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Hi, everyone, strangest garage sale you've been to?

doodo!doodo!
edited June 2011 in General Chat
I went to one today, and the guy had old cut outs from magazines of nude women in boxes upon boxes, and then he had a huge comical collection of adult comic books , which included nude women doing sexual things in a adult rated manner. And then he had personal drawings that he did of ...you get the idea.

I was surprised that a garage sale would have these things. I used to garage sale with my mother when I was much younger. I don't know how many of you did yourselves, or if you often garage sale anymore. But, this was my experience today.

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  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited June 2011
    My experience of garage sales consists of a lot of stuff I am surprised anyone would ever want to own in the first place and my younger sister selling my Game Boy for $5 even though I didn't even want to sell it in the first place.
  • TomPravetzTomPravetz
    edited June 2011
    doodo! wrote: »
    nude women doing sexual things in a adult rated manner

    This is the best thing I've ever read.
  • IrishmileIrishmile
    edited June 2011
    when I was a kid I went to an auction once where a kid accidentally shot a man because they didn't check to make sure the guns they were auctioning wasn't loaded... The man lived thankfully.. It was pretty messed up.
  • TomPravetzTomPravetz
    edited June 2011
    Rather Dashing wrote: »
    my younger sister selling my Game Boy for $5 even though I didn't even want to sell it in the first place.

    ... Kill her. Kill her now.
  • ProfanityProfanity Banned
    edited June 2011
    Irishmile wrote: »
    when I was a kid I went to an auction once where a kid accidentally shot a man because they didn't check to make sure the guns they were auctioning wasn't loaded... The man lived thankfully.. It was pretty messed up.

    Everyone's alive and both of you have an awesome story, sounds better than expected.


    I've actually never been in a garage sale myself, nor did I make one. I don't think anyone has ever done that in my country ._.
  • VainamoinenVainamoinen Moderator
    edited June 2011
    doodo! wrote: »
    he had a huge comical collection of adult comic books , which included nude women doing sexual things in a adult rated manner.

    I love when you're trying to talk in a forum-appropriate manner. :D
  • AlcoremortisAlcoremortis
    edited June 2011
    doodo! wrote: »
    nude women doing sexual things in a adult rated manner.

    Made my day. Maybe even my week. I'll give an update on that come Sunday.
  • doodo!doodo!
    edited June 2011
    :D

    Well, I didn't want to go into the details. Although, I almost bought some of his stuff just to show the rest of the world how outrageous it all was. But, I wouldn't have felt right walking up there to him with it in my hand, smiling about it. This guy was like 50 or 60 years old.

    I did buy a few comics, but they were the only G rated ones in the pile, Wonder woman comics. I think he must of read the title and thought it sounded like another one of his special comic books. So he bought a few, Wonder Woman does have a nice figure and she is pretty...

    I don't think too many people my age go to garage sales.
  • IrishmileIrishmile
    edited June 2011
    doodo! wrote: »
    :D

    Well, I didn't want to go into the details. Although, I almost bought some of his stuff just to show the rest of the world how outrageous it all was. But, I wouldn't have felt right walking up there to him with it in my hand, smiling about it. This guy was like 50 or 60 years old.

    I did buy a few comics, but they were the only G rated ones in the pile, Wonder woman comics. I think he must of read the title and thought it sounded like another one of his special comic books. So he bought a few, Wonder Woman does have a nice figure and she is pretty...

    I don't think too many people my age go to garage sales.

    Well..... Wonder Woman's creator was into sadomasochism that is why the early Wonder Woman stuff had a lot of panels with her tied up or using her lasso to tie up men... a lot of it he didn't even try to be subtle about it... My guess is that is why WW was in his special collection.
  • doodo!doodo!
    edited June 2011
    LOL, totally awesome! HAHA! Brilliant!
  • JedExodusJedExodus
    edited June 2011
    Not strictly a garage sale but I do remember a man who used to sell Lama's at the side of the road. We never got one no matter how much we begged :(

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  • Sausy GibbonSausy Gibbon
    edited June 2011
    One garage sale I brought a goat skin rug for $5 and an oud for $50. Not really that strange but it's a change from Danielle Steele novels and Fischer Price toys.
  • skeeterskeeter
    edited June 2011
    Weirdest garage sale I ever went to was an elderly couple's... it was a load of stuff that was older than me. I didn't buy anything. And I like retro and vinyl and stuff. And it smelt funny. Okay, now I sound about 5 years old... I prefer swap meets or boot sales. I haven't been to one in years, but I'm planning to go soon and help my mum sell off some stuff. No rude comics though... just craft magazines.
  • tredlowtredlow
    edited June 2011
    I remember a garage sale with no signs, and I didn't even know it was a garage sale from afar. All the stuff was still IN the garage, which someone stupidly forgot to open. And there was no other customers in the garage, or any price tags, probably too lazy to do it. Anyway, the guy selling saw me and started hitting me. What's up with that? Then a bunch of people in uniforms took me to their car and locked me in a cage.

    That was a weird month.
  • ted12ted12
    edited June 2011
    tredlow wrote: »
    I remember a garage sale with no signs, and I didn't even know it was a garage sale from afar. All the stuff was still IN the garage, which someone stupidly forgot to open. And there was no other customers in the garage, or any price tags, probably too lazy to do it. Anyway, the guy selling saw me and started hitting me. What's up with that? Then a bunch of people in uniforms took me to their car and locked me in a cage.

    That was a weird month.

    You're sure that was a garage sale?
  • tredlowtredlow
    edited June 2011
    ted12 wrote: »
    You're sure that was a garage sale?

    It had to be. There's the garage and everything.
  • doodo!doodo!
    edited June 2011
    tredlow wrote: »
    I remember a garage sale with no signs, and I didn't even know it was a garage sale from afar. All the stuff was still IN the garage, which someone stupidly forgot to open. And there was no other customers in the garage, or any price tags, probably too lazy to do it. Anyway, the guy selling saw me and started hitting me. What's up with that? Then a bunch of people in uniforms took me to their car and locked me in a cage.

    That was a weird month.

    Are you serious? There were no price tags!?:mad:
  • All-thumbsAll-thumbs
    edited June 2011
    I knew a couple down the street from me growing up; they held a garage sale every other Sunday. The weird thing about their merchandise there was they pulled all of it from the dump, and garbage heaps. I never bought anything from them because I thought it was sort of on the icky side of things. It was fun though to watch unsuspecting buyers pay for other people’s garbage. I wondered if anyone ever knew where any of it had come from. Guess that's one way to make a quick buck though. Either way I didn't care for any of it. I only popped by occasionally to say hello to their son, and daughter who were about my age.
  • doodo!doodo!
    edited June 2011
    All-thumbs wrote: »
    I knew a couple down the street from me growing up; they held a garage sale every other Sunday. The weird thing about their merchandise there was they pulled all of it from the dump, and garbage heaps. I never bought anything from them because I thought it was sort of on the icky side of things. It was fun though to watch unsuspecting buyers pay for other people’s garbage. I wondered if anyone ever knew where any of it had come from. Guess that's one way to make a quick buck though. Either way I didn't care for any of it. I only popped by occasionally to say hello to their son, and daughter who were about my age.

    Twisted...
  • puzzleboxpuzzlebox Telltale Alumni
    edited June 2011
    All-thumbs wrote: »
    I knew a couple down the street from me growing up; they held a garage sale every other Sunday. The weird thing about their merchandise there was they pulled all of it from the dump, and garbage heaps. I never bought anything from them because I thought it was sort of on the icky side of things. It was fun though to watch unsuspecting buyers pay for other people’s garbage.

    I actually think it's good to get some use out of other people's junk. Isn't that the whole idea of op shops / thrift stores and organisations that take charitable donations of items like clothing (e.g. St Vincent de Paul)? People throw out a lot of stuff that is still usable and might be of value to someone else.

    In Australia there are regular council collection days, where people leave items they want to ditch out on the curb and the council will come collect them as garbage - lounges, TVs, chairs, all sorts. Often stuff is in good working order and they're just chucking it out because they got something newer/better, like tossing a CRT TV because they got a new plasma (hurrah for consumerist societies). None too few people cruise around just before collection day scouting for stuff they can use (or sell maybe, I guess). Most people are happy for someone else to get some value out of things they no longer need.
  • All-thumbsAll-thumbs
    edited June 2011
    I don't see any problem getting use from someone's old junk. I actually frequent thrift stores in the summer for clothes, and used books. The problem with their merchandise (for me anyway) was that they were taking it from the city dump, and from old garbage bags, with other perisable refuse. There's rotten food, bacteria, and who knows what in there. I'd trust something that was on a curb moreso than a filthy rotten dump. It'd be nice if there were a collection program like that where I live. I'm sure it would help a lot of people get more use out of older items. It's sad how wasteful the world can be sometimes, but I'd still be apprehensive about accepting something that was in a city dump. I guess it differs for other people, but if someone else is alright with the idea I'd say go for it.
  • skeeterskeeter
    edited June 2011
    Curb side pick up is pretty good. My dad collects the bases off office chairs to fix ours when the wheels break. Once we found this Disney Princess little plastic vanity table with a mirror, nothing wrong with it. The girl just out grew it. Gave it a good scrub and my niece loves to read her books at it. Bargain!
  • doodo!doodo!
    edited June 2011
    I used to garbage pick when I was younger, a lot , very often. But some of the stuff was pretty nasty and I know that when I throw some stuff out that I wouldn't want others using it or touching it.

    I've gotten all kinds of things from the trash in my day. I used to garbage pick as a pass time, for fun .
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