Not Again!

Whoa, sounds like you need to find another friend to help you and if this friend still complains later on, just say, "Oh, well I did have one you could have joined in on"

Love it when I write a long response and then lose it. Not! I hate yard sales because of the physical demands - setting up, getting up early, etc. There are other ways to sell stuff these days. I have sold things on our local Facebook buy/sell/trade page. I also heard of this site I've been meaning to check into called yardsellr.com. Of course you still have to deal with mailing and shipping charges. With the local Facebook page it only attracts people in your own area so they can come pick the stuff up. I have been wanting, for financial reasons, to sell off all my books. Yes, even my favourites. But, I don't think people are buying books that much anymore. With ebooks being all the rage and cheaper than regular books people just aren't interested in buying new or even used books. But I may consider yardsellr.com for this. I've seen books posted on the Facebook page and it doesn't look like they are getting many bites. It's unfortunate that you went out of your way to help a neighbour who cancelled. I wouldn't bother offering again. Your health is more important.

Having a yard sale is a lot of work and a person does need to make sure they get the proper sleep before hand. I would think though especially when you are offering to help her she would at least follow thru. Personally this is poor planning on her end and you might want to only offer to help next time after you make sure and get enough sleep as well if she ever really decides to ever have one.

Well you need to tell your friend not to ask you to help her with a garage sale anymore because she never has them

Your story reminds me of a woman who tried hard to get onto the tour guides course that I lecture on. She was blatantly unsuitable and we were pretty sure that she would not commit but we let her on because she had been so insistent that she would make a good guide. We turned others down because we had given her a place. The week before the course started she rang in cancelling because she thought that the hours on course days were too long and she might get tired! She need not try again next year cos she won't get on!

That must be so frustrating. I know it would frustrate me. I really can't be doing with friends that can't be bothered..which is why I don't have any lol.

that would be frustrating. when we have a garage sale, we generally put it in the paper so we can't cancel it or we will lose our money! next time she asks you for help for a garage sale, say you are busy.

Hm, does she help you with things too? Or just ask you for help and then flake out on you?

I would be aggravated w/her to. I would also be through helping her.I have a problem w/people who don't do what they said they'd do.. Hope u have a good rest of the weekend.

Do it to her..she would get to know how it feels..lol

Oh wow I would be pretty annoyed! I hope you didn't have stuff to sell at the sale too. My sister did that to me once she said shed was going to have a sale so I had boxes of stuff ready yo go and then she changed her mind.