chauntelle Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 .. Or two. I woke up this morning with a beautiful blue sky (for once) and it inspired me to go to a carboot sale and see if i could find some more jugs for melting,mixing and pouring. I never normally find a bargain but today must have been a lucky day coz i found a stainless steel 2pt jug which was only 20p i was really pleased with myself and couldn't believe it when i found on another stall a double boiler which still had labels on but needed a bit of a clean so there i was playing it cool ready to barter saying to my b'friend i suppose it might work when the guy says you can have it for 50p!!! I nearly fell over gave him the money and left b 4 he could change his mind! Best of all my lovely b'friend paid for them both,mind he'll be moaning about spilt wax soon so i'll just keep thanking him for now!!So it got me wondering what fantastic bargains you have all had over the years?? Your best and your worst! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Candelishis Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 When I started out, I was not ready to invest much money in something I was just dabbling in...jars are expensive when you only want to buy a few So there is this HUGE charity rummage sale at one of the local churches every year. I went, thinking there might be some old mason jars of various sizes I could get pretty cheap. Well, let me tell ya...I found a table that had three huge boxes of matching jars. They were all Libbey glass, and different sizes (each box had all one size in it). They were asking a nickel each for these jars, and at noon, everything went on sale half price. It was about 11:30. I hung around for a half hour, picked up the three boxes (hubby helped...they were heavy). And went and paid $2.50 for ONE HUNDRED beautiful jars. I had a $20 and told them to keep the change. It was, after all, a church sale, and I felt like I was stealing from the church to only pay two cents a piece...I gave a lot of candles away when I started out, asking people to give me feedback, and I stil have some of those jars left that I test with and give to friends for "just because" gifts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzanneg Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 aww those were bargains!!!! Yes I do love bargains!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxanne Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 I recently bought a Presto Pot for $2.50 at a thrift store's half-price sale. I had to spend about two hours cleaning the outside of it (the inside was pretty clean), but I figured it was worth the effort for that price. I've used it a couple of times and it works great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAngels Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 Awesome bargins!!A couple of weekends ago my hubby and Iwent to Big Bear California and hit some antique shops and I found a bunch of 8 oz mason jars for .25 each. I thought that was a bargin also but not like your church bargin!!!Sept. 1st I go back there for a Antique Peddlers Show and hope to find some more items!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueH Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 I found a whole bunch of Christmas tins at a yard sale for 2.00 for all of them. They'll be wonderful for gift baskets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindy5140 Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 I went to the local flea market to look for baby clothes when I was pregnant.My son runs over to me, pulls me to this table which I thought just had a lot of junk on it. He screams to me isn't that what you use to make candles, I'll be darned there were 2 presto pots for $1.00 each. They work perfectly.Thank goodness for my little buddy because I would of totally walked right passed that table.About a month ago I went to a yard sale and there was a box of candle supplies for $20. I couldn't believe the price. There were 25 tart molds, 4 pillar molds, 10 votive molds, plugs for the pillar molds, and 2 pouring pots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valerie6 Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 Hi,Well here is my bargain, A lady was getting out of the business and had a commercial wax melter, about 600 lbs of wax, and yes the kind I can use, about 300 molds and much much more and I paid 500.00 for all of it, the melter alone was worth over 1,000.00!!! Let's just say I was really excited!!!!!!!!!Valerie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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