How to find a good deal!

Advertisements, Newspaper Ads, Friends recommendation, we all have our "own" way of shopping and finding our next "great deal."




We all love walking out of a store thinking, "WOW!  What a great buy that was."  Sometimes it is luck that we happened upon that great deal.  Sometimes it's research that brought us to it.  Department Stores can be visited at the beginning of each season to see what they have as not much changes "during" the season.  Well, maybe I should change that.....Christmas stuff out before Halloween, Halloween stuff out before Labor Day....it's a nightmare.  It's so difficult to enjoy an upcoming holiday when the next holiday, three months later, is being thrown in your face.

These are a few reasons why consignment shops are great.  You can find whatever you need anytime of year without it being thrown down your throat. 

I went to Freedom Consignment & Antiques looking for a "particular" item.  No such luck (which is usually my luck).  I told them what I was looking for and left.  Two days later my phone rings and exactly what I was looking for...you guessed it...was just brought in.

That's the nice thing about Consignment shops...just because it isn't there on Monday doesn't mean it isn't there on Thursday....TO BE SUCCESSFUL shopping Consignment shops YOU HAVE TO KEEP GOING BACK!

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Do you love to read BOOKS?

I know, I know it's the age of the Nook.  I own one, I have downloaded books on it, I've even read books off it....BUT there is nothing better than reading a BOOK.  Call me old-fashioned, call me out of touch but I still love the feel of a book.  Besides you can't take my Nook into a bathtub with you. :)

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Buying NEW books does get expensive.  I can read a book in 24 hours but if I check it out of the Library it will take me months to read.

I am a HUGE James Patterson fan....love his series and I want to read the newest one the minute it hits the shelves.  I am not going to be able to do this at a consignment store, I know this.

What I have learned at shopping at Freedom Consignment & Antiques....I have expanded my Authors.  I have discovered other Authors that I would not have discovered paying $25.00 for the book.  WOW a whole world I was missing.

I went into Freedom Consignment & Antiques and "browsed" the books that are there.  As tunnel vision as I am about books I recognized very few Authors but found a series by an Author that I thought "what have I got to loose?"  Each book was $1.00-$2.00 so I walked up to check out with a total of $8.00.  WOW was I shocked.....the books were 50% off! 

I took these four books with me on vacation.  They were finished withing five days!  Loved these books.  I called Freedom Consignment & Antiques and asked if there were any more by this Author.  They pulled the books by this Author and I went in to "check em out."  I bought them and a few other Authors...what have I got to loose right?  Another new Author!!  I called again and had them pull more books from this newest Author...picked them up today....two books cost me $2.00!!

If you love to read I want to encourage you to go to Freedom Consignment & Antiques and try new Authors!!  What a new experience this was for me.  Yes, I will still go to Barnes & Noble for the newest James Patterson THE MINUTE THEY HIT THE SHELVES but for everything else it's Freedom Consignment & Antiques. 

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