Garage sale this weekend! 11/7/15

Come for the great stuff we're selling, stay to be entertained!

Join us Saturday 11/7/15 at 7am til 12pm.

413 Cutter Ct. Orlando 32835 Metrowest area. off Hiawassee Rd. Look for the GIANT signs .

NO EARLYBIRDS. at least if you;re early we reserve the right to be grumpy.

weight bench with weights
leather recliner
high chair
dishes - plates, bowls, platters, MUGS, glassware, silverware, trays
portable phone sets
adult clothes and shoes
purses
small kitchen appliances
convention art
marvel posters
DVDs and books
adult DVDs ;)
ceiling fan
chocolate fountain

Plus our famous FREE box!

Fall Sale 2015

Well if everyone plays their cards right this will be the last sale at this location. The garage sale host is seeking new digs. Personally, Im hoping for less of a sloped driveway! So come check out our sale on November 7, 2015 off Hiawassee and Old Winter Garden Rd.

There will be quite the collection there of household goods!

What to do with the leftovers?

Any time there are leftover items from a sale - and there always is - we donate the goods.
We use a local Goodwill dropoff. There are always a couple boxes of stuff we want to try to sell again at the next sale but the bulk of it gets donated.

I highly recommend the site ItsDeductibleOnline.com. Its a great way to categorize all the things you are donating if you want the tax write off info.

Speaking of next sales....It's almost November! Time for a sale :)

How to Price a Garage Sale

Having a garage sale isn't easy, it's hard work.  But it pays off, if you do it right, and the first thing you need to do right is price your items. A good place to start is to sort everything into basic categories.  Some ideas for categories (depending on what you plan to sell) are children's clothes; women's clothes; men's clothes; books; household goods, technology; toys and games; collectibles; and furniture.

From there you need to decide what type of sale is this? Are you just trying to get rid of everything, or would you rather donate it if you can't turn a decent profit?  We find it's easiest to make board with all the prices on it. The key is the **Unless Otherwise Marked** notation. 

We usually go the we want to get rid of stuff, make a little coin but we aren't giving crap away for free unless we want to donate it in the end route. OR if you piss us off with your nickel and diming, I'd rather donate than sell to you...

Books tend to go for around 25-50¢.  It's often easiest to place books in cardboard boxes with their prices written on the box, to avoid having to put a sticker on every single one.

Clothes are a pain. The best advice is to price relatively; if your nicest, most expensive item is only $3, it wouldn't make sense to make the baby clothes $1 each.

The key in all this is - Start high, you can always lower the price!

Garage Sale Trivia

So the collection of us plays trivia weekly at a local restaurant. Each week they give a clue for one of the questions. This week's clue was about garage sales, and you know what a sucker we are for those!
SO without further ado, I present a little history on GARAGE SALES!

The roots of the modern garage sale can be found in the word rummage. “Romage” entered the English language as early as the 16th century. It was a nautical term originally relating to how cargo was packed into the hold of a ship, and then meaning bustle and commotion. Later, in the 18th century, the term would also refer to an exhaustive search. As the word continued to evolve, it came to refer to the great amount of miscellaneous cargo stashed away in the hold of the ship.

It seems that the first actual rummage sales would be held at the docks. Cargo that was unclaimed or damaged would be hauled out of the hold and put up for sale. By the 19th century, this practice was being called a rummage sale, and it would also refer to the sale of damaged or unwanted goods from warehouses or storehouses as well.

By the 1890s, the rummage sale was something that would be held at a communal location such as a park or a church, often for a charitable cause or to raise money for a church. Many people would donate their unused items to be sold off, something that is still common today.

After World War II, people across North America found themselves with a greater amount of money to buy more and more of the new consumer goods and gadgets that were flooding the market throughout the 1950s and into the 1960s. They were also buying homes complete with easy to access driveways and garages. In the 1970s the garage sale became very popular, as these homes became the perfect staging ground for people to sell their unwanted goods and generate some extra money.

Now with Analytics!

Would you believe "the banker" of our group kept records while he was handling the transactions from our sale to make this? That's right! We now have an idea of when sales occur. Granted this was not our most profitable sale, no big items, it's nice to have a baseline. 

Until the next sale!

It's getting hot in hrrrrrr

This may have been the hottest garage sale we've ever had. The highlight was one of us riding a toddlers toy down the driveway, sadly we did not get that on film.

To the lady who said after she paid, she paid too much and would be taking additional items: you are no longer welcome.

Here are the photo highlights:

The lady in the black car was clearly in a hurry as she not only left the door open, but the car running.



Finally getting our act together and have a sign for prices. Apparently no one can read though as they kept asking.

Nicole is seen here modeling the lion costume....for my dog.




These people showed up on a scooter and packed their goods in the box behind them.

Summer Garage Sale 2015

It's that time of year again when we clear out our houses and sell our wares.
This year we have my grandparents to thank for all the new stuff, as they have been moved to assisted living, leaving me more stuff than normal.

So without further adieu...

Garage Sale on Saturday 6/13/15 at 7am. Metrowest - Cutter Ct, 32835

Yes we actually have a FREE box of stuff

Sporting goods, Baby clothes and toys, pack n play, men's suits, clothes from sizes 4 - 14, kitchen wares and dishes, housewares, vacuum cleaner, hardware/tools, luggage and bags, plus holiday decor!

Come see us -  we may have donuts too!

Getting people to show up

We find that a giant sign works well to catch the attention of the passing traffic. We have 3 old cardboard boxes that came from giant TVs that we use for our signs. In fact one is so big we attach it to a hand truck and set it out on the street. Interestingly, its never been stolen. In that same vein, here are some fantastic, funny ideas for signs.

Funny Garage Sale Signs

So this happened

One of these things is a good thing. The other is a douche bag move. I'll let you decide.

Heaven forbid you just drive down to the cul-de-sac to loop around to leave. This is everyone staring in amazement at the boldness of the driver. Wish we could ban people. 

Of course if they were banned they would be denied the deliciousness that is the baked muffins we were selling at the garage sale as well :)