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It’s all about finding a great way to get rid of the old stuff and its ABSOLUTELY FREE. Now that is definitely in the budget.
Point the way to Greatest Garage sale of all times.
Looking for a great way to get rid of your household clutter and make some extra cash at the same time? A garage sale or yard sale may be just the ticket. Garage sales are easy to plan and manage, and they can turn large, unwieldy old lamps and dishes into smaller, more manageable piles of cash. Depending on how much you have to sell, you could realistically make $1,000 or more in a weekend. Let the selling begin!
MAKE SURE TO POINT THE WAY TO BARGAINS USING SIGNS OR PEOPLE SHOWING WHERE TO GO!
Here are some easy steps to making your Hot Garage Sale a success!
1) Gather items for sale.- Try to rid of everything you haven’t used in over a year. Hey, if you haven’t missed it in a year – chances are you really don’t need it but it’s great for making some cash.
2) Inventory each item – Make sure to make a list to know what you have and what you’re going to sale it for.
3) Attach a clearly written price label to each item – put the starting price you would wish the item would sale for. Give your friends and family a list of what’s the cheapest you would sale your items for. That way there’s no trouble later on why your brother sold your surround sound for $50.
4) Check with your city or homeowner’s association and obtain a permit if one is required. IF there’s a cost attached see if any of your neighbors would want to participate in order to share the cost of the permit.
5)Set a date and place for your sale – Get some advertising in the local community paper or post it on community boards some grocery stores have or you could post on www.hotgaragesale.com – that’s an idea!
***Tidy up your yard and/or garage! Think of your CLEAN yard as your store to sell your goods – you don’t like to go to a dirty store either does anyone else.***
6 )Make signs a few days before the sale –ask your neighbors if you can put signs on their yard to bring more people to the HOT Garage Sale – ask them again if they want to be a part of it. The more the merrier and the more people working to make this garage sale a success!! Make sure these signs are in the right places – think like garage sale hunter – should it go on your neighbor yard, below the stop sign, near an intersection, telephone pole – anywhere.
7) Get plenty of change and petty cash – make sure one or two people handle this and that it’s in a safe place.
Set up the morning of the sale- have you ever heard the early bird catches the worm? Get up and get going early – get the cash for all those items you’ve been not been using all this time.
***Have extra help on hand and be an active seller: Get family and friends to help! Get them going offer to get pizza or chicken wings for lunch. Be an aggressive seller – get out and get everything sold!***
Try to remember this is a great way to get rid of all those wonderful items you no longer use. And this could be a great time for meeting neighbors and working with your kids to make this the best hot garage sale you’ve ever seen. Just have fun and make some money!!!