We have http://www.kijiji.com/ too here in the States. Thanks, MzJelloFluff, for mentioning it; never heard of it.

I have a friend who buys a lot of her household stuff at flea markets; she and another friend go every Saturday morning to a circuit of various flea markets in their area. It sounds like fun but I'm not that early a riser

I have a neat free bookstore where I donate my used books, "The Book Thing" http://www.bookthing.org/ and anyone can go and get as many books as they like, totally free.