It was a typical February day in North Dakota when I left home this morning to make the rounds of the thrift stores. Snowing, windy, and -4 degrees with a wind chill factor of -25 to -35 degrees. At least it finding a place to park in any of the parking lots wasn’t a problem.

The day’s only purchase came from St. Vincent De Paul where I paid $1 for “Jochen Peiper Battlecommander SS Liebstandarte Adolf Hitler”. I ran the ISBN through ScoutPal to find a total of 50 listings. The lowest price was $4.62 and 26 copies were priced under $9.45.

Certainly not a book with much potential at first glance. But the more I looked at it, the more my gut told me it had possibilities. In the end I paid $1 for it and walked out the door telling myself I’d probably be kicking myself for the purchase.
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Today’s thrift store adventures can pretty much be summed up in one short sentence. “Six thrift stores, one book.” (Actually, I guess that isn’t even a sentence.)

The day’s lone purchase came at St. Vincent de Paul where I spent $.50 for “Blessing In Disguise”, book six in Lauraine Snelling’s “Red River Of The North Series”. It has found a place on the book shelf along with book one, two, three, and four from the same series. When I find book five they will be listed on eBay in the auction format.

This is Lauraine Snelling’s most popular series and the complete six book set will regularly bring between $30 and $45, sometimes a little more, on eBay.
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