Garage Sales

Shauna Hanus asked:


It is a simple concept lets have a garage sale. An average family can raise as much as one – two hundred dollars with a weekend garage sale. Now let’s take that idea and apply it to a church with an average attendance of 100 people. How much money do you think this sale would raise?

A church with an average attendance of 100 people can easily raise two – three thousand dollars with a two day fundraising rummage sale.

The planning is simple. Set up dates for your fundraising rummage sale and reserve space to hold the sale. Next ask for donations from your congregation. You will be amazed at how much will be donated. People are always happy to un-load there unused items and especially thrilled when the profits go to support your ministry.

It is key to your success to have a good sized list of volunteers. You will need them when the donations start pouring in. Plan for at least two days of prep time to set up your fundraising rummage sale. You will want to group like items together; this will make it easier for shoppers to find what they are looking for. If you plan on having a significant amount of children’s clothing you can plan to sell all children’s items for under $1.00.

By advertising children’s clothes and toys for nothing over $1.00 you can draw in a larger number of buyers. This also will give you an opportunity to advertise for any youth or family events you have coming up.

After the sale plan to have a clean up day, if you are lucky you will have only a handful of items left after the sale and an easy clean up. You will take all the left over items to a local donation center. This may take a few trips or a truck to carry all the left over items.

A fundraising rummage sale can give a big boost to your yearly fundraising goals. So go out and have fun.



RUSS

Victor Tunggal Irawan asked:


The first step every garage sale organizer must take to reach his sales objectives is utilizing creative marketing strategies. There is no way for your garage sale to succeed without people knowing about it. Because there are scores of garage sales that are being held everyday, you need to find ways to make your garage sale different from all the rest. You need to start distinguishing yourself with the types of ads that are available.

Advertising thru the Internet

Online advertisements have been gaining popularity with garage sale owners because it’s free and able to reach many people in a short span of time.

Blog about It – Blogs are one of the greatest phenomenon ever produced by the Internet. Create your own blog and use it to advertise your garage sale. Contact friends who own blogs as well and ask them to post an entry about your garage sale.

Joining Forums – Forums are created for any number of reasons. Join the ones that focus on lifestyle, shopping and life in general. These forums usually have sections where members can post important events. That’s where you’d want your advertisement to show up!

Other Types of Advertisements

Post it in the Classifieds – It’s an age-old technique to advertise about garage sales. People who don’t own blogs or have time to check out signs tacked on posts are sure to have time for reading newspapers. Posting an ad in the classifieds section is one way of letting these people know about your garage sale.

Nail It – No advertising strategy for garage sales is considered complete without making sign boards about your event. Ask your artistically gifted friends to draw signs for your garage sale. If your garage sale has a theme, make sure the signboards reflect it. Your sign boards must be as attention-getting as possible without being considered garish.

Pass It On – Ask another favor from your talented acquaintances and have them design your flyers for you. Assign your assistants to distribute these flyers in strategically located places like grocery stores, malls, parks and schools.

Word of Mouth – This is the time when you need to be your most loquacious self. If you are known for being too talkative, now is the time to put your talent to good use. Talk to as many people as you can to let the word get around about your imminent garage sale.

Keep a checklist of these advertisement tips and make sure that you’ve accomplished them all as early as two weeks prior to the event. Good luck!



ROLAND

John Dorwart asked:


Behind me were clouds of a large hailstorm breaching the outer edge of the town where we live. Reports of hail the size of tennis balls come into my cell phone from family living in close by towns that were hit by the storm. Winds were picking up and as I drove the new minivan up the driveway frantically pressing the button on garage door opener. As the door slowly raised to where I was able to start pulling in the van I realized something…

You see my wife and were horrible pack rats and were not too swell at organization either. Well, earlier that day I crammed just a few more boxes of stuff we “needed” to get rid of as well as a box or two of stuff we “may need” in the future. Yet we seem to always “need” to get rid of stuff but never do and never “needed to use” any of the stuff we “had” to save. As you can guess I realized there was a need for change. It was time to get that garage cleaned out since I couldn’t get the van all the way in! Especially at a time I desperately needed to. So I was about to learn a lesson at the price of a hail-damaged minivan.

After that dreadful experience my wife and I did get that garage cleaned out and organized, and we have kept it that way for years now. All it took were a few simple rules.

Rule 1: Anything we determine we don’t need will immediately be removed. A garage sale never happens at our house (we never “get to it”) so we needed to get rid of the stuff some other way. We decided that charities and the local goodwill stores would be our first stop before the dump. May as well let other’s who really need the stuff have the stuff.

Rule 2: Anything that we “unsure” about, don’t know where to put it, or don’t have room for will also be removed immediately. (See Rule 1)

Rule 3: Only things we determine we WILL ABSOLUTELY USE or MUST KEEPS will be packed and organized and taken to a designated area in the garage or attic. We made a list of certain types of items that tend to fall in this category: hand me down clothes for the kids, memory items, valuables, special tools, etc.

Armed with these rules our task was easy and clear. All of our decisions were made for us. All we had to do is get out there and do it. Let me tell you that it worked like a charm! Our garage was cleared out and organized in a day!

These rules are also applied to anything we want to “store” in the garage, attic, closet, etc. It is like a filter that keeps needless excess from building up in the house.

Hey, before I forget! The storm did hit our town. Golf ball to tennis ball sized hail. I did manage to get the bulk of the minivan in the garage to where a quarter of the van was sticking out. We got lucky. The hail came down at an angle to where the house protected the back end of the van. No hail damage to the vehicle. Sad news is that we had to have the siding, shingles, and a few windows replaced on the backside of the house! Oh well I guess.

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DEWEY

Customer Service asked:


Finally, a website on the internet dedicated to rummage sales.  You can list auctions, antiques, collectibles, children’s items, comic book shows, craft fairs, estate sales, flea markets, furniture sales, garage sales, liquidation sales, moving sales, sports card sales, tag sales and any other type of sales you can imagine.

uRummage.com is an online portal that allows internet users a means to search and post messages about up-coming rummage sales within the United States.

uRummage.com was created to give individuals and businesses the ability to advertise and search for all types of rummage sales.  uRummage users can post information about their upcoming sale or search for sales of their interest.  You have the ability to add pictures and edit or delete your active sale at any time.

E-Mail Alerts is a service uRummage offers all members.  You set the criteria for your alert and when a sale is posted that meets your specifications a message will be sent to your e-mail account.

You have access to a Resource Section featuring articles on, “How to have a Successful Sale,” news stories including advice on antiques and helpful tips.  There are links to buy books and supplies for your sale, as well as, driving directions, checking road conditions and the weather.  Additionally, you will find free downloads of inventory sheets, sale checklists and signs for your sale.

Companies, Organizations, Collectors, Dealers and Liquidators can attract customers to their stores or websites by advertising on uRummage.com.

This is definitely the best way to advertise your sale and reach millions of consumers, http://www.uRummage.com.

E-mail your concerns and questions to customerservice@urummage.com at any time.

 

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COREY

Lorna Goldsborough asked:


rowning in clutter? Or perhaps drowning in credit card debt? Whatever the case may be, a good old-fashioned garage sale can be a great way to get rid of the things you never use anymore, and you can boost your savings account in the process. Here are some garage sale tips for boosting your savings account by putting together a successful garage sale.

Get together with neighbors for a group sale

There is no doubt about it: you are more likely to enjoy a successful garage sale by getting together with neighbors and making yours the king of all yard sales. People are much more drawn to group sales because the opportunity to find a treasure seems greater, and there is less pressure to buy and more latitude to explore when there are other potential buyers milling around. Creating a friendly, active and even festive atmosphere is the key to getting people to stop. You are much less likely to host a successful yard sale if you have a smaller sale on a quiet street. People will likely not feel like stopping if all they see is a few items strewn across the sidewalk and no other people around.

Advertising is key to a good turn-out

If you live on a busy street corner, perhaps advertising does not seem very important. But even if you are on a visible lot, you are much more likely to host a successful garage sale if you advertise ahead of time. There are some people who are yard sale addicts and scour the local ads for the weekend round of sales. You can advertise for free online and your local neighborhood paper can also be a great place to place an ad. Make sure to put your address and a brief description of what kinds of things you will be selling.

Put up large and legible signs

The true success of your garage sale will depend on whether you can get passerbys to stop and take a look at your used wares. A good yard sign will be large and clearly legible even from a passing distance. Go for a simple design of black letters (“Huge Sale”) on white poster board, with a big arrow pointing into your street. Make sure to take down your signs right after the sale has ended.

Do you want to make money, or get rid of junk? Or both?

These are important questions to ask of yourself before your garage sale even begins to take shape. In order to price your items accurately, you have to decide what your ultimate objective is. Are you more interested in padding your savings account, or getting rid of your clutter? Although it is fair to want both, you must make a decision about how flexible you are going to be during the sale when it comes to pricing items. If you price items low, there is a much better chances that your junk will fly off the shelves to become someone else’s treasure. But if you are rigid about your pricing, you may be better off selling your items on eBay or your local pawn shop.

Give your customers a little background music

Remember that atmosphere is the key to making your garage sale a brilliant success. To this end, play a little background music. It is a great way to attract customers and to give a friendly atmosphere, even if you have a dearth of customers. It can be intimidating for customers to approve a near-silent sidewalk. Make sure that you play music that will not offend anybody and that you keep it low enough so that it will not disturb the neighbors. Oldies, country music and classic rock are nearly always a safe choice.

FREDRICK

balvir.nh2009 asked:


There are rural auctions featuring livestock and equipment, free-wheeling automotive auctions where the rich and famous bid on rare and classic cars and Internet auctions where bargain hunters shop from the comfort of home, antique auctions and more. All of these bring excitement, whether you’re placing a bid or just biding your time as a spectator. Auction sales are traditional ways for sellers to find buyers, and for buyers to find bargains.

The basic premise of an auction is to have a group of buyers bidding on sale items. Each item is presented for sale and the bidding begins, often with a set minimum amount. Gradually, the selling price goes up as potential buyers increase their bid amounts. When the gavel drops, the highest bidder is declared “winner” of that item. Then, another item is placed on the auction block and the action begins again. An auction sale can be a good way of determining the true value of certain items, especially when collectors are involved. People who really want particular items are willing to pay a top price that reflects the value.

Of the many types of auctions, the basic premise is the same. However, each type of auction has specific rules and regulations in place:

* English Auctions: The granddaddy of all auction sales, this is the basic style that pits bidders against each other in an open forum. The item goes to the person who bids the highest amount.

* The Dutch Auction: Basically the opposite of an English auction, this kind of sale has the auctioneer offering each item at a premium price, and then lowering the price incrementally until someone agrees to pay that amount. It can be a stressful game of chance, causing buyers to jump in and pay too much, rather than lose the item to someone else at the next lower price. It only takes one bid to end the sale, so Dutch auctions can be practical ways to sell items quickly.

* Sealed First Price: Similar to a “silent” auction, this type of sale involves a simultaneous bidding by all potential buyers. However, no one knows the other participants’ bid amounts. Whoever bids the highest amount gets the item at his or her suggested price.

* Vickey Auctions: Bargain hunters get an even bigger bargain at a vickey auction. The person who bids the highest amount will win the item, but is only required to pay the second highest bid amount.

* The Buy-out Auction: A buy-out auction is similar to an English auction, with goods offered for sale at predetermined prices. The auction begins, and anyone wishing to pay full price may do so. The preset amount is sometimes known as the “buy now” price. If no one wishes to pay the full price, open bidding will begin. The highest bidder will take the item.

* The Open Outcry Auction: This is the type of auction usually seen in the stock and commodities markets. An open outcry auction involves lively trading at every corner of the arena. With the ever-increasing popularity of the Internet and modern communications, this type of auction is being replaced by electronic trading platforms operating over the worldwide web.

Auction sales can offer buyers a quick and easy avenue to pick up all kinds of items. Collectibles, real estate, antiques, cars, artwork and countless other commodities, both new and used, are put on the block and available to the highest bidder. These types of sales draw crowds of interested buyers, and the auction action can quickly heat up when more than one buyer is determined to win the prize. The competition can be fierce, and final sale prices can easily exceed the actual values.

Most auctions are led by qualified auctioneers who are hired for a flat fee or a predetermined percentage of the proceeds. These professionals can provide information about the community and its buying preferences, as well as hints on obtaining the highest price for one’s property.

Most auctioneers in the United States are licensed by the state after completing a series of oral and written examinations. An auctioneer must be reliable, with proven integrity and a good reputation. In addition to leading the sale, auctioneers are responsible for publicizing the events and resolving any disputes or conflicts that may arise during the sale.

If you get tired of mall walking, and find that rummage sales are little more than rubbish sales, scratch your bargain-hunting itch at an auction sale. It’s an exciting experience, and you can bag a real bargain on just about anything you’re looking for.

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DENIS

Annie Dubois asked:


Choosing the perfect present for that special occasion often means taking a look at what will mean something to both you and your recipient. With so many choices on today’s market, knowing the right gift to purchase is going to be somewhat difficult. Of course, if you are one of those shoppers that always knows exactly what to purchase, than you are one of the few.

What types of gift ideas are going to allow you the opportunity to make a huge statement without spending a huge price tag? Do you have an endless budget to get the best regardless of the price tag? Here are a few ideas to keep you pondering what to purchase for the special someone this holiday season.

Electronics - Electronics can range from a small handheld gaming device to a whole new computer system. Depending on your budget, you will find electronics are always popular gift items for the young and the young at heart. There are going to be great deals in the electronic department thanks to advances in the technological world we live in today.

Cellular Phones & More - Cell phones are more popular than ever, and children are getting cell phones at alarmingly younger ages. Along with cell phones you can go for iPods and other types of fun for people of any age. You can generally purchase cell phone plans for the whole family allowing you to save money while you monitor the younger callers more carefully.

Art - When it comes to art, people of any age can appreciate the beauty and the personalization. You can purchase posters or replicas of favorite artists, or you can even take up a form of artwork and make your own masterpieces. These are a favorite because they can be around for literally generations. In addition, with the summer and the rummage sales at an all time high this year, you will be able to find some great buys on art of all types and prices.

Clothing - Clothing is always a favorite gift to purchase as well as receive. There are so many options that fit so many budgets that finding that perfect outfit has never been easier. You will find that you can purchase something as simply as a set of socks or something as extravagant as a designer handbag. Whatever you decide to purchase will be a great choice that reflects you and your personality.

Food - Food is another one of those popular gifts that have never gone out of style. The type of food you purchase may have changed, but the general gift of food has remained intact for centuries. Today, salsa is a popular food item when it comes to giving the gift of edibles. This is easy to purchase, easy to ship, and scrumptious to eat. In addition, salsa generally comes in jars that are reusable.

When it comes to great gift ideas, there are options enough to keep you busy for years to come. Mixing it up every now and then will keep them thinking while allowing you to switch things around and make it interesting.



NICHOLAS

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ARNOLD

Victor Tunggal Irawan asked:


You may want to profit and earn more money from your garage sale. You can earn hundreds of dollars from old things and unused items. However, if you would like to use your profit to make a major purchase, you should learn how to budget your money without spending more than you have earned on your garage sale.

There could be some major purchases in your plans, which may be a reason why you are holding a garage sale. You may want to purchase a new appliance for the house or you may need the money for improvement projects. Here are some tips on how you can maximize and select the best buy without spending more than you have profited on your garage sale.

1. If you are going to make a major purchase, like an appliance, make sure that the money you have earned from your garage sale is enough to buy the appliance. If possible, allot extra money for other purchases. You may also consider allotting money for other purchases like groceries and personal things.

2. You should take time to compare the prices of the item you would like to purchase. You may consider going to the warehouse store where prices are cheaper compared to other stores. However, you can never be sure of finding items with lower prices from other stores. Some stores may also offer discounts to selected items. Take time to shop around and find the lowest price that can help you save you money.

3. You should restrain from impulse shopping. There may be times you tend to buy more items thinking that you can save more money. You should know how to differentiate buying from saving. You shouldn’t buy anything that you don’t need yet. Prioritize the things that are important now.

4. You should only bring the money that you will need for the purchase. Decide on what items you need to buy. Research the Internet on the prices and product reviews. You may also consider the feedback and advice of friends on what they think you should do with your profits.

You may have earned enough from your garage sale to purchase a new appliance in your house. You should be a well-informed consumer to ensure yourself that you have made the wise decision in purchasing a product. Make smart purchases and you will be able to save more money from your earnings from your garage sale.



DAREN

Craig Ritsema asked:


There is a trend growing in America’s workforce of a large number of people who want to try their skills at a small business startup company. With the flexibility and lucrative rewards available with your own small business startup, you can devote more time with your family, attend all of your kid’s recitals and team sporting events without the need to ask your boss for the time off. Those people who begin a small business startup will also have more potential income than what they would have if they work at a normal job. Today, the internet and many other technological advances, entrepreneurs have many more options for starting their very own business with little cost.

Gift baskets are a superb idea for a small business startup. Being that you can build gift baskets at home and then have them delivered anywhere in the world, it is the perfect way to enjoy the luxuries and responsibilities of owning your own business while still owning the potential for a good deal of income. The internet along with websites such as eBay have helped to contribute to the popularity of this small business idea since people, your customers, can shop for gift baskets from the convenience and comfort of their own home. If you have creativity and you can turn these creative juices into product which is sent out in a timely manner, you the qualities to be successful with this kind of small business startup for many years.

Selling new and used items on eBay has become another one of the many popular business start up small information resources in recent past years. If you are a person who can sniff out something valuable at rummage sales, yard sales or in the attic, putting these items for sale on eBay can be a very profitable small business start up. Basically, you buy the items at various sales, clean them up, and turn an easy profit by selling it on eBay for a higher price. If you are good with crafts, you can make your own things to sell on eBay. If you know basic product marketing and how to attract customers, you are very much on your way to making a moderately to excellent good income by selling things on eBay from your home.

Other opportunities people have decided to start include a cleaning service that they manage on their own. Only a few cleaning supplies are required along with a little basic know-how, and a cleaning service can be a very nice profitable small business start up for self starters and motivated individuals. With societies busy lifestyle nowadays, more professionals and even multi-income non-professionals are hiring services to clean their homes for them and you can quickly cash in on this trend with very little or no training. This is an excellent idea because you can schedule your clients on a weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly basis so you can have a regular, steady income. If your business continues to grow enough, you can hire employees who will do the services for you while you manage the company from home.

Working at home with your very own small business startup is fast becoming the new standard in today’s electronic society. People are worn out from the busy lifestyles and long work weeks and have chosen to pursue different opportunities. If you have small business startup ideas with a strong desire and motivation, you can create a profitable business which could eventually take the place of your normal “day” job. Or maybe you simply want to keep it part time to supplement your regular income. However, depending on your levels of motivation, experience, and passion, it is possible to create a small business startup which could generate an unlimited amount of income for you and your family.



TRACY