Garage Sale Mobile Tips

Garage sales are great – you can find nearly anything under the sun in them at absolute bargain prices. However, while most of the finds at garage sales are worthwhile buys and well worth snapping up, there are some items you should stay away from – if they’re put up for sale at a yard sale at all.

1. Firearms. It’s better to get these from a proper dealer, especially firearms you need a licence to buy.
2. Child’s safety seats. You don’t know the history of these if they’re just put up with a sticker on at a garage sale. If they’ve been in an accident or are over a certain age, they shouldn’t be used as they are unsafe.
3. Safety helmets for bikes, motorbikes or horses. Once again, if these have taken a blow in an accident and done their job, they won’t be able to do the job effectively again. And with garage sales, you just don’t know where they’ve been.
4. Electric blankets. These need to be properly checked to ensure that they’re safe. If you see one for an absolute steal, get it properly checked out before you use it. Otherwise, buy something else – a hot water bottle, a wheat-pack or a good thick blanket.
5. Ancient and mysterious garden chemicals. If these are being sold off in a garage sale as part of someone’s estate, they are likely to be very old and they could contain substances that are now in the banned list.