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Re: Auction Update

By: De_Composed in GRITZ | Recommend this post (0)
Thu, 22 May 25 5:29 AM | 23 view(s)
Boardmark this board | Grits Breakfast of Champeens! 		Msg. 08652 of 08667
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Today's auction was fun - even though I didn't win the main thing I wanted - an Ariens 24" Snow Blower that had hardly been used. My top bid was $200. It went for $260, so I wasn't totally out of the park. Those things sell for close to a thousand new, so getting it for $200 would have been nice. But, except when I really need something, I shoot for bargains. Gotta draw the line somewhere.

I wound up bidding on ten lots. (Often, I take an early interest in something only to see it sail out of my range before the auction really gets rolling. I don't even count THOSE items. I try to win things that are still a good deal in the final minutes. SOME people will enter their top bids days ahead of time, a practice that just makes me shake my head.) Of the ten that I tried for, I won seven. That's an extremely high win percentage considering that my bids are usually LOW. It's also what made this auction fun.

I spent a total of $45.60 - including the 20% auction house commission. I won five ornate candle holders for $2.00, two mechanics' floor dollies (what they sometimes lie on when they're under your car) for $1.00 and the three men's hats to the right for $1.00. The best deal was perhaps a Braun 200-watt hand mixer with four attachments, for $11.00. I'll post a photo below. Because of the variety of brands, models, watts and attachments, I'm not finding an exact match on either Amazon or Ebay. But I'll guess based on what I AM finding that our lot is worth $140 new, $60 used on Ebay (plus shipping).












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Re: Auction Update
By: De_Composed in GRITZ
Wed, 21 May 25 2:12 AM 		Msg. 08603 of 08667

Everyone needs a safe, right? In fact, I think I mentioned my interest in one that sold REALLY cheap the other day. We didn't bid on it once we learned it was bigger than expected and probably weighed 350 lbs. Today's Sentry Safe is much smaller: 23” h x 17”w x 16”d . We won it for $39 + 15%, = $44.85.

Amazon sells Sentry safes, but these days most safes are electronic. Amazon has a Sentry safe that has a similar footprint but is 3 inches shorter than this one selling for $399.99. But the one on Amazon is also fireproof and waterproof. We don't yet know whether ours is.

Update: There is a metal plate on the interior that says it is fire resistant.

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