Garage Sale Mobile Tips

While most household items will sell at a garage sale, as long as you don’t price them ridiculously, some items just won’t sell – you might not even be able to give them away. The best destination for these things is not the table at your garage sale but the nearest recycling centre or rubbish tip.

1. Junky plastic toys from McDonalds Happy Meals and the like. Does any child really play with these after the first two days? Even if they still have the original wrappers on, they don’t sell well. They’re not as collectible as the manufacturers would have you think.
2. Old newspapers. Take them down to the nearest paper recycling centre. However, you may like to have a few on hand while your yard sale is going on so people can wrap breakables.
3. Old glossy magazines. If you’re lucky, you might be able to sell these at a rate of 10 for 10c. Special interest magazines may be able to do better if the interest is a popular one – a fishing, hunting or DIY magazine will do better than Trainspotters’ Weekly. 
4. Anything broken. If you wouldn’t buy it, nor will anyone else. Chipped chinaware, ornaments or mirrors you may be able to get away with, as the items are still useable.
5. Family photos with no frames. Why would anyone else want to buy pictures of your relatives? If they are in frames, remove the photos and sell the frames.