Anyone like to go yard saleing? Since the weather has been getting warmer,there has been lots

of them. I especially like going to estate sales. Anyone else?

I used to like it. I've gotten into this de-clutter/purge thing so haven't gone in years.

Now days more interested in unique/cool items versus a cd tower for $1 so yeah...estate sales and I'll still do thrift shops.

My aunt used to do it in the '80s. She'd scour the newspaper the night before to read who was having them and what they mentioned they'd be selling. Then she would order them in terms of what was most promising and plan out a map.

When I stayed with her over the summer, she'd take me and I'd scout for toys and comic books. Those are happy memories--I can still smell her car and her cigarette smoke and hear the AM talk radio she would listen to--but I haven't been to a real yard sale in years and years.

Efan said:

My aunt used to do it in the '80s. She'd scour the newspaper the night before to read who was having them and what they mentioned they'd be selling. Then she would order them in terms of what was most promising and plan out a map.

When I stayed with her over the summer, she'd take me and I'd scout for toys and comic books. Those are happy memories--I can still smell her car and her cigarette smoke and hear the AM talk radio she would listen to--but I haven't been to a real yard sale in years and years.

I'm not into yardsale-ing. Because, most times, it's just total shit that people are trying to unload.

But thrift store shopping...I'm all over that.

there's never anything i need or want anymore, inside or outside of my home.

JustErin said:

I'm not into yardsale-ing. Because, most times, it's just total shit that people are trying to unload.

But thrift store shopping...I'm all over that.

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oh meeeeeeeeeeee i doooooooooooo!!!

it's great for extra cash and to de-clutter!!!

i try not to go to them tho, cause i always end up with heaps more stuff

physco185 said:

oh meeeeeeeeeeee i doooooooooooo!!!

it's great for extra cash and to de-clutter!!!

i try not to go to them tho, cause i always end up with heaps more stuff

I used to get all about having a yard sale (related to the whole de-clutter thing) but now I find myself feeling like people are all in my business and when they try to talk down the price I'm like "bitch no, I will give this to the needy...there!"

...that's not good business practice.

johnart said:

physco185 said:

oh meeeeeeeeeeee i doooooooooooo!!!

it's great for extra cash and to de-clutter!!!

i try not to go to them tho, cause i always end up with heaps more stuff

I used to get all about having a yard sale (related to the whole de-clutter thing) but now I find myself feeling like people are all in my business and when they try to talk down the price I'm like "bitch no, I will give this to the needy...there!"

...that's not good business practice.

sometimes i say yes to them..... but i always tell them 'only cause i am feeling charitable right now"

then they put it down and leave

I don't go to yard sales, because I don't need anything. But, I will have a garage sale later this year. Just to get rid of a lot of stuff.

Efan said:

JustErin said:

Efan said:

My aunt used to do it in the '80s. She'd scour the newspaper the night before to read who was having them and what they mentioned they'd be selling. Then she would order them in terms of what was most promising and plan out a map.

When I stayed with her over the summer, she'd take me and I'd scout for toys and comic books. Those are happy memories--I can still smell her car and her cigarette smoke and hear the AM talk radio she would listen to--but I haven't been to a real yard sale in years and years.

thats is a sweet sweet story. I tried to get on that track but after we moved....getting back to the inner city for that was always difficult... ..memories. me and my girlfriends would go nearly every saturday. I felt bad knowing those folks had died, but i got copper pots n pans out the deal......

i love yard sales. going junking is the equivalent of dry land beachcombing

ZombieKitten said:

I've found brand new Tupperware

Efan said:

My aunt used to do it in the '80s. She'd scour the newspaper the night before to read who was having them and what they mentioned they'd be selling. Then she would order them in terms of what was most promising and plan out a map.

When I stayed with her over the summer, she'd take me and I'd scout for toys and comic books. Those are happy memories--I can still smell her car and her cigarette smoke and hear the AM talk radio she would listen to--but I haven't been to a real yard sale in years and years.

Nice story! It reminds me of garage saling with my grandparents as a child. Except one time, my grandpa bought the garage... He did turn it into his workshop where is still stands today...Brings back a lot of fond memories

I love estate sales for the jewelry! I don't go to yard sales much anymore. I decluttered and got rid of so much stuff last year. I like the clean, simple look in my house now.

johnart said:

physco185 said:

oh meeeeeeeeeeee i doooooooooooo!!!

it's great for extra cash and to de-clutter!!!

i try not to go to them tho, cause i always end up with heaps more stuff

I used to get all about having a yard sale (related to the whole de-clutter thing) but now I find myself feeling like people are all in my business and when they try to talk down the price I'm like "bitch no, I will give this to the needy...there!"

...that's not good business practice.

See. That's me too. The 3-4 times I had a yard sale, I did pretty well, but then again, my prices were dirt cheap and at times I felt like I was giving stuff away. Suff like brand new $60 shoes that I'd never worn sold for $3. I guess that's why I sold practically everything; people were all over my shit like white on rice. Next time I'll know better.

All I've ever seen at them is junk. Back in the 1990s when a lot of people were getting rid of their vinyl records, I used to check out some of the yard sales but most of them had country/western records so I said "fuck that". It's the flea markets I like to check out for records.

ZombieKitten said:

JustErin said:

I'm not into yardsale-ing. Because, most times, it's just total shit that people are trying to unload.

But thrift store shopping...I'm all over that.

I've found hundreds of dollars worth of Lego at yard sales for $10 and brand new Tupperware some people don't seem to know about eBay, or simply don't care?

This is why I go!! It amazes me the stuff that people pratically give away. I can buy something for nothing,put it on Ebay,and make lots of $$.

I am planning on a Yard Sale of mine own,since I have been going to storage auctions,I have some stuff that I can't sell on Ebay.

EmeraldSkies said:

ZombieKitten said:

JustErin said: I've found hundreds of dollars worth of Lego at yard sales for $10 and brand new Tupperware some people don't seem to know about eBay, or simply don't care?

This is why I go!! It amazes me the stuff that people pratically give away. I can buy something for nothing,put it on Ebay,and make lots of $$.

I am planning on a Yard Sale of mine own,since I have been going to storage auctions,I have some stuff that I can't sell on Ebay.

I have a friend that knows about furniture, so she goes to garage sales and buys things for 99 cents on eBay, photographs them and writes a proper descriptive blurb and resells them for 100s

ZombieKitten said:

EmeraldSkies said:

This is why I go!! It amazes me the stuff that people pratically give away. I can buy something for nothing,put it on Ebay,and make lots of $$.

I am planning on a Yard Sale of mine own,since I have been going to storage auctions,I have some stuff that I can't sell on Ebay.

I have a friend that knows about furniture, so she goes to garage sales and buys things for 99 cents on eBay, photographs them and writes a proper descriptive blurb and resells them for 100s

johnart said:

I used to like it. I've gotten into this de-clutter/purge thing so haven't gone in years.

Now days more interested in unique/cool items versus a cd tower for $1 so yeah...estate sales and I'll still do thrift shops.

same

If I'm passing one and have some time, I may stop to look if the mood strikes. I don't go looking for them though.