I got an email from Sasha after she spent the day garage sale shopping. She apparently found all sorts of great deals for her kids, but she was most excited because she got two pairs of BRAND NEW shoes for only $5 a pair. She scored a pair of Kathy Van Zeeland pumps and a pair of Sofft pumps, each for $5. Still in the boxes! Still wrapped in tissue! These retail for close to $79 and $99 a pair!
It can be hard to find secondhand shoes. There are lots of factors – sizing and wear being the biggest factors. It’s not easy to walk in someone else’s shoes. 🙂 But when they are brand new – you can’t beat that!  Plus, I love that you don’t have to pay sales tax when you garage sale shop – even if the items are new!
Way to go Sasha. As a mom myself I find it’s easy to save on the things my kids need, but it’s hard to find deals for myself. Sounds like you walked away with an awesome deal and they sure are cute, too!
Secondhand Sunday is a series I’m doing through 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. Sasha will get a $10 Amazon gift card for sending in her secondhand treasure (which sort of makes her shoes FREE, right!?!!)
Since we started this series, here are some of the secondhand treasures we’ve featured:
- Keurig coffee machine, only $1 at garage sale, received a new one from Keurig (reg. $180)
- Bought old violin for $5, resold for $125!
- 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
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!
I’d love to hear – have you ever found a pair of brand new shoes secondhand?
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