Yes, we are succumbing to the neighborhood pressure (about 5 other houses ), and have decided to have a yard sale. I think we both need to plead momentary insanity. As we cleared out the garage and set up tables last night, all I could think was "what is wrong with us?". Not only am I pregnant (which means no lifting), but how am I going to entertain a not yet two year old in our driveway for 7 hours on Friday AND Saturday! Much less deal with the ninety degree weather!
And looking at our track record, we are not the greatest yard sale sellers! I've held two in my lifetime--
once in high school, where I made about $20, mostly from my Grandma, and
once with friends near our old home. Josh and I made negative $11 that time, as we bought more of their items than we sold. So what is my strategy this time? How am I staying upbeat and motivated?
Here's my rules for yard sale attempt number 3: (I'll let you know how they turn out)
1. Keep the prices low! If we sell it for more than ten cents, that is ten cents we didn't have before! Price low, negotiate low! Just please take our junk!
2. Afterwards, set all the leftovers on the curb and post to Craig's List a curb alert. At least it is out of our house, and we didn't need to bother carting it away.
3. Use cute little Madi to our advantage. Teach her the ways of selling, and send her out to greet people. Maybe make a sign for her to carry--all proceeds benefit my college fund! Hey, every time we GO TO a yard sale, she ends up with a free toy or stuffed animal because she's "oh too cute". For example, (it doesn't even have to be a yard sale) Josh took her to a local diner for ice cream two evenings ago, and they returned home with a stuffed dolphin that the restaurant owners had given her because she was sooo cute. I've had happy meal toys given to us too--by employees and other customers. So I'm hoping to use this to our advantage!
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We had a yard sale in my parents' neighborhood we participated in a couple of weeks ago that went great. We had A TON of crap to get rid of. We drove 3 van loads over to my parents, but only left with 1 van load. My prices were like $.25, $.50, $1, $2, with like 1 item at $10 (Sony Play Station 2 + games-Keith just about killed me for selling it so low, but it sold!). We were not trying to make money, just trying to get rid of stuff, but we ended up making like $60. What was left we dropped off at Goodwill the next day.
Good luck!
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