Garage sale newbie - please help

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Re: Garage sale newbie - please help

Well, I had the garage sale We sold about $550 worth, but I'm not sure you'd know it by looking at the garage. We still have a lot of stuff! Any ideas on whether or not it's worth it to be open again? (After work/evening on a weekday? Another weekend?) Or is it most likely that we've maxed out this location at this time and I might as well get on with my life Thanks for your advice!

[momma4]

Re: Garage sale newbie - please help

Well, I had the garage sale We sold about $550 worth, but I'm not sure you'd know it by looking at the garage. We still have a lot of stuff! Any ideas on whether or not it's worth it to be open again? (After work/evening on a weekday? Another weekend?) Or is it most likely that we've maxed out this location at this time and I might as well get on with my life Thanks for your advice!

if you are not up for doing the garagesale thing again and you are just looking to get rid of the stuff there is a group called freecycle it is all over the place. just go to freecycle.org to see if there is a group in your area. it also helps when you have something broken and you just don't want to throw it out someone else in your area might know how to fix it and is willing to take it off your hands.

[mom-from-missouri]

Re: Garage sale newbie - please help

I'd try it again in about a month. A lot of people go on vacation as soon as school is out. So, if you wait a month and do it again, you might hit more customers. Besides, you have already done the time consuming part of pricing and such.

[cicy33]

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That is great for a yard sale! Congrats. I usually have one at the beginning of summer and right before school. I am having one when we get back from vacation. I generally charge very cheap cuz my goal is to get rid of stuff. Matter of fact my next one is going to be a quarter sale. you know, everything is a quarter! I do hate pricing things.

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Re: Garage sale newbie - please help

Well, I decided to open up again last Thursday. Surprisely, lots of people thought it was the first day of the sale. I pulled another $200 out (for a total of $750 + another $350 in things I also listed on eBay ), so now I fell like I've milked it completely. I get to go on with life now Thanks for everybody's advice!

[Tree0164]

Re: Garage sale newbie - please help

Wow Great job!!

Some extra cash! Did you have a goal for that money?

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My share will go into the rainy day fund, but I was really happy that a friend of mine who contributed stuff sold almost everything! She and her husband recently took in 3 nieces and nephews, doubling the kids under their care to 6! I can imagine they need all the cash they can get, so I was happy to be able to help . . .at least in a small way. I was also happy that not only did I get some stuff cleaned out, so did my parents and my in-laws Thanks for asking.