City wide garage sale

@maezee (41997)
United States
June 24, 2018 11:28am CST
Do your cities or towns ever do this? A suburb just north of me had their "city wide" garage sale, a weekend where the city provides a map and there are a ton of garage sales. This city of 20,000 had over 70 individual garage sales. Me, my sister and my mom headed out around 2pm to check out some of these sales. I am partial to thrift shopping, being a frugal clothes shopper so being second hand does not bother me if the item is in good shape. We hit probably 10 sales in total, including one in a church basement. All in all I spent $16 and got about 4 shirts, 2 pairs of jeans, 1 dresa, a nice wicker basket, a candle, 2 books, and a sleeping bag for an upcoming camping trip! I thought I did pretty well. After the several hours and driving around I was exhausted! Do you have these near you? Are you a garage saler?
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MARILYN
@Marilynda1225 (79592)
• United States
24 Jun 18
We have a community garage sale twice a year and it's usually very successful Surrounding areas do have garage sales frequently
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maezee
@maezee (41997)
• United States
24 Jun 18
Nice. That sounds fun!
NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (115921)
• United States
24 Jun 18
My town does this in the fall. I hate it. Cars everywhere. I don’t do garage sales.
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maezee
@maezee (41997)
• United States
24 Jun 18
Haha I know you dont!
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Hope
@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
25 Jun 18
On Saturday I was seeing garage sales just about everywhere. It must be the day for it. I don't like to buy second-hand things. I prefer new!
Marlina
@marlina (154166)
• Canada
24 Jun 18
Just curious here: what is 1 dresa? Thanks. You did pretty well. I guess it would be too difficult to do every single yard?
maezee
@maezee (41997)
• United States
24 Jun 18
Oops, that should read DRESS! I had to work until 2 otherwise I would have started at 9 or 10am and hit more. Lol! But eventually being out in the sun and heat tuckers you out. But it was fun!
Courtney
@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
24 Jun 18
we don't that I know of. but I don't go to them, so who knows.
maezee
@maezee (41997)
• United States
25 Jun 18
Haha to eachs own. I get it though. I am a big thrifty clothes shopper so if I find a good one I am all over it!
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Courtney
@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
25 Jun 18
@maezee yes, exactly. Not an issue. And thats good! Enjoy those good ones!
Jessa Bumagat
@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
24 Jun 18
Yes we have here in Baguio City, they sell slightly used products..
maezee
@maezee (41997)
• United States
24 Jun 18
Nice are those from homes or businesses?
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Jessa Bumagat
@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
24 Jun 18
@maezee some of those products are imported from other countries.if I am not mistaken
AKRao24
@AKRao24 (27424)
• India
24 Jun 18
We don't have such garage sales in India. I am rather interested to see some as I feel that I may get some good antique things things there in sales! Thanks!
Marlina
@marlina (154166)
• Canada
24 Jun 18
Sometimes, we have some weekends where there are quite a few streets doing the yard sale, but not the whole city.
John Roberts
@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
24 Jun 18
There are yard and garage sales here but not a city wide effort.
Felicia Kane
@DesirousDreamer (34783)
• Peoria, Arizona
24 Jun 18
That sounds like so much fun! I use to go to yard sales a lot with my step family, though I didn't enjoy having to get out of the car constantly as a kid, but it was a Sunday tradition haha
Bhem
@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
24 Jun 18
Yes, we have. We call it Ukay-Ukay where they sell of the items inside the house on a very reasonable price.