Pick almost any city or town in the country, drive through any
middle class neighourhood, or residential area on the weekend,
and you're sure to spot at least half a dozen garage sales.
What's being sold at these garage sales?
The accumulated "junk" people no longer use or want taking
up space in or around their homes.
Are they making any money with these garage sales? You'd
better believe they're making money!
It's not at all uncommon to make œ600 with a weekend garage
sale. Is it hard to put on a profitable garage sale? Well, yes
and no It really does take some of your time, and also requires
an awareness of a few merchandising tactics.
But the problems in running a successful garage sale are small
in comparison to the profits. Who are the buyers, and how do
you get them to come to your garage sale?
Your customers are going to be "everybody", and you get them
over to your garage sale with a little bit of advertising and
promotion.
Let's look at the background: everybody accumulates the kind
of garage sale items that other people are searching for, and
are willing to buy.
These items range from no longer wanted or outgrown items of
clothing to furniture, tools, knick-knacks, books, pictures, and
toys Many garage sale items are objects of merchandise
purchased on impulse, and later found to be not what the buyer
wanted.
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