A habit that I have picked up as a wanna be frugal shopper is checking out my local classified ads. Luckily for me, the town that I live in has a website that has a great classified section that works very similar to Craigslist (which I also often frequent). For quite a while, I had been in search of a new coffee table. I was thrilled one day when I opened an ad labeled "Coffee Table" and found that someone was selling the the Tanner Coffee Table from Pottery Barn. I had often admired this table, but didn't want to pay $400(new) for it. I emailed them right away, because you have to be quick sometimes or someone else will get it first. And I got the table!
This is the table that I had before. It got to looking pretty bad, so about 5 years ago I painted it so that I could continue to use it.
My cost if I had bought it new: $399 + tax + shipping
My cost by buying it used:
$100
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