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I'm planning to sell my house either this fall or next spring. I've started collecting things i want to sell in a tag sale this spring, to:
1. decrease amount of stuff i have to move
2. help 'declutter' the house when buyers look at it
Now that i'm in the mindset of moving, i find things tucked away in closets and drawers that i never use and that has just sat there for years. I think it's really true that when you have a bigger house, you tend to collect more 'stuff.'
Just going through this exercise of 'editing' my life's clutter is a very liberating, refreshing exercise.
I'm not very good at pricing things, though. It seemed like i have an awful lot of stuff for the ".50 table" and the "$1 table." It's hard to decide if things will have more value for others, though they don't for me cus i've had them for years. One thing i did to help me price some things was to go online to check prices. For instance, i happen to have a Craftsman circular saw, never used. I went the the Sears site and saw that they sell them new for about $50, so i priced mine at $25, PLUS, i printed out the web page with the saw on it and the price highlighted, which i'll put next to the saw on the table when i sell it, to show buyers they're getting a good value. I'm doing the same thing for some old Fireking Kadeit dishware i have from the 40s. I saw someone on Ebay was selling dinner plates for $25 each, so i printed out that page and am selling mine for $10 each.
What do you think of this idea? Any other tips?
One concern i have is that my driveway is up a short hill with not a whole lot of parking at the top; and you won't really be able to see the yard sale itself when you're down on the road. I hope the lack of parking and the uphill walk won't discourage tag salers from checking things out.
1. decrease amount of stuff i have to move
2. help 'declutter' the house when buyers look at it
Now that i'm in the mindset of moving, i find things tucked away in closets and drawers that i never use and that has just sat there for years. I think it's really true that when you have a bigger house, you tend to collect more 'stuff.'
Just going through this exercise of 'editing' my life's clutter is a very liberating, refreshing exercise.
I'm not very good at pricing things, though. It seemed like i have an awful lot of stuff for the ".50 table" and the "$1 table." It's hard to decide if things will have more value for others, though they don't for me cus i've had them for years. One thing i did to help me price some things was to go online to check prices. For instance, i happen to have a Craftsman circular saw, never used. I went the the Sears site and saw that they sell them new for about $50, so i priced mine at $25, PLUS, i printed out the web page with the saw on it and the price highlighted, which i'll put next to the saw on the table when i sell it, to show buyers they're getting a good value. I'm doing the same thing for some old Fireking Kadeit dishware i have from the 40s. I saw someone on Ebay was selling dinner plates for $25 each, so i printed out that page and am selling mine for $10 each.
What do you think of this idea? Any other tips?
One concern i have is that my driveway is up a short hill with not a whole lot of parking at the top; and you won't really be able to see the yard sale itself when you're down on the road. I hope the lack of parking and the uphill walk won't discourage tag salers from checking things out.
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