I spent my weekend on a yard sale. We made about $80 over two days, and managed to get rid of about a third of our stuff. We’re going to try it again in a couple of weeks, only with advertising and much better presentation. This time we just put out the boxes with the stuff in it and let people paw through.
The thing about yard sales is they make you think through just what you need and what you want. For instance, I actually had the gall to grab an item back when it was about to sell because one of the kids put it in the sale when it really shouldn’t have been. OTOH, The Boy finally got to the point where he’s willing to give up his toys. His Wolverine figurine, and Leggo castle, and all kinds of stuff. He finally let us sell it.
Running the sale was great. All kinds of people use it as an excuse to come and talk to us. Many are quite funny and entertaining.
At one point Diana settled on a folding table as if she were an item of merchandise. One of our neighbors came into the yard saying, “Ah, so this is where Diana lives.” So far every neighbor who has made the connection between us and her has said something about how cute she is. He gave her a pet, and said, “There’s no price tag on her. Does that mean she’s free?” I said, “No, just free-range.”
On of the traditions in this neighborhood is that anything you plan to donate after a sale goes on the curb first so neighbors can have their pick. In less than an hour after we put our junk (pictured here) out, we had people going through it.
I can’t help but wonder if that didn’t cut into our sales.
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