Tag Sale / Yard Sale / Garage Sale

I believe I blogged about this once before, but here goes again...

It seems the temperament of buyers is different in each state. It is so hard to know how to price things until you've been through it once.

In Connecticut's "tag sale," we priced everything ridiculously cheap in order to get rid of the stuff (we were moving and wanted to lighten the load). We even cleaned everything. It was all in good shape. Lots of things sold, but they got a steal on the items. (Our fault) There were some people, no matter what the price, that wanted it for cheaper (obviously expert bargain hunters). Even still, we realized we had everything priced too low because hardly anyone had to barter. We probably could have gotten a little more $$ for the items.

Next was Indiana "yard sale." We decided to price a little higher, assuming they would bargain down. Well, they didn't. They all walked through and looked, but didn't say anything like, "will you take $2?" So that tag sale was a bust.

Currently Georgia. This past Friday & Saturday was the spring "garage sale" in our development. There are two community sales a year - one spring, one fall. We were unable to participate Friday due to work, so Saturday was our only day selling. We could have used Friday to gauge how our prices were and adjust them accordingly for Saturday.

Well, basically, everyone drove by and "scanned" what was displayed. We only had a few cars actually stop to get out and look. Weird! I assume peope were looking for specific items (furniture and the like).

We sold a pillow. That was it. I think I will price everything a buck during the fall sale and donate it if it does not sell during that one. No sense hanging on to stuff just to try to make a couple bucks. If I want the $$, I could try e-bay.


The whole day wasn't a waste, however. We went to a car show. I'm not particularly fond of looking at cars (what's the big deal?), but it was a beautiful day to be outside, and it was held at a nice park. I even got some color on my arms and face.