In an era when it seems just about everything is going digital, Jennifer McAuley has taken her business in the opposite direction.
The former Buffalo resident -- she and her family moved to Corfu in August -- has made her living for years selling secondhand items on Ebay.
But as of Friday, McAuley's Bargain Bin is now a "brick and mortar" business. McAuley opened up shop in the Mortellaro building on Jackson Street.
“My Ebay fees were way over what I could pay for a store," McAuley said. "And with a store, I can actually interact with customers and not worry about postage and ‘hey the post office broke it,’ or whatever.”
When McAuley held a garage sale in Corfu over the summer, the sale went so well, she started to think she needed to open a shop in Genesee County.
"With the economy and everything else going on, this is the best business to open up here," McAuley said.
McAuley gets most of her merchandise from storage unit auctions, store return merchandise and overstocks.
She prides herself on keeping prices low, "just like a garage sale."
"A little kid came in yesterday and he told my daugher he only had 50 cents," McAuley said. "I had a pair of Jordon sneakers for 50 cents. He said, ‘I need to get these so I have a new pair of sneakers just like my brother.’ He paid for them with his own money and he was so happy with them. It was absolutely unbelievable. To give somebody a good item at a discounted price is amazing.”
