Try these ideas for a successful yard sale:
Gather Your Inventory
The sellable stuff is right under your nose. The first step is to identify it. In the weeks before your sale, purge closets and cupboards, bookcases and basement for garage sale items.
Know the Rules
Check with your city/county and the homeowners association. Some places require a permit.
Set a Date
Have a strategy for sale's end. Many charities will pick up all unsold items. Whatever you do, don't let the survivors back in the house!
Advertise!!!
Spend a few dollars for an ad, most local papers offer affordable pricing or free signs to yard sale advertisers. Mention furniture, baby items, tools, etc in your advertisement.
Prepare and Price
Use plastic food storage bags to group game pieces, display jewelry, and hold hardware pieces.
Set Up Your Shop
Are you ready to make change for a twenty? Be prepared with small bills and coin change.
Now Sell It
Offer free coffee or tea, and give your kids a taste of private enterprise, entrusting them with a donut/cookie concession.
Dispose of the leftovers!
Give leftovers to charity pick-up or recycle all you can, but find a new home for the stuff.
Be considerate of your neighbors and remove all signs, and return your yard to normal.
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