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I Just Made a Deal of a Lifetime

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#1

I work out @ home an any grage sale/auction or flea market I attend I look for olympic weights to add to my home arsenal.
Wednesday night @ an auction there was 427 1/2lbs + 2 older olympic bars, (the sleeves were off) an 1 curl bar w/a WEIDER curl bar w/ a price tage of $19.99 clearance price on it.Either way whwn the auctioneer began calling for bids no one answered. He droped from $50 to $2. I raised my hand an the res tis history. I loaded them up in my car that evening.

I did the math on the weights alone an it came out too 0.0046 x lb. Thats less than 1 cents x lbs.
Previusly I have also bought 300lbs weight stacks an benches there for $25.%50. Just seemed no one there wanted to mess w. those weights that night.

Also here an ther I pick up lighter dumbell weighs an like to cut them an use then as grip block to strengthen my hand strenght.There is no craiglist here, I know a few of you have made off w/ some deal there but we don’t have it here.

Any one ever walk away w/ great deals @ auctions/flea markets are other resale-retail shops?Definately worth looking into esp if you work out @ home an are in need of adding weight plates to your collection.

A friend of mine also picked up a 3 tier Dumbell rack for $25. it was a body solid brand.

Jusy my .02 cents an wondering what experices you have had.

#2

No such luck, asshole. We don’t run upon great deals like you do.

#3

I’ve always got my eye out but haven’t come across anything like that.

#4

Keep your eyes open. I actually found a dude on here who’s buddy had a junkyard in South Jersey where I picked up a full 315 pound Olympic set for twenty bucks.

#5

And I thought I made out well…nice find.

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#6

wait where do you go for these auctions? Swapmeets? I’ll definitely keep my eyes open and c if i can get a deal like that around here.

#7

I’ll buy those from you for double what you paid.

Thats a 100% return on your investment in just one day!

#8

[quote]B.b. in stress! wrote:
wait where do you go for these auctions? Swapmeets? I’ll definitely keep my eyes open and c if i can get a deal like that around here.[/quote]

Swap meets, auctions, garage sales anything of the sort.
I was telling my brother an he recently went to a state auction where they usually sell stuff like cafeteria equip an desks, projectors an whatever esle applies to schools. He said a leg extension an lat-tower from an LSU gym went for $50 a piece. He didn’t buy them b/c he didn’t have the way to transport them home, so state auctions might be a good place search aswell.

#9

I just realized this shit’s going down in my backyard practically.

Congrats on the find, fellow swamprat.

#10

Ghost. if I remember correctly you are near Baton Rouge, about 2 months ago I was @ the
“Greater Prairieview Flea Market” ouside Gonzales, a guy had over 600lbs Oly weights for $200. And an Oly bar supposed rated for 1500.

This was about 4 months ago so I am unsure if it is still there.I was broke @ the time so couldn’t afford it.Might want to check out see if it is still there.