Garage Saleing it!

Today my neighbors and I had an AWESOME garage sale. I live on a circle so we all decided to have a garage sale and get rid of all that junk I have sitting in my basement that is collecting dust. Here is what I sold:

• DVDs
• Books
• Clothes
• Belts
• PURSES - this was the hot item
• Shoes 
• Beauty Products that I have never used
• Furniture
• Electronics
• Cell phones - I had a ton of old cell phones with the chargers
• Cords - USBs most popular
• Play Station 2 with games

We made $500. We made this in 3 and half hours. I wish I made that much in my job. We didn't really have any large purchases, except the Play Station 2 - I had gotten it as a going to college present and I made used it 10 times. It got swept away in 5 minutes I'm not kidding.

Places to post your garage sale:

• Craigslist
• Yard Sale Search
• Yard Sale Net
• App to use if you are looking for garage sales: Yard Sale Mapper (FREE)

*****Suggestions on posting for your garage sale: 

• BE SPECIFIC on what items you are selling
• Post pictures if you can, especially of items you are wanting to get rid of furniture/toys. 
• People are happy to come check it out but many people had a mission and came looking for specifics. The play station sold in 5 minutes because I posted it specifically. 

***** Suggestions on organizing your items for sale: 

• For electronic items I put them in baggies and labeled them. The cell phones had the phone with charger. 
• Of course put like items together.
• Clothing items I put up a bar and hung everything, including the purses at first - I actually suggest putting them out on a table people liked being able to look at them and touch them.
• Flip flops were a HOT item - I had a bunch I only wore 1 time so everyone wanted them.

**** Other lessons learned: 

• In the morning or when you open have your prices higher people will pay that price. Lower the prices as the day goes on.
• Some people will want to negotiate with you so if your price is a bit higher than you are wanting, you will get the price you are desiring. 
• I was surprised most people did not negotiate. 
• Multi-family is the way to go, so if you want to have one ask your neighbors, I definitely feel more people came because they could look at more than one sale at a time. 
• Have CHANGE!!! This was so helpful - thank you mom for thinking of this.
• Find a neighbor with a truck - all of the items we didn't sell we took to my church who does a hand out service to families in need. They were so excited to get this stuff - or good will or whoever you want!

Until next time...