Discovery about Graco Swings

Alyssajoy87 · September 2009

I went garage saleing with my mother today and at one of the first sales we stopped at, there was an adorable Graco swing priced at $5. The swing has very new-looking blue padding on the seat itself and a mobile over the baby. It looked like it had maybe been used once or twice.

The reason it was $5 was because the motor on the side no longer worked since the batteries had corroded it. I thought I could purchase a new motor from Graco so I bought the swing for $3.

My mother and I kept garage saleling and came across another Graco swing later in the day. It was the exact same size, just a different color. This swing wasn't as new or cute but it actually worked and was also priced at $5. I bought it for $4 and ended up bringing home two swings!

Once I got them home, I switched out the motor between the two swings and I now have an adorable swing that works great and only cost $7!! Word to the wise: buy at garage sales!!

ETA: I reassembled the damaged swing, put it out by my curb with a "Free" sign on it and it was gone in under an hour. DH will be so proud!

Here's a picture of the swing I ended up with:">

MFalor · September 2009

Lol, that worked out well! Good job!

palomaLuna · September 2009

courtney_lynne · September 2009

My friend bought one at a garage sale and got it home and found out the motor didn't work (she only pd like 5 bucks for it) called graco and they sent her a new motor pc. for free

Alyssajoy87 · September 2009

courtney_lynne:
My friend bought one at a garage sale and got it home and found out the motor didn't work (she only pd like 5 bucks for it) called graco and they sent her a new motor pc. for free

Nice! I thought about doing that, but when I got it home and unscrewed the cover of the motor, I wasn't sure if the motor itself or the battery mechanism wasn't working so it was just easier to switch it out!

emmyloustu · September 2009

Nice! I wish I could do garage sales, you girls are always getting great deals, but they skeve me out BIG time (for all things, but especially baby items).

djm05 · September 2009

I can't believe how cheap you got them for. My DH's friend "sold" us his kid's old Graco swing for $100!!!!! I was so mad when DH brought it home and told me. So I put the batteries in it and the motor didn't work, hee. Luckily we haven't paid buddy for it yet and now I'm definitely going to look at garage sales/second hand. AND I'm so telling DH about this post so he doesn't get potentially ripped off again!

blessedinthewest · September 2009

That's awesome. I've been meaning to hit garage sales but I haven't gotten around to it yet...There always seems to be some deals on craigslist though.