SCORE!! LUMBER AND WIRE!!

[baymule]

DH and I went to Lowes last week and I veered off to the "cull" rack. There were twelve 2"x8"x16' on the cull rack. Price: $32.00 for ALL of them! I snatched the printed price tag off and we went inside. The price for just one 2"x8"x16' piece of lumber was $14. We got what we wanted and paid for the cull lumber. We went home and got the trailer. We loaded the lumber, a piece of plywood that was tossed on top and a shipping pallet made of six 2"x4"x12' We unloaded our treasures and stacked them up.

So far, all the lumber used around here to build the chicken coop, sheep shelter and barn came from Lowes reject rack or what I scrounged as used lumber and pulled the nails out of. And I still have a big stack under the carport. We did have to go buy 29 pieces of 2"x6"'s 20 feet long for the barn rafters and 50 pieces of OSB plywood for roof decking. I had even scrounged 18 telephone poles that we only paid $80 for! They are now holding up the barn roof. I don't know what I will use the 2"x8"x16' for, but I am sure I will find something.

Now on to Craigslist....I found tar paper for $10 a roll, regular cost at Lowes is nearly $17. So we bought 10 rolls, saved $70!


Today we picked up wire. I found 15 rolls of hardware cloth 3'x25' for $20 each. Total cost: $300. Regular price is $46 a roll, or $690 total cost. Money saved.... $390!! And the man had 2 rolls of 1"x2" wire, 24" tall x 25' long, (regular price $30 a roll) another roll of 1"x2" green wire, 36" tall x 50' (regular price $40) and a roll of chicken wire 36"x 50' (regular price $50) Total regular price, including the hardware cloth is $840....we paid $370 for all of it. Total savings on the wire is $470!!

I gotta go look on Craigs list.........

 

[Chickie'sMomaInNH]

oh no.....not another Craig's List addict! has @Nyboy been giving you pointers on how to effectively do this?

 

[Collector]

Wow those are some good buys. I have started scouring CL recently myself for spring project materials. Hope to run into those kind of deals here. Happy hunting!

 

[so lucky]

A bargain shopper's high! What a great feeling!

 

[thistlebloom]

That's so great! With all that variety of wire you should be able to exclude nearly every garden pest you could think of. I like having my own store of materials for future as yet unknown projects. It's satisfying to be able to create what you need at a moments notice. And what wonderful pile of money you saved!

 

[Beekissed]

I love how you scrounge, Bay! A woman after my own frugal heart.

Unfortunately, our local CL is pretty crappy, as is our Freecycle. I've never found anything on either site worthy of exploring.

 

[Smart Red]

Great deals there, Bay! I hope you continue to find CL a useful place for more good deals. That new place of yours will be real eye-candy in a short time.

 

[Nyboy]

Good Girl keep at it I always check farm and garden 1st then Antiques then Materials !!! Don't forget if you need something there's a wanted section. I got a few thing buy posting wanted cheap.

 

[Carol Dee]

WOW you are a good BARGAIN hunter.

 

[ninnymary]

We all love great deals Bay. I just found a brand new queen size bed for $30 that was from Macy's. The owner said he bought it for his daughter and she never used it. I still can't believe it. It was exactly what I was looking for to replace a full size bed at our cabin.

Mary