Let's Play A Game - FREE or BOUGHT with Cost Matching - $47 Cost For $723 Revenue

in #diy5 years ago (edited)

Hey smarty pants! Let's see if you can pass this upcycled vs thrifted challenge.

See the pics below and tell me if I got them for FREE via upcycling (found chillin in curb recycling/saved from being destroyed), or if I BOUGHT them at a thrift store.

Then, try to match them up with their potential "costs" in the list of options I've included at the bottom!!

1 point for "Free or Bought", and 2 points if you match a price.

The max score will be 15 points across these 10 finds. (Hint - it's a 50:50 split.)

Respond in this format:

  1. Free
  2. Bought, $x

GOOD LUCK!

From my last post, @tarazkp starts with a -1 score because he's too smart.


(1) Pair of high end speaker woofers sold for $115.

(2) Men's snowboots sold for $114.

(3) Men's Ugg boots sold for $112.

(4) Brass boxing ring bell sold for $70.

(5) Johnston & Murphy men's dress shoes sold for $50.

(6) Sealed new architecture book sold for $44.

(7) Sealed new password storage device sold for $38.

(8) Children's calculator sold for $32.

(9) Harry Potter train cars and empty box for $30, $30, $30, and $40. (Found as a set with more parts left to sell.)




(10) Microsoft Software with key sold for $18.


COST KEY:

  • $17.41
  • $13.07
  • $9.99
  • $3.47
  • $3.27
  • Free
  • Free
  • Free
  • Free
  • Free

Total Cost = $47.21
Total Revenue = $723 (before shippings/fees)


Hope this was fun and a nice exercise. 8 of these were recent sales. 2 of them were pulled from posts a few months ago on purpose to give long term followers a slight advantage.

Start looking around for overlooked things that have value, and you'll start seeing green.

I used to "never see anything" either, but I eventually started paying attention.

I'll keep showing examples to help!

@steemmatt

Sort:  

Oh man, I gotta step back into the game. Just got back my a little mountain retreat and no real tests to worry about - so game on!

Step back or dive in? You're going to be an animal. Start building a warehouse in your backyard.

With more time on your hands, I challenge you to at least tell me what you think was free vs thrifted above.

Sure.

  1. Bought, $13.07
  2. Bought, $17.41
  3. Free
  4. Free
  5. Bought, $9.99
  6. Bought, $3.27
  7. Bought, $3.47
  8. Free
  9. Free
  10. Free

The answer key was:

  1. Free - Speakers
  2. $9.99 - Snowboarding Boots
  3. Free - Uggs
  4. $13.07 - Boxing Bell
  5. Free - Shoes
  6. Free - Book
  7. $3.27 - Password Safe
  8. $3.47 - Calculator
  9. $17.41 - Harry Potter Train Stuff
  10. Free - Microsoft software

Well, I sucked - lol!

Hahah, you're just rusty and will be back in the game any day now.

Here's my shot...

(1) Pair of high end speaker woofers sold for $115. = $9.99

(2) Men's snowboots sold for $114. = Free

(3) Men's Ugg boots sold for $112. = $13.07

(4) Brass boxing ring bell sold for $70. = $3.47

(5) Johnston & Murphy men's dress shoes sold for $50. = Free

(6) Sealed new architecture book sold for $44. = Free

(7) Sealed new password storage device sold for $38. = $3.27

(8) Children's calculator sold for $32.= Free

(9) Harry Potter train cars and empty box for $30, $30, $30, and $40. (Found as a set with more parts left to sell.) = $17.41

(10) Microsoft Software with key sold for $18. = Free

It's so interesting to see your answers! Thanks so much for participating. I'll circle back with the answers after a few days to let others potentially respond.

I will be interesting to see the answers.

We have charity shops here in the UK, but I think they are a bit different to Thrift Stores. So I don't quite have a feel for them.

The answer key was:

  1. Free - Speakers
  2. $9.99 - Snowboarding Boots
  3. Free - Uggs
  4. $13.07 - Boxing Bell
  5. Free - Shoes
  6. Free - Book
  7. $3.27 - Password Safe
  8. $3.47 - Calculator
  9. $17.41 - Harry Potter Train Stuff
  10. Free - Microsoft software

Thanks for participating. Good job getting the train stuff since I posted about finding other Harry Potter trains lately for free.

Not too bad - I guessed about half right!

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Sup Dork! Enjoy the upvote!!!

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