May Garage Sale Report
Our garage sale was last weekend, and while I was hoping to make $500 for our home theater system, we ended up slightly short of that goal with a profit of $380.
That’s an improvement from last year’s $240, but with all the new drugstore items I was selling, I thought I could do better. However, I did end up making another $50 on eBay by selling some of my rare Hard Rock Cafe shot glasses, and still have a keyboard and amp that didn’t sell that I need to re-list on Craigslist.
The weather was cold in the morning (I had on my fall coat and sat inside the garage), which kept most shoppers away until noon. While we might have ended up with the same number of visitors as last year, it felt like a lot less because they came throughout the day, instead of just nonstop from 7:30-1:00.
We had a lot of help from family members this year, which was nice! By including their items in our sale as well, we probably had one of the largest garage sales in the subdivision. Having two to three people at the “checkout” made it easy to keep track of whose items had sold (I asked them to put initials on their price stickers).
Besides being cold, it was also extremely windy! We had a lot of clothes for sale, but they we hardly even touched because the wind kept blowing them off the tables and we weren’t able to keep them very organized because of it. We also had some small item casualties and an incident involving a box of Pokemon cards being chased down the street.
While the whole ordeal was a pain, I really do think it was easier the second time around. This time, I made sure to order pizza the day before and schedule delivery for noon the day of the garage sale. I also called the local battered women’s shelter to arrange a pickup for all the leftover items the following Monday morning, which kept all that leftover stuff from sitting in the garage for months.
While I’m glad it’s all over, we’re still planning on having another sale during the next neighborhood event in August. Because I’ll definitely have more stuff to sell as I finish up The Cure!
Photo Credit: Garage Sale by lantzilla, used under Creative Commons licensing
One response so far
I find it funny that you seemed disappointed that you only made $380 profit. This sound like a success to me. No you didn’t make it to $500 but you now have $380 more than you did last week.
More importantly as you pointed out you have gained valuable experience for the next sale =)