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Yard Sale Frustration: Has This Happened to You?

One of my biggest pet peeves in the frugal living arena is when I try to save money and wind up spending more in the process. In other words, it costs me more than I actually save. Does this ever happen to you? Yesterday was a good example for me. It is what I call a bad yard sale day. It was so bad that it left us all very frustrated. I have been itching to go to the yard sales, but we have had too many other priorities to make the time. Well, yesterday, we made the decision to … Continue reading →

Garage Sale Day: When the Sale Doesn’t Happen

We are all faced with a conflict once in awhile, or unforeseen event that prevents us from following through with plans. Sometimes it is out of our control, like the weather. And sometimes it is as simple as someone getting sick or an appointment being scheduled that simply cannot be changed. A rainy day will prevent a garage sale from bringing in sales from most people. And a bitter cold day can also prevent someone from coming out into the cold, rather than staying in the warmth of their home. If you advertise your sale in the paper or around … Continue reading →

The Opening Hour of Your Garage Sale

The opening hours of your garage sale, are the most important, and often the busiest of the whole day. How many hours, depends solely on the weather, your area, and the day of the week you choose. How can you make the most out of that very first hour of your garage sale? First, be sure to plan ahead. If you are holding the sale in your garage, have everything set up the night before, so when opening time comes, you only have to pop the garage door up and get started. If you plan to host the garage sale … Continue reading →

5 Terrific Advertising Tips for Your Garage Sale

Advertising your garage sale, can be costly, and if you don’t know the proper way to go about it, can be very ineffective. In order to get the best advertising, reach the most people, and have a successful sale, there are some tips that might help. 1. Use Bulletin Boards for free advertising. Many grocery stores, church offices, schools and community centers have bulletin boards, that you are able to post an ad on. If they have a form you must use, be sure to grab one, or find out the rules and regulations to posting an ad on the … 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 →

Yard Sale-ing Finds

Did you go yard-sale-ing this weekend? We did. Not only did we get some great bargains, but we learned quite a bit about yard sales. Yesterday was a big day for our family. It was the first time that we went yard sale-ing in our new area. We weren’t sure what to expect, since we were unfamiliar with the towns and communities around our new house. But we took a chance with a community sale not far from home. We found it through signs hung on trees and posts near the main roads. The sale was in effect from 9 … Continue reading →

Garage Sale Signage

One of your best methods of advertising your garage sale, is going to be the signage you place around your area the day of the sale. Therefore, it is important to drive around your area and see where you can place your signs. Look where others are placing their signs, look at what you can see coming from different areas. For instance, be sure that people coming into your neighborhood from either direction, can see your garage sale signs. Store Bought Signs You can go to any hardware store, or even discount store and find garage sale signs. They are … Continue reading →