What clients say about Pachaug Picker in Griswoldville (CT)
I love junk. This is my happy place. Proprietor “Wally” and I get along very well. Is he crusty? Yes! So is his 2 acres of junk. Don’t push him and you will do just fine.
This was a fun place to wander around. There is a random collection of industrial and automotive odds and ends. There's also quite the collection of street and business signs.
My experience with this guy is I went over there to get a few things looked at to see if they would be worth anything instead of offering the a price on just looking at it over it quickly instead of taking out pieces and being gentle with the stuff he just rummage through all of it basically throwing it all around and then when I told him how much I wanted to get for it and I told I was told it was way too much which is fine but didn't even offer a counter price or nothing not only that didn't ask my name didn't really care to ask any questions just gave me an attitude and sent me on my way won't be going back to him or recommending him for anything just goes to show when you go to sell something to somebody they think their stuff is worth gold value and your stuff is worth scrap value My opinion is the guy doesn't know what he's talking about but what do I know
Can spend hours there. Lots to pick through! I found the items I was hunting for. A perfect wheelbarrow, outdoor shelving unit for my grill and a burn bucket for ashes. My bonus find was some cool old glass bottles. I love collecting old bottles! Prices are super reasonable!
Easily one of the coolest places I’ve been to! There’s a huge yard of anything you can think of plan to spend at least 2 hours looking at everything. We took an hour ride out to check out the place and we were not disappointed. You definitely have to enjoy picking through things to like the set up here. The man who owns it was a really chill guy we wanted his recycling bins but that was unfortunately the only thing not for sale lol he was really cool about it though!
I went here a couple of years ago with my sister. I saw a small, old rusty go kart with a stuck engine and flat tires, that I though would make for a fun project. The owner, who was impossible to track down, wanted $80 for it, and his sign said that all prices are 'pre-haggled' for convenience, but I would say pre-swindled. I will not be going back to this scrapyard again.
Trash paradise. Overseen by the most unsavory, unpersonable and rude guy I've ever had the pleasure of NOT giving my money to. Absolute jerk, and sketchy with prices.
Would not recommend.
Will not go back.
Will tell everyone.
Wish i could give zero stars. We love finding gently used items all over but this stuff was all aggressively used. No prices and when we asked for prices the only man working came in and coldly gave us super inflated prices. When we decided on a few things and hunted him down...yet again...the price was more than he quoted us and then as we stated the original price he pointed at his no haggle sign and walked out of the store. We gladly left it all behind and will never go back. There are enough antique and junk places around that you never have to go here. I'd rather flush my money than to put it in that horrible person's pocket.
Not a place for me but my husband absolutely loved it! They have an enormous amount of old things here. The only thing I can say bad about this place is that alot of what is here is exposed to the elements so it's really worn out. Tons of old bicycles, signs, chains of every make and size, etc. a lot of rust due to most of it being outdoors but according to my husband, it gives the items "character" lol! All in what you like! To me, a junkyard of old stuff.... To him, hidden treasures! The place is huge! Trust me, I walked up and down each & every aisle!!
Lots of scrap to pick through. Very wide variety of "oh man, look at this! Remember these?" kind of things. Good place to browse once in a while just to see what there is.
Place is interesting and plenty to look at.
However, things are mostly all broken and completely trashed. Everything outside is exposed to elements and it shows. Nothing is priced so that you have to track down the one man that gives prices and he didn't seem interested in selling things. He walks away from you have to track him down for again for everything. The lady inside is always having to go get him to give pricing. Was actually was told he left and they couldn't sell things until he returned. The few items we were interested in he gave sky high. He is way off even being market value. Would not negotiate on broken rusted things. I wasn't sure if he wanted to sell things or hug and kiss them. Very much the kind of person that would rather see it rust into the ground than let it go. Maybe, some have much better luck. But, we have been twice and had no success. Doesn't seem like they entertain strangers warmly.like they might the people who they know that hang around.
Look, I know he sells junk, but this was JUNK. I'm always looking to upcycle things, but most of this either completely worthless, or will be once it sits outside in the elements long enough. Also, some of the stuff there is straight up stolen, like the GPS tracked rentable bikes that had the electronics ripped out.
I never go home empty handed. Something for everyone here. The prices are reasonable and there's always new stuff. You can even bring the trinkets that you don't want and trade for things you like. If you pass this place on 138, turn around and check it out. You'll be glad you did!
Incredible assortment of items that you would have a hard time finding anywhere else. The prices were too high in my opinion for some items but still fairly reasonable. I bought some license plates but there is so much amazing stuff to look at and check out that you will probably not have an issue finding something that interests you.
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