BLOOMINGTON If you're looking to find a bargain for items in and around Bloomington, your best bet might be searching through Indiana University's old stuff.

The Indiana University surplus store sells all of the university's discarded items, including books, clothing and furniture. It even sells specialized items such as marching band uniforms and unused football cleats.

Indiana University is required to try and sell any belongings it has purchased with tax money under state law.

Surplus store manager Todd Reed estimates half of the store's sales come from computers. All of the money stays within the university system, with 80% of the proceeds from the marching band uniforms returning to the Marching Hundred.

"I was a student at IU and my oldest son is working on his master's here, yet

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