Yard sales are important for many reasons one of which you can get rid of ‘stuff’ in your home that you no longer use, want, or need. A yard sale is just that: you put your items for sale out in the lawn area for anyone passing by to stop and see what you have for sale. Most yard sales take place during the summer months when you can be out doors all day long without worrying about the snow and rain.
Yard sales that are interrupted by snow, wind or rain are often held on a porch, in a garage or in a basement so you could often also see porch sales, garage sales or basement sales going on during other times of the year when yard sales are not often going on.
What To Sell
Walking through your house you can pick out things that are not useful any longer. For example, if you have three hair dryers, two toasters, four coffee pots, four pairs of snow pants and five unopened gallons of paint, you can use these items in your yard sale. You can also put the extra pots and pans, pictures, posters, roller skates, tools and other household items in the yard sale.
Often clothing is not going to be a big seller unless you are located in the middle of town so you will need other items that will help you pull in a few bucks at the same time. Walking around your home, if you find that you haven’t used something or worn something in over two years, you don’t need it and it should be in the yard sale.
Courtesy to Visitors
When you have people that are stopping by at your yard sale it is custom that you be nice and courteous. You don’t want to have your kids running all over the yard, you won’t want your dog out in the yard pestering buyers, and you your set up to be easy to look at so that buyers can search for items that they need or want without having to dig through boxes of ‘stuff’.
Having Change on Hand
Setting up for your yard sale is a chore that can take a few hours. Yard sales often start early in the morning so you will need to go to the bank or store and get some change for your yard sale. If you have lots of items that will be 25 cents or 50 cents, you will need to keep lots of quarters on hand. If you have many items that are $1 you will need to keep lots of $1 bills on hand for change. Having about $40 in change should get you through your day easily.
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