Looking To Buy A Stroller For A Good Price? Try eBay
After we had our twins we were on the hunt for a really good double stroller that could handle hills, bumpy terrain and snow, lots of it. We heard really great things about the Valco stroller so we decided to go ahead with researching the fine details and try to find one for a great price.
We decided on the relatively new Valco Baby Twin Runabout Trimode stroller (wow that’s a mouthful). Since the model was so new no one was selling any used ones on Craigslist. So that left us with buying a new one. Valco strollers are expensive and if you are planning to buy a new one expect to pay over $650 (including shipping) for one.
After doing several searches on the web and discovering that every online retailer is charging the same price for a Valco I decided to check out eBay.
As it turned out, a store was auctioning off the exact same model we were interested in with a starting bid of about $50 and with no reserve price. No reserve price means that there is no minimum price for winning an item on ebay. The highest bidder wins at the end of the auction regardless.
In the case of the Valco, we won the auction at $515. That’s savings of about $85. This was 8 months ago. Just a few days ago I was checking out a shopping website and discovered that these Valco Baby Twin Runabout Tri mode stroller no reserve auctions were still taking place on eBay.
So before you decide on paying the full retail price (even from another online retailer that offers free shipping) for your next baby stroller check out eBay first and maybe you’ll save too.
Here is a list of No Reserve auctions for some of the popular strollers on the market today. These are actual auctions taking place on eBay.com. The prices are listed in real time and the auctions are sorted by end date.
 | US $401.00 (13 Bids) End Date: Wednesday Mar-10-2010 10:06:39 PST Bid now | Add to watch list |
 | US $142.50 (11 Bids) End Date: Wednesday Mar-10-2010 10:39:14 PST Bid now | Add to watch list |
 | US $180.50 (21 Bids) End Date: Wednesday Mar-10-2010 11:07:06 PST Bid now | Add to watch list |
 | US $41.00 (5 Bids) End Date: Thursday Mar-11-2010 13:24:23 PST Bid now | Add to watch list |
 | US $56.00 (16 Bids) End Date: Thursday Mar-11-2010 13:32:01 PST Bid now | Add to watch list |
 | US $1.22 (3 Bids) End Date: Thursday Mar-11-2010 16:53:58 PST Bid now | Add to watch list |
 | US $49.00 (1 Bid) End Date: Thursday Mar-11-2010 21:30:14 PST Bid now | Add to watch list |
 | US $81.00 (5 Bids) End Date: Friday Mar-12-2010 7:27:38 PST Bid now | Add to watch list |
 | US $51.56 (17 Bids) End Date: Friday Mar-12-2010 7:51:38 PST Bid now | Add to watch list |
 | US $20.50 (4 Bids) End Date: Friday Mar-12-2010 12:33:01 PST Bid now | Add to watch list |
 | US $22.50 (5 Bids) End Date: Friday Mar-12-2010 12:52:19 PST Bid now | Add to watch list |
 | US $102.50 (22 Bids) End Date: Sunday Mar-14-2010 14:46:03 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 | US $162.50 (8 Bids) End Date: Sunday Mar-14-2010 17:40:21 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 | US $230.27 (21 Bids) End Date: Monday Mar-15-2010 13:33:36 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
Impress Your Wife (and Kids) With This Easy To Make Non-Sweet Chicken Recipe
Since my wife was pregnant with the twins I pretty much took over the cooking in our home. I started with simple recipes and slowly worked my way up to more complex ones. I enjoyed it so much that my wife barely makes dinner.
Here is a relatively simple and fast recipe that you husbands (and wives?) can make to impress your wife and kids.
What you’ll need:
- Oven
- Chicken thighs, legs (Calculate about two chicken thighs per person or one chick thigh and two legs. If you eat like me then you’ll need to add four more thighs)
- Rectangular tin or Pyrex dish (it really doesn’t matter what you use as long as it is oven safe. Just make sure its big enough to hold the amount of chicken you want to bake.)
- Spices: Paprika, pepper, salt, garlic powder, onion powder
- Place chicken thighs and legs in cooking tray or dish
- Sprinkle with spices
- Bake for 1 hour and 30 minutes at 350 degrees Fahrenheit or 180 degrees Celsius.
Eat it up. Yum!
Important Notes for absolute beginners:
1. Make sure you know how to set the oven timer so that you don’t end up with overcooked dried out chicken
2. If your oven has different cooking settings, make sure its on ‘Bake’ mode and not on Broil mode.
3. When the chicken is done take it out of the oven (with an oven mitt). Yes this may sound obvious but newbies tend to not be aware of the obvious (“Well how the heck was I supposed to know that I should take it out of the oven.”). If the oven is off and you know that you will be eating dinner very soon then you could leave it in there to stay warm for no more than 15-20 minutes.
