So over a year ago I promised my friends we would have a garage sale. As summer has already started its descent into fall I figured I better get on it before all the hard-core garage salers had packed it in for the season. I organized all my junk, posted the sale on some local sites and put up some signs around the neighbourhood. Fifteen minutes before the sale was even supposed to start people were already circling the block and pacing in the driveway. We priced everything and laid it out neatly on tables encompassing the driveway and garage. Little did I know that meant people would still make us offers on our recently acquired set of Rogue weightstes, a wakeboard that we had bought in a silent auction a few months back that was still in the plastic and even my poor dog, Keefer. Guess what, if it doesn't have a price sticker on it or isn't on the garage sale tables IT IS NOT FOR SALE!
My lovely friends Jenna and Courtney faced the crowds of frugal deal-finders with me. Our spastic dogs howled at all of the potential customers giving them a great first impression of our well laid out product. I would like to mention that if you do plan on attending someone's garage sale please do not assume that they accept debit or credit. You're probably laughing at that statement but there was at least two individuals that wanted to purchase items with their plastic. I didn't realize it needed to be said but CASH ONLY PLEASE.
I also noticed that some people like to barter just for the sake of bartering. If you're selling something dirt cheap and have already offered them your lowest price, please do not insistently keep repeating your low-ball offer. It does not make me want to sell it to you any cheaper, in fact it makes me want you to vacate the property.
Another thing I didn't know was that if you are selling any clothing in your sale that strangers would want to go into your house to try it on. I guess I would have cleaned my house a bit better if I knew there was going to be a parade of people using it as a changeroom.
That was my first ever garage sale and I guess I could say it was a success - I sold some stuff, got rid of some junk and made a few extra dineros.. but I can probably say that I won't be having another one for a VERY long time.
