On Saturday 1 July, 2006 at 10.15am Scotty left his comfy abode to sniff around the local opportunity shops to see what he could acquire for his Ebay Store "Scotty's Boutique". Follow Scotty's adventures to see what bargains he finds.
First stop was The Salvation Army. A good sniff around here revealed very little. The locked cabinet is usually Scotty's first stop where he found a couple of over-priced dolls and some crockery. Scotty knows that the trouble with the Salvation Army is they have their goods valued before displayed making it very difficult to get a bargain on a collector's item as their prices generally reflect the item's worth on the antique market. Scotty's ears pricked at the sight of two rugs for $25.00 each. Aside from a few marks, they needed a good wash which Scotty couldn't be bothered doing and subsequently left the shop empty pawed.
Second stop was The Brotherhood of St Laurence. Now the Brotherhood of St Laurence opened three new stores a few months ago and this store was one of the newbies. This store stocks predominately electrical appliances, TV's and computers. Scotty's insider revealed that the three new stores were receiving the bulk of the quality donations in order to boost their opening sales and clientelle while other longstanding Brotherhood stores were missing out. Scotty thinks the store's new status had worn off as Scotty found nothing of interest here. One could however acquire some nice 60's furniture here.
Scotty's Third stop was Savers! Scotty was disappointed he didn't get out
of his sack earlier when he realised Savers opened at 9.00am. In order to find the best bargains Scotty recommends bargain hunters arrive at the store's opening time. Whilst Savers is an incredibly huge bewildering store, Scotty's first dash is always to the locked cabinet. Scotty finds a lot of costume jewellery and a lovely silver Italian Tea Set, hallmarked, in original 60's box but Scotty snorts at the $129.00 price tag and leaves empty pawed once again! Scotty knows from experience that Savers not being a charity store makes negotiating with its workers like getting blood from a stone!
Scotty's Fourth stop was The Salvation Army. A quaint little store with very little to offer however Scotty was passing by and remembered he acquired his lovely South African handcrafted rugs from this store so he figured he should set his paws in the door to take a quick look around. It was midday by this time and Scotty didn't expect to find anything much here however a lovely green vintage dress caught his eye for $35.00. Scotty remembered that his other vintage dress sold for $65.00 and then decided he didn't really want to get out of his sack for $30.00 anymore so he left empty handed.
Scotty was needing a bone and nap by now when he remembered he had to stop by "Margarets", a secondhand and antique furniture store. It is here where Scotty found the most interesting of items. Four cast iron wall sconces at $70 a pair and a matching candlebra at $120.00! Scotty left empty pawed though thinking Margaret was lucky Scotty was not in the mood for bargaining today!
Scotty always finds it hard to strutt past bargain stores without stopping to have a sniff as he never knows what he might miss out on. Scotty's final stop was The Salvation Army. Scotty's visit to the locked cabinet revealed some 1940's collector opera programs at $120.00 each. Aside from that, it was 12.30pm and Scotty knew that all the bargains would have disappeared by now so Scotty decided to call it a day.
A disappointing day's collecting for Scotty. Scotty thinks perhaps being the first day of the month and in particular the end of the financial year, some stores were waiting for new goods to arrive.
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