Comments on: Get the Most from Your Stuff: Maximizing Yard Sale Profits

By: Emily Stevens

Emily Stevens — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 21:36:09 +0000

Great read. I wish more people who were hosting yard sales took the time to organize and clean some of their stuff up a bit. I wouldn’t mind paying a little more when things are presented well, it helps in the decision making process – that is my opinion.

As for pricing, I think it’s all about common sense. Sure, you may have some big ticket items, but it’s doubtful you’ll be selling a rare piece of art or a popular collectible. I think it’s good that people do a little homework ahead of time on some of the stuff they sell. There are stories of people selling Picasso Paintings for a couple bucks at yard sales and others making out with incredible treasures – it’s the seller’s loss if they don’t put a little time into the sale. If it’s a weekend-long event, make it worth your time and financial return.

By: Larry Quirk

Larry Quirk — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 14:48:43 +0000

What you middle class folks are missing is that you are losing much more income from the corporate welfare favored by the Tea Party Republicans than any alledged welfare dodge ever did. Your income and more importantly your kids future incomes are being destroyed by the Bush tax cuts adn Romneys pledge to give the rich more tax cuts, the assault on the unions and their desire to destroy social securtiy and medicare. And what gets me is that you are happily going along with your own economic destruction because you have bought into this myth that welfare queens are the cause of your economic despair.

By: Theresa Carlton

Theresa Carlton — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 16:56:12 +0000

I’ll simplify it for you! It means that us middle class folks who are footing the bill for those extra benefits are now forced to hold yard sales to get our money back from the cash-fat welfare recipients.

By: Charles Sweigart

Charles Sweigart — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 22:52:21 +0000

The opposition has made claims that the current administration has increased welfare benefits. Would that not then decrease garage sale selling? Or would it increase the number of buyers now having more disposable income? Politics are so confusing.

By: Larry Quirk

Larry Quirk — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 21:37:49 +0000

While I know that in the coming months we will hear at lot of strange political assertions, I find the allegation that President Obama is responsible for an increase in garage sales (perhaps only on Mr. Smith’s street?) to be one of the silliest yet.

By: Bradd Smith

Bradd Smith — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 16:36:38 +0000

The advice to use Worthpoint’s worthless auction service is very bad advice. Sell high end stuff at an auction, not a yard or garage sale. Keep collections for the auction house as well. Garage sales are all about getting rid of clutter and making a few bucks. “Professional” garage sellers have another agenda. There are some people that have sales at least once a month and some once a week, poor neighbors. They spend the week scouring the thrift shops for “garage sale items and sell them at 100% markup, tax free for now. On the street I live on, a single sale will block traffic for hours. People park in your driveway and have little consideration for anyone but themselves and their insatiable desire to get more clutter. Since the current administration, there have been a lot more sales, thank you obummer. I still see it as a mom and pops thing and anyone that needs a book to hold a garage sale is a mega boob.

By: nick ryan

nick ryan — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 23:41:03 +0000

I think this article was meant to be a taster to the Book and that they really want you to purchase the book rather than give you all the tips.

You know you need big signs and good prices, then do just that, & take the customers from other yard sales that don’t advertise properly or have ridiculous prices, may the best man win.

Good Luck, Nick

By: Larry Quirk

Larry Quirk — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 20:02:05 +0000

This article neglected to stress the most important part of a good yard sale – advertising. I see people putting up small signs with small lettering, no directional arrows and most importantly no date. You must remember that most potential customers are driving so your signs have to be in large letters with clear info and placed far enough back so a driver can safely turn onto your street. An arrow lets a driver know immediatly which way to go. Keep all your signs the same color with the same color lettering so that a driver can recognize it at a distance if they have to follow a route to get to your house. And put a date. Many people do not take old signs down and I will not follow a trail unless I know the sale is that day.

By: godsotherson

godsotherson — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:42:03 +0000

amazing! not a single word about the reason people flock to yard sales. They are looking for a bargain in most cases. Price your items as low as you can and you will actually sell them. Paying to research the values online will result in placing prices too high for most buyers as the price shown represents only what the highest bidder paid at auction. All of the other bidders who did not buy anything, so they are still looking to buy, were not willing to pay that price. They can only be tempted to buy at a price level below that and in many instances, well below.
No one ever says, “That was a great sale. Everything was priced at what the item was sold for at auction.” They usually say, “That was a great sale. I bought several items at bargain prices.”