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WOW - I got a deal!

by Kay King
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My monitor started blinking out on me - and yesterday was almost unusable. I hate to shop - but, even more, I hate to pay full price for anything.

I know I can replace my monitor soon when I find a sale or have time to shop online for one. I had two but gave one to my neighbor last year when his computer was fried by lightning and he was trying to put one together again.

So I went to the local thrift shop - and found a flat screen 19" Dell CRT monitor for $25. It's a top of the line CRT and will do for now. I just hooked it up an hour ago and it works perfectly.

Even better, when I got to the checkout I learned today is 50% off day - so I paid less than $13 for a computer monitor in perfect working order. Yes, it's bulkier than my sleek non-working one - but I have space for it and it will be a great second monitor later. I mean, really, $13???

It made my day! (Clearly I'm not high maintenance - doesn't take a lot to please me).

kay
  • Profile picture of the author Kim Davis
    Good for you Kay for being resourceful.
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    • Profile picture of the author Kay King
      Resourceful sounds so much better than cheap, doesn't it?
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  • Profile picture of the author Michael Motley
    cheap is just fine too
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  • Profile picture of the author Star69
    Man, that Kay King sure is cheap! (Not that there's anything wrong with that...)
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    • Profile picture of the author TimPhelan
      Hmm. You can find a Dell 19" flat screen at eBay for $15. Here's an example:

      Dell P991 19 inch CRT Monitor - eBay (item 180311451263 end time May-02-09 19:46:41 PDT)
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      • Profile picture of the author Kay King
        "local pickup only" - a few hundred miles away - and it's much older than the one I bought.

        There are some good monitor deals on ebay that I'm watching (not CRTs) - but I needed something today, not next week.

        Pat -

        I was cleaning my garage the other day (it's been quite a while since I did that so it's an ongoing project this month in my spare time) - and like you I have so many "just in case" things.

        Once in a while I go wild and throw out a bunch of stuff (usually give it away) - and I always need one of those things within a couple weeks. I've been throwing out more recently as I've decided I only "need" the things because I know I no longer have them. We have a character flaw, girl.:rolleyes:

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  • Profile picture of the author Patrician
    Nice catch, Kay! Definitely makes ya feel good to 'get one over' at sharply reduced cost! That would make my day too. Actually every time I looked at it I would get a vicarious thrill for about a week!

    Cheap/Frugal/Resourceful - it works for me!

    ...heh heh only problem is it works too well. I have closets full of things I wouldn't have got had they not been 'reduced' 'going out of business'... Even some clothes with the labels still on from my going out to work days (5 years ago)

    I was also laughing earlier today at all the 'just in case' things I have. I have gone to great expense at reduced prices to have things just in case of the emergency that never comes Thank Xod.
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  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    LOL Kay - I've been rather well off - and I've been dirt poor......and Goodwill and Salvation Army are always on my list of "check out first" no matter what. I don't think I've paid more than 10 bucks for jeans in 30 years - and I've had some great ones. When I came home from Paris with an entire fabulous wardrobe my friends were absolutely green. I never did tell them that nothing in the lot cost as much as what they would spend at K-mart, LOL.

    Nothing wrong with being cheap -- and I will always feel that way because I like to like myself. Now I know why I like you, too.
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    • Profile picture of the author Mike Wright
      Don't you guys have a local Freecycle site over there ??????
      The Freecycle Network

      If not, why not start a local group for your area and become
      a local hero
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      • Profile picture of the author Kay King
        Mike -

        Great idea - I found a Yahoo group for this in the town next to me.

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    ok good job ha
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  • Profile picture of the author Suthan M
    Do they sell , i dont know..playstation 3.. for that price.. :-P

    those suckers are damn expensive here..
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  • Profile picture of the author Thomas Wilkinson
    I hit Craigslist every morning and every night. If you mark your spot it doesn't
    take long. Just recently got a free Kenmore dryer. Needed a five dollar repair.

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    • Profile picture of the author Kay King
      Tom -

      I just got a free dryer, too - it's still sitting in the garage at the moment.

      My current dryer works but I've had it forever and have replaced the heating element myself 3 times now. In fact, I'm on my third washer - and still using the same dryer (that I bought used for $50)!

      A friend just had to have one of the new front loading sets (for about $1200) and gave me her 3 yr old Kenmore that is much more fancy-dancy than mine.
      Didn't tell her - but for $1200 I'd send the damned laundry out to be done:p

      kay
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      • Profile picture of the author Mike Wright
        Freecycle is great in the UK. There are 3 groups in my local area.
        The things I have got ... and got rid of is unbelievable.
        Offered a nice VCR and a dead Nokia cellphone last week. Both
        were collected same day :0) The last thing I got was a few months old
        upright cyclone vacuum cleaner .... only needed a filter clean and a
        new drive belt ....lokks and works like new
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  • Profile picture of the author AltaMind
    $13?? Unbelievable, are they even making a profit out of that?
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    lol thats jokes, take a pic
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    • Profile picture of the author Kay King
      altamind -

      The shop I went to is a charity thrift shop. All items there are donated and sold cheaply and the money used to run two drug treatment centers nearby.

      As with any thrift store, there's a lot of junk there - but I've found many excellent items. As it's a non-profit, donated items are charitable contributions. It's amazing what people give away, but I've also donated there many times - giving them good things that I no longer needed.

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