Yard Sale

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Permalink Reply by Deb~ Community Manager on November 9, 2011 at 1:44pm

Where is the event Holly? Yard sales are easy to do if you are organized~ What help do you need?

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Permalink Reply by Mary Johnson on November 25, 2011 at 4:21pm

Hi, holly.  To make it easy, what I have had in the past are one day $1 Yard sales - anything unmarked is $1 - and that's most everything. That way, you don't have to mess with tagging everything.   Anything selling for $10 and up is clearly marked.  Anything that would sell for less than $1 goes in a big marked FREE box near the front of the yard.

Around 4:30pm, or when it starts really slowing down, I would bring higher end items I or family might want in the house and put up an EVERYTHING IS FREE sign.  I usually ended up with a couple of bags to take to Goodwill or other local charity.

Sales are fast, there's less haggling because I practically gave everything away already, most everything was gone before dinnertime and clean up was a breeze.

Put at least four signs up within a mile radius around your neighborhood several days before..

You can also advertise in the newspaper or local paper, but I've never done that.  I got plenty of traffic with just the $1 Yard Sale signs around the neighborhood.

Have fun. 

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Permalink Reply by Deb~ Community Manager on November 25, 2011 at 4:24pm

These are great ideas!

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