Here’s this week’s Secondhand Sunday deal!
A like-new Nikon Coolpix digital camera for FREE? Get out! I could hardly believe it when I got an email from Heather about the Nikon Coolpix camera her husband found in the electronics recycling bin at their local refuse center! He was recycling something and this camera caught his eye, it looked like it was in great condition.
He brought it home and it wouldn’t power up, but he was able to fix it with a piece of folded up tinfoil over the battery connection! It now works like a champ. This camera retails for $169 on Amazon!
Not only did you save it from a sad death in the electronics pile, but you saved $169 for being so resourceful! I’m definitely impressed. I would have never thought to use tinfoil over the battery connection – but what a simple fix!
Secondhand Sunday is a series I’m doing through the summer to feature deals that readers are finding secondhand – either at a thrift shop, garage sale or on Craigslist. It’s to encourage us all to consider secondhand purchases when we try to save money. Heather will get a $10 Amazon gift card for sending in her secondhand treasure!
Since we started this series, here are some of the secondhand treasures we’ve featured:
- Chicco Double Stroller $40, valued at $299
- A FREE Baby Grand Piano valued at $1,000
- Beth saves 97% off a KitchenAid Professional Mixer
- Seneca saves 99% off a Harveys Seatbelt Designer Purse
- Kristyle saved more than $160 off a Bissell Spotbot
- Kendra’s Gucci purse for just $30
- Aimee saved 90% on a brand new pilates machine
- Kara saves 88% off this Step 2 Lifestyle Kitchen
- Katy finds Little Tikes Playhouse for $30, reg. $200
- Jean paid $7 for an antique clock appraised at $300
- Jennifer paid $100 for a $1500 Jura-Capresso Espresso Machine
Have you found any great secondhand deals lately?
Send in your secondhand treasures and if I feature your score here on the blog, you’ll get a $10 Amazon gift card!
- I’ll be featuring one secondhand score each Sunday
- If I feature your thrift-store or garage sale treasure here on the blog you’ll get a $10 Amazon gift card!
- Please email me a photo at thehive@queenbeetoday.com – include in the email a short description of what you found secondhand, what you paid for it and what you think it retails for. Use subject line Secondhand Treasure when you send the email.
- Try to take a photo that is not blurry and is in good light (try natural light, no flash, if possible). The better your photo the more likely it will be to make it on the site. People want to see what you got!
- If you bought something secondhand and restored it or improved it somehow – I’d love before and after photos!
Sara says
There are signs at our local Electronics Bin Recycling Station that says removing items from the bin is theft.