Does a discretionary purchase change you?

Does a discretionary purchase change you?

Julie and Jake riff on buying restaurant polos at Goodwill to sneak into places like Applebee’s for appetizers, noting the security issues of employee apparel being resold. Jake discusses regularly checking an online auction site where he buys cheap essentials like unopened toilet paper, alongside impractical temptations like samurai swords, prompting a conversation about self-awareness and why people buy things. Julie, a minimalist, admits to impulse buys like a large dentist mouth model meant to be funny, framing purchases as aspirational or identity-shaping.

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Nashville Woman Finds Jewelry in Suitcase

Nashville Woman Finds Jewelry in Suitcase

Hosts Julie and Jake discuss unexpected “extras” found in secondhand purchases, focusing on books with notes in the margins (“marginalia”). Julie shares a Nashville-area news story about a woman who b...

14 Heinä 15min

Fancy Goodies at the Estate Sale

Fancy Goodies at the Estate Sale

Hosts Julie and Jake, co-hosts of Garage Sales Unhinged, chat about their weekends: Julie attended a duo birthday/pool party and Jake, who usually sticks to online auctions, detours to a nearby first-...

7 Heinä 25min

Muzak for Shopping and Buying

Muzak for Shopping and Buying

Hosts Julie and Jake introduce “Garage Sales Unhinged” and banter about music’s effect on shopping behavior and how garage, yard, and estate sale hosts can use it to shape atmosphere and encourage buy...

30 Kesä 26min

Side Quests in Garage Sale Prep

Side Quests in Garage Sale Prep

Julie and Jake discuss the World’s Longest Garage Sale, a nearly 700-mile event through Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama, happening August 6–9. Julie recounts an article about...

23 Kesä 21min

Texoma Trade Days

Texoma Trade Days

Podcast hosts Julie and Jake describe a field report from Texoma Trade Days, held at a run-down, mostly abandoned “ghost mall” with an eerie backrooms vibe. They recount meeting a wide variety of vend...

16 Kesä 32min

The Mountain States Collector newsletter

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Julie shares a print newspaper she found in Colorado: The Mountain States Collector, covering antiques and the secondhand market. She highlights an article by DeDe Horan on unusual postcard categories...

9 Kesä 28min

Nature is calling at the garage sale

Nature is calling at the garage sale

Julie and Jake discuss a real yard-sale dilemma: what to do when you urgently need the bathroom while shopping at someone’s home. Jake says he’d leave to find a nearby public restroom rather than ask ...

2 Kesä 27min

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