# How do you know how to price things for a yard sale? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 22, 2013, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know-how-to-price-things-for-a-yard-sale/659022 "2013-05-22T14:32:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know-how-to-price-things-for-a-yard-sale/659022/21 "2013-05-25T16:17:38Z")
And if you want to run people off, suggest that they buy things. :rolleyes: Elderly men are notorious for this, and if they start doing it to me, I excuse myself and leave the sale. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know-how-to-price-things-for-a-yard-sale/659022/22 "2013-05-25T16:54:36Z")
No price, no interest. At. All. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know-how-to-price-things-for-a-yard-sale/659022/23 "2013-05-25T17:16:15Z")
This may sound ridiculous, but if you have a broken tool or piece of outdoor equipment, even lawn furniture - people will buy it up if you price it right. This won’t work for the OP’s off-site yard sale, but around here (Northern Utah), it gets snapped up. And even better, it gets out of your way w/o a repair bill. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know-how-to-price-things-for-a-yard-sale/659022/24 "2013-05-25T19:34:40Z")
I’ll be there, it’s not a “table and leave” it sort of group yard sale. We were thinking maybe we should just have, say, a $1 bin and a $5 bin and a $10 bin? And then let people feel like they won big time by getting, say, two for $5. Is there any point to selling expensive stuff at a sale like that? I have a nice router, never been out of the box, but there are no tool places around that sell used tools anymore and I just haven’t bothered with Craigslist. I think, like, $70 would be a steal for it. Would I be wasting my time lugging it there? I also have a ton of anime DVDs that haven’t been selling on [half.com](http://half.com). Of course they cost a ton back in the day, but now… so $5? ETA - can we not have two goals, to get rid of crap AND make some money? ---
**Author:** ![Tequila\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a6a055/32.png) [@Tequila\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Party)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know-how-to-price-things-for-a-yard-sale/659022/25 "2013-05-25T20:31:57Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Quite the opposite of my philosophy. I’m an in-and-out-in-seconds type of browser. No prices means means I’m gone even faster. I have no interest in wasting time asking. > > Put a price on it. Period. Absolutely this. I’m not a big garage sale shopper, but there’s nothing that will run me off faster than no pricing. Sure, it’s okay if it’s only on a couple of things, but it’s a serious pain in the ass if it’s for an entire armful. Also, I agree that cheap stuff sales. You’d be amazed how much money you’ll make off the .25¢ crap that you were probably just going to throw away anyway. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know-how-to-price-things-for-a-yard-sale/659022.md?page=1)