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Article: Find a household of bargins and enjoy at tag sales
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- August 3, 2003
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Find a household of bargins and enjoy at tag sales
By JAY LEVIN Knight Ridder News Service
Sunday, August 3, 2003
Hackensack, N.J. - You won't find me at the mall. I get
palpitations at the grocery store. But on many Friday and Saturday
mornings, I'm shopping like there's no tomorrow - at tag sales.
Armed with the classifieds, my eyes peeled for cardboard signs
taped to utility poles and windshields, I set off to rummage through
the discards of suburbia (yard sales) and the worldly possessions of
the departed (estate sales).
It's good, clean recreation. Parking is easy. There's no sales
tax. Best of all, you never know what you'll find. I'd bet that I can
go on eBay and sell the set of six ...