Azazello1313 Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 I had a garage sale. Once. All these old bittys from godknowswhere show up. They offer you a dime for something reasonably marked 25 cents. If its marked 10 cents, they'll offer you a nickle. I'd rather throw all of my sh*t in a dumpster. yeah, just make sure it's one of those goodwill dumpsters where you can take the tax write-off. stuff that you might actually want a couple bucks out of, you can sell on craigslist or ebay or something. I can't really see how the headache and chitty price ratio from a garage sale ever makes it worth while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bier Meister Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 I agree, with one caveat...it can depend on your area, we have a TON of migrant workers here, and they typically want things cheap. Our last yard sale cost me a day of golf, and we BARELY made $40. I donated 75% of the leftovers and threw the rest away. From here on out, anything small worth selling goes on eBay, and the larger stuff goes on Craigslist if I think I can get more than $40 or $50 bucks for it (like used kids furniture). Not worth the hassle anymore. i was sarcastically generalizing. when we have done them, we make a conscientious decision whether we want to make money or get rid of crap. when we want to make money we mark things with a price and won't accept anything less than XX. when we want to get rid of crap, we have used kid's approach by having people make offers. generally speaking, we greatly appreciate good will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowboysDiehard Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 i was sarcastically generalizing. when we have done them, we make a conscientious decision whether we want to make money or get rid of crap. when we want to make money we mark things with a price and won't accept anything less than XX. when we want to get rid of crap, we have used kid's approach by having people make offers. generally speaking, we greatly appreciate good will. Funny how life imitates art, sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bier Meister Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 Funny how life imitates art, sometimes. we've found that with either approach..."people want to pay the quarter." not worth the headache... goodwill rocks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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