I tell friends and relatives to let me know if they are looking for something and I'll put it on a list, because sooner or later, I will find it!  

My mom needed a vacuum and I found her one.  A short time later, I found a nicer one and I traded her out for the first one and sold it instead.  My wife ended up with a vacuum too after I found a like new Dyson vacuum in a unit.  That wasn't planned, but worked out well.....those things are awesome, and I would never have bought her one of those at retail!

My friend had an engine hoist that was about 14 years old.  I got a brand new engine hoist that was heavier duty than his and he wanted it.  I was over at his house, so I took a picture of his hoist while I was there.  I went home and put his hoist up on CL with his phone number in the ad.  He called me the next day and some guy bought it for the full asking price, so he came and picked up his NEW hoist for the money he got out of his old one.  Got to upgrade to a brand new one and it didn't cost him a dime!

Another friend was looking for a welding buzz box.  I ended up with a Lincoln "tombstone" welder, 225 amp.  Exactly what he was looking for.   He was very happy.  Same friend was looking for a band saw, and I just got one of those for him too.  A like new Hitachi 13" band saw.  

Another friend wanted some nice top box tool boxes he could mount on his bench to store gun cleaning stuff and metal lathe accessories.  I found him two really nice boxes and a bunch of tools and gave him a really good deal.  

This kind of stuff happens all the time and I'm always "trading up" my tools and various stuff in my personal collection.  Plus all the common household stuff others have mentioned:  Toilet Paper, Windex, Cleaners, Small Kitchen Appliances, Pots and Pans, Dishes, Glasses, Calculators, Toilet Plungers, etc.  Stuff you use all the time, but now you don't actually have to go out and buy it.  My daughter starts college this fall, and I already have a bunch of new in the box kitchen stuff (came out of what I called the "Wedding Unit") and I will outfit her with any furniture, kitchen stuff, throw rugs, pictures and artwork, flat screen television, kitchen table, towels, etc. that she needs.  She may start out with a few things that aren't quite what she wants, but eventually I'll get her upgraded to all really nice stuff.  I've already helped another friend of mine with outfitting his 24 year old daughters apartment with sofa, love seat, chair and bed, along with a few other items.  

The possibilities are ENDLESS!!!

I am paying 3.99 (and 9/10's!) at my local station now.  Hopefully it will drop a little more after next weekend. 

We need more pictures and descriptions of the winning lockers!  I never get tired of seeing the "treasures" that others have won!  For all the guys on here and all the buying going on, we are not seeing very many of the lockers being purchased.  Or.........is it so bad out there that these are all the lockers being purchased?

I can see the benefits having this. But there is also a downfall. How do you prevent people from ripping you off?
CASH is the king.

All I can say is being ripped off hasn't been a problem, not a single charge back.  I have two other friends that use this, and it is very handy.  Besides, if some moron stiffed me for a $5 garage sale item someday, I think I could weather the pain!  LOL 

I do agree that "CASH is King", but this just opens you up for the possibility of getting a few more sales that you otherwise might not have made, and it's relatively inexpensive.

Remember before eBay and craigslist when everybody used to run their ads in a newspaper?........Just saying.

This thing is AWESOME!  I highly recommend it to anybody doing a lot of garage sales or flea markets.  Opens up some sales you may not have otherwise made.  Doesn't really cost that much in the overall scheme of things, and most people are comfortable with it.  Can use it with an ipad or smart phone, and it's FREE for the hardware.  You can even buy it at the apple store for something like 10 bucks, but they will credit that back to you when you start using it.  Or just go right to there website and sign up and they'll send it right to you.  Most people will not say anything about it, but if they balk, just a quick explanation and they are good to go.  Everybody will have this or something similar soon, so jump in now and get a jump on your competitors!   

Oh yeah, I still get the notifications, and I'll hear all about it from other buyers I know, but I won't be there!

This one was a CLUSTERFU*K!  I will never go back there.....total BS auction.  And they promote it all over craigslist and everywhere else they can.