Buying at garage sales and yard sales
February 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Here are some ways of buying what you need at the right price at a garage sale / yard sale :- If you haven’t found the item you were hoping for – ask the seller if they have it. You would be surprised how many sellers, once hyped up and in the mood for selling, will go and look in the house for that item then sell it to you. If you don’t ask you don’t get!
- There are often treasures in other peoples’ trash…but only buy what you need or want…otherwise you are simply wasting money rather than saving money.
- When it comes to foodstuffs being sold at garage sales be wary unless the evidence suggests they have been paying attention to hygiene when preparing the food and not going past sell by dates.
- If a yard sale is going on over several days, the last day is a good one to visit it on as the buyer is highly motivated to sell and will often give fantastic discounts.
- When looking for items with a good reslae value, look first for items made of silver, copper or brass. Old china also sells well. Designer clothing can also be gained frugally….if not for you to wear then to resell at a profit.
Garage sales advice
February 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment
In these cash strapped times, a garage sale can be a great way to get rid of all of that unwanted household clutter and make money whilst doing so.
What deters a lot of people from holding a garage sale is a fear of a poor outcome. What if nobody comes? What if I hardly earn any money for all that effort? Today we will look at some of the steps that you can take to ensure a successful garage sale.
- Getting the kids involved in a garage sale can teach them some valuable lessons that they will retain into adulthood. They learn: how important it is to de-clutter, the value of second hand goods compared to new goods (which may influence them not to impulse buy as much); and how to organise a display, price up items, add up totals to charge for several items and how to do good customer service. Who knows….you may be training up the entrepreneurs of tomorrow!
- It is worth keeping several boxes in the garage all the time with the intention of holding a future garage sale. One for toys, one for books, one for clothes etc. When cleaning the house you can price up and store the items you want to sell at the time. This means that when you need to raise some cash you are ready to roll straight away without a huge clear out and pricing activity beforehand.
- Save even more time by purchasing colour dot stickers for your items. Each colour dot then has a known price value. You can then display the colour code prices to your customers and save hours of writing out individual price tags.
- You may also be able to pick up some bargains from other people’s garage sales to include in your own. Visiting a few garage sales will help you to get any idea of realistic prices that you can charge for your own items.
