give you $1 million.”

GARAGE SALE FINDS: Priceless $8 Quilt

"If only this quilt could talk."

Imagine you're browsing around a random garage sale when out of the corner of your eye, something unexpected grabs your attention. It feels familiar and upon closer inspection you recognize it as having once belonged to a family member who passed or, as in the case of this antique friendship quilt, to more than one deceased relative.

Confession: The ugly truth about my garage sale obsession

FRIDAY FUNNY ― Forgivable? I'll let you know after the hubby reads this post. I think he'll be pretty understanding. He's good like that.

Don't Be Fooled! 21 Garage Sale Finds that Aren't Really Bargains

21 things to think twice about buying at Garage Sales

Cheap? Yes. But seldom are they bargains! These twenty-one items commonly sold at Garage Sales are often damaged, unsanitary or unsafe — and that could really cost you.

FRIDAY FUNNY: Michelle Obama's "Moving Sale"

(FRIDAY FUNNY) 300 minutes — barely more than two minutes per room — is all the time allotted for Barack and Michelle Obama's  final exodus from the White House residence today before President Trump . . .

FRIDAY FUNNY: Cats Love Craigslist

FRIDAY FUNNY - You know what they say... cats love Craigslist! And people love cats on Craigslist!  Remember Django-the-cat's Craigslist appearance? 

GARAGE SALE TIPS: That awkward moment when there's no dressing room

No dressing room? No Problem!

Don't pass up a pair of killer jeans just because you can't try them on at a garage sale. Use this clever trick to figure out whether those boot cut Seven7s will fit without ever seeing them on!

FRIDAY FUNNY 2.0: Interactive Garage Sale Humor

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FRIDAY FUNNY — More than anything I love to laugh. I enjoy a funny joke as much as I love Reese's Peanut Butter Cups for breakfast. I even get the same charge out of cutting up with friends as I do from bargain hunting! To that end, I think it's high time we share some laughs and get to know one another a little better, don't you?

HALLOWEEN COUNTDOWN: Craigslist's 13 Most Haunted

Pssst...  Hey you! Over here.

Do you like scary Halloween ghost stories?  I mean really  scary — so scary they'll give you nightmares long after Halloween has come and gone?  Follow me and I will tell you stories you won't believe about haunted objects so frightening people actually posted Craigslist ads pleading for someone—anyone—to come take the objects away!

FRIDAY FUNNY: Garage Sales and Hoarders

FRIDAY FUNNY -  Portland comedian Nate Smith's take on Garage Sales and hoarding is pretty funny,  but I wouldn't say it's right on the money because

FRIDAY FUNNY: Monthly garage sale purge of children's toys

FRIDAY FUNNY - This guy isn't toying around.  If he told those kids once, he's  told them a

Garage Sale Gangs?

"Well one gang anyway and they wouldn't
have it any other way!" 

Craigslist Ad Saves Desperate Army Veteran and His 3 Daughters From Homelessness

Greensboro veteran and dad of 3 gets fresh start thanks to Craigslist ad | OKC-Craigslist.Blogspot.com

"Lewis was living in a one bedroom hotel room with his daughters and desperate for a house that they could call home."

The Best Garage Sale Finds Are Heaven Sent

"He showed the photo to his Grandmother. 'Wow,' she said, and kept staring at the photo."

9 Good Reasons to Buy Used Furniture Instead of New

(OKC-Craigslist.Blogspot.com) - Before you head out to buy furniture or accessories for your home, consider these nine reasons to buy used furniture instead of new. The low cost of used furniture isn't the only -- or even the most important -- reason to buy furniture secondhand.

GARAGE SALE TIP: How to Test Pottery for Hairline Cracks

Let's say you find a piece of Fiestaware pottery at a garage sale that looks good except for one tiny flaw. It's probably just a little crazing, but you could be looking at a hairline crack. 

CRAIGSLIST TIP: How to Stop a Craigslist Thief In His Tracks

If you use online classified ads like Craigslist, be safe when you meet the person who is selling/buying. It's rare, but Craigslist muggings do happen. A Georgia couple who went to buy a car advertised on Craigslist was even murdered earlier this year. Fortunately there's an easy way to stop a would-be Craigslist killer or thief in his tracks...