Garage Sales Unhinged
Welcome to "Garage Sales Unhinged", the podcast where we are talking about weird and wonderful characters, finds, and vibes at garage sales, yard sales, estate sales, Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist, Reddit.
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100th Episode and A Look Back (opens the original)
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Julie and Jake celebrate the 100th episode and season 5 finale of Garage Sales Unhinged, reflecting on their podcast and sharing updates. Jake revisits a $10 online-auction art purchase. Julie updates on the Whatnot app and new details of the Painted Tree vendor mall collapse. They are taking a few weeks away from the microphones but will be back for season 6.
Bargain From a Restaurant Going Out of Business (opens the original)
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Julie recounts overdoing workouts and playing indoor pickleball for hours, leaving her sore and joking about “pickleball elbow,” while discussing how pickleball differs from tennis. The episode’s main story follows Julie spotting a restaurant liquidation in Denton, Texas, where everything was half-price; she haggles and buys two patio umbrellas. Needing stands, she attempts a DIY planter-and-PVC solution, but the umbrellas lean and the effort costs more than buying stands online.
The Trials of Selling Books Online (opens the original)
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Hosts Julie and Jake discuss recent book reads, including Jake finishing “Ultramarine” by Marie NDiaye, about a female freight-ship captain and a mysterious extra crew member after a swim stop. Julie describes her attempt to sell used books online, noting Amazon’s origins as a bookseller and recalling textbook resale frustrations from her college days. She struggled setting up Amazon Seller Central after accidentally choosing a $40/month pro account, then finds she can list some books by ISBN bu
Benefits of a Capsule Wardrobe (opens the original)
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Julie and Jake discuss capsule wardrobes. Julie explains that a capsule wardrobe focuses on a small set of staple, mix-and-match pieces to reduce closet overwhelm, comparing too many clothing options to the oversized Cheesecake Factory menu. She shares suggested basics for men and women—high-quality neutral items like a white T-shirt (or other neutrals), a white button-down, dark jeans without holes, darker khaki/olive slacks, solid white sneakers, a dressier shoe, a blazer/sports coat, and a ne
Thrifing Movie Memorabilia (opens the original)
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Jake shares his experience thrifting movie and TV items to help decorate his daughter's new college apartment. Julie starts off the episode with a warning: she's running on fume so watch out! She then recalls getting a guy friend to pay for a date so she could see Black Hawk Down, later naming Scary Movie as an uncomfortable theater experience with church friends. Jake says his worst theater movie was The Waterboy after being denied entry to Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and jokes about asking
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