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There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a popular urban alternative to the waste disposal site. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s called the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153garage sale.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s for getting rid of items that you couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t give away for free. So you set a price and either lower it or throw something else in.<\/p>\n
Folks advertise their sales with computer-generated flyers printed on brightly colored paper. To protect these informative notices from the elements of weather it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s customary to wrap them in cellophane before stapling them to wooden hydroelectric poles in the area the week before the sale, where they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be visible for months to come. Apparently it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not customary to take them down after the sale.<\/p>\n
You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be fielding offers most of the day, so you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll want to be comfortable between bartering sessions. You may want to drag your favorite easy chair out of the basement rec room onto the lawn so you can preside over the marvel of commerce that will unfold in your driveway.<\/p>\n
You may receive help from relatives on the big day. A helpful mother-in-law may be kind enough to correct the prices you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve spent the previous night attaching to your items. Enterprising 8-year-old nephews and nieces have been known to make tidy sums operating lemonade stands at garage sales. But if the profits are too high and the kids make a ripple in the local economy, you can bet there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be a Seattle-based coffee shop across the street in time for your next sale.<\/p>\n
You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll probably see the true garage sale veterans a half-hour before the advertised start of your sale. You most likely won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t notice them drive up. They\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll stroll stealthily onto your property and quickly conclude why your prices are too high. They\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be carrying that morning\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s paper with all the other garage sale notices highlighted. These folks will have determination in their eye, purpose in their stride\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 And a coin dispenser on their belt so when they break your spirit, you won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have the opportunity to reconsider the negotiated price as you make change.<\/p>\n
Many shoppers respond to having something else \u00e2\u20ac\u0153thrown in.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d For example you may be having trouble moving a warped ping pong table, till you offer to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153throw in\u00e2\u20ac\u009d that rack of snooker balls, even though one of them is a spray-painted tennis ball. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s best not to ponder how the buyer will use snooker balls on a ping pong table; you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll need your energy for the next bartering session.<\/p>\n
There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a moral obligation not to lie to people about merchandise. But if anyone casually browsing your barbecue items mistakenly assumes two badminton rackets wired together with a mounted bass between them is a fish-grilling device and buys it, a sale is a sale – And it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s final. Another popular resale item is the decades-old stuffed rabbit with tiny antlers added during the taxidermy process. When potential buyers ask why the small rodent-like animal has horns, the correct answer is \u00e2\u20ac\u0153To bring good luck!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
As the event draws to an end you may calculate that the sales you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve made have nearly recovered the cost of the paper for the flyers, and enjoy a moment\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s piece\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Unless you notice your mother-in-law helping the last shopper lift your favorite easy chair from your spot on the lawn into a van.<\/p>\n
Not everything should be displayed at a garage sale. There are items too embarrassing to sell on your own property. The domestic garage sale is not the forum to display a clever hybrid version of a lava lamp hooked up to a sound-activated switch that responds to clapping. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s also not the place to associate yourself with any exercise device sold by a celebrity on a late night infommercial. To market these you need to go to the next level – Disguise yourself and rent a table at a flea market in the next county.<\/p>\n
By Rick Dickert.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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