Garage sale newbie - please help

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Re: Garage sale newbie - please help

Thanks for the tips! I'm planning on Saturday, June 4 and maybe June 3. Some people around here start on Wednesday, but that just seems crazy to me! Now I'm in the process of pricing stuff . . .wow . . .what a process! Any hints on CDs? How about collectables like TV Guide? Would $2.00 be too much for a shirt/overall 18mo outfit new with tags? I'm trying to tag ten things a day . . . I didn't know it would require soooo much thought! (I'm used to eBay where I set the minimum and people bid it up, not a garage sale where I set the maximum and people try to get it for less . . .)

[Jenlee]

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Just remember that people are going to bargain with you. Personally, I wouldn't spend $2 on an outfit from a yard sale, but if I saw $2 and they took $1.50, I might buy it. My mom, on the other hand will not pay more than 50¢ a piece and this is including clothes for older grandchildren.

[DeNovi]

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are the outfits new? I would do like $ 1.50 or 1.25 people will ask for less as long as you are willing to to that.. or look for a resale shop and see if they will do the clothes on consignment for you. might make more money doing it that way.

kids clothes usually go for like 10 cents. 25 cents. 50 cents. no more than a $ 1.00 but this is Wisconsin.. Illinois was pretty much the same too when i lived there over 4 yrs ago..
as long as you are willing to go down on your prices you should do ok

if there is something you dont want to go down on mark FIRM on that
piece so they wont ask you for it cheaper

[34saving]

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Thanks for the tips on clothes. Okay, the next big problem: My husband is ready to part with a big TV Guide collection (mostly from the 80s). Any ideas on how to price?

[DeNovi]

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If you have all the series.. i would ask for at least like .25 cents a book? i am not positive. if there are only at random i have no Idea
check ebay and see if any one is saving them.. hope that helps you

[Tree0164]

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If those are classic TV guide issues you may want to research them on ebay to see if they would sell.

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Well, I've looked on eBay and some of them are probably worth $8-$12, but a lot of them aren't worth the fees associated with listing them individually and "lots" don't sell for much at all. What I'm hoping is that somebody sees that some of them are worth something so they buy the whole thing. Maybe that's a bit optimistic? What do you think of:

1 for $.50
3 for $1.00
10 for $2.50

Thanks for all the help!

[DeNovi]

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Sounds really good to me... let me know how it goes...

and if you have any more questions, please ask.

hugss marie

[BillsGirl]

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have you ever tried selling your stuff on ebay?? I sell on there and I make quite some chump change selling stuff I wanted to get rid of anyways!!

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Yeah . .. I do quite a bit on eBay, but most of this stuff isn't worth the shipping cost or wouldn't be profitable enough to justify the time. Thanks for the suggestion though. I like eBay a lot

BTW, I just found out a mega garage sale (150+ houses) is going on the same weekend about 2 miles away. Is this a good thing or a bad thing????? Why do I have a feeling this is a bad thing . . . .

[BillsGirl]

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I don't know it might be both!!! That does raise an ineteresting question though, It could be good because people could be in the area causing more people to come by yours, but also if they already seen everything they wanted they might not want to stop again??

[DeNovi]

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if you feel that un comfortable then just dont do it.

i dont do HUGE sales not unlessit is for the neighbors i live with not strangers..

I have gone to HUGE ones and you canreallly get some deals..

i just really mark stuff cheap to get rid of the stuff ya know write soon.. hugs, Marie

[34saving]

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Hi Marie. I must have overdone the punctuation a bit on my last post I'm not all that stressed about the mega sale down the street, I just wonder about the impact (and how to work around it). I think I'll keep the signs the same, but I might modify the internet/ bulletin board flyers to mention that the sale is close to "River Hills". Maybe then we'll pick up some additional traffic from the people trucking down to those sales. Fun fun. I'm up to 1/2 bedroom of tagged stuff now

[DeNovi]

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thats great hon.. keep me p;osted on how it goes and make
lots of $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$!!!! Marie

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Kashi-- I think you were right about the whole Craig's list thing. I think a lot of people read that! I just hope they come Anybody have an idea what somebody would be willling to pay for a turn-of-the-century handmade oak dining table?? I'm thinking $250 but maybe that's too much for anything at a garage sale . . .