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Okay, so I have a ton of, well crap to get rid of. Old clothes. Toys. Books. Just stuff. And I want to have a garage sale, but I do not want to do all of the work involved in having a garage sale unless it’s going to be worth it.
So I need to know, have any of you had a garage sale recently? Did you clean-up or was it a waste of time? B and I have been talking about having a garage sale for ages, but have never actually done anything about it. And has anyone ever taken clothes to a consignment shop or to Plato’s Closet? What kind of stuff do they buy? And yeah, I probably could just donate everything, but I want to make some of my money back so I can buy more stuff to to fill up the space the other stuff I had was in. Make sense??
So tell me all about your garage sale history! Oh, and have you ever bought anything really fabulous from a garage sale and gotten a great deal on it? I have visions of going to a garage sale and buying a painting for $10 and it turning out to have a Picasso behind it. This will never happen because 1) I pretty much never go to garage sales and 2) I probably wouldn’t ever buy a painting at a garage sale! But a girl can dream…
I love going to garage sales, but I’m way too lazy to hold one. If you decide to have, I suggest you check out my friend, Heather’s post on successful rummage sales.
I’ve never got a huge find at a rummage sale, but I did luck out at GoodWill once. I found a white, Singer Featherweight (sewing machine, super collectible). I paid $25 and sold it on eBay for $400.
I did a garage sale and made around $150 it was 2 days. I’d recommend doing a mom 2 mom sale. I did one in the fall and made $400!!!
OK, this is where I sound like one of those Shoebox greeting cards with the drawing of the old lady…perhaps smoking a cigarette!!?? I say “Nay, but I think if you have never had one you should!! (I find them a lot of work and although in the past we have made a few hundred dollars….frankly, I would rather donate stuff or sell on Craig’s List or eBay if it’s really worth something.) But you’re young and ambitious…so go for it!!
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We just had one and it sucked. But in the past we’ve made nearly $1000. Totally depends on who’s shopping and what they’re looking for. I think where we live now just doesn’t get as much traffic as where we used to live when we had awesome yard sales. Ask your neighbors if they’ve had a sale and how they did.