A Danielle Steel novel, a Contigo water bottle, a large package of pineapple party straws, a faux plant and a large bag of velvet pumpkins added to about $27. While it can take some digging, savings can be found. “Things that they buy at Walmart - they come back over here, and it’s like $8, and it’s like $15, $20 at Walmart.” “They just love it,” said Mary Garza with the Deals Outlet Bin Store. A s’mores roaster, priced at $40, was listed for $60 on Target’s website. A pendant light priced at $40 was listed for $149 on Home Depot’s website. Many were priced at approximately half of retail.Īn air fryer listed for $80 on Amazon was priced at $55. Around the perimeter were stacks of home decor items, a child’s scooter, a pillow, small home appliances, lawn tools and more. Items in the bins were priced at $3 each. “Not even Dollar Tree has flowers anymore for a dollar,” she said. General McMullen, inventory ranged from baby onesies to the bathroom sink.įirst-time bin shopper Leticia Rios scored a bag of faux flowers. “So if you shop anywhere from Target, Wallyworld (Walmart), Amazon, you know, we’ve got it here more than likely - and for a fraction of the price.”īig retailers like Target, Home Depot, Lowe’s, Walmart and Amazon unload their glut of surplus inventory and products that customers returned on the secondary market, which is now a multibillion-dollar industry.Īt the Deals Outlet Bin Store, located at 1119 S. “We get it from all the major retailers,” said owner Fuad Jebreel. The cavernous warehouse is filled with large bins stacked with items that range from clothing to leftover Halloween decor to large containers of paprika. “And these shoes right here - look at these shoes - five bucks.” Shopping in this booming market is part treasure hunt, part sport.Īt Bargains Depot, located at 6707 NW Loop 410, Gilbert Cortez, who’d just gathered up a Halloween mask and necklace, said his best find ever was a tablet. That’s the mantra of bargain hunters who are literally digging for deals at liquidation outlets. Instagram: Twitter: more consumer news and money saving advice, go to ANTONIO – Shop early."Don't Waste Your Money" is a registered trademark of Scripps Media, Inc. This is All Surplus Deals' second location: It's been running in Phoenix, Arizona for about a year, where it says business has been booming. There are other liquidators that sell returned items, but in most cases you have to buy a whole pallet of goods, where you may not want all of them. You have to shop online first, and win the auction for that item. You can't go there and browse, as in a retail store. Items cannot be shipped, due to high shipping costs these days. "Or it could be overstock, because they bought so many, and the end of the season is coming and they don't want to deal with it."ĭiggs says if your bid wins, you are then invited out to the warehouse to pick up your item. "These might be things somebody returned something because it didn't work for them, but it might be right for you," she said. You search for items that interest you, and then place a bid. You can buy these items for a fraction of the original price, according to All Surplus Deals marketing director Meredith Diggs, by bidding online. In some cases, it is overstock merchandise that never sold. The company is called All Surplus Deals, based in a huge warehouse filled with thousands of items from baby strollers to microwaves, to area rugs, and toys.Įverything is guaranteed to be in great shape, except for the fact someone else bought it and returned it in most cases. You get a bargain, and a local landfill gets a break. near the Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport, is selling those items for pennies on the dollar. Why? Because it is too expensive to restock and resell it.īut a new online auction house in Hebron, Ky. It often is thrown away by the retailer, and ends up in a landfill after you get your refund. When you return an air fryer, coffee maker, or Lego set you decide you didn't want, in many cases it never goes back on the shelves for resale.
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