Do you have Garage Sales?

I've only ever had one garage sale - when we retired, sold the cane farm and bought a house in town. I got rid of a lot of rubbish collected over the years. How true that one man's rubbish is another man's treasure! What was left after the sale, we bundled up and took into the Salvos. I've never been to a garage sale, but I know people who do it every Saturday morning and enjoy it as a day's outing. I hope your parents manage to clear all their items.

Garage sells are awesome! They are one of the easiest and quickest ways to make a quick profit, especially if you have some old things lying around the house and you need to get rid of them! Like others said Clothes are a great money maker! Hope they do great with there garage sell! Hope you do not get rained out, that is why when we have one we have a covered area that we usually park our cars and we use that! We pretty much sell anything from clothes to books to furniture! Happy MyLotting!

Hi Jenny! We don't have garage sales here in Italy. I wish we did because I am a hoarder and I could get rid of so many things which I don't need and are only cluttering up the place now. I hope the weather doesn't spoil it for you and that many people turn up and make it worth all the effort that you have to put into it. Get back and let us know how it went

Yes we have had quite a few of them. On our best one we made $225. We were mostly selling clothes, books, older electronic items, and miscellaneous other small items. I have friends who have made over $1,000. They had some of everything including furniture. Most of my friends tend to make in the $300-$500 range. We are having another one in May. I expect this one to be bigger than all the rest we have had. We have quite a bit more to sell this time around.

I have never had a garage sale. I have sold stuff at flea markets though, and made out pretty good. The only problem was the weather and having someone spell me for a little while so I could use the restroom. Mostly what I sold was Home Interiors items. They were pictures and sconces and stuff like that. I don't even know if they are still in business! I have enough junk I should do it again!

We've done garage sales for fund raising in school. We sell old clothes and accessories. Yes, we've profited from it. Actually, it is one of the most effective ways in raising funds. You don't need a capital as you'll just sell your old stuff and that's already instant cash :) Oh yeah, I've also done one with my mom. We sold clothes and other things. Profit is good. It's not as high as what companies pay in a job but it's just enough to buy something for yourself :)

no,but i'm tempted to have one this year.i have some avid sh*t collectors in this house. i need to set up a room to sort and tag things tho. i knew somebody that just set things out with no prices and made 'em up as he went..the people didn't like that much.

We used to have them regularly at our first house. We would go through our things, have a yard sale, donate whatever was left at least once a year. Then we moved, had children and got bogged down in things. We are way overdue for a yard sale.

I’ve never done a garage sale myself but I love them! I love going to them and rummaging around other people’s things; I always find at least one bargain I like. Believe it or not when I was planning my wedding I came across the perfect bridesmaid’s dress for my sister (I only had one bridesmaid). It was the perfect colour and its design was amazingly similar to my gown, I could not believe it, it looked brand new and cost me around twenty bucks. I was so happy; all I had to do is have it altered to fit her. I’ve been married 14 years now and I still haven’t told her where I got that dress from! You probably had the garage sale by now, I hope it went well and your parents sold lots and made themselves some nice extra cash!

I have went to a lot of them but I have never had one. I do plan to have one this Spring though. I have a couple of friends that have them quite often and they say that they make money off their old stuff. They usually sell clothes and household goods when they have them. I'm going to have a lot of stuff to get rid of this year.

We had one last year selling things like exercise bench, a heater, books, vases, toys, mirror, glasses and chairs. There were other things but I can't remember at this time. The garage sale lasted maybe 3 hours and we made abot 82 dollars. Good luck to you and your parents for good weather and selling alot.

I have run lots of garage sales and usually make about $150 dollars, not to shabby. Furniture sells really well, and so does clothing (mostly kids clothes, but other clothes will be bought too) Believe it or not, canned goods sell pretty well. I always put sodas out and sell them too. Good luck!

Never done a garage sale just like you but I think it will be quite fun... I have involved in car boot sale...it is okay except the spot that I choose was quite humid..

I have had one a time or two. I plan on doing more this spring/summer as this past winter I've been working on some of my Jewerly that I make. So I will be selling a lot of that as well as I've somehow managed to collect stuff that I really have no use for. When we do have we normally just post sign up and we usually do fairly well. I also enjoy going to them as well. Good luck tomorrow hopefully it wont rain if it doesn it wont that much.

I enjoyed doing garage sales with friends when younger, but never felt we made as much profit as we could have. I like shopping them, though. I outfitted my first granddaughter for about a year with what I bought on one Saturday when we had a city wide garage sale. I maybe spent ten dollars.

what do you consider a profit? the signage? the labels? and feeding yourselves? Heck, if I break even on that, I don't think its bad, and pretty much if you make a point of not spending a lot on that stuff you will make a profit - not going to get rich, but hey - the house has less stuff in it - right? just watch out, there are shoplifters even at garage sales!!! SLIME!

hi jennybianca I have surely gone to a lot of garage sales, but never ran one myself. I am told that its good if one marks each item with the price you have in mind then if you wish you can always haggle over it with the would be customer. I do hope it does not rain on your garage'sale. here in Ca we have rain predicted which I am pretty sure willcome as my arthritis in my shoulder is acting up tonight. I would suggest that you all pay a bit of attention as people come in and out, most people are honest but it does not hurt to be watchful. I have found some great buys at garage sales. I had a couple of limoges plates that are now in storage but I bought them for next to nothing. Here in Ca they sell all sorts of things from clothing to used exercise equipment. A lot of times people are urged to come early as there is more choice yet others are suggested to come at the last minute as so many will cut the prices way down on stuff they were unable to sell earlier. So if these hints help good. take care good luck G od Bless.

i have never ran my own garage sales. although i have been to many garage sales. you never know what you might be able to find at them.