Comments on: Ten Garage Sale Tips http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/05/12/ten-garage-sale-tips/ personal finance that makes cents Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:12:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jenny Jacobs http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/05/12/ten-garage-sale-tips/#comment-148744 Jenny Jacobs Sat, 20 Sep 2008 05:09:33 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/05/12/ten-garage-sale-tips/#comment-148744 I have found the best website ever for garage sales. It is called GarageSaleCow.com This really is the best website I have ever used. I have found the best website ever for garage sales. It is called GarageSaleCow.com
This really is the best website I have ever used.

]]> By: Finance Gets Personal » Garage Sale Report http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/05/12/ten-garage-sale-tips/#comment-136824 Finance Gets Personal » Garage Sale Report Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:40:05 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/05/12/ten-garage-sale-tips/#comment-136824 [...] been reading garage sale tips from places like the Yard Sale Queen and Get Rich Slowly (click here and here). Here are some of the tips that I used, along with how well they worked for me: Have a [...] [...] been reading garage sale tips from places like the Yard Sale Queen and Get Rich Slowly (click here and here). Here are some of the tips that I used, along with how well they worked for me: Have a [...]

]]> By: Leah http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/05/12/ten-garage-sale-tips/#comment-134771 Leah Mon, 02 Jun 2008 20:54:15 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/05/12/ten-garage-sale-tips/#comment-134771 As pointed out, advertising is an obvious necessity. http://www.yardsalequeen.com/yardsalelinks.htm has some good sites. Some of you may have noticed http://www.yardsalead.com coming up in your searches. So far I have to say the site seems more professional than others that I have been to. Like the others it does not cost to post, but it gives search options to fine tune what you are looking for. As pointed out, advertising is an obvious necessity. http://www.yardsalequeen.com/yardsalelinks.htm has some good sites. Some of you may have noticed http://www.yardsalead.com coming up in your searches. So far I have to say the site seems more professional than others that I have been to. Like the others it does not cost to post, but it gives search options to fine tune what you are looking for.

]]> By: A Yard Sale Checklist: Ten Tips for Garage Sale Prep ? Get Rich Slowly http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/05/12/ten-garage-sale-tips/#comment-89412 A Yard Sale Checklist: Ten Tips for Garage Sale Prep ? Get Rich Slowly Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:00:34 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/05/12/ten-garage-sale-tips/#comment-89412 [...] If you're new here, you may want to learn what this site is about. I encourage you to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Our annual neighborhood garage sale was held this past weekend. During last year’s sale I offered ten garage sale tips: [...] [...] If you’re new here, you may want to learn what this site is about. I encourage you to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Our annual neighborhood garage sale was held this past weekend. During last year’s sale I offered ten garage sale tips: [...]

]]> By: BillinDetroit http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/05/12/ten-garage-sale-tips/#comment-88604 BillinDetroit Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:51:33 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/05/12/ten-garage-sale-tips/#comment-88604 One thing I look for, but seldom see, at garage sales are TOOLS. If you've got 'em, put a sign out and I'm SOOO there! No sign, no stop. But don't make me walk through a ton of kids size 3 jammies to find them. It seems like every garage sale on the planet has kids clothes ... you don't need a sign for that. But not many offer decent tools (still useful for their original purpose). Which is to say that you should offer signage for anything that sets your sale apart ... sports equipment, tools, furniture ... whatever makes your sale just a little distinctive. Two rusty screwdrivers don't count as 'tools'. One scratched up nightstand of uncertain design doesn't either. Be serious. One thing I look for, but seldom see, at garage sales are TOOLS. If you’ve got ‘em, put a sign out and I’m SOOO there!

No sign, no stop.

But don’t make me walk through a ton of kids size 3 jammies to find them. It seems like every garage sale on the planet has kids clothes … you don’t need a sign for that. But not many offer decent tools (still useful for their original purpose).

Which is to say that you should offer signage for anything that sets your sale apart … sports equipment, tools, furniture … whatever makes your sale just a little distinctive.

Two rusty screwdrivers don’t count as ‘tools’. One scratched up nightstand of uncertain design doesn’t either. Be serious.

]]> By: It's Garage Sale Season! « That’s Swell http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/05/12/ten-garage-sale-tips/#comment-86797 It's Garage Sale Season! « That’s Swell Thu, 17 May 2007 21:50:24 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/05/12/ten-garage-sale-tips/#comment-86797 [...] Get Rich Slowly recommends a group sale - 10 Tips [...] [...] Get Rich Slowly recommends a group sale - 10 Tips [...]

]]> By: Penny http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/05/12/ten-garage-sale-tips/#comment-82770 Penny Mon, 02 Apr 2007 14:32:39 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/05/12/ten-garage-sale-tips/#comment-82770 I am having a garage sale in like 4 days and i dont know how to price my stuff. how much should i price for... CD's (the used, HIM, all american rejects, aerosmith, like 20 more)= clothes= crockpot (never opened)= VCR (nothing wrong with it)= VHS movies( good condition)= new book bag ( LOTS of room)= stuffed animals( clean)= books ( brand new hardbacks)= please someone answer my questions!! I am having a garage sale in like 4 days and i dont know how to price my stuff. how much should i price for…

CD’s (the used, HIM, all american rejects, aerosmith, like 20 more)=

clothes=

crockpot (never opened)=

VCR (nothing wrong with it)=

VHS movies( good condition)=

new book bag ( LOTS of room)=

stuffed animals( clean)=

books ( brand new hardbacks)=

please someone answer my questions!!

]]> By: Get Rich Slowly » Nintendo Wii: A Study in Planned Saving http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/05/12/ten-garage-sale-tips/#comment-18907 Get Rich Slowly » Nintendo Wii: A Study in Planned Saving Mon, 20 Nov 2006 17:57:26 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/05/12/ten-garage-sale-tips/#comment-18907 [...] Last May, we held our annual garage sale on the same weekend that the Nintendo Wii was revealed. As I sat in my driveway, selling old stuff, I followed online coverage of the Wii on my laptop. I wanted one. “I’m putting this money in the bank and saving it to buy a Nintendo,” I told Kris. [...] [...] Last May, we held our annual garage sale on the same weekend that the Nintendo Wii was revealed. As I sat in my driveway, selling old stuff, I followed online coverage of the Wii on my laptop. I wanted one. “I’m putting this money in the bank and saving it to buy a Nintendo,” I told Kris. [...]

]]> By: Get Rich Slowly » Use Purpose-Driven Investing to Achieve Your Goals http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/05/12/ten-garage-sale-tips/#comment-5149 Get Rich Slowly » Use Purpose-Driven Investing to Achieve Your Goals Tue, 08 Aug 2006 14:34:03 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/05/12/ten-garage-sale-tips/#comment-5149 [...] I have a secondary low-interest savings account for short-term goals. (This is currently my Nintendo Wii fund, and contains the money I earned at our spring garage sale.) [...] [...] I have a secondary low-interest savings account for short-term goals. (This is currently my Nintendo Wii fund, and contains the money I earned at our spring garage sale.) [...]

]]> By: Get Rich Slowly » Frugality in Practice: Free is a Very Good Price http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/05/12/ten-garage-sale-tips/#comment-1500 Get Rich Slowly » Frugality in Practice: Free is a Very Good Price Mon, 10 Jul 2006 16:52:18 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/05/12/ten-garage-sale-tips/#comment-1500 [...] After our garage sale, Kris and I put our old gas range at the side of the road and marked it FREE. We taped a note to it explaining the range’s faults and virtues. It was gone within two days. Somebody got a Very Good Deal. [...] [...] After our garage sale, Kris and I put our old gas range at the side of the road and marked it FREE. We taped a note to it explaining the range’s faults and virtues. It was gone within two days. Somebody got a Very Good Deal. [...]

]]> By: Get Rich Slowly » My eBay Method: Thirteen Steps to More Profitable Auctions http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/05/12/ten-garage-sale-tips/#comment-57 Get Rich Slowly » My eBay Method: Thirteen Steps to More Profitable Auctions Mon, 15 May 2006 17:55:54 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/05/12/ten-garage-sale-tips/#comment-57 [...] Like garage sales, eBay is a great way to simultaneously purge your life of stuff and make money while doing so. A little extra time and care in creating your listings can yield a huge increase in profits. [...] [...] Like garage sales, eBay is a great way to simultaneously purge your life of stuff and make money while doing so. A little extra time and care in creating your listings can yield a huge increase in profits. [...]

]]> By: J.D. http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/05/12/ten-garage-sale-tips/#comment-46 J.D. Fri, 12 May 2006 21:42:20 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/05/12/ten-garage-sale-tips/#comment-46 Sorry about the dearth of posts. I'm still working at the garage sale. It's been busy. Just for fun, here's a list of everything I've sold so far over the past two days: -- start day one -- $7.00 - CDs: Billy Joel, Tears For Fears, Judds free - the head of a broken axe $3.00 - VHS: Vertigo (letterbox) $2.00 - VHS: The Fountainhead $4.00 - Books: C++ (Strousstrop) and a German play $1.00 - white ceramic bowl $0.50 - Tape: Rick Springfield's Tao $3.00 - CD: Cyndi Lauper $3.00 - Sign: Star Fleet Personnel Only $10.00 - unused computer speakers $3.00 - VHS: Blade Runner (letterbox) -- noon day one -- $5.00 - Book: Networking Essentials (and workbook) $2.00 - VHS: Secret of NIMH $13.00 - CD boombox $5.00 - faux old-fashioned telephone $1.00 - garden sprayer $1.50 - bag of diazanon -- end day one -- DAY ONE = $64.00 -- start day two -- $12.50 - old rototiller $20.00 - three boxes of Star Trek: The Next Generation books and magazines $3.00 - CD: Ace of Base $20.00 - cordless telelphone set $15.00 - 6 CDs: Garth Brooks, LeAnn Rimes, Wynona Judd, Alison Kraus $17.00 - 6 CDs: Go-Gos and others $5.00 - CDs: Alison Kraus, Mary-Chapin Carpenter $5.00 - CDs: Tracy Chapman, Tori Amos, Norah Jones $3.00 - VHS: West Side Story (letterbox) $5.00 - Godfather VHS and Styx CD $65.00 - HUGE lot of good geek stuff (programming books, Tintin books, baseball books, CDs of fifties music, old time radio programs, and classical music) $2.00 - VHS: Solaris (1970s) $10.00 - VHS: boxed set of Alien trilogy $2.00 - book: some mystery author $10.00 - comics: Fantastic Four Essentials vol. 1-3 $9.00 - CDs: Bonnie Raitt, Elton John, one other $10.00 - portable CD player and Michael Jackson HIStory CD set -- current status -- DAY TWO = $213.50 TOTAL = $277.50 My wife and sister-in-law have also sold stuff, too. There'll be another rush here in about 45 minutes, and that will last til five. Saturday is generally the busiest day; I hold out high hopes that I'll be able to purge some of my comic books. Also — the proceeds from this sale will be sealed in an envelope and hidden in a safe place. I've decided that this money is my Nintendo Wii fund. Rembember: part of being frugal is knowing when to let yourself have some fun, too! Sorry about the dearth of posts. I’m still working at the garage sale. It’s been busy. Just for fun, here’s a list of everything I’ve sold so far over the past two days:

– start day one –
$7.00 - CDs: Billy Joel, Tears For Fears, Judds
free - the head of a broken axe
$3.00 - VHS: Vertigo (letterbox)
$2.00 - VHS: The Fountainhead
$4.00 - Books: C++ (Strousstrop) and a German play
$1.00 - white ceramic bowl
$0.50 - Tape: Rick Springfield’s Tao
$3.00 - CD: Cyndi Lauper
$3.00 - Sign: Star Fleet Personnel Only
$10.00 - unused computer speakers
$3.00 - VHS: Blade Runner (letterbox)
– noon day one –
$5.00 - Book: Networking Essentials (and workbook)
$2.00 - VHS: Secret of NIMH
$13.00 - CD boombox
$5.00 - faux old-fashioned telephone
$1.00 - garden sprayer
$1.50 - bag of diazanon
– end day one –
DAY ONE = $64.00

– start day two –
$12.50 - old rototiller
$20.00 - three boxes of Star Trek: The Next Generation books and magazines
$3.00 - CD: Ace of Base
$20.00 - cordless telelphone set
$15.00 - 6 CDs: Garth Brooks, LeAnn Rimes, Wynona Judd, Alison Kraus
$17.00 - 6 CDs: Go-Gos and others
$5.00 - CDs: Alison Kraus, Mary-Chapin Carpenter
$5.00 - CDs: Tracy Chapman, Tori Amos, Norah Jones
$3.00 - VHS: West Side Story (letterbox)
$5.00 - Godfather VHS and Styx CD
$65.00 - HUGE lot of good geek stuff (programming books, Tintin books, baseball books, CDs of fifties music, old time radio programs, and classical music)
$2.00 - VHS: Solaris (1970s)
$10.00 - VHS: boxed set of Alien trilogy
$2.00 - book: some mystery author
$10.00 - comics: Fantastic Four Essentials vol. 1-3
$9.00 - CDs: Bonnie Raitt, Elton John, one other
$10.00 - portable CD player and Michael Jackson HIStory CD set
– current status –
DAY TWO = $213.50
TOTAL = $277.50

My wife and sister-in-law have also sold stuff, too. There’ll be another rush here in about 45 minutes, and that will last til five. Saturday is generally the busiest day; I hold out high hopes that I’ll be able to purge some of my comic books.

Also — the proceeds from this sale will be sealed in an envelope and hidden in a safe place. I’ve decided that this money is my Nintendo Wii fund. Rembember: part of being frugal is knowing when to let yourself have some fun, too!

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