Do you have a lot of yard sales?

United States
July 13, 2008 10:49pm CST
Do you go to yard sales? What kinds of items are you usually on the hunt for? I don't host too many yard sales. I probably should, but most of the stuff I am looking to get rid of are all kids items and not much else. I do like going to yard sales when I get some extra cash to do so. I usually look for kid's clothes, shoes, clothes for me, paintings by certain artists and sometimes home gadgets. DVD's, books, games. I am a yard sale shopaholic by the looks of things.
3 responses
@1grnthmb (2055)
• United States
17 Jul 08
I love yard sales. I go to them when ever I can afford to. Mostly the people have junk. Two years ago I bought a 20 inch computer monitor for 5 dollars. The monitor on the girls computer was actings up. That is a great buy. I have friend that are antique dealers and they buy all kinds of things for 25 cents that they turn around and sell for $75. I prime example are Hummel Collectibles. People do not realize that they are worth a lot of money.
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@1grnthmb (2055)
• United States
20 Jul 08
There are people who really do make a lot of money by going to yard sales and buying from unknowledgeable people and then reselling on ebay. My Mom would always ask the people if they were sure that they wanted to sell the items so cheap because they were worth a lot of money.
• United States
21 Jul 08
Wow, and give them a chance to say "Wait a minute?" lol.
• United States
17 Jul 08
Hummels huh? I will have to keep that in mind. Along with Heade paintings I could be a rich woman. His paintings are worth $1 mil! Talk about crazy, because all he ever painted were magnolias!
@lilybug (21107)
• United States
14 Jul 08
I have never had a yard sale, but I do hit a few yard sales in the summer time. My 8 year old loves to go to yard sales, but it is really hard to go to yard sales with my daughter. She is only 17 months old and she wants to get into everything.
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• United States
14 Jul 08
I haven't gone with my daughter yet either. She is 13 months.
@ravinskye (8237)
• United States
14 Jul 08
i don't usually have a yardsale. i tried last year and only made like $40. but i'm going to set up next year. my parents set up at a friends house that gets a lot of traffic. it is right across from a place that sells plants and flowers and stuff like that, plus other gifts. so come mothers day there is crazy traffic out that way. i'm going to sell all my baby stuff now that we are done having kids. i have tons of clothes. when i go to yardsales i'm usually looking for something particular. i try not to get sucked into bringing other peoples crap home with me lol. i mostly look for clothes for my kids.
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• United States
14 Jul 08
I know what you mean about bring others crap home. I do however find something on occasion that I have been looking for next to new for almost nothing. It is quite a blast. The last thing we got was a brand new elliptical machine for $20! Talk about a bargain. Now if only I could turn it from a towel rack into a way to burn some cals/carbs.