Big Money Garage Sale
I participated in a garage sale this past weekend with some girlfriends. The total sale grossed over $700. Personally, I made about $240. Not bad, I guess. Usually I don’t do very well because anything I have that is of any value I put on ebay.
My largest item (dollar wise) was only a $10 sale. I had lots of $1 sales. Having been a fan of garage sales for many years I am still impressed by the die-hards who are first at the sale. We were still setting up when two guys arrived, our first customers, prepared to look with flashlights!! I knew these guys were ebayers or collectors. One guy bought a slew of my cast off desginer purses that I had for sale for $1 each. I bet if I looked hard enough I could find them for sale on ebay today. But…believe me, they should not be sold! The condition of each was poopy.
I am always amazed at the people who will try and steal from garage sales. To be honest, it bothers me less than one may think. If you feel compelled to steal from a garage sale then you must be in pretty bad shape. All my leftovers go to Goodwill after the sale is over anyway-I won’t cry over losing a quarter, even if you are sneaky and want to steal it.
Dave Ramsey is always talking about the benefits of having a garage sale to raise money. I fully support this idea, both if you are in debt or not. What this weekend cemented in my brain is that our driveway full of stuff confirms that we are all over-consumers. We buy way too much stuff. Shopping is now for entertainment purposes, not done out of necessity. Fortunately, for my family, the act of having a garage sale helps to purge our house of stuff-hopefully not to be replaced too soon.
Check out the blog YardSaleQueen. She is hilarious.
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