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Garage Sale Tips Please!

Jdarg avatar
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Help! We are having a big garage sale this weekend. A sale of mythical proportions. :bang: Just shoot me now. :roll:

Any ideas or tips for a successful sale are appreciated! What sells the best? The worst? I want to hear from people that have had sales, AND attendees of sales. Good set up ideas? I was thinking about having sections, like a store- Manly Man Stuff (tools, weights, etc.), Kids, Holiday, Clothes/Accessories, Garden/Outdoors Stuff, "Dustables", Books, Technology, Furniture, and a bunch of "free to good home" stuff.

Don't give me any links to garage sale websites please- there is too much info there and they bore me. I just want first hand info.

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picky
#77
You mean the way they're always repeating themselves? :floor:
Teresa avatar
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#78
You mean the way they're always repeating themselves? :floor:

that, and the way men avoid having yard sales like the plague... it means a lot of work for them hauling stuff out, then hauling the leftovers somewhere. they think they will have to do all the work, even though they certainly do not... :lol:
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Beach Fanatic
#79
we haven't done a yard sale in years - kurt refuses. he hauls it to the goodwill, then we don't have to worry about it. But, its ashame to miss out on making extra cash from all the crap we get rid of every few months!!!

just after we married (many moons ago) we had a yard sale where we got rid of a lot of our combined stuff - much of it redundent, old college crap, or even wedding gifts we didn't need to haul with us. It was a LOAD of stuff. Kurt had it completely organized, everything priced, with some items in boxes with one price. I think the secret to our sale was to Advertise (as a huge moving sale - not estate sale - you don't want to put off anyone), put up signs, and start at the crack of dawn. By noon, re-evaluate and really be ready to slash prices or give away (it's over by then). hopefully you will get an offer from someone to haul off the remaining items. Or you can call Goodwill or whatever organization is in your area and let them know ahead of time that you may want them to come by that afternoon to get the rest of the stuff...

clothing is a real tough one. I would just do kids, and maybe some of the more "nifty" adult items. Or just throw them all in a box with $1, or whatever. Purses and shoes may go.

drinking will definitely help. coffee, that is... :shock: :eek: :blink:

good luck!!!:D
:clap_1: Good for you Kurt! (nothing personal Tootsie! :wub: )
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bean
#80
Good job Jenay!!!!! :clap_1: Glad you had funn. Good luck on getting everything ready this week!
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Beach Fanatic
#81
you men are all alike!!!;-)

:lolabove: True - esp. re this topic I would guess Tootsie!
This is a good thread - it's funn to stir the pot from time to time :floor:

I do hope your sale was successful jdarg - enjoy the proceeds!
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Jdarg avatar
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#82
:lolabove: True - esp. re this topic I would guess Tootsie!
This is a good thread - it's funn to stir the pot from time to time :floor:

I do hope your sale was successful jdarg - enjoy the proceeds!
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