Wannabuts Results

Let's see what I won from the latest round of things I wanted to thrift but only for the minimum price, like this 9 lb. yarn lot. One pound of yarn retails for $8 to $12, btw, so this could cost up to $108.00 new. I wanted to pay $9.99, and yep, I won the lot for that price without any challengers. Since this lot has several colors and weights I need (and probably would have cost me $100.00 retail new) I'm quite happy with that.

The blue Vera Bradley purse that I wanted for a special outfit went to: me! I got it for $9.99 with no challengers. It's a retired pattern which costs anywhere from $30.00 to $45.00 used.

The 50 year old lavender wedding ring quilt sadly did not go to me. Bidding was quite heavy, and the final bid came in at $55.00, which is still a pretty nice price (just more than I wanted to pay.)

I'm pretty happy that I won two out of the three lots; last time I didn't win any. The point is, you should only bid at auction what you're willing to pay, especially on thrifted items. You might not get what you want (and I'll show you pics when the two listings I won arrive to see if I did.)

Image credit: all of the images in this post came from the original auction listing on ShopGoodwill.com.

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Other Stashes

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