Make sure you have good signs.
We modified some Dollar Store signs, so they weren’t as big as they should have been. Plus, after wondering why no one had come for the first 2 hours of the sale, my husband discovered that the 2 signs directing people into the neighborhood had both fallen down!
Count your blessings.
OK, so the financial blessings weren’t anything to write home about. But, I did get rid of a lot of clutter. At the end of the sale, it went straight to the back of the van to go to Goodwill.
Higher priced items typically don’t sell well at yard sales.
In the future, if I have something that I don’t want, but feel is worth “too much” to donate, I will try to sell it through my local homeschool group or Craig’s list.
Larger niche sales are a better opportunity to make money.
I’ve been consigning my children’s clothes and many toys for years at a huge semi-annual consignment sale. I usually make enough money to pay for 50-75% of what I buy there. (which has been the majority of my children’s wardrobes.)I definitely won’t be wondering anymore if I’d do better without having to pay my percentage to the sale owner.
Overall, even though the garage sale itself wasn’t very profitable, I am happy that I cleaned out my house. I got to hang around and talk to my husband which has been rare lately. And I got a fresh reminder of why it’s better to clean-out frequently and take frequent trips to Goodwill!
Next on today’s agenda—-Chocolate Chip Banana Breakfast Bars.
By Kristen H.
Sorry it was financially high, but sounds like a great time. 🙂
JoAnn
We had a yard sale a while back and advertised everything as 50 cents. We were not getting many people and found out the free newspaper had put the wrong day. I am done with yard sales. We do much better with the big consignment sales.
Blessings,
Dawn
Yard sales! Count your blessings that you can have one and go to them! No yard sales in Brazil unless the American community in a large city might have one!
Michele