So Laura and my friend Rachel and I had a yard sale on Saturday. We put up signs around the neighborhood saying that it was on Saturday from 10-5. On Saturday morning we got up at 8:30 and started putting all the stuff out on the front lawn, and hoards of people starting pulling up and coming out of their cars to buy things! By 9:30 we had made about $10 each and the yard sale hadn't even "officially" started.
People around here who go to yard sales are serious. One lady even told us she "wasn't even going to do any yahd-saylin today". Yet, she proceded to buy a bunch of random objects, and we didn't complain. So many people though, were such hecklers. I had a set of brand new bags, there were four of them, with the tags still on, and when I asked the woman for $3 she said "two sounds a lot better". There were so many people like this!! I kept trying to remind myself that this junk would have been sitting in my room otherwise, and I wouldn't be making any money off of it, but jeez! I was surprised at how cheap people were being.
People pretty much stopped coming at 2:30, so we closed up shop. Between the three of us, we made about $120, so we were pretty satisfied. Then we all went inside and took a good long nap.
Sarah, welcome to the world of yard sales. Better yet, start it at 8AM, no later, until 1PM. This from having lived in a yard sale paradise for years! You advertise in the paper 8AM and they come at seven, but the results are better than starting late. I have been involved in several.
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Sarah,
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had a fabulous response! Bill is right about the starting time. And, yes, the advice I had from Aunt Jo was to price everything higher than you wanted because people inevitably try to bargain. So, when your Mom returns, is she going to be missing anything? ha,ha.
love, Nana