Where is everyone?

debodun said:
I decided to have a moving sale yesterday and today. Only 7 cars stopped. Traffic seemed sparse for a weekend. Is it the gas prices?
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Might be. I don't go out anymore because of the gasoline prices. Over $3.00 a gallon here and going up, up, up! Thanks to the Keystone Pipeline being shut down and other idiotic decisions that were and are made in government.:mad:
 
protruckdriver said "Might be. I don't go out anymore because of the gasoline prices. Over $3.00 a gallon here and going up, up, up! Thanks to the Keystone Pipeline being shut down and other idiotic decisions that were and are made in government."..I ask what does stopping the construction of the pipeline have to do with gas prices?????????
 
cdestroyer said:
protruckdriver said "Might be. I don't go out anymore because of the gasoline prices. Over $3.00 a gallon here and going up, up, up! Thanks to the Keystone Pipeline being shut down and other idiotic decisions that were and are made in government."..I ask what does stopping the construction of the pipeline have to do with gas prices?????????
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Connect the cost of gas with the cost of oil on the commodities market with the attitudes of commodities traders about future supply lines and you may have an answer.
 
MickaC said:
Our gas is 5.20 per gallon for regular.
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Our fuel has been sold by metric measure for a good few years. It was, to my mind, a cynical way of hiding the true cost.
When our currency went metric fifty years ago a gallon at the pump was five shillings. That became twenty-five pence, or four gallons for a pound. Today our fuel, now sold in litres, which is 4.55 litres to a UK gallon, the UK, or imperial gallon is 8 pints. Our pump price being close to £1:40 per litre means we are paying £6:30 per gallon, or $7:50 in US dollars.

Only UK baby boomers remember imperial measurements, motorists today either buy a tank full of fuel or by the currency, as in £20's worth. See what I mean by cynical?
 
Nobody goes to sales anymore around here. Its too hot here during the day to attend them We used to go in the early spring, fall and early winter. What was the temp there, Deb? Also I had better stuff than they did and needed to be getting rid of it.
 
cdestroyer said:
protruckdriver said "Might be. I don't go out anymore because of the gasoline prices. Over $3.00 a gallon here and going up, up, up! Thanks to the Keystone Pipeline being shut down and other idiotic decisions that were and are made in government."..I ask what does stopping the construction of the pipeline have to do with gas prices?????????
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over $3.00 a gallon?... you wanna try living here...£6.95 a gallon for Unleaded around here... and more for Diesel.... ( US equivalent $9.56 )
 
debodun said:
I decided to have a moving sale yesterday and today. Only 7 cars stopped. Traffic seemed sparse for a weekend. Is it the gas prices?
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There could be multiple reasons for low attendance at garage sales these days:

1.You've been having multiple sales for awhile now and previous shoppers may think you're selling leftovers no one wanted

2. Previous shoppers may think your prices are too high

2. Younger generations aren't into older generation stuff for the most part

3. The older generation is downsizing and there are so many of us (babyboomers)

4. Some of us are moving on to heaven and hearses don't pull U-Hauls

4. Pandemic is alive and the new variant, Delta-Virus, is scarier and spreading

5. Minimalism style is trending

6. Not as many people buy collectibles or have collections as a hobby

7. People are spending their money on more practical, essential items like cars, houses, land

8. Media makes fun of the older generation's treasures with shows like "Hoarders"

9. People want second-hand items for free, basically.

10. People are saving because the future is looking more scary as time goes on

11. People want new-in-package for sanitary reasons

12. Amazon makes shopping easy, fast, and affordable...especially black friday, tech monday, etc
 
terry123 said:
Nobody goes to sales anymore around here. Its too hot here during the day to attend them We used to go in the early spring, fall and early winter. What was the temp there, Deb? Also I had better stuff than they did and needed to be getting rid of it.
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The same is true here, I believe. There isn't much of anything that can lure me outside in the heat of the day here.

I also kinda think people here have lost interest in yard sales, anyway, for some reason. For myself, I, like you, have more stuff than I need as it is and am trying to get rid of stuff.
 
Lara said:
There could be multiple reasons for low attendance at garage sales these days:

1.You've been having multiple sales for awhile now and previous shoppers may think you're selling leftovers no one wanted

2. Previous shoppers may think your prices are too high

2. Younger generations aren't into older generation stuff for the most part

3. The older generation is downsizing and there are so many of us (babyboomers)

4. Some of us are moving on to heaven and hearses don't pull U-Hauls

4. Pandemic is alive and the new variant, Delta-Virus, is scarier and spreading

5. Minimalism style is trending

6. Not as many people buy collectibles or have collections as a hobby

7. People are spending their money on more practical, essential items like cars, houses, land

8. Media makes fun of the older generation's treasures with shows like "Hoarders"

9. People want second-hand items for free, basically.

10. People are saving because the future is looking more scary as time goes on

11. People want new-in-package for sanitary reasons

12. Amazon makes shopping easy, fast, and affordable...especially black friday, tech monday, etc
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I guess you have all the bases covered.

I guess I was spoiled when we had our community-wide sale in May and I sold over $500. After that, $27.50 for a weekend seems paltry. If it wasn't for one guy that bought over $12, it would have been dismal.
 
cdestroyer said:
protruckdriver said "Might be. I don't go out anymore because of the gasoline prices. Over $3.00 a gallon here and going up, up, up! Thanks to the Keystone Pipeline being shut down and other idiotic decisions that were and are made in government."..I ask what does stopping the construction of the pipeline have to do with gas prices?????????
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You're kidding, right? "What does the closing of the keystone pipeline have to do with the gas prices?"

I'll start. The United States was completely energy independent. The closing of the pipeline not only threw thousands out of work but made us energy dependent again! Thus, Higher gasoline and oil prices!

Pro truck driver, Would you like to field the rest of this?
 

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