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My GF got this leather portfolio at a garage sale for a couple of bucks. Looks great, holds 2 pens, business cards, 2 checkbooks, my Verizon hotspot WIFI and my Mac Air. I always get compliments on it.
Why drag around a ton of crap? It's like you see a person with tons of paper on his desk. You know he's a wage slave. The CEO always has a super clean desk. Usually just a pen set. Which image do you want to present?
Don't know where you're at, but I have a downtown store here that would have fixed that bag for under $50 about 1-2 days turnaround.
It's not really garage sale season, but GF finds the most amazing bargains at garage sales and we go to an auction house occasionally, they sell stuff from storage units. Bought a bunch of clothes, she got a new wardrobe. Many still had the tags on them and included a full length mink. We always see luggage at garage sales & auctions. Best advice, go to the most expensive housing districts. that where the good stuff is. Checkout Craig's list. Why pay $300 for luggage when you can probably pick it up for $25. Little more work, but we have fun going to sales to see the best bargain we can find. $1000+ curio cabinet for $100, Hell yes.
At the auction, got her all kinds of things Coca-Cola, for her collection. Including a chrome dinette set for $35. Unfortunately, a cat had clawed the chairs. Month later she found table & perfect chairs for $150. They don't make that set anymore, but a similar new set sells for $750-1200.