The Daily Money: Where can I find a $3.99 thrift-store vase worth $100,000?
Good morning! This is Daniel de Visé with your Daily Money.
With the recent news that a Virginia woman bought a $3.99 vase at a thrift store and sold it for more than $100,000, the question arises: How can I do that?
The chances of finding that big a score are pretty rare, one professional "thrifter" tells Betty Lin-Fisher, but it is fun trying.
Thrifting is not new, but it has changed in recent years. While people may have once been shy to admit they bought something at a thrift store, the routine has evolved into a trendy thing to do.
Paste BN spoke to two professional thrifters for some tips on how to get started thrifting for yourself, if you’re interested in becoming a reseller or simply searching for that rare find that you can sell for a lot of money.
Many of us leave Flexible Spending Account funds on the table
If you have money sloshing around in a Flexible Spending Account, you may be feeling some pressure to spend it by December 31.
An FSA is a pre-tax fund for healthcare expenses, similar to a Health Savings Account. Industry estimates suggest more than 70 million Americans have one or the other.
“They’re both ways for people to stretch their healthcare spending a little further,” said Jake Spiegel, a research associate at the Employee Benefit Research Institute, a nonprofit research firm.
But there is a key difference. HSA money carries over from one year to the next. Most FSA funds do not.
HSAs are paired with health insurance plans and belong to the covered individual, Spiegel said. FSAs, by contrast, are “accounts that don’t really exist on paper until the money actually needs to be spent,” he said. “They are technically owned by the employer.”
At year’s end, unused FSA money “technically goes back to the employer,” Spiegel said.
Happily, we are here to help you spend your FSA dollars. Here are 10 ideas.
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Guy Fieri’s kids will have to work extra hard if they plan on inheriting their father’s culinary empire.
The Mayor of Flavortown tells Fox News that the only way he will share what he’s built with his boys is if they come and take it from him, repeating words once told to him by his father.
“I tell them the same thing my dad told me. My dad says, ‘When I die, you can expect that I’m gonna die broke and you’re gonna be paying for the funeral,’ he says in the clip.
Good to know, Guy!
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