Garage Sale!! any idea of how to host a garage sale?  

My husband and I have a garage sale every year. What we do is get all of our stuff together. It is best to put out flyers and advertise in the local newspaper. We usually have a two day sale. Start early, you would be surprised at how many garage sale addicts are out there. These people go through the paper the day before and are ready go go. Make sure you have enough tables to display your stuff on. After you have gotten all of your stuff together, put price tickets on them. Always mark them a little more than what you want for them, that way you can always lower the price. Be sure to have plastic bags in case someone buys a lot of things, and be sure to have single dollar bills and change.
If someone buys a lot of stuff, always throw something small in as a bonus.
I wish you luck and have fun. Depending on where you live, if the weather is warm, sell lemonade and cookies, brownies or donuts.

Hi friend! We are doing regular garage sale in our church actually. It is our way of raising fund for our "Rise Up and Build" project. During this activity, we the members bring any stuff in our home that we don't use anymore but still in good condition, or anything we full like selling to help the church in fund raising. We are not getting any share form the proceeds. All the money are voluntarily given to the church fund. It is always a happy event everyt ime we host garage sale. Each of the members benefit as well because we sort of getting treasures from each others excess. Like a set of unused dining ware are being sold at almost more than half the actual price, or slightly used blenders,thermos, clothes, or table lines, doilies, accessories, shoes, even refrigerators, TV, sala sets etc. at prices very cheap price. We also do invite the neighborhood or non members who always look forward to our garage sales.

It's not actually a tough job. I think you can handle it. With pricing, it is your choice. Of course if the stuff has been used you have to label at least 70% cheaper than the new one. If unused you can sell 30 to 50%off depending on its marketability. You can also offer buy one take one deal for some stuff. It all depends on your own disposition. But, if the customers are too many to handle, you should have at least one or two who could assist you.

Garage sales are a wonderful way to get rid of things that have lost their utility. I suppose the thing to do would be to put up a sign that says "garage sale" and see if anyone comes to buy. Cheers!!

I like garage sales.
Just put some folding tables out side your place or even some blankets on the ground and just put little stickers on the items with the price on it.
Or make one Table withe just 1 Prize. Say like $2 and everything you want to sell for $2 you put on that same table.
That way people don't have to keep asking the Prize.
I hope it works out for you.

Hi Bebs,

I am sure you can do that. Start pricing or maybe you can just put all items in a box which cost the same and so on and so forth!
I have not tried this but for sure that is just easy....
when you are ready, inform any of your friends about it, and also prepare some poster! Good luck!

Welcome to America! Lets see, first you are going to need to get some tables to put stuff on, people don't like to bend over to look at items. Put the kids toys in boxes and put them on the ground, kids will dig through boxes to find the good stuff, they may even have a sibling hold their feet while they go in. Put the better stuff in the middle, let people browse a little way up your driveway before they see the good stuff, maybe they will have something in their hands when they get that far. Have at least $100.00 in change so you can give people their change without asking for fives or ones. Make sure you are willing to bargain, people love to think they are getting a good deal by negotiating. Make it a two day sale and on the second day make eveything half price. Let the shoppers of the first day know that, they will bring friends back and you'll be able to get rid of a lot of stuff. Price it how you think it would sell, use masking tape and a sharpie marker. Have fun!

if you google it, you will find some really good tips on how to host a garage sale. we have a couple every year and use the money for summer trips for the family. i have gotten some good ideas off of the net for sales.

Maybe if you live in a populated area you could set out the stuff in boxes and on tables outside, and advertise with little laminated sheets of paper on lightposts or something? Just a few suggestions :-).

well all you need to do is put out some flyers with the day and the time, get set up, put all your things out on show and sell them, make sure you price everything reasonably, you should make a good few $$$$, good luck, i always do them, but we call them car boot sales here, we rent a pitch and sell our stuff like it's a market place...pretty much the same thing as a garage sale really...i hope you do well...