Sale of The Century
By marcyaz
@Marcyaz (35316)
United States
April 14, 2016 7:37am CST
This Friday and Saturday the 15th and 16th a city in the next county over from us is going to have a city wide Garage Sale that will go on all day long.
This is a big event and will draw people from many towns.
I will be going on Saturday with my son and his wife and my other son who just bought the house has asked us to keep a look out for a few things for his house.
I am hoping the weather stays nice for us to go looking for some nice things that we just can't live without.
Have you ever been to one of these city wide garage sales?
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
14 Apr 16
I have and they are so darn fun. I hope you all find some great things.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
14 Apr 16
@fishtiger58
We hope to find some great buys and meet some nice people there, thanks.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
15 Apr 16
@fishtiger58
There will be more and more of them here as time goes on.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
15 Apr 16
@Marcyaz I wish I could attend, the yard sales are just starting to begin here.
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Where exactly is that sale? I'll tell my friend.
@Carmelanirel2 (8085)
• United States
14 Apr 16
Yes I have, plus the one our community has every spring and fall. Then there is the route 127 and route 40 garage sales that are many miles long, I been to those a few times and I find lots of good items.
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@Carmelanirel2 (8085)
• United States
14 Apr 16
@Marcyaz I remember one year I got some really good deals, but the best deal I got was a radio/cassette/cd player I got for only 8.00 and then found out it was also a karaoke machine. I haven't used that feature because I stink at singing, but I have one in case anyone else would like to use it.
@Juliaacv (56352)
• Canada
14 Apr 16
I've never been to a city wide garage sale, but a neighbourhood one. Our son lives in Wortley Village, an area of old south London (Ontario) and they had a yard sale in their neighbourhood a couple of years ago. Its an upscale neighbourhood, it was named Canada's top neighbourhood a few years ago, and we found some wonderful items. There were lots of great finds out there and just depended on what you were looking for. Good luck in your hunt!
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@Juliaacv (56352)
• Canada
14 Apr 16
@Marcyaz We found a queen size antique sleighbed headboard, which we loaded into our trailer and brought back to our son's place. And a nice crystal fruit bowl, with them only being in that house for a couple of months at that time, it wasn't hard to find them things that they didn't have.
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
15 Apr 16
I have not but sounds fun!
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
15 Apr 16
@Jessicalynnt
It is fun to see what people have out to sell.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
14 Apr 16
Around here they have huge garage/yard sales - one is the Logest in the US - From Michigan down thru TN and into GA. I like small yard sales - I avoid crowds.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
14 Apr 16
@AbbeyGreenhill
That sure sounds like a giant garage/yard sale all through those states.
@Marilynda1225 (91127)
• United States
14 Apr 16
I've never been to a city wide garage sale but we do have whole community ones in my area where all the families do one on the same day. Sometimes you can find some really nice things at bargain prices
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
14 Apr 16
@Marilynda1225
It is fun and you can find some really nice items at good prices.
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
14 Apr 16
No, but the annual spring clean up (years ago) was like a giant free for all. I picked up,many good things that others had set at the curb for the trash man....eg, a playpen that lived through five mor children, a high chair, a lazy boy. Everything needed a good cleaning. Some needed some minor repair.
@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
14 Apr 16
@Morleyhunt
That sounds just as good as you got those items for free.
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
14 Apr 16
@Marcyaz no pride here. I was not the least ashamed of picking up the treasures some one else considered trash.
@lovebeingmummy2 (806)
• Aberdeen, Scotland
14 Apr 16
That sounds good, I've not heard of a city wide one before
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
14 Apr 16
@lovebeingmummy2
They are pretty well known here and they are fun, they run all day long.
@celticeagle (189927)
• Boise, Idaho
14 Apr 16
Not a city wide one but I have been to some neighborhood ones. I used to love to go to garage, lawn, yard, estate sales. Fun.
@VivaLaDani13 (60812)
• Perth, Australia
6 Jun 16
@Marcyaz I would LOVE to go to an event like that! I am not certain if we have anything like that here. I know we have market stalls and boot sales. Or maybe that's the same thing as A Garage Sale?
But either way, I'd seriously have a fun time going through so many items. 
@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
6 Jun 16
@VivaLaDani13
Your market stalls and boot sales are probably the same only we have a different name for ours. It is fun going through so much and finding just what you would like to have.
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