A behind-the-scenes look at what happens to many returned holiday gifts

LTC Eugene Chu That's what I Thought Tuesday Morning did!

The is a company here in Columbus that sells things at Auction and I suspect that is where they get their stuff but I have been leary of purchasing from them.

We have a store here called Bargain Hunt. Every 2 weeks they have a bin sale. It is comprised almost entirely of Amazon returns.
Everything in the bin is $7. $900 fountain pen? $7 $1.50 refrigerator magnet? $7. Keurig Pot-and-single combination coffeemaker? $7.

The catch is that all sales are final and all sales are as-is, and you cannot open the package. So you may get that $200 coffee maker for $7 - and find out it is missing the pot. Or maybe it is missing the actual plug. Or maybe it is just fine and it was returned without being used or damaged because it was the wrong color. Good luck and happy hunting!

My wife goes about once every 2 months. Drops $200 for 27 items (including tax). We end up throwing about 5 away, meaning the rest cost us a little under $10 each. And they *would have* cost upwards of $40 each buying retail - one item she found was worth around $400, and one her friend found was $900.

It's a win-win-win.