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My big yard sale total....

June 21st, 2016 at 02:43 pm

So, we had a yard sale on Saturday like many of you did, it looks like Smile

We spent all day Friday pulling things out of closets, organizing, and pricing. Our sale ran on Saturday from 8am - 1pm.

We made $760!

Most items were really marked as $0.25, $0.50, or $1. Our most expensive item that we sold was just $25! So, yeah, we had a ton of stuff.

We received a lot of feedback from our customers throughout the day so I thought I would share the info as to how we had a successful yard sale.

1) We advertised on local facebook selling pages and on craigslist.

2) We put up very simple directional signs the evening before.

3) Location is key. We live in a great area to hold yard sales (great neighborhood, easy road access, lots of parking, etc).

4) We priced everything! Nothing was less than a quarter. Prices were easily visible on each item.

5) We priced everything at yard sale prices! Very important here... I even mentioned this in the ads that I placed because NO ONE wants to pay mall prices at a yard sale.

6) Know the goal of having the yard sale in the first place. Ours was to get rid of stuff in the house... not to make a ton of money for a summer vacation or anything like that. Because our goal was to get rid of stuff, we priced things low and accepted even lower offers... and because of #5 above, we had very little negotiations that we had to do on pricing. 90% of our customers paid the price we asked without any hesitation.

7) Our stuff was clean! Not dusty, not broken, not haphazardly thrown in boxes for customers to dig through. We displayed things on tables not on the ground.

8) Many, many of our customers told us how we had the best yard sale they had been to in years.

Hope that helps, guys. We really didn't have a figure in mind so when we counted at the end and had exactly $760 in our hands, we were ecstatic! This is only the second yard sale we've had and honestly, we didn't have anything but knick knacks at this one (the first one was 4 years ago where we netted $1200 because we had lots of furniture). It's amazing how a lot of quarter items can add up Smile

Posted in SAVINGS AND INVESTMENTS, GOALS | 5 Comments »

5 Responses to “My big yard sale total....”

  1. creditcardfree Says:
    June 21st, 2016 at 03:31 pm 1466523078
    1466523078

    I whole heartily agree with your sale advice and tactics! My neighbors and I would do ALL of those things and we had super successful sales like yours. The only hard one to change is location, not all locations are conducive to a yard sale.

  2. LivingAlmostLarge Says:
    June 21st, 2016 at 04:34 pm 1466526890
    1466526890

    Wow what did you sell for $760?

  3. CB in the City Says:
    June 21st, 2016 at 04:58 pm 1466528288
    1466528288

    You must have had a LOT of stuff!

  4. all4money Says:
    June 21st, 2016 at 05:13 pm 1466529183
    1466529183

    LAL and CB: It does sound freakish how we ended up making so much money with such low priced items... Looking back, I wish I had taken before and after pictures to better comprehend the quantity of stuff sold.

  5. starfishy Says:
    June 21st, 2016 at 06:45 pm 1466534707
    1466534707

    wow - that's great! how many tables did you have if all of your stuff was displayed on tables?

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