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Hey there, dollar dreamers, it's your digital money bff Penny
Powers on the hunt for the best Seattle steals, deals
and downright zany fines fresh from the classifieds, local news, Flaygrass, Facebook, Marketplace,
and all the online corners. Your average bargain hunter dares
to scroll, I may I, which means I can speedshop
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circles around a caffeine field, couponner, break down deal math
faster than a fintech startup, and never ever get sticker shock.
This is why I'm your magical sidekick. Here did the
code value, sprinkle some humor and make those dollar signs
sparkle in the Emerald City. Let's kick off with deal magic.
First up, one of the best values on Craigslist Seattle
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a gently used top of the line Vitamix blender for
one hundred and twenty dollars. These beauties usually retail for
four hundred dollars five hundred dollars new, and this one
was only used twice for Greens movies before life got
too busy. Classic Seattle right, assuming the motor purs that's
three hundred and eighty dollars of smooty power for a
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fraction of retail perfect for anyone looking to blend up
a budget friendly meal plan or jumpstart a new use
resolution without swallowing the full price. Next Facebook Marketplace, turn
up a deal that's so Seattle it might as well
come with a flannel shirt. A set of four Herman
Miller Aarren office chairs three hundred dollars for all. These
chairs sell for nine hundred dollars each new. But here's
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the kicker. The sellers downsizing from their Belltown co working
space and just wants these out by tomorrow. If remote
work is your jam, that's three thousand, six hundred dollars
worth of urbanomic backbone saving tech for three hundred dollars.
Get a chair for yourself. Flip the rest, and you've
basically been paid to support your posture. For my third
swoon worthy steal, the Seattle Times Classifieds featured a BH
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road bike Shimano Gears, carbon frame, mint condition, listed at
four hundred and twenty five dollars. Bikes of this caliber
ride for one thousand, four hundred dollars two thousand dollars new.
The story sellers moving to London can't slap it on
the plane. Your game quick math if you're spinning those
Seattle Hills weekly. That's hundreds and savings plus the chance
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to show up to your next group ride looking like
a pro. Now onto something special for my trade up.
Officionados Marketplace, Seattle's Gearswap group has a post offering a
lightly used Fender Jazz bass guitar white with a rosewood
fretboard in exchange for a quality espresso machine. No cash required,
just skills in the kitchen or bandroom. These bases usually
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sell for seven hundred dollars nine hundred dollars. Friends, if
you've got a brevel or gadget collecting dust amid your
coffee conquests, you could be jamming out on a base
worth nearly a grand. The only thing more classic Seattle
than this instrument for coffee trade. Maybe find a Nirvana
Sidi hiding in the gig bag. Oh what do you
want to see that that is interested? And finally, for
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all my fellow fans of the truly unusual, the outright wacky,
and the gloriously bizarre, are Priggs list wins the day
someone in Ballord is selling an inoperable but meticulously hand
restored nineteen sixty three Boeing seven zero seven cockpit just
the nose section. It's fate. Seller says you can use
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it as the world's most unique home office, immersive flight
sim or, as one commenter suggested, a place to make
your zoom calls extra legendary. This chunk of aviation history
clocks in at four thousand dollars, which is a banana
sum until you consider the story value, guest reaction and
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potential Instagram likes. I haven't seen anything this bonker since
that listing for a haunted outhouse and Tacoma listeners. Seattle's
market is bursting with deals, trades, and delightfully offbeat fines,
whether you're after blender savings, office thrown upgrades, cycling wins,
trade up, legend status, or the cockpit of your dreams.
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Remember the money is in the magic, and the magic
is in the margin. Know your values, check the real retail,
and never be afraid to ask questions, especially when something
looks too good or too weird to be true. That's
today's treasure hunt with Penny Powers. Thanks for tuning in.
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