| Drive through almost any neighborhood in
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| | Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
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| any city or town on a weekend, and you're
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| | Step five: Advertise, advertise and
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| sure to see garage sales scattered
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| | advertise some more. Place ads in the
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| throughout.
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| | local newspaper, shopper guides, on
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| These homeowners are spending their
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| | bulletin boards and even online. Place
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| weekend time off making money. The
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| | signs all over the neighborhood with
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| average profit is $600 for a one-weekend
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| | brightly colored letters, attached
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| garage sale.
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| | balloons, etc.
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| It's time to get your share of the pie.
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| | Step six: Organize your sale. Put price
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| Organization is the key.
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| | stickers on your items. Have a wide
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| Step one: Check with the local officials
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| | variety of clothing and jewelry and
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| to see what the local laws and
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| | arrange them in a rainbow of colors. Make
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| regulations are on operating garage sales
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| | sure jewelry and appliances sparkle! Hang
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| in your area.
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| | clothing on racks arranged in sizes.
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| Step two: Spend a few weekends going to
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| | Imagine that you are opening a retail
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| garage sales in your area. See what is
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| | store and copy what the stores do.
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| selling, what people are buying, how the
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| | If you have items that are hard to price
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| items are priced, how the sellers
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| | and you think they will not sell, put
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| advertise. Observe how the sellers
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| | them in a penny box. And be sure to mark
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| display their items. Take notes.
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| | the box "Penny Box" or "All items just 1
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| Step three: Clean house and take stock of
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| | cent each".
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| what you have and what it's time to get
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| | Step seven: Timing. Consider starting at
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| rid of. Be sure to pick out at least one
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| | 7:00 a.m. instead of 8:00 or 9:00. And
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| interesting and unusual item to call
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| | close no later than 6:00 p.m. And
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| attention to your sale; some large ticket
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| | positively NEVER shut down for the noon
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| item you can set up in front of your home
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| | hour! There are people who work on
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| during your sale.
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| | weekends and will stop on their way to or
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| If you find older items such as dishes, a
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| | from work and shop during their lunch
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| painting, an old flower urn etc. that you
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| | breaks.
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| feel it's time to dispose of have it
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| | As most customers will have come and gone
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| appraised. You don't want to sell
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| | by 1:00, noon hour being the most active,
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| something for 50 cents only to find out
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| | you can start lowering prices after 1:00
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| later it was an antique valued at
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| | p.m. On items you think will not sell at
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| $500.00. You can be sure there are garage
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| | all, put them in a box marked "Free".
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| sale shoppers who are on the lookout for
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| | And lastly, what doesn't sell take to the
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| just this kind of treasure.
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| | local Good Will or other organization of
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| Step four: Pick a date for your sale. The
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| | your choice.
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| best time to have a garage sale is twice
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| | REQUIREMENTS FOR REPRINT: You have
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| a year in May or September. People will
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| | permission to publish this article free
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| be out shopping for summer items in May
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| | of charge in your e-zine, newsletter,
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| and winter items in September.
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| | ebook, print publication or on your
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| Never pick a holiday weekend such as
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| | website ONLY if it remains unchanged and
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| Mother's Day or Labor Day. Holiday
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| | you include the copyright and author
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| festivities will get the attention of
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| | information (Resource Box) at the end.
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| most people.
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| | You may not use this article in any
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| The best days for your garage sale are
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| | unsolicited commercial email (spam).
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