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Welcome to the number one source of Garage Sale information on Squidoo! Here you will fun lots of resources, tips and great websites to help you have a profitable garage sale. We will cover preparing for your sale, advertising your sale, setting up your, plus lots more. We aim to be the first place people go when considering having a garage sale.
Advertising Your Garage Sale in the Local Newspaper
How you ask? By including a free online photo preview of your items for sale. This will increase interest in your sale and the traffic will follow!
Click here to find out more!
Garage Sale Checklist
- Collect all items in your home that you would like to sell at your garage sale. Be sure to go through all closets, storage areas, dressers, the garage, basement, kitchen draws, etc. You never know where a garage sale goodie will be hiding!
- Prepare your items for sale. Clean all items so they are in good selling condition. People will more likely purchase an item that is not covered in dust or dirt. Also, be sure that all appliances and electronics are in working order.
- Check with neighbors, family and friends and see if they are interested in having a sale along with you. Multi-family sales, neighborhood sales and block sales tend to attract a lot more buyers.
- Place an ad in your local newspaper. Be sure to check the weather forecast BEFORE you plan your sale date. You certainly don't want to hold a sale in the rain if you can avoid it! Be sure to include any special items you are selling to peek interest. For instance, if you have a lot of baby items, include that in your ad.
- Post flyers on free bulletin boards i.e. grocery stores, the deli, your Church, and anywhere else it is allowed. Make the flyer bright and eye-catching!
- Create lots of signs on bright poster board, neon colors work great. Place these signs on all major roads and then be sure that you continue placing signs that will get the traffic to your house. I can't tell you how many times I have tried to follow a garage sale sign only to find that the signs suddenly stop and I can't find the sale. Also, be sure to take down all signs once your sale is over.
- Price Your Items. Purchase colorful sticker to use for pricing. Make sure you price everthing! This is very important. Many people will not ask if the price is not on the item. Price your items slightly higher than you hope to get since people love to haggle. It makes them feel they got a bargain! However, you must be realistic in your prices or you may turn some buyers off. If you have a high ticket item and you receive an offer early in the day for an amount lower than your asking price, take down the person's name/number and tell them you may call them after the sale is over if you don't receive any other offers.
- Setting up your sale. Gather as many tables as you can find. If you can, you may want to borrow a few extra tables from friends or neighbors. Having items at eye level will increase the chance of making the sale. Check out this link for tons more displaying ideas! You may also want to consider having easy-listening music playing in the background to create a nice atmosphere for your shoppers. They may even stay longer.
- The following items should be on hand the day of your sale:
1. Lots of small bills and coins to make change.
2. Newspapers, bags, small boxes, etc. to package items.
3. Have an extension cord available to test appliances/electronics.
4. Tape measure in case someone requires measurements.
5. Pen, pad, calculator and cash box.
6. Placing balloons on your mailbox is a nice added touch. - Permit: Check with your town to see if they require a Permit to hold a garage sale. If they do, be sure to have one on hand on the day of your sale.
- Most of all, Have Fun!
Recommended Reading
Garage Sale Fever! Hot Ideas For Holding Your Own Sale Plus Tips for Discovering Treasure at Local Sales
This is an incredible book for sellers and buyers as well! Just one of his tips has earned me four times the price of this book.
-An Amazon Customer Review
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Amazon Price: $12.95 (as of 08/20/2008)
Garage Sale Magic!: How to Turn Your 'Trash' into Cash
Garage Sale Magic was an easy to read book which gave me all the basics,along with some creative ideas for bringing more people to my sale and increasing my sales. I only wish I knew about this book years ago when I did my first sale. Buy it!
-A Satisfied Reader
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Amazon Price: $9.95 (as of 08/20/2008)
Garage Sale Articles
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Yard Sale music video
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Useful Links
- Garage Sale Hunter
- Enables visitors to post a garage sale, find a garage sale and receive email alerts for garage sale in their area.
- Yard Sale Queen
- Great source for garage sale information, tips and humor.
- Garage Sale Source
- Find garage sales in your area. Submit your garage sale to our database.
- Yard Sale Supplies
- Save time preparing for your next Yard Sale or Garage Sale. Purchase inexpensive, brightly colored round price labels with the prices already printed on them.
- Yard Sale Portal
- Offers many essential services designed for a successful traditional yard sale experience.
- Weekend Treasure
- Find and post local garage and yard sales. The most new sales every week on an easy to find map!
Buy your garage sale stickers in bulk!
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Fun Garage Sale Merchandise
Saturday Morning
Author: John T. Jones PHD http://www.tjbooks.com/
So we get up at six.
We eat a hearty breakfast,
Then jump into the truck lickity split.
With newspaper in hand,
And watching for garage sale signs,
We zip around our little town
Looking for that gold mine.
Perhaps we'll find a new gold watch
That only cost a buck.
We might find a first edition of the Bible
If we have a little luck.
We always fill the truck to the top.
From seven 'til noon, we never stop.
Then we sort our treasures in our yard.
Now, that wasn't all that hard.
But what can we do with all this junk?
Why did we buy that Chinese bunk?
Well, no problems come our way.
We'll sell it ourselves next Saturday.
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Also known as the Hwy 127 Corridor Sale
The Sale is headquartered in Jamestown, Tennessee at the Fentress County Chamber of Commerce. Hundreds of thousands of folks visit this sale each year for a fun filled event, spanning 450 miles and four states!This years sale will take place August 7-10, 2008.
For more information, visit The World's Longest Yardsale
The latest Garage Sale News
Garage Sale Signs!
We stopped by a garage sale and loved the signs made by the children there.
This is what happens when you make a bunch of signs in a poorly-ventilated room ...
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ocdgirl2000
Yes I do! I've been garage/yard saling for over 20 years! Probably before some of you guys were born!LOL! Good luck on your lens, it's just fabulous! Posted February 26, 2008 |
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groovy
Thanks for this great lens; I sometimes find cool polka dot things at garage sales. Posted February 18, 2008 |
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YardsaleSurfer
Great 'How To' Info! 5* Yardsale Surfer ‘The Online Market Place For People Who Know Their Stuff!’ Posted October 06, 2007 |
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Alberta
Lots of useful info here, thank you. 5* Posted September 12, 2007 |
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Richard2
Hi Janet, thanks for visiting my lens and inviting me to yours. Gave you a 5 star rating - you've got some cool tips here. Posted July 31, 2007 |
