Dry Part of the Year

[Adam D.]

I don't know if it's just me, or if it's the part of the year, but for the last month or two it's been completely dry at the local Habitats, Faith Farms any other reused center and even Craigslist.. I've been having an urge to find something neat but every time I've gone fan hunting lately I've been disappointed.. All I ever see is the same thing, if anything new in it's either something that's completely garbage, or something that I already have one of and usually pass it up.. Same thing happening to you all?

[Deleted]

Funny, I just posted about a huge haul . . . half or so was one fan here, one fan there, from Craigslist or eBay or another collector. I do whole day Habitat runs where I go to 5-10 different Habitat stores across WI and IL . . . normally I come back with at LEAST 2 or 3 good finds, often way more. Since the summer, I've made several runs looking for stuff for 12 Wings (not just fans) and came back with NOTHING.

The day after Christmas I stopped at 5 Habitat stores and found at least one good thing at every single one . . . including two stores that I've NEVER found anything good at before. My worst stop of the 5 was some glassware I needed for 12 Wings, my best was two 52" blenderfans and a brown 4 blade Delta II.

I commented about this to my wife, who thought the day of good fortune had to do with the holidays-- the stores were less picked over.

[Cole S.]

I go through dry spells here often, then there's a time when great stuff comes in, then it's dry again. Right during the holidays is when I see a lot of new arrivals at Habitat, whether it be good stuff or not. For me, being where I am with limited local Habitat/reuse/salvage access, even seeing a constant arrival of new crap I would never buy is a welcome sight because when I have a dry spell for finds, I see NOTHING. Not a single fan anywhere or always the same three crap fans hanging at Habitat for two months.

[mndoss06]

I would say that the winter tends to be a more of a dry spell then the summer is for me as well Adam. Part of it I chalk up to the fact that most people probably aren't that concerned with updating their fans in the winter time and focus more on that in the summer, hence why you may tend to see more used fans for sale in the summer months.

[Cole S.]

Dec 27, 2013 23:59:39 GMT -5 mndoss06 said:

I would say that the winter tends to be a more of a dry spell then the summer is for me as well Adam. Part of it I chalk up to the fact that most people probably aren't that concerned with updating their fans in the winter time and focus more on that in the summer, hence why you may tend to see more used fans for sale in the summer months.

That's what I always thought especially being up here in the North, until I started noticing an excess of ceiling fans showing up between November and January year after year. I can't explain it, maybe people here update their fans before they need them. Or blame it on the winter, it's the perfect time to stay inside and redecorate...