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How to Price Garage Sale Items

If you want to have a successful yard sale and make a good profit, you’ll need to know how to price items to sell. Here are some helpful tips. And be sure to look for a second post in this series that serves as a guide for common yard sale items and what they should priced. Know Your Region Yard sale prices can vary according to the part of the country that you are in, and what people are looking to buy. The best way to figure out how to price your items is to go around to other yard … Continue reading →

The Advantages of a Spring Yard Sale

Yard sale, garage sale, porch sale, whatever you call it, having a sale of your not needed stuff is a great way to clear the clutter and to earn some money. While most people wait until the summer is in full speed, I am here to tell you that now is probably the best time to have your yard sale, if you want to get rid of the most stuff and get the most profit. After a long winter indoors, people are starting to emerge into the outdoors. They may be looking for something to do as they drive around … Continue reading →

The Recession and Garage Sales 2

Are you going to shop the garage sales this weekend? You might find things to be a little different than they were last year. I’m talking about how the recession may be affecting garage sale shopping. If you missed the first part of this article, please click here: The Recession and Garage Sales. Now let’s talk about pricing. When the economy is bad, you might think that garage sale items would decrease in value like everything else and go down in pricing. But the opposite might happen. People may feel that because buying new stuff is expensive then their old … Continue reading →

Removing Price Labels

Believe it or not, stubborn price labels can cost you money. Removing them is easy, if you know how. There are two ways that price labels can cost people money. One way is that many people throw out items, believe it or not, if they incorrectly remove a stubborn price label and damage an object. The other way that stubborn labels can cost money is when they prevent you from purchasing a bargain piece just because you know that you’ll never get that label off easily. Two places that difficult labels tend to pop up are also the two places … Continue reading →

Virtual Garage Sale Tips

Yesterday, I introduced the concept of having a virtual garage sale. What did you think? Pretty easy to get started with one, isn’t it? We talked about how to set up a virtual garage sale, as well as how to get the word out to potential customers. Now we will explore the special concerns for having a virtual garage sale, as well as some tips to ensure success. One of the biggest concerns about having a virtual garage sale is in getting the items to your customers; that is, physically. Decide what you are willing to do among the following … Continue reading →

Have a Virtual Garage Sale

Want to make some extra cash? Why not host a virtual garage sale? There are many benefits to hosting a virtual garage sale compared to your average, normal, put everything out on the front law, type of sale. First of all, you won’t need to haul all of your stuff outside; second, you don’t have to worry about the weather; and third, you can take your time sorting and selling your items. A virtual garage sale may even give you a better monetary return for your stuff. What is a virtual garage sale? Well, basically, you showcase your stuff online … Continue reading →

Memorial Day Yard Sales

Today is a great day to go visit those yard sales, garage sales and tag sales! Believe it or not, extended holiday weekends can yield plenty of sales and plenty of bargains. Memorial Day, the unofficial start to summer, is a great day to take advantage of the sales in your area. You might think that everyone has gone down to the beach for the weekend, but you would be surprised how so many people take advantage of this time to clean out their houses and get a fresh start on summer. With the windows open, summer parties happening, and … Continue reading →

What to Bring to A Yard Sale

Are you a serious yard sale person? I’m asked some hard core yard sale-ing friends (they yard sale for a living, selling the items on ebay and through consignment shops) for the best tips on what to bring to a yard sale. If you are prepared, you are sure to get the best bargains. Being prepared for shopping at a yard sale (or church sale, for that matter) will allow you to shop longer and more efficiently. You will also be ready to take advantage of items that you might not otherwise be able to purchase. Here is a list … Continue reading →

Planning Your Yard Sale Route

Be the most efficient yard sale shopper around. Use these tips to save time, energy and money on your yard sale shopping days. There is no need to run around like a chicken without its head as you search for bargains. These days, you can find yard sales advertised all over the place, from Craigs List to church bulletins. But the best place to find yard sales still tends to be in the newspapers, both large and small. Sometimes the ads are even grouped by location, making it easy to plan a good yard sale route. Here are two tricks … Continue reading →

Yard Sale Shopping: Is Buying Gifts Tacky?

We all know the controversy surrounding re-gifting. You know, when you get a gift and then instead of using it, you give it to someone else, passing it off as a gift you personally bought for the person. Some people say it is money smart to re-gift, while others say it is just plain tacky. Still others have an opinion somewhere in the middle, such as it is okay to re-gift if there is no chance that either the original gift giver, or the person you are giving the gift to, will ever find out. But what about buying gifts … Continue reading →