The best way to hold a garage sale
Many people are holding garage sales – yard sales, boot sales, whatever you want to call them – as a way of making a bit of extra cash during these harder economic times. You may be thinking that it isn’t for you because you have hardly any stuff to sell – or that’s worth selling. It’s barely going to cover a table – not really worth all the effort of writing signs, etc.
However, you probably aren’t alone. Some of your friends and workmates may be thinking along the same lines. So why not get together and have a joint garage sale? Everybody contributes their half a table of items, and between you all, you have enough for a respectable garage sale.
If you’ve got a big yard, then another option is to try and organise a boot sale or a general flea market. Other people turn up with their goodies to sell and pay you a token amount for your display space. You take care of the advertising for the event. And even though the amount they pay for their little bit of space isn’t much, lots of little bits all add up.
Or else you can think outside the box and add a few other items into your garage sale apart from the outgrown children’s clothes, the unused exercise equipment and the like. Do you have a hobby that produces things (painting, gardening, etc.)? Then you may be able to make or grow a few more items for sale. Surplus vegetables always go down a treat, either ready harvested or in ready-to-plant seedling form. Or even a bunch of fresh flowers? You may not make a wad of cash with these items, but you’ll have a lot of fun, anyway… and you just might make more than you think.
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