Comments on: The Surprising Truth About Garage Sales

By: Lori CooperOtoole

Lori CooperOtoole — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 16:33:26 +0000

Wow! Great little article and my exact sentiment about physical garage sales. In fact, your reasoning is EXACTLY why (as a 3D photographer) I decided to run a test-case for Virtual Estate Sales. (You can check it out here if you like… https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=YeEto8hmATN).
Thanks Kalyn!

By: Kalyn Brooke

Kalyn Brooke — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 17:46:45 +0000

In reply to Dawne. I love the idea of having a pickup scheduled! That way you don't have to bother with getting around to taking the stuff to the thrift store yourself. Good for you for resisting the temptation to do another garage sale :)

By: Dawne

Dawne — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 04:48:28 +0000

I am so glad I read this. I’ve been cleaning out my basement and have a veteran’s organization scheduled to pick up a bunch of stuff on Friday. As I was going through the boxes tonight, I started toying with the idea of having another garage sale (it would be my 2nd attempt). This just after telling my dad earlier today, that I would never do another garage sale again as the first and last one he and I did, netted us about $80 over 2 beautiful weekend days lol. Plus it would mean my keeping the stuff another possible few months. So thank you for saving my sanity. Going to pack all the goods up for the veterans!

By: Kalyn Brooke

Kalyn Brooke — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 19:54:02 +0000

In reply to Donna. I feel your pain, Donna! So much work - for so little payoff.

By: Donna

Donna — Wed, 03 Jul 2019 19:07:01 +0000

We just had a multi-family sale. I thought I had a lot of items to sell due to decluttering the entire house and basement. My Mom also decluttered her house as well as my sister. We spent 9 hours including set up and take down on a sweltering 90 degree day 90 percent humidity having the sale. We had a lot of customers, a steady stream all day long, even at quitting time people were still coming. People bought a lot of stuff, we needed shopping carts! But, here’s the rub. My Mom and myself didn’t sell much, my sister made a bucket load of money. I felt like Mom and I and my husband were just there to help my sister with her sale. I was very disappointed and will never have a garage sale or go in with other people again!

By: Alexis

Alexis — Sun, 21 May 2017 01:35:03 +0000

My friends have had garage sales and they would have 2 stations (2 families) and found that it would attract more people to the garage sale.

By: Jane @ JaneSaves

Jane @ JaneSaves — Thu, 18 May 2017 00:40:01 +0000

I totally agree!! Our old neighborhood even had a community sale so I never had to put up signs or advertise and I still made next to nothing. I LOVE craigslist for furniture and larger items…and Goodwill for everything else. 🙂

By: Kalyn Brooke

Kalyn Brooke — Wed, 17 May 2017 13:24:31 +0000

In reply to Adriana @MoneyJourney. I totally agree! Craigslist can be tricky sometimes, but I always sell my bigger items on there and donate the small stuff.

By: Adriana @MoneyJourney

Adriana @MoneyJourney — Wed, 17 May 2017 08:25:02 +0000

I think, in these “modern times”, it easier to sell unneeded stuff online, rather than at garage sales. I might be wrong, but browsing eBay, Craigslist or Facebook sale groups lets you look out for bargains from the comfort of your own home.