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Garage Sales - Good for Everyone
by Helen Walters
Published on this site: March 17th, 2006 - See
more articles from this month
'Ah, the garage sale! That little slice of suburbia that ties
communities together, brings friends and neighbours to your
doorstep, and helps your turn the cast off flotsam of bygone
years into money in your pocket. These familiar scenes of
summertime are a great way for people to buy the stuff they
need at a fraction of the retail cost.
Similarly, garage sales are a great way to get rid of stuff
that you no longer use or need. A garage sale is a favourite
of collectors, bargain hunters, and the random passer-by with
an idea of seeing what there is to buy at low, low prices.
Having
a garage sale can be fun or stressful, useful or counter-productive,
profitable or costly.
There are many reasons for having a garage sale. Perhaps you
want to sell all those unused "treasures" taking
up space in your house. Perhaps it is to clean out the house
prior to an imminent move. Perhaps you simply want to make
a few extra dollars. Some people simply do it for an opportunity
to meet the neighbours and do a little haggling. A garage
sale is very useful at all these times and for all these reasons.
With a garage sale, you need to give the people what they
want (reasonably decent stuff at cheap prices) to get what
you want (floor space in your house). While the phrase "one
man's junk is another man's treasure" is true, there
is another fact that is equally true, and even more important.
Junk is Junk . and nobody will buy it.. usually.
You can always try to sell broken or non-working so they can
be used as parts for repairing other things people may have
at home. Just be honest about it and price it as a broken
item. You'll be surprised just what kinds of things people
will buy.
People who go to a garage sale have many things they may be
looking for. Some are just on the lookout for good stuff at
great prices. A few will just be passing by and spot something
they have always wanted but could not afford until they saw
it at your sale. Some are dedicated garage-salers armed with
maps of advertised garage sales, hunting for specific items
or items they never knew they needed. Some will attend simply
to meet the folks from down the block. Some will even attend
your garage sale just to have items for their own garage sales.
Whatever
their reasons, you need to attract buyers who will see your
items, like your prices, and walk away with the things they
do actually want and need.
But setting up a garage sale properly and pricing your goods
so that they sell fast and furious at a price you like.well
those are topics for other articles.
Helen Walters Get original garage sale pricing tips
and other excellent resources on how to hold profitable garage
sales
http://www.garage-sale-riches.com
with the least amount of work and hassle. Great selection
of tips and advice will guide you to a very profitable and
successful garage sale.
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