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"Anybody have any good yard sale tips? Having mine next Sat................."
 Posted by Chellie31 on Jul-04-05 at 06:32 AM (Eastern)
Posted on Jul-04-05 at 06:32 AM (Eastern) by 152.163.100.5

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1 . "cmon guys, i'm not a newbie here, why wont anyone ever talk to me?"
 Posted by Chellie31 on Jul-04-05 at 09:05 AM (Eastern)
Posted on Jul-04-05 at 09:05 AM (Eastern) by 152.163.100.5

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2 . "Good Morning & Happy 4th of July!!"
 Posted by ddbnana on Jul-04-05 at 09:11 AM (Eastern)
Posted on Jul-04-05 at 09:11 AM (Eastern) by 64.136.27.226

I don't have any garage sale tips for you though. We live out in the boonies, so we don't have yard sales. Plus we don't get any good deals here in Fl, the land of no doubles/triples. I wish I could help you though.

Thank you,
Mary in Florida
zip - 33868

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3 . "Thanks for replying, I must stink or something, lol"
 Posted by Chellie31 on Jul-04-05 at 09:17 AM (Eastern)
Posted on Jul-04-05 at 09:17 AM (Eastern) by 152.163.100.5

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diet coke & diet a & w cpns

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4 . "advertising definately helps!!! signs, newspapers, etc...."
 Posted by KELLYNEISH on Jul-04-05 at 09:52 AM (Eastern)
Posted on Jul-04-05 at 09:52 AM (Eastern) by 64.12.116.5

try to put your big stuff in sight, so people can see these from the road. make sure everything is priced, i personally hate garage sales where stuff is "up for bartering" or "make offer". try to keep like stuff together, like all the holiday stuff, clothes, etc... hth

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5 . "Had a yard sale several weeks ago...."
 Posted by Beaglesfly on Jul-04-05 at 10:09 AM (Eastern)
Last edited on Jul-04-05 at 10:11 AM (Eastern) by 205.188.116.8

Posted on Jul-04-05 at 10:09 AM (Eastern) by 205.188.116.8

I did really well with the stockpiles I had....hairspray, deoderant, shampoo, body wash, dish detergent. Hair coloring did not go at all...which is kind of understandable.

Ours was part of a street long advertised sale, so there were ALOT of people come through. I don't have too many tips other than the obvious....BIG signs so people can see you, spread things out along the driveway (or wherever) so people take their time looking, have bags ready so people can carry their stuff in.

I always use a fanny pack so that my money is right nearby and I don't have to worry that someone will take it.

Lauren

PS You don't smell...but it is the holiday weekend so not many people around to post probably. Also there was a post about garage sales a few weeks ago that many already posted to....the link is below:

http://www.politicalvoices.com/dcforum/general/6194.html

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6 . "i need to have one too..."
 Posted by bout2bmommyagain on Jul-04-05 at 12:00 PM (Eastern)
Posted on Jul-04-05 at 12:00 PM (Eastern) by 152.163.100.5

i have so much stuff that i need to get rid of but i dont know where a good place to have one is... i know that advertising in your local paper def. helps!

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7 . "Yard sale tips......."
 Posted by jmartin on Jul-04-05 at 01:41 PM (Eastern)
Posted on Jul-04-05 at 01:41 PM (Eastern) by 63.238.104.2

1. Schedule it the beginning of the month. People have more money then as some of us just get paid once a month.

2. Be organized. Have items in boxes ready to haul outside. Don't make a lot of trips inside to get items when you can haul them out at once. You'll be exhausted before it even starts if you don't.

3. Price items "evenly" -- $1 or 50 cents. Have very few dime and nickel items unless you really want to get rid of something. If you just flat out don't want it anymore and don't care if you get anything for it, mark it FREE and have a box of FREE items for people to root around in. People love FREE anything (as we all know).

4. Have everything marked in price.

5. Display items at table height level if possible.

6. Don't run your sale late. You'll have most of your traffic before 9:30 AM.

7. If you are seriously cleaning out and don't want the items that are left, call your local charity (here it's St. Vincent DePaul) to come and get the excess. You can take a tax deduction for those items.

8. Start pricing items now. Don't wait until the last minute to price your items or it will seem overwhelming to you. When you are going through stuff to put in the sale, price sticker it then. (This saved me a tremendous amount of time.)

We had a garage sale a month ago and sold most of our stockpiles (Friday night 4-7 PM and Saturday morning 6-noon). We made over $600. The stockpile items were in boxes that were placed on an extension ladder (covered in plastic) extended over 2 lawn chairs. We priced items 4/$3 or 5/$5 -- or whatever.

If you price items that way, people will buy that way. They will be reluctant to break up the pricing structure.

We gave each person a plastic grocery bag when they came up. It encouraged them to buy and it prevented them from dropping things. Have plenty of plastic grocery bags if you are selling a lot of small items.

Have plenty of change. We didn't need a whole lot of quarters, etc. because our items were mainly even dollar amounts.

Yes, do advertise in your local paper. It helps tremendously. Our local newspaper gives a garage sale "kit" to anyone having a yard sale that contains orange signs, an ink pen, balloons, and price labels. Put those balloons where people can see them and stop. Put items OUT where people can see when they drive by that you have a serious amount of items to sell.

Be courteous and take down the signs AFTER your sale.

Some local people sell coffee and doughnuts but we never have. Our town has serious "professional" yard salers who go prepared so I think, in our town, it would be a waste of time and energy.

Just some suggestions. I hope that it's helped.

Have a great sale.

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8 . "Thank you for all your ideas! Started pricing last night, cant wait!"
 Posted by Chellie31 on Jul-04-05 at 05:10 PM (Eastern)
Posted on Jul-04-05 at 05:10 PM (Eastern) by 152.163.100.5

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9 . "make big signs....noticable"
 Posted by kylekevin on Jul-04-05 at 05:43 PM (Eastern)
Posted on Jul-04-05 at 05:43 PM (Eastern) by 69.248.89.151

>Posted on Jul-04-05 at 06:32 AM (Eastern)
>by 152.163.100.5
>
>If you feel we've had a good
>trade, please leave feedback for me
>:o)
>http://refundsweepers.com/dcforum/feedback/607.html


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10 . "I'm guessing noone responded because"
 Posted by Kristy on Jul-04-05 at 08:10 PM (Eastern)
Posted on Jul-04-05 at 08:10 PM (Eastern) by 4.155.24.12

This question has been asked lots in the past two weeks and if you search yard sale or stockpile sale you will find atleast two lengthly posts about peoples tips, and pricing.

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11 . "exactly..."
 Posted by KellyJef on Jul-04-05 at 09:28 PM (Eastern)
Posted on Jul-04-05 at 09:28 PM (Eastern) by 205.188.116.5

>Posted on Jul-04-05 at 08:10 PM (Eastern)
>by 4.155.24.12This question has been asked
>lots in the past two weeks
>and if you search yard sale
>or stockpile sale you will find
>atleast two lengthly posts about peoples
>tips, and pricing.


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12 . "Personally I didn't respond because I've not held a yard sale in years lol but i really think that people on this board are extremely helpful but being the holiday"
 Posted by teener on Jul-04-05 at 09:40 PM (Eastern)
Posted on Jul-04-05 at 09:40 PM (Eastern) by 69.69.68.46

weekend there weren't alot of people on if you look at the coupon and refund boards you'll notice there isn't a lot of re's there either yard sales seem to be a very popular subject and those that do hold them are willing to share their hints


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13 . "I appreciate everyones input, all of you have been very helpful!"
 Posted by Chellie31 on Jul-04-05 at 09:58 PM (Eastern)
Posted on Jul-04-05 at 09:58 PM (Eastern) by 152.163.100.5


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14 . "my best advice: schedule for a short time (m)"
 Posted by greenfrog57 on Jul-05-05 at 09:44 AM (Eastern)
Posted on Jul-05-05 at 09:44 AM (Eastern) by 63.230.97.142

I've had a few garage sales. From my expereinces, I have made the most money in the first couple hours of the sales. For the last sale, I scheduled it for 8- 11 and made more than the sale previously. All the customers came early since I created a feeling of urgency (If you don't come early enough, you'll miss it.) I wasn't as exhausted when I was done and I was happy with my earnings.
HTH
Laura in NM

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15 . "interesting perspective..."
 Posted by KellyJef on Jul-06-05 at 05:23 PM (Eastern)
Posted on Jul-06-05 at 05:23 PM (Eastern) by 205.188.116.5

From my expereinces, I
>have made the most money in
>the first couple hours of the
>sales. For the last sale,
>I scheduled it for 8- 11
>and made more than the sale
>previously.


I've never thought about it, but I think you might actually be right.

There are always a few stragglers, but the vast majority of people do come during the first few hours.

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16 . "Here in balto. if you write 8am people show at 7 am LOL"
 Posted by Kristy on Jul-06-05 at 09:28 PM (Eastern)
Posted on Jul-06-05 at 09:28 PM (Eastern) by 4.155.247.162

I don't know if all areas are as competitive but here in the lovely Baltimore metro area if you put 8am on a sign you start getting people no later than 7:15am! Some people even write no early birds on the signs cause it's so bad.

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