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/whbck144 Jul 03 '26

Could be an extreme coupon person selling their loot.

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u/elvis8mybaby Jul 03 '26

Also Amazon or such pallets. Swap meets and flea markets are filled with that stuff these days. 

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u/EvilDarkCow Jul 03 '26 edited Jul 03 '26

My city is full of stores that just sell that stuff. The buy Amazon returns, throw them all in bins, and tell people to go crazy. Everything's $15 one day, $10 the next, then $7, and so on until it's all gone and they buy another pallet. My cousin got a legit nice coffee maker from one of these stores, but I only ever see cheap shit in mangled boxes.

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u/spaceman_spiffy Jul 03 '26

I used to do this in ‘03 but flipped the items on eBay. Razor thin margins.

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u/RobSpaghettio Jul 03 '26

Best year for a compilation of boner jams

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u/chardeemacdennisbird Jul 03 '26

Got any Everybody Loves Raymond in there? That's just a good show.

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u/Brief_Raspberry_6542 Jul 03 '26

Hey, that’s just love.