My wife and I had a yard sale last Saturday. We made a few bucks, but nothing to reserve space for in a line at the local bank.
We had our "big ticket" items on display - an old computer with keyboard and monitor, a roaster oven, a beautiful lamp that holds three decorative bulbs, and one of those old time overhead projector things that teachers used to use before PowerPoint hit the scene.
None of that sold. However, we sold lots of stuff for $1, $.75 and $2. We sold a lot of small items, bric-a-brac stuff, mementos, things I call insignificant but what customers to our yard sale didn't mind dishing out the hard cash.
One lady laid down $8 for a wooden doll baby chair, which was broken. When she came back later in the day to purchase a blue baby blanket that my wife had reserved for her, she told us that we would be amazed at how lovely that broken baby doll chair looks after some cleanser, wood glue and tender loving care fixed it up.
I did sell a vacuum cleaner for $5 that works - I think. And I sold my weight set, a.k.a. clothes line, for a few bucks, too. We did have a little gas money after the day was wrapped up. But then I had to hall all that stuff back in the house, in the basement.
Yeah, a yard sale requires planning and lots of stuff like the baby bibs that my wife got from somewhere and somebody bought for $3.
Our next yard sale will have lots of whatcha-ma-call-its, lots of miscellaneous articles that seem meaningless to everyone but me. That's a sure fire yard sale winner!
We had our "big ticket" items on display - an old computer with keyboard and monitor, a roaster oven, a beautiful lamp that holds three decorative bulbs, and one of those old time overhead projector things that teachers used to use before PowerPoint hit the scene.
None of that sold. However, we sold lots of stuff for $1, $.75 and $2. We sold a lot of small items, bric-a-brac stuff, mementos, things I call insignificant but what customers to our yard sale didn't mind dishing out the hard cash.
One lady laid down $8 for a wooden doll baby chair, which was broken. When she came back later in the day to purchase a blue baby blanket that my wife had reserved for her, she told us that we would be amazed at how lovely that broken baby doll chair looks after some cleanser, wood glue and tender loving care fixed it up.
I did sell a vacuum cleaner for $5 that works - I think. And I sold my weight set, a.k.a. clothes line, for a few bucks, too. We did have a little gas money after the day was wrapped up. But then I had to hall all that stuff back in the house, in the basement.
Yeah, a yard sale requires planning and lots of stuff like the baby bibs that my wife got from somewhere and somebody bought for $3.
Our next yard sale will have lots of whatcha-ma-call-its, lots of miscellaneous articles that seem meaningless to everyone but me. That's a sure fire yard sale winner!
always have plenty of change!
ReplyDeleteTie that in to business sales. The big ticket item doesn't always get the sale, but the small tickets get the customer coming back for more and could lead to a big sale. It's a good lead generation system.
ReplyDeleteGreat point Eric. Thanks for the nuggets of wisdom - it is like gold!
ReplyDeleteRosa: I did have to go to the store to get change for a $5. The customer wouldn't let me keep the $2 change.
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