garagesailing
n.— «When you find a Nintendo Entertainment System Zapper in mint condition for $3, it’s hard to complain. It’s all part of a time-honored practice that Gus and Geoff Turner of www.thenewgamer.com refer to as “garagesailing,” the act of going through thrift stores and garage sales to acquire gaming items.» —“Old technology, new price” by Fernando Ramos in San Diego State University Daily Aztec (California) Nov. 16, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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