Garage/Yard Sales

I’ve always donated my stuff, but I need to find a way to make a little money, and I have two brand new vacuums I think I could get a decent price for. One of the vacuums is more like what businesses use.

@AmbiePam I understand. I hope you can find a place to have your garage sale and you can get plenty of extra money from the things you sell. When Pretty graduated from college, I drove to Pennsylvania to bring her home. All the kids were trying to decide what to take home again and what to leave. We rented a small U-Haul trailer to hook to our car because Pretty had too much stuff to fit in the car with us. MOST of the kids were leaving all kinds of things they couldn't fit into their/or their parents' vehicles. When they saw us rent the U-Haul, kids she knew started giving her stuff they didn't have room for. We ended up bringing home six vacuums besides the one Pretty took with her. They gave her towels and washcloths, college textbooks, silverware sets, televisions... etc. If they needed it at college, they left it behind. When we got home, we did a garage sale with all that stuff. That was our first garage sale. I believe Pretty collected around $800 from that sale. And there were some items nobody bought. That was the beginning of our second garage sale. We just waited a year and had another one and included stuff we didn't want at home anymore. One of my nieces brought stuff she and her mom didn't want anymore and told Pretty the money was hers. Garage sales are a pain in the tush! People going to garage sales can be a pain in the tush. Set a time for your garage sale to start and random people will arrive the day before wanting to go through the stuff you're wanting to sell and offer pennies on the dollar of your asking price. And they're persistent. Even when I kept telling them they could check stuff out the next day, they still wanted to go through it TODAY! We told them we were busy and didn't have time to let them go into our house and look at things we didn't want. I had ot close the door in their faces and ignore them knocking and ringing the doorbell. (I disconnected the battery operated doorbell because one lady wouldn't stop ringing it.)

@DaddyEvil Oh, my word. That sounds SO bad! Maybe I should think twice.

That’s a great idea, thank you.

@AmbiePam You're welcome, I hope you can find a way because they can be really fun!

It sounds like it was an ordeal, but better with a buddy.

@AmbiePam Yes, it was more successful with another yard sale going on at the same time.

That’s a good idea; thanks, Eva.

If someone isn’t already thinking of having one, I wouldn’t try to convince them to have one just because I asked. I wouldn’t want to guilt trip someone. Our church has one every summer to raise money for the youth group, and I’ve given huge amounts of items to them before, but the profits go to the youth group. It would be so weird to ask them to set aside the money from things I brought. Selfishly, I wish I could!