Even if it’s a good deal.

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Many avidthriftersagree that there are few categories of items worth leaving behind at yard sales.

Keep reading to find out what they are and why they’re just not that useful.

Variety of old, unwanted objects on two tables near a wall of a house in a driveway being displayed for sale at a yard sale..

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Project Pieces

Many people are guilty of purchasing secondhand items that they have every intention of revamping.

Finds

Kelly Riley, the founder of vintage storeJune Taylor Shopin Lakeland, Florida, uses the acronym D.U.S.T.

to determine if furniture pieces are worth sourcing.

After that, she’ll search for smells.

The last list item to cover is termites.