Scenes from this weekend's yard sale

In our younger years, my two sisters and I would get up really early to 'hit' the yard sales. Always found some great items. Those were the days...

I am not a morning person; so, I don't go to yards sales that start at 7 a.m.

I did go to an estate sale a few months ago; nothing caught my eye. So, I guess I'm over the excitement of going to yard sale after yard sale on a Saturday morning.

Hope you got plenty of nibbles, Deb.
 
Yesterday, passing a large housing development, I saw "COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE SATURDAY" on a banner stretched along the wall.

Oh Goody, says I. A free Saturday and a big sale. Haven't been garage sale-ing for forever.

So I hit it at 9 this morning. Four, count 'em, four houses had items out.

One lady had a card table set up with six pairs of shoes and a purse, nothing else.

Another house had a table of old Avon goods. Again, nothing else.

Two sales on one street. One had a few items for which they were asking near-retail prices. The other one had 16 dining room chairs, a coffee table, and a car engine.

It'll probably be a year before I fall for that again.
 
As usual, I had some lulus stop.

One guy never responded when I tried to start a conversation. Only kept saying, "This all ya got?" Like I don't have enough.

Two people stopped and said they didn't have any money. This begs the question, "Why stop at a sale if you don't have money?" One said she was going to go home and get some money and come back. That was 5 hours ago. I'm still waiting.

A few seemed to take forever to look at things. They had to pick up each individual item and look at it for 5 minutes. I swar one guy was her for an hour and a half. Didn't buy anything, either.

A few people, especially women, expressed sympathy for my situation. (e.g. "Too much to handle for an old lady." "It's a shame nobody wants this beautiful glass anymore.")
 
jujube said:
Yesterday, passing a large housing development, I saw "COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE SATURDAY" on a banner stretched along the wall.

Oh Goody, says I. A free Saturday and a big sale. Haven't been garage sale-ing for forever.

So I hit it at 9 this morning. Four, count 'em, four houses had items out.

One lady had a card table set up with six pairs of shoes and a purse, nothing else.

Another house had a table of old Avon goods. Again, nothing else.

Two sales on one street. One had a few items for which they were asking near-retail prices. The other one had 16 dining room chairs, a coffee table, and a car engine.

It'll probably be a year before I fall for that again.
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That happened for out last community-wide garage sale weekend. Only 4 people signed up to be listed. That's not going to attract anyone from out-of-town.
 
Not sure how far away that fellow that appraised the churn was. Iā€™d set it aside at the new house and take a drive there next spring. If you could get $150+, it would be worth it.
 
I just looked up a similar churn on eBay and they wanted $189. Instead of putting all that stuff out every weekend for lookie loos, You might be better off learning to list things on eBay.
After my wife passed away, I disposed of her Swarovsky crystal animal collection as well as a bunch of other stuff. The only thing is you have to pack and ship the stuff.
 
I put a bunch of stuff on my lawn earlier today that I'm giving away because I don't want to have to deal with people who haggle over three dollar items. So far, I got rid of a cot and a brand new color printer.

Last weekend, I gave away my Marcy Home Gym, which I probably could have sold for $200 but I really didn't feel like dealing with people. Some kids came and got it and then complained a few days later because one of the cables was missing. Ungrateful little bastards.
 
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