I have tons of kids stuff that I would love to clear out. I have no idea how to have a yard sale. I have never really been to a yard sale, but would love to get something for all our old and unneeded items. Can anyone help a first timer get started?
By Trisha S.
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Hi, Trisha! Our family had a couple of yard sales last weekend.
Some suggestions:
1) Advertise. Check the local papers about rates to advertise your yard sale. Put signs up the day before, if you're allowed (and remember to take them down after). Tell your friends.
2) Organize. Put price stickers on beforehand. Clothes should be on hangers or on a table. Knickknacks and other items should be on tables (even a board on two sawhorses will work nicely).
3) Most yard sales are on Saturdays.
4) Check the local regulations for yard sales. Some require permits, some limit how many yard sales per year.
5) IF you are in a condo complex, check with the HOA. They might only allow a yard sale once per year (a complex-wide sale). If so, you might have to have your yard sale someplace else if their date is too far away.
6) Drinks, munchies, and sunblock--remember all three. Drinks to prevent dehydration, munchies for hunger, and sunblock + a hat to keep from sunburn and headache.
7) Set up early the day of the yard sale--many people bargain-hunting early.
8) Bags and change--very important. Bags to carry things away in, and change because people don't always have exact change.
Hope that helps!
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