Never under estimate the power of garage sales - GoFuckYourself.com

Brad Gosse · 06-26-2006, 05:19 AM

So I did something this weekend I have never done before.

I carted my old junk (CD's DVD's Electronics. CRT screens, Furniture, ETC.) out to the front of the property and had a big yard sale. 5 hours and $1500 cash later we were done. It's amazing how quickly you can liquidate all your crap to others and make cash in the process. I used to give it all togoodwill or put it in the trash.

All the garage sale veterans told us our stuff was much nicer than they were used to seeing and they were even calling each other about our sale. One lady was telling people at other garage sales to come to ours.

It's amazing the crap you wanted to throw out that others will pay for.

BlackCrayon · 06-26-2006, 05:24 AM

yeah, if you have a lot of money you can afford to get rid of better stuff. most of the yard/garage sales i see are pure shit. old clothes and beta tapes. mostly poor people do the yard sale thing and might make 50-200 bucks on a saturday or sunday.

DutchTeenCash · 06-26-2006, 05:27 AM

so true

I put up stuff on ebay alike sites too, crap Id throw away sometimes takes a week or two but theres always someone who wants it

gooddomains · 06-26-2006, 05:41 AM

what the hell did you dump in your garage sale to get $1500 ? Plasma screens ?

Brad Gosse · 06-26-2006, 05:47 AM

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Originally Posted by gooddomains

what the hell did you dump in your garage sale to get $1500 ? Plasma screens ?

Nope, just a bunch of old stuff. I made a good chunk on some bedroom furniture and a few old Movado watches.

GTS Mark · 06-26-2006, 06:07 AM

So who bought your old blow up dolls?

DH

Brad Gosse · 06-26-2006, 06:10 AM

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Originally Posted by DrinkingHARDEST

So who bought your old blow up dolls?

DH

Your dad

J. Falcon · 06-26-2006, 06:14 AM

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Originally Posted by gooddomains

what the hell did you dump in your garage sale to get $1500 ? Plasma screens ?

wyldblyss · 06-26-2006, 06:22 AM

I just hate dealing with people haggling over shit...so I avoid doing the garage sale thing and usually throw it away

ServerGenius · 06-26-2006, 06:27 AM

I rather throw shit away than to haggle over the price of items and still
realise that I'd sell it for way less than it's actual worth......fuck that I rather
throw it away than to give some cheap cunt fucker a great deal

Brad Gosse · 06-26-2006, 06:27 AM

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Originally Posted by wyldblyss

I just hate dealing with people haggling over shit...so I avoid doing the garage sale thing and usually throw it away

That was easier than expected. I thought that way too but I just put all my prices high enough to discount when someone asked. It's amazing how many people just pay the price you list.

ServerGenius · 06-26-2006, 06:30 AM

The fact that I'm in Holland makes it even worse......there is a saying that goes like this....If you want to make money of a jew.......bring a Dutch guy

ServerGenius · 06-26-2006, 06:31 AM

I'd be arrested for brutal abuse and violence in less than 5 minutes after I'd open my sale

cellmoresmut · 06-26-2006, 06:31 AM

You mean you had blowup dolls and didn't share?

Peaches · 06-26-2006, 06:48 AM

I've had garage sales. Last one was about 10 years ago. Never again. I load it all up, call the charities, whomever picks it up gets it, and I write it off my taxes.

WiredGuy · 06-26-2006, 08:16 AM

Considering where you live, I'm surprised anyone would make it! That place is like a jungle to get to!
WG

Brad Gosse · 06-26-2006, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by WiredGuy

Considering where you live, I'm surprised anyone would make it! That place is like a jungle to get to!
WG

It all comes down to marketing and traffic management ;) Two things I know very well.

RobbieRye · 06-26-2006, 08:29 AM

Garage sales in our area are crazy. There is a cult of people who every weekend show up ready to buy.

I live in a little bit of a "old school" town. There is one guy who every single weekend has a "garage sale". I don't know where he gets his stock from, but almost every weekend, there are cars lined up for at least a few hours.

Can't say I haven't thought about it.

Glad to hear that you made out well Brad!

DaddyHalbucks · 06-26-2006, 08:34 AM

It's why eBay is so successful.

One man's junk is another man's treasure.

Brad Gosse · 06-26-2006, 08:43 AM

Some people suggested I sell my stuff on ebay but it seems like so much more work.

Taking pictures of everything
Managing the auctions
Shipping the goods
customer service

This was a one morning blowout of everything. No hassles

Taboo · 06-26-2006, 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Brad Gosse

Nope, just a bunch of old stuff. I made a good chunk on some bedroom furniture and a few old Movado watches.

damn, wish I was there and wish you put them on ebay... I love to collect older Movados. damn you all to hell. don't you know that's what ebay is for?

seriously, this thread makes me want to have a garage sale this weekend, but in my community we have to wait for the home owners association to approve it and then they set a date, a month or two later, so all the neighbors can set up too. sometimes everyone tries to sell something & the neighborhood looks like a giant flea market... but there's less money to go around.

MrJackMeHoff · 06-26-2006, 10:04 AM

My last sale netted almost $12k

BlingDaddy · 06-26-2006, 10:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brad Gosse

Some people suggested I sell my stuff on ebay but it seems like so much more work.

Taking pictures of everything
Managing the auctions
Shipping the goods
customer service

This was a one morning blowout of everything. No hassles

That's so true.... I love my yearly garage sale. I find shit in my house I haven't used for years and unload it.

Honez · 06-26-2006, 10:08 AM

When we moved last March, we had a garage sale and made about $600. Not a lot but, enough to pay the carpet cleaner and some of the moving expenses. For the stuff that didn't sell, we put big signs up saying FREE. That crap was all gone within an hour and we didn't have to make any trips to Goodwill.

directfiesta · 06-26-2006, 10:26 AM

Did one saturday ... Have eplaced all my TV's by flat screens, had tons of VHS players ( used for duplication ), shelves and so on ...

Cleared up the basement and got about 1200.00 ....

BlingDaddy · 06-26-2006, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by directfiesta

Did one saturday ... Have eplaced all my TV's by flat screens, had tons of VHS players ( used for duplication ), shelves and so on ...

Cleared up the basement and got about 1200.00 ....

I see my sig in that picture..... Nice cash grab!

KCat · 06-26-2006, 10:43 AM

Hmmmm...I've been just boxing stuff up to dump at Goodwill. Maybe I should do a sale first & donate what's left.

pornguy · 06-26-2006, 10:45 AM

We used to donate stuff to the local redcross, and they in turn sell it to fund the local hospital. Then one day there was a 4 wheller crash on the beach. So someone from our community called the redcross, and aske them to send an ambulance. The first thing the call taker asked, was if they could pay cash for the ambulance.

This redcross survives off the donations of the americans in the area, and then they charge us for the use of an ambulance. We found out that they DO NOT charge the locals.

So we stopped donating to them.

Wiggles · 06-26-2006, 12:17 PM

i always manage to sell everything at yard sales, people love crap.

Loryn · 06-26-2006, 12:40 PM

I love garage sales. The area I live in is pretty nice so all the garage sales around here are really cool. I love them. I use to hate them when I was a kid. But now they are fun, you never know what you will find. I always think of the show where people bring in old items and find out they are worth thousands of dollars so every time I go to a garage sale I always look at the pictures. haha

I think I should have a garage sale. I have a bunch of stuff in my garage that I know I will never use but just can't throw away.

Congrats on the cash I hope I am as lucky as you!

JFK · 06-26-2006, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Brad Gosse

Nope, just a bunch of old stuff. I made a good chunk on some bedroom furniture and a few old Movado watches.

were they mechanical Movados ?

Peaches · 06-26-2006, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by RobbieRye

I live in a little bit of a "old school" town. There is one guy who every single weekend has a "garage sale". I don't know where he gets his stock from, but almost every weekend, there are cars lined up for at least a few hours.

People will go to garage sales towards the end (some even at the beginning) and offer to buy everything for a set fee. Then they resell it at garage sales, flea markets or Ebay. Sounds like what your guy is doing

lesbodojo · 06-26-2006, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Brad Gosse

Your dad

haha OWN3D

JFK · 06-26-2006, 12:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brad Gosse

Your dad

Dont worry DH , he's saving it for your birthday

ridikuloz · 06-26-2006, 12:55 PM

Do you think anyone would want used sex toys?

jmk · 06-26-2006, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by ridikuloz

Do you think anyone would want used sex toys?

sweetME · 06-26-2006, 12:59 PM

$1500 for your trash is not bad at all.

tranza · 06-26-2006, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by BlingDaddy

I see my sig in that picture..... Nice cash grab!

Lol, nice catch!

Doctor Dre · 06-26-2006, 01:25 PM

That's why I love ebay ;)

minusonebit · 06-26-2006, 02:09 PM

I did one last year mid July. It was a four family sale. We had it at the house of my car parts dealer, he has a big front yard and is located off a four lane. We ran ads in the local paper, and told people to call a voicemail we setup on a prepaid cell (that we just turned off, so it would go right to VM) and it told them how to get there and also alot about the stuff we had (nice end run around the newspaper's per-line fees, hehe).

The sale took in more than $20K, of which my cut was nearly $6K. We sold two riding lawn mowers, a car, two pickups, a camper trailer and a shitload of crap. It was a helluva zoo. Through the car parts business, we were able to take credit cards and verify checks, so that helped out alot I think.

We knew it was gonna be hot, so we borrowed one of those huge ass tubs that you use to water horses from a neighbor, cleaned it out, filled it with ice and sold soda and gatorade out of it. It was damn near 100 out and we made almost $200 off the soda sales alone. We decided we would split the soda money seven ways, as there were seven people who helped set up and tear the circus down.

Garage sales are a great way to get rid of shit. Its amazing how fast nickles, dimes and quaters add up.

minusonebit · 06-26-2006, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Doctor Dre

That's why I love ebay ;)

Fuck eBay. Garage sales are much better. Get paid instantly, no shipping, no bitching, no returns. Oh yeah, and no listing fees.

scotty2hotty1111 · 06-26-2006, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Brad Gosse

Your dad

lol

gecko · 06-26-2006, 02:25 PM

You'd probably get more on ebay but stuff you can't get ride of garage sales work

06-26-2006, 05:19 AM	#1
Brad Gosse Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Carpal Tunnel Posts: 2,616	Never under estimate the power of garage sales So I did something this weekend I have never done before. I carted my old junk (CD's DVD's Electronics. CRT screens, Furniture, ETC.) out to the front of the property and had a big yard sale. 5 hours and $1500 cash later we were done. It's amazing how quickly you can liquidate all your crap to others and make cash in the process. I used to give it all togoodwill or put it in the trash. All the garage sale veterans told us our stuff was much nicer than they were used to seeing and they were even calling each other about our sale. One lady was telling people at other garage sales to come to ours. It's amazing the crap you wanted to throw out that others will pay for. __________________ Free Clipart

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BlackCrayon Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Ottawa Posts: 19,631	yeah, if you have a lot of money you can afford to get rid of better stuff. most of the yard/garage sales i see are pure shit. old clothes and beta tapes. mostly poor people do the yard sale thing and might make 50-200 bucks on a saturday or sunday. __________________ you don't know you're wearing a leash if you sit by the peg all day..

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06-26-2006, 06:48 AM	#15
Peaches Old broad Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Away Posts: 13,933	I've had garage sales. Last one was about 10 years ago. Never again. I load it all up, call the charities, whomever picks it up gets it, and I write it off my taxes.

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06-26-2006, 08:29 AM	#18
RobbieRye Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: The Middle of Nowhere Posts: 616	Garage sales in our area are crazy. There is a cult of people who every weekend show up ready to buy. I live in a little bit of a "old school" town. There is one guy who every single weekend has a "garage sale". I don't know where he gets his stock from, but almost every weekend, there are cars lined up for at least a few hours. Can't say I haven't thought about it. Glad to hear that you made out well Brad!

06-26-2006, 08:34 AM	#19
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Brad Gosse Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Carpal Tunnel Posts: 2,616	Some people suggested I sell my stuff on ebay but it seems like so much more work. Taking pictures of everything Managing the auctions Shipping the goods customer service This was a one morning blowout of everything. No hassles __________________ Free Clipart

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Loryn Super Connector Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 12,853	I love garage sales. The area I live in is pretty nice so all the garage sales around here are really cool. I love them. I use to hate them when I was a kid. But now they are fun, you never know what you will find. I always think of the show where people bring in old items and find out they are worth thousands of dollars so every time I go to a garage sale I always look at the pictures. haha I think I should have a garage sale. I have a bunch of stuff in my garage that I know I will never use but just can't throw away. Congrats on the cash I hope I am as lucky as you! __________________ ~ loryn@loryntaylor . com ~ RIP TD

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06-26-2006, 02:09 PM	#40
minusonebit So Fucking Banned Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: [email protected] Posts: 7,391	I did one last year mid July. It was a four family sale. We had it at the house of my car parts dealer, he has a big front yard and is located off a four lane. We ran ads in the local paper, and told people to call a voicemail we setup on a prepaid cell (that we just turned off, so it would go right to VM) and it told them how to get there and also alot about the stuff we had (nice end run around the newspaper's per-line fees, hehe). The sale took in more than $20K, of which my cut was nearly $6K. We sold two riding lawn mowers, a car, two pickups, a camper trailer and a shitload of crap. It was a helluva zoo. Through the car parts business, we were able to take credit cards and verify checks, so that helped out alot I think. We knew it was gonna be hot, so we borrowed one of those huge ass tubs that you use to water horses from a neighbor, cleaned it out, filled it with ice and sold soda and gatorade out of it. It was damn near 100 out and we made almost $200 off the soda sales alone. We decided we would split the soda money seven ways, as there were seven people who helped set up and tear the circus down. Garage sales are a great way to get rid of shit. Its amazing how fast nickles, dimes and quaters add up.

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