20+ Demented Garage Sale Finds That Must Have a Backstory

For many items, buying secondhand is a good idea. It’s better for the planet, your wallet, and your superiority complex when you tell people how you got a bargain on that fancy piece of furniture.  However, there’s no denying that thrifting, garage sales, and online marketplaces are not without their eccentricities. The heat of a …
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‘This is why I lied to you’: Woman lies to her family about buying a country house so they won’t take advantage of it, they find out and demand a key

Listen, we know families are not easy to handle, sometimes having a close family can be more of a curse than a blessing. But still, those people are part of who you are, so you have a certain obligation towards them. That being said, a big problem can arise when the boundaries with your family …
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20+ Posts About Rampant Consumerism That Can’t Be Good for the Planet

Hobbies are more important than they are sometimes given credit for. Taking up a sport in your spare time could be one the best things you ever do for your personal fitness, and you can really expand your practical skills if you choose to indulge in a craft. Heck, even collecting old stamps allows you …
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The Most Unhinged Garbage That People Tried to Sell on the Internet

To not put too fine a point on it, this world is full of a heck of a lot of manmade crap. Inevitably, most of this ends up in landfills eventually. Before that, though, we all get the privilege of gazing upon the range of horrors that our fellow man has decided to bring into …
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Amusing Thread Outlines All the Secondhand Steals You Can Get Online With Misspellings

Online marketplaces are some of the greatest insights we can get into the contemporary human condition. The amount of sociological studies that could be conducted on Craigslist is no joke. There’s something about offering or seeking goods and services that brings out something revealing in even the most reserved of people, including their willingness (or …
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Twitter Users Share Times Retail Workers Bent the Rules to Give Them Great Deals

This cost of living crisis is no joke, and no amount of ‘helpful’ money saving tips from people who don’t get affected by it is going to change that. Sometimes, it seems like only a stroke of blind luck is going to stop somebody wincing when they get rung up. Things aren’t always this way, …
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Shopping Memes For Diagnosed Shopaholics

Christmastime is over, which means the girlies who have gift-giving as their love language might be a little bummed out. There is much less shopping to do for others, but that doesn’t mean you have no shopping to do for yourself! That is a year-long project, my dear. I see you with that little extra …
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20+ Times Online Marketplaces Were Delightfully Weird

There’s no other way to describe your average online marketplace than as a baptism of fire. Between the eccentric posters and outrageous hagglers, it can be hard to get a word in edgeways — let alone a good deal. The star of the show, though, is undoubtedly the things which get bought and sold in …
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