GARAGE SALE TIPS! (HOW TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL SALE)

 

 

WELCOME TO REVIVAL MONDAY
IT'S BEEN A ROUGH WEEKEND FOR ME, HAD A GARAGE SALE! SO

IM ACTUALLY GOING TO

TALK ABOUT THE GARAGE SALE

IN THIS POST INSTEAD OF REVIAL
MONDAY THIS WEEK

& GIVE SOME TIPS ON WHAT

WORKED FOR ME.

 

DID VERY WELL BUT IT WAS

ALOT OF WORK!

MY BACK HURT, MY FEET HURT,

MAYBE THAT JUST COMES

WITH AGE....

 

 

WELL I LEARNED SOME THINGS

AND ILL PASS ON MY EDUCATION

WITH YOU..

 

1) I HAD MY GARAGE SALE

ON A SAT. AND A SUNDAY,

BUT I DIDN'T START IT TILL

10:00 AM PEOPLE DIDN'T WANT TO WAIT,
 NOTE TO SELF NEXT TIME 9:00AM.

  

2) I WAS THE BUSIEST IN THE

FIRST HOUR, ALL THOSE

EARLY RISERS!

 

3.)I PRICED EVERYTHING

.25, .50, AND THEN DOLLAR

AMOUNT'S THAT HELPED WITH THE

MONEY SITUATION. MAKE SURE

YOU HAVE AT LEAST $20 IN

SMALL BILLS AND CHANGE.

I FOUND THE LITTLE PRICE TAG

CIRCLES AT THE DOLLAR STORE.

 

 

4.) DID'NT HAVE EVERYTHING PRICED

THE FIRST DAY BUT AS I WENT

ALONG I WAS ABLE TO PRICE EVERYTHING, IT REALLY HELPS

 

 

5.) BE SURE TO PRICE EVERYTHING

A LITTLE HIGHER AS EVERYONE

TRIES TO TALK YOU DOWN.

 

FOR EXAMPLE....

 

CUSTOMER-EXCUSE ME HOW MUCH

 

ME- $50.00, IT'S ONLINE FOR

$100

 

CUSTOMER- WOULD YOU TAKE $30

 

ME- THINKING IN MY

HEAD- SERIOUSLY?

 

EVEN LOWER PRICED ITEMS

I WOULD SAY 90 PERCENT OF THE

PEOPLE DIDN'T WANT TO PAY WHAT I

HAD MARKED.

 

6.)I MADE UP 5 FLORESCENT SIGNS

ALL THE SAME COLOR AND WROTE IN

BIG BLACK LETTERS THE DETAILS OF

THE YARD SALE... STAPLED THEM

TO TELEPHONE POLES, NEAR MAJOR

TRAFFIC AREAS- WORKED GREAT.

THEN I USED LITTLE SIGNS BUT

STAPLED A PIECE OF THE YELLOW

FLORESCENT PAPER TO THEM SO

PEOPLE WOULD KNOW IT WAS THE

SAME SALE, TO MARK THE WAY TO

MY HOUSE.

 

THE ONLY THING I WOULD HAVE

CHANGED ABOUT THAT IS I WOULD HAVE

USED THE HEAVIER FOAM BOARD

BECAUSE THE NEXT MORNING THE

EDGES OF THE PAPER STARTED

FOLDING OVER.

 

7.) I MADE SURE ALL MY ITEMS WERE

CLEAN AND EVEN TRIED TO

DRESS UP THE OLD CHINA PIECES

I HAD, TIED TWINE AROUND THE PLATES
AND SET UP THE TEA CUPS

ON A MARBLE TOP TABLE, EVERYTHING

LOOKED NICE!-I THINK IT HELPED.

 

8.)HAD ALL THE LAMPS I WAS SELLING

PLUGGED INTO THE OUTLET IN THE

GARAGE, AS MY SALE WAS IN THE GARAGE AND ON THE DRIVEWAY. THAT WAY PEOPLE COULD SEE THAT THEY ALL WORKED.

 

9.)I HAD MY YARDSALE SCHEDULED TILL 4:00PM, NOT MANY PEOPLE THAT

LATE BUT A FEW SHOWED UP AT THAT

TIME AND EVEN WHEN I TOOK MY TIME

CLEANING UP SOMEONE STOPPED AT

5:00 AND BOUGHT $20 WORTH OF STUFF

 

10)I HAD ALOT OF HAIR TIES AND LITTLE ODDS AND ENDS THAT I WOULD MAKE UP LITTLE SANDWHICH BAGS OF STUFF AND PUT A PRICE ON THEM OF $1.00 or $2.00 THAT WORKED
OUT VERY WELL

 

11.) HAD A BOX THAT I WOULD MARK

EVERYTHING IN HERE $1.00

OR WHAT EVER YOU HAVE ALOT OF

LITTLE THINGS PRICED AT.
 

12.) HELPS TO SPREAD THINGS OUT

SO PEOPLE CAN SEE THINGS ON A

CARD TABLE, I EVEN HAD A LONG

BOARD THAT I USED AS A TABLE.

 

13.) I LABELED ELECTRONICS AND

EVEN PRINTED OUT WHAT THEY WERE AND THE SPECS', STUCK THIS WITH THE ITEM- BIG HELP

 

14.)I HAD A RACK OF CLOTHING THAT NOTHING
WAS SELLING AND I TOOK

A FEW PIECES HUNG THEM OUT

SEPERATLY AND THEY SOLD.. I GUESS IT'S ALL ABOUT BEING SEEN. AND I ALSO MADE BIGGER PRICE TAG'S FOR THESE WHEN I DID THIS.

15.) OLD POTS AND PANS-DID NOT
SELL
OLD MENS CLOTHING-DID NOT SELL
DRINKING GLASSES- DID NOT SELL
 

 

16.) THIS WILL BE MY LAST TIP.

I POSTED AD'S STARTING ON THURS AND THEN EVERYDAY AFTER, ON

CRAIGSLIST, YARDSALESEARCH.COM,

I TOOK ABOUT 12 PICTURES OF EVERYTHING AND POSTED THEM WITH A DETAIL DESCRIPTION OF WHAT I HAD.

 

 

I PLAN TO HAVE ANOTHER ONE IN

3 WEEKS HOPEFULLY AS SUCCESSFUL

AS THE FIRST!

 

HOPE THESE TIPS HELP....

 

 

P.S. HAD TO TELL YOU THIS FUNNY STORY. IT WAS ABOUT 8:00 THE FIRST NIGHT OF THE SALE AND MY DOOR BELL RANG. (I live by Rutgers College)

IT WAS 3 COLLEGE BOYS AND THEY

BEGGED ME TO SELL THEM THE VCR THAT I HAD POSTED ON CRAIGSLIST THAT I HAD. THEY APPARENTLY

HAD AN OLDER TV AND HAD TO HAVE AN

OLDER VCR IN ORDER TO HOOK IT UP TO THE TV. THEY TOLD ME I SAVED

THEIR LIVES! PRETTY FUNNY. I GUESS THERE IS A BUYER FOR EVERYTHING!

 

ANYONE ELSE HAVE A GREAT IDEA!

I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR IT!


OH YEAH ONE MORE TIP,
AT THE END OFF THE SALE I
PUT A CARD TABLE BY THE CURB
WITH A SIGN ON IT FREE AND PUT ITEMS THAT I JUST WANTED TO GET RID OF AND I POSTED A CURB ALERT ON CRAIGSLIST. THE NEXT DAY IT WAS ALL GONE INCLUDING THE TABLE!!!
NOTE TO SELF- DON'T USE A CARDTABLE....