A garage sale, also called a "yard sale", "rummage sale", "tag sale", "attic sale", "moving sale", or "junk sale", is an informal, irregularly scheduled event for the sale of used goods by private individuals, in which "block sales" are allowed, so that sellers are not required to obtain business licenses or collect sales tax.
Yard sale in Spring 2005 in California
Yard sale in Summer 2005 in California
Typically the goods in a garage sale are unwanted items from the household with the home owners conducting the sale. The goods are sometimes new, like-new, or just usable, offered for sale because the owner does not want or need the item, to minimize their possessions, or to raise funds. Popular motivations for a garage sale are "Spring cleaning" or the owner's move to a new residence. The seller displays their wares to the passers-by or those responding to signs, flyers, or newspaper ads. Sometimes local television stations will broadcast a sale on the local public channel. The sales venue is typically a garage, driveway, carport, front yard, porch, or occasionally, the interior of a house. Some vendors, known as 'squatters', will set up in a highly trafficked area not on their own property.
Staples of garage sales include old clothing, books, toys, household knickknacks, and board games. Larger items like furniture and occasionally appliances are also sold. Garage sales occur most frequently in suburban areas on good-weather weekends, and usually have designated hours for the sale. Buyers who arrive before the hours of the sale to review the items are known as "Early Birds"; they often are professional restorers or resellers. Such sales also attract people who are searching for bargains or for rare and unusual items. Bargaining also known as haggling on prices is routine, and items may or may not have price labels affixed. Some people buy goods from these sales to restore them for resale.
Some cities, such as Beverly Hills, California, and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, require that the homeowners apply and pay for a yard sale permit, and even with that homeowners in Beverly Hills can only hold yard sales in the back of their homes. Typically these permits cost only ten dollars or so.
Remaining garage sale items...where to sell?*
Q. My in-laws are currently having a garage sale and I have quite a bit of my daughter's items over there. My sis in law informed me today that she doesn't wish to have garage sales in the future. I can't afford just to donate about $500 worth of stuff away and I don't want to go the eBay or Craigslist route. My hubby and I will be placing ads up at work to try to sell some that way. Any other ideas?
Asked by proudpreemieparents - Fri Aug 24 23:48:56 2007 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments A. do u have any outside climber toys????? Answered by Tink - Sat Aug 25 12:14:36 2007 garage sale pricing?*
Q. I just got a new digital camera, and am having a garage sale this weekend. I'd like to sell my old Kodak digital camera. It was about 120 dollars new. What should I ask for it?Oops! Actually I just looked it up, it is 150 dollars new.I've had for about 3 years now.It's a Kodak Easyshare model CX7300 with 3.2 megapixels.
Asked by greeneyed_londonlover - Mon May 7 19:54:18 2007 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments A. What are the specs on it?How long ago did you get it?Model number?Add those and I will give a more complete answer. Answered by Pichi - Mon May 7 20:00:48 2007 Garage Sale?*
Q. I need to make $30 and was thinking of having a garage sale. I have some old clothes, but nothing really stylish. I also have some old books, (fiction novels and a couple of old college text books,) glass candle holders, a large painting in a frame, 2 large panes of glass, canning jars, some shelving paper in the original packaging, and a Casio Keyboard that I never use but is in perfect working condition. I also have some old VHS tapes, mostly kids movies, but I don't know if anyone would buy them. I'm sure I could come up with a few other things from my basement. All of my things are in good condition because I take good care of my stuff, (even my old stuff.) The question is, would this be a good garage sale? Do you think I could make $30 [cont.*]
Asked by xila31 - Fri Sep 7 10:06:18 2007 - - 7 Answers - 0 Comments A. It sounds like you have the makings of a good garage sale. The clothes maybe a quarter a piece, novels maybe .50 @, candle holders, maybe $1.00 apiece, glass and canning jars, .25 @, shelf paper, maybe .50 the VHS tapes $1.00 @ Answered by Sandee - Fri Sep 7 10:12:39 2007
Garage Sale Bliss*
noreply@blogger.com (Mom 2 Two)
2008-06-01 04:19:00
By 5:00 PM the sale was over and we packed up what little we had left. We priced to sell and did just that. Our main objective was to make enough room in the garage so my husband could park his car. I think we've accomplished that goal!
The perfect garage sale*
Mr. and Mrs.
2008-06-01 15:39:00
Whilst perusing the wares at the parade of garage sales today in Oakridge, my brother-in-law, Moose and I decided that the world needs to know the 5 steps to having the perfect garage sale. First one must define what the goal of the ...
Garage sale goodies*
Christy
2008-05-31 17:30:00
It was pouring rain (and I mean pouring) so we did the drive-by garage sale-ing, so I'm sure we missed out on a ton of goodies (i was looking for a basketball hoop and a water/sand table) but I'm happy with what we got. ...
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The Ledger, FL - Mar 31, 2008
JANET PABOR, from left, Jan Behrens, Betty McGee and Rose Benz hold some of the items to be sold at the Spring Garage Sale. Grace Lutheran Women's Guild ... |
For sale: slightly used items*
Houston Chronicle, United States - Mar 22, 2008
Need to have a garage sale? A student-run company will do it for you: advertise, sort, display, sell and haul it off By MAGGIE GALEHOUSE No one wants to ... |
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4 JUNE 2004 THE GREAT GREENS GARAGE SALE ON WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY The Great Green Darebin Garage Sale I issued the following press release on the Great Green Garage Sales around Victoria. The Great Greens
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A humorous teaser to the movie Garage Sale King, a how-to movie that reveals the secrets of making your fotune in Garage Sales. The full movie is available from Ytown Studios at ytown.com/studios.
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