What if it rains during my garage sale?
Most garage sales are more technically yard sales – held out of doors in your front yard so people can walk in off the street. This requires decent weather, as many items will be ruined if they get rained on.
However, we can’t predict the weather, so what are you going to do if the weather is pouring with rain on the day you had planned for your garage sale? It always pays to have a plan up your sleeve to cover this contingency.
- Have a “rain date” as an alternative and list this on your garage sale advertisement – “If wet, on June 24th” kind of thing. This is the best option, as many buyers are put off by the rain unless they’re really keen.
- Hold the garage sale in the garage. Make sure that the items that live in the garage are well out of the way so you don’t get somebody trying to buy your best saw. A carport is even better for this purpose.
- Can you rig up an awning over the top of the sales tables? Even a tarpaulin from a trailer can do at a pinch.
- If you have a covered veranda or porch , hold the sale up there. It may be a bit cramped, but you’ll be dry.
- Larger tag sales run by schools and the like should have an indoor venue as an alternative – school halls, clubrooms, gymnasiums and church halls are all possibilities.
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