A wedding dress is an important and emotional purchase. Many brides spend years dreaming about the perfect dress, but when it comes to how much money to spend, opinions vary on what qualifies as a “reasonable amount”. Between the upfront price tag, the costs of alterations, and the accessories, you can end up spending a…
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Part of the thrill of shopping on VarageSale is never knowing what you’ll discover. Here are 11 wonderfully weird items that we found while treasure-hunting in our Mississauga community. 1. This decorative tree stump that functions as a chair or tabletop. Snag this deal and your home just became 1000% more woodsy and whimsical, guaranteed.…
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Guys, Cupid is coming and he’s bringing some very real gifting pressure along with him. The challenge to find a Valentine’s-appropriate token can be intimidating, but fear not! Whether you need something for a pal, a partner, or a paramour, we’ve got 5 romantic ideas that will sweep people off their feet. 1. Give them…
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Hold on to your wallets! It’s that time of year again. Welcome to the lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer. While moms and dads are daydreaming about the return of school (and their sanity), there’s one heavy cloud of stress hanging over those dreams. The back-to-school spending–er, shopping season has arrived. It’s reported that the…
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For buy and sell newcomers, picking up the lingo can feel like learning a whole new language. How to make sense of that secret code? With our handy dandy glossary of course! We covered many common buy and sell terms in parts one and two of this series, but we thought it was high time…
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You think you’ve tried couponing. After all, you’ve clipped your weight in coupons from the Sunday paper. You’ve blown through dozens of ink cartridges printing them online. Sure, every now and then, you save a few dollars. But you usually end up sprinkling your coupons in the bottom of your purse, jamming them into…
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Buying secondhand is a great option for the thrifty shopper. If you have a thriving online buy-sell community like VarageSale nearby, it can make picking up previously loved furniture, toys, sports equipment, electronics and appliances enticingly easy. And while buying used items has clear fiscal advantages (who couldn’t use a little more room in their…
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This post is part of our ongoing series on buy and sell acronyms. For more lingo, check out parts one and three. In part one of this series, we learned that the definition of BUMP was news to VarageSale‘s Chief Mom. So for part two, we were determined to find another term she didn’t know. This proved…
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This post is part of our ongoing series on buy and sell acronyms. For more lingo, check out parts two and three. Think you’ve been buying and selling long enough to give this post a pass? Think again. Just last week, VarageSale’s own Chief Mom got a surprise when she learned the actual meaning of BUMP. Like…
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The holidays have come and gone in a flurry of tinsel and good cheer. Santa may have gotten your loved ones everything they wanted, but he doesn’t always work for cheap. All that gift-exchanging and merry-making and meal-sharing? It’s likely more than just your heart and waistline that swelled to twice their size. Many people…
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