Don't forget about garage sales either.

In the past I have gotten couches (2x 2seaters and an armchair, matching coffee table and end table, bookcase, table lamp (all at the one garage sale for about $150) some outdoor toy things for DD (slide, basketball hoop), and lots of books (novels and cookbooks).

And have seen a lot of old dinner sets, coffee cups, pots and pans, kids room curtains, heaps of toys etc. And I reckon they are heaps cheaper, coz people just want them 'gone', so if not sold, then they are going to throw them out, and have to pack a trailer etc.