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.
No price, no interest. At. All.
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.
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. 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?
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.