A hub cap off a Dodge Ram 1500 does not sound like treasure. But reseller Jride Flips picked one up at a thrift store for $1.50 and sold it on eBay for $40 plus shipping in just under a month. He has sold more than 25,000 items on eBay, Poshmark and Mercari, and over 15,000 … Read more
For years, reseller Flipping High Grammy would walk into an estate sale or yard sale, check every square inch, and leave with a few hundred dollars’ worth of treasures. Then she changed her approach. “I was missing hundreds of dollars with that approach, sometimes thousands, over and over again.” Now she asks five specific questions … Read more
The estate sale house was packed. There was a full kitchen, vintage toys and, according to the pictures online, an entire bookshelf of vintage Nancy Drew books. Travis and Stacy of Florida Pickers stood in line before the doors opened with one big hope: that the shelf held the full 54-book set. “They might price … Read more
Groceries are one of the first places families feel the squeeze, so it helps to see what a real week looks like. Lisa Dawn of That Lisa Dawn shops for a household of three adults in Raleigh, North Carolina, and she tries to keep the weekly bill between $40 and $60. This week it landed … Read more
Lauren Theresa retired at 39. She is 43 now, a former trauma therapist who makes videos about frugality, minimalism and financial independence. Yet in a budget video on her channel, Lauren_Theresa, she admits something that might surprise you: “You can have all the knowledge in the world and still make terrible financial decisions.” The proof … Read more
Scroll through social media and you will hear it constantly: minimalism is dying. “Minimalism is overrated.” “Can minimalism just die already?” Marissa of A to Zen Life says everywhere she looks, minimalists are “dropping like flies,” with some loudly quitting and others quietly disappearing. She has standing to talk about it. She went from hoarder … Read more
Some people set an alarm for work. Others set it for an estate sale. A TikTok creator who posts as @yolandaadiazz woke up Zach at 6:00 in the morning for what she called the craziest estate sale ever, and he was, in her words, cranky about it. By the end of the day, she said … Read more
Picture a driveway packed with tables, totes and boxes, a Santa Claus mingling with the crowd, and a sign promising that every single item costs $1 or less. That was the scene when the YouTube channel Treasure Hunting With Jebus opened what the host calls “the craziest yard sale on the entire planet.” There were … Read more
Walk into an estate sale with a budget and walk out with a rainbow. That is what happened to a shopper who shares her thrifting adventures as @denisexlee on Instagram. She says she “blacked out” at one sale and spent about $900, then showed off everything she brought home, saving her best and most expensive … Read more
The boring gray box in the electronics aisle might be the best flip in the store. That is the pitch from the reseller behind the ThriftSchool YouTube channel, who says Wii Fit balance boards turn up at thrift stores for under $10 and sell used online for around $95. The catch, he warns, is what … Read more