My Stuff, Your Junk, My Money

So we had a garage sale saturday. It was us and two other families that live in houses across the street from us. It was absolutely insane! Going in with neighbors that are also having sales is a great way to get more people to show up. It was like a street fair.

I learned a lot, mainly, that peoplea are nuts and will buy anything. Things I thought would sell like crazy, like clothes in almost new condition, didn't sell at all. What did sell? Old ice cube trays, wire coat hangers - just junk. People showed up in droves. It was intense.

When the dust settled and people went home we cleared over $200. Not bad since we were just going to either throw all that stuff away or give it to Goodwill and almost nothing sold for more than 5 bucks. Not a bad way to spend a Saturday morning.

Here's some tips for people in Texas that plan on having garage sales. Make sure you have some oscillating fans setup in your garage. We had 3 fans and people seemed to really appreciate it as it did get up to a very humid 95 degrees. Also if you plan on having a garage sale make sure you have plenty of change, makes signs that say no bills larger than $20, and think about putting up No Smoking and All Sales Are Final Signs.

Also I put up a sign that said Garage for Sale (comes with free house) and then had our asking price for the house. It received a bunch of comments and we actually gave one lady a tour of the house. And some other people said they are going to mention the house to friends that are looking for a house in the area. Woot! Double wammy.