Yesterday, I started talking about community yard sales and shopping at them as a family. There are a few different things you can do that will make the trip to a community, or multifamily, yard sale more productive and enjoyable. I think going together as a family to these types of sales can serve a few purposes. You can have a bit of fun together, as well as impart knowledge and experience to our children. For example, check out my next tip. Let the kids buy things with their own money Our children don’t get an allowance, although they do … Continue reading →

On Saturday morning, we stopped by a community yard sale, one of those sales where the entire neighborhood gets together to sell their stuff. It was not so organized as a sponsored yard sale, more like a multifamily sale with several houses in a development participating. We did really well at this sale, getting some real bargains. Looking back on it, I think that a lot of this had to do with being prepared and employing some community yard sale strategies. Take a look at the following tips that we try to use as a family, whenever we shop at … Continue reading →

With gas prices these days, it is important to really consolidate your yard sale runs and get the most value and the least expense when you shop for bargains. One of the best ways to do this is to consider multifamily or community sales. These sales typically have several “sellers,” making your chances of finding multiple good bargains pretty high. Unfortunately, though, all yard sales that are designated as multifamily sales aren’t created equal. Sometimes a multifamily sale can consist of two small folding tables with lots of “junk.” Here are some ways that you can find the better multifamily … Continue reading →

Presentation of your inventory in a yard sale can mean the difference between shoppers stopping and buying at your yard sale or those same shoppers driving away without buying. About seven years or so ago, we had a series of yard sales in the same year. it was then that I learned a lot about how to present yard sale merchandise. There were some things that we did that made things sell more quickly. Here is my advice on how to present your yard sale items. Group your items into categories. For example, all baby stuff should be in one … Continue reading →

As I sit here, I am watching the third or is it fourth major snow storm in our area. Schools have been closed for two days, and even more snow is predicted in the next few days. Some of the snow drifts are as tall as I am. That is why it is a perfect time to start planning out having a yard sale. Even through we have all of that snow, spring cannot be far behind. The first few yard sales of spring can be the most profitable. Bargain hunters stuck indoors for so long will gleefully flock to … Continue reading →

Get ready for yard sale season. If you are planning to have a yard sale, do you already know how you will price items? Practice dollar pricing to make everything easier and actually sell more items! Here are my tips on dollar pricing at yard sales. Do you know why the dollar stores do so much business? Because they offer a lot of different items at a good price: one dollar. Even the Five Below and other discount stores that have prices up to five dollars do well, too. One thing you might have noticed about these stores is that … Continue reading →

Isn’t there a famous saying that says, “You only get one chance to make a first impression?” Well, this can also be true when it comes to yard sales. But why on earth would it be so important to make a good first impression when you are shopping and are willing to buy someone’s stuff? Well, let me tell you. When you are shopping at yard sales, it is good to be able to negotiate. And making a good first impression can help greatly with this. If you missed my earlier post on this topic, you can read about it … Continue reading →

I’m embarrassed to admit that we haven’t really been yard sale shopping this year. Yard sales are a great way to get some bargains, of course. We have just been pretty busy working through the summer for our jobs and doing some home improvement. So, when we were coming home from church last Sunday and spotted a big neon “Moving Sale” sign, we just had to investigate. The sale itself did not look too promising. There were bins of stuff on the driveway, and everything looked pretty sparse. Since it was Sunday, I figured that everything good was probably already … Continue reading →