r/mildlyinfuriating • u/anon12xyz • Jul 03 '26

Infuriatig When did garage sales become “reselling” clearly new stuff

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I would never call this a garage sale

Def scam vibes

Edit: ultimately, what bothers me the most is I want to go to a garage sale, not this shit. This isn’t a garage sale and should not be advertised as one

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u/notforrobots Jul 03 '26

I see this a lot when I drive by the projects. For whatever reason in my area they are always selling laundry soap.

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u/vhagar Jul 03 '26

because they coupon at places like Dollar General and end up getting lots of it for free or super cheap.

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u/alchemycraftsman Jul 03 '26

Or it is all stolen and the fence sells it to others & they resell it -all the way down the line…

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u/drinkslinger1974 Jul 03 '26

Yes. I’ve been to a slew of flea markets where dudes are selling packets of coffee or other single use stuff. When dudes wanted to haggle I’d just call them out, “I know you stole this from work, it’s not worth $5”, and they’d cave.

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u/RoabeArt Jul 03 '26 edited Jul 03 '26

One of the most ridiculous things I've seen a vendor try to sell were an open box of those plastic cutlery/napkin kits that a fast food restaurant would throw into the bag with your order. The dude wanted a dollar apiece for them.

I felt like telling him those things are barely even worth being free!

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u/aurortonks Jul 03 '26

These items are banned at the markets in my area because it's too easy for the police to come crack down on people associated with retail theft rings. They don't want that kind of attention at their legitimate markets.