Selling items through "online garage sale"
By Faye
@FayeHazel (40243)
United States
April 18, 2017 5:58pm CST
Today has been a most unusual day. My mom gave me a lot of clothing recently - like 8 , 20 gallon bags full. :-) I picked through the things that fit me and were in my style and decided to sell the rest.
I tried selling it through an online garage sale site on a popular social media site.
For about a week I got no interest. I was just going to donate the rest. Until all of a sudden I got 2 messages. One was rather rude. But one seemed interested.
As it turns out, the clothing took much more room than I thought it would. So I spread out clothing on my couch, living room furniture, coffee table, and bed.
The woman came and bought a handful of items. $13 worth. (That was a fair amount because I had things priced $1 each for the most part)
It was a lot of work for $13. But I made a new friend.
That said , I think I will donate the rest. A lot of work for a little money. Mom let me keep the money because I did the work.
Have you ever sold things at an "online" garage sale? What is your experience with it?
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20 responses
@JudyEv (340116)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Apr 17
@FayeHazel It's strange how decluttering also seems to free up your mind to some degree too.
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@shivamani10 (11035)
• Hyderabad, India
20 Apr 17
will customers come and purchase them? or You have to deliver them?
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
19 Apr 17
That is so nice, even at free it clears up your space, and gives the items a new home
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@shivamani10 (11035)
• Hyderabad, India
20 Apr 17
I think what Hazel has said. We can recycle the items and get some furniture repaid and put them for sale on the Internet along with a price tag. We can also sell new stuff also if they are not needed or in excess.
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
19 Apr 17
Thanks, the little extra $ helps :-)
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@1creekgirl (41433)
• United States
19 Apr 17
I've sold several things at online yard sales. In fact, I sold a Roomba (robot vacuum) today. You just have to be careful meeting strangers.
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@1creekgirl (41433)
• United States
19 Apr 17
@FayeHazel I think they're good, I just worried about it running over cords. It's good for a circle area, but I just drag out my old vacuum.
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
19 Apr 17
So true, unfortunate but true - can never be sure who you are meeting these days. I'm happy for your sale. Hey how did you like Roomba? I've always been curious about those. Do they do a good job cleaning?
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
19 Apr 17
@1creekgirl Oh, I don't blame you there. I think I would wonder about that too. I know, I don't like vacuuming, but it sure is nice when it's done
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@shivamani10 (11035)
• Hyderabad, India
19 Apr 17
Nice. Online Garage Sale is a good idea. I just now could get it. Thanks.I am having some clothes and old furniture also. Do have any idea? I want to recycle them and put for sale.
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@shivamani10 (11035)
• Hyderabad, India
20 Apr 17
@FayeHazel Yes. Thanks. I got it. I will do it shortly. We can also recycle things and post them for sale along with price tag.
@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
19 Apr 17
I only did it once but I was quite successful at it. It was a bit of a bother but I got rid of the stuff and made a few extra dollars.
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
19 Apr 17
Cleaning up your space and having alittle extra cash is always nice
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@emdjay23 (1575)
• Philippines
19 Apr 17
Wow that's nice! I haven't had any experience on selling things online, but reading your post makes me feel on trying it. But it's quite different here in our country. Some people here are not that interested on buying second hand clothes online, unless it is a second hand electronic gadgets or appliances. So what they do is that they sell it on "ukay-ukay" store, in which that store can sell your things in a very, very low price.
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
19 Apr 17
Let me know if you try it - I hope you have success. Sometimes it seems to go easily and other times more difficult. Online auctions sites seem to do best with more rare items. Though on Facebook - there are several "garage sale" groups. Where people who don't have enough items to host a sale, will post pictures and prices ,usually for cheap. I love the idea of that "ukay-ukay" shop... I wish we had that here
@emdjay23 (1575)
• Philippines
19 Apr 17
@FayeHazel "Ukay-ukay" stores are very popular here, coz for those people who can't afford brand new and expensive clothes, they can buy second hand branded clothes in "ukay-ukay" stores for a very low price. I even bought some of my clothes there. But of course before you wear it you have to washed it thoroughly, because it's not like RTW(ready-to-wear) clothes. 
@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
19 Apr 17
I tried online selling before, I had an online store in eBay. I sold books, audio CDs, assorted band merchandise, and novelty items. Did well for quite some time but eBay had changes in their policies that made it harder to make a sale so decided to close shop.
If I were you, I'd keep doing the online selling for a longer period of time. Starting up is always the hardest. $13 is still more than $0.
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
21 Apr 17
@FayeHazel yes, I did.
Thought of going back to eBay but there are other platforms to make an online sale.
@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
19 Apr 17
I'm sorry to hear that about the policy changes. But at least you made pretty good for awhile.
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@Shellyann36 (11384)
• United States
19 Apr 17
I am glad you got the $13. I have thought about it so much. I have so many nice clothes from the boys that I would love to sell them online. I am nervous about it though.
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
19 Apr 17
I had this lady to my home because I had a TON of clothing, though most times people will meet in a public area, like a parking lot. I know, you can never be too careful though.
@epiffanie (11326)
• Australia
19 Apr 17
I haven't tried selling online .. but I am preparing to have a garage sale here at home ..
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
19 Apr 17
Oh that's fun! Good luck with you sale, I hope you do well.
@bluesa (15022)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
19 Apr 17
@FayeHazel , I have never sold things online. But, it's good you made a bit of cash and great you made a new friend. :)
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
19 Apr 17
Thanks! The little extra cash helps and the new friend is a nice bonus
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@Courtlynn (67085)
• United States
19 Apr 17
13 is better than nothing when they arent your items to begin with ;-)
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
19 Apr 17
So true -- that and the stuff I sorted out for myself to keep :-)
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@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
19 Apr 17
Sometimes it is more trouble then it's worth with online garage sales I had interest and held items then they decided they did not want them it was so frustrating for me
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
19 Apr 17
Oh that is so irritating, isn't it? I admit, I did that to someone once... but I told them not to hold it (it was a kindle) if they got an interested buyer. ... so I hope they did sell it....
@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
19 Apr 17
No, but I've helped a friend with a couple of real ones. We had a blast.
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
19 Apr 17
With the right people, hosting a sale can be a blast
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@much2say (55616)
• Los Angeles, California
19 Apr 17
Never done an official online garage sale, but I have sold stuff through sites like Craigslist. I had a good experience with it . . . I made things perfectly clear in the original post, put up pictures, and I asked that the taker must take all of it (no pick through-ers). I gave the bundle a great price - and I was ok to give a person a little more of a discount if they asked for it - they were hauling it away for me .
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
19 Apr 17
I'm happy the sale went well, but you're right, they are a lot of work
@amadeo (111938)
• United States
19 Apr 17
@FayeHazel yes,Like I said been through with this.Glad no more for us
@CookieMonster46 (13454)
• United States
19 Apr 17
No , I don't sell online, garage sales, I haven't had a garage sale in ages, because I need help to do one and everyone gets busy and doesn't help.
My neighbor always has one with lots of clothes and she usually does good with selling them cheap. For me storing a bunch of clothes to sell would be a big problem,so I usually donate things.
@KristenH (33386)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
19 Apr 17
I never heard of an online garage sale other than Craigslist, if that counts, or Ebay. That rude person is a loser. I've donated things to Salvation Army and other thrift shops from time to time. I have a bag of books I've read that I'll be happy to offload and donate this summer.
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@KristenH (33386)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
19 Apr 17
@FayeHazel I don't like this. Why bother contacting you when being rude in return? I agree. I hope to donate and offload some stuff this late spring/summer season.
@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
19 Apr 17
I know, right? I was a little shocked. Is it worth being rude over $1 a piece clothing? Another reason I think I will just donate the rest of the clothing. It feels good to donate. :-)
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
19 Apr 17
no, i have not tried that, but i am anxious who that person who was rude to you, might be.
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
19 Apr 17
I'm a bit worried too -- which is why I pulled the listing down. I wouldn't want someone like her in my home.
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@PopcornPop (123)
• South Africa
19 Apr 17
I haven't but you won't believe - my friend moved into a new home and their was a bar built from wood and tonnes of dark paneling. Someone came and bought the lot! Using a local classifieds-online, in South Africa ! I guess clothes are harder to sell but you never know who is looking for a bargain !
