{"id":1177,"date":"2015-12-19T10:40:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-19T02:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/?p=1177"},"modified":"2016-04-26T13:11:51","modified_gmt":"2016-04-26T05:11:51","slug":"20-tips-to-holding-a-successful-yard-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/2015\/12\/19\/20-tips-to-holding-a-successful-yard-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"20 Tips to Holding a Successful Yard Sale"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Yard sales take <strong>time and planning<\/strong>, don\u2019t wait till the night before to gather everything up and start pricing things.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Advertise<\/strong> in a variety of places. Start with the free ones: local yard sale websites, Craigslist, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BillingsOGS?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, and if you\u2019d want to pay for an ad, focus on free shopper newspapers that are primarily classified ads.<\/li>\n<li>When you place your ad consider <strong>listing some of the specific items in your sale<\/strong>, like \u201ckid\u2019s clothes age 5-12 boys and girls, toys, tools, or furniture\u201d.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Signs, signs, signs!<\/strong> Post on busy, nearby streets, and guide folks in. Be sure to put your address on every sign. Make sure they\u2019re readable from passing cars,<\/li>\n<li>Do not forget to <strong>take your signs down when the sale is over<\/strong>. You don\u2019t want folks wandering around your driveway days later.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Price everything<\/strong>, and put bigger tags on larger items. If you\u2019re selling multiples, you can make one large sign that says \u201call books .25 cents,\u201d or \u201call clothes .50 cents.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Be objective in your pricing. <\/strong>People come to garage sales for bargains. When you\u2019re pricing things, think of the price you\u2019d pay for something, not what you\u2019d like to get for it.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Be willing to negotiate<\/strong>, with one caveat. If you\u2019re selling antiques, electronics, collectibles or other specialty items, you\u2019ll have a negotiating edge if you <strong>know what they\u2019re worth<\/strong>. Check out eBay and other online sites, but don\u2019t expect top dollar.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Have realistic expectations. <\/strong>Don\u2019t expect to make a fortune. Remember, this is a good way to say goodbye to all the stuff you\u2019re not using and pass them on to someone who can.<\/li>\n<li>Try to <strong>set everything up in a welcoming, organized and attractive way<\/strong>. It will be more appealing from the street and more people will stop. Put larger and more interesting items near the end of the driveway to lure people in.<\/li>\n<li>Move out or cover items that are not for sale.<\/li>\n<li>Have plenty of grocery store shopping bags for folks and newspapers to wrap breakables. It\u2019s the nice thing to do.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Be prepared with change<\/strong>. There\u2019s really no way to judge how much you\u2019ll need, but $100 in assorted bills is a standard. Be ready for those early morning $20s, and if you\u2019re selling lots of more expensive items, you\u2019ll need more change. Remember this might require a trip to the bank, which you\u2019ll need to do a day or two before your sale.<\/li>\n<li>Keep a <strong>calculator\u00a0<\/strong>handy.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Don\u2019t leave your cash box unattended<\/strong>. Use an apron with plenty of pockets instead.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Don\u2019t take checks unless you\u2019re willing to see one go unpaid<\/strong>. It might be nice to know where the nearest cash machine is located, and direct your customers there.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Be ready for \u201cearly birds.\u201d<\/strong> Do you want to allow early sales? If not, tell them prices before you open are double, or put \u201cno early birds\u201d in your ad.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Check with your homeowners\u2019 association<\/strong>. It\u2019s possible they have restrictions on garage sales.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Give the kids something to do<\/strong>, selling coffee, donuts, or lemonade. Keep pets inside and out of the way.<\/li>\n<li>Have Fun!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yard sales take time and planning, don\u2019t wait till the night before to gather everything up and start pricing things. Advertise in a variety of places. Start with the free ones: local yard sale websites, Craigslist, Facebook, and if you\u2019d want to pay for an ad, focus on free shopper newspapers that are primarily classified &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/2015\/12\/19\/20-tips-to-holding-a-successful-yard-sale\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;20 Tips to Holding a Successful Yard Sale&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18926,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18926"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1177\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}