20150502 – yardsale haul – yard sale booty – IMG_0346 – lawn games
Image by Claire CJS
YES!!!! Lawn darts, IN THE BOX. This is like when people sell their old alcohol at a yardsale — I’m not sure if that’s technically legal, guys. These things go for 0 on Craigslist, but I’m simply going to display them in my house. I now have TWO sets of lawn darts: My childhood ones, and these in-the-box ones.
I took my childhood ones to a festival once. We played with it for about 15 seconds before things got dangerous — the darts did a 180 in mid-air and came back at the spot they were thrown from.
They were promptly put away again, never to return to a campsite.
Unfortunately, the lawn dice are pretty boring. You roll dice and add up the totals, only if you roll them into the ring. Way too simple.
jarts, lawn darts, roller dice, yard dice.
upstairs, Clint and Carolyn’s house, Alexandria, Virginia.
May 2, 2015.
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BACKSTORY: Got up around 8:50AM, made it out driving by ~9:15 and went out until 2:27PM for a total of 5.25 hours. Spent .55 plus ~.66 gas for 40.0 miles of driving (14 mpg @ .73/G), for a total cost of .21. We drove to 24 yard sales, stopping at 15 (62%) of them. We made 44 purchases (69 items) for a total estimated value of 4.81, leading to a profit/savings of 3.60. So in essence, we multiplied our .21 investment by 11.44X. (Also, if you think about it, the profit counts for even more when you consider that we have to earn ~0 on the job, pre-tax, in order to take home the 9 in cash that we saved. How long does 0 of disposable income take to earn, vs the 5.25 hrs we spent here?) Anyway, this works out to a *post-tax* "wage" of 4.26/hr as a couple or .13/hr per person.
THE TAKE:
.00: lawn darts, Regent "Slider" Jarts, model 73929, in box, part no. 01-73927, Regent Sports Corporation, Hauppauge, NY 11787 (EV:0)
.00: (8) generic folding chairs (EV:$11.99)
.00: ottoman, leather, 18.5×18.5×16.5" high, with storage area (EV:$51.00)
.00: wooden multishelf unit, 30x24x5" deep, 7 shelves (EV:$29.00) (not quite this, but I can’t find anything more exact)
.00: mechanic’s creeper, on wheels (EV:$24.49)
.00: clock radio, Proton 320, Model #320, Serial # P32178259 (EV:$22.83)
.00: fan, adjusts from 33" high to 47" high, white, plastic, Galaxy, turns out it doesn’t work. (EV:$32.69), but we are counting it as .00 since it didn’t work.
.00: lamp, silver, metal clip on, 9" extension, model hbp1001c-109, 12746 SKU: 717-880 "DLC" 0-4633584495-7, date: 201203, E91675 (EV:$28.49)
.00: bag of hotel toiletries, 11 bottles of lotion (SolTerre), 17 bottles of shampoo (SolTerre), 16 bars of soap (SolTerre), 1 small container of Morton’s salt and 1 small container of Morton’s pepper (EV:$21.99)
.00: car tray, interior, Keller, 2 cup holders, 10×16"(EV:$27.48), it’s not quite this, but I can’t find a closer match.
.00: cordless vacuum, SharK-15.6 volts, sv7514 (EV:$28.99)
.00: mirror, magnifying, wall-mount, ConAir The Classique Collection #41742, 8" diameter, 5x magnification, tri-fold arm extends 12.5" from wall, outer arm swivals 360 degrees, (EV:$42.74)
.00: extension cord, white, 2-prong, 6ft, vendor# 64646 (EV:$5.32)
.00: guitar, First Act Discovery, missing 3 strings, FG 125, 31"x10" (EV:$1.04)
.00: game, roller dice, Sportcraft, model no. 11005, barcode 04473610053 (EV:.01 price tag)
.00: hanging metal decoration, 18 point metal star, welded, very sharp and pointy, 18" across (EV:$81.90)
.00: (6) bottles of hair spray, flourescent, Star Quality, 5 bottles 3.5 oz each (3 purple, 1 green, 1 silver), 1 bottle 3.0 oz (yellow) (EV:.40 each price tags)
.00: carpet freshener, Glade, 42.6 oz (EV:$5.29)
.00: toy, Sit ‘n Spin, blue with cow face. PlaySkool, 2013 Hasbro (EV:$18.89)
.00: toy, airplane, some sort of hard plastic material, WestAir N360SE, 17.5×18.25" (EV:?)
.00: toy, airplane, some sort of hard plastic material, Piedmont Commuter, N332SB, 14.25×18.25(EV:?)
.00: pan, skillet, flat, square, Calphalon, 11×11 (EV:$19.95)
.00: game, Blockbuster Movie Game, plays with any movie (EV:$5.00)
.00: 2 speakers, 5" cubes, Optimus XTS 40, Cat no 40-1991, wire kind (EV:$13.26)
.00: picture frame, 15.5×12.5, wood trim (EV:$22.99)
.00: snow shovel, definitely needed after both of ours broke this past winter! (EV:$8.98)
.50: vinegar, White House, half a 64oz bottle (EV:.70 at Peapod)
.50: wrapping paper, 40" long roll (EV:.00)
.25: shirt, holographic, Disney Camp Rock, style #k2826t0005 (EV:$9.00) Not an exact match.
.25: toy, Simpsons, Lisa Simpson, Burger King, 2011, light up red chest, 3"hx2"w (EV:$5.99)
.25: toy, Adventure Time, Jake, McDonalds, with spring chest, 3.5"x2.25(EV:$1.00)
.25: instrument, recorder, pink clear plastic, Yamaha (EV:$4.97)
.25: toy, top, gyroscope, with plastic case, CBOCS (EV:.99 price tag)
.10: glue, Elmer’s Wood Glue, 8 fl oz (EV:$1.99 for 4 fl oz so .98 for 8 fl oz)
.10: lint brush, Magic Brush, Helmac Products, yellow plastic handle (EV:$6.45)
.10: toy, matchbox car, Cheerios, Chex, 43, blue and yellow, 3"x1"(EV:$1.04)
$FREE: lamp, 28" high, 11" wide (EV:.00)
$FREE: carpet, for outside (EV:.00)
$FREE: Sit ‘n Spin, green with red face, PlaySkool, 2004 Hasbro, requires batteries and has button but it doesn’t seem to work (EV:$18.89)
$FREE: paint, white, maybe 1/4 of a gallon of Glidden Ultra Hide Latex Eggshell (EV:$2.99 rationale:.97 for a gallon)
$FREE: candy, Ice Chips Margarita, sweetened with xylitol, 1.76 oz, shrinkwrapped (EV:$27.95 for 6, or 4.65 each)
$FREE: jar, plastic, locking top, DynaWare 10×5.5" (EV:$10.19)
$FREE: 7 manga books, Manga Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Othello, Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet, The Tempest, A MidSummer Night’s Dream (EV:.95 price tag for 4 of them, .95 price tag for 3 of them)
$FREE: wig, blonde with darker streaks, the lady called it a "Miley Cyris" wig (EV:$5.85)
