If you've spent any time driving through the subdivisions around town lately, you've likely noticed the abundance of garage or yard sales.

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While most are "one day only", you occasionally will see the larger multi-family sales that could go on for an entire three-day weekend, and for real bargain hunters, some of these feature those diamonds in the rough they truly seek.

However, while it's true that one man's trash is another man's treasure, it can equally be argued that one man's trash, is another man's trash.

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There are a considerable number of items, that regardless of the price, should be avoided at garage sales or any thrift store for that matter.

A deal just isn't a deal if it compromises safety or the product was so inferior that it's quickly hauled to the trash dumpster soon after purchase.

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Even Reader's Digest has suggested that there are quite a number of items a person is best served to never purchase from a garage sale. These are things that are most often purchased new with the possibility of return to a known retailer in the event of a safety concern or the product's integrity is compromised.

Since it's "Garage Sale Season" here in the Bayou State, and you're planning to spend the weekend hitting some of the sales near you, take a look at "11 Items You Should Never Buy At A Louisiana Garage Sale"

11 Items You Should Never Buy at a Louisiana Garage Sale

While safety is the biggest concern for purchasing some of these items from a garage sale, with others you simply have no recourse if the product is damaged or defective.