Garage Sale Tips - Commerce Real Estate
Tips for Holding a Yard Sale/Garage Sale
If you are like so many other Metro Detroiters you probably have held on to many items you should have gotten rid of. There are two options.
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Donate the items
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Hold a garage sale
If it is winter your best option is to donate everything. If it is late spring to early fall you could hold a garage sale. Holding a garage sale is a great way to reduce the clutter in your home and get rid of items you don't want to move. Just do not plan on getting rich on holding a garage sale. People come to garage sales to get deals.
The major keys to an great garage sale is to advertise, plan ahead, and price your items low enough to sell. If you want to get rid of the items you have to have them priced good. Remember they are used. Some people mark items 50% off list price. That won't sell junk and used items.
Get your license or permit or license from your city if you need one. See if neighbors want to participate and have a "block" sale to attract more visitors.
Advertise, advertise, advertise. Put an add in craigslist. Put an ad in your local paper, and free classified papers, and put up signs at every major intersections and every corner directing people towards your home. Adding balloons and bright color flags add attentions. Put up directional signs and at major intersections and in stores near your home. If you are selling children's items contact your local day cares and put fliers up. Put fliers up on free bulletin boards where ever you can.
Plan ahead. This is the best part. As you are getting ready to stage your Oakland County home and prepare your home for sale you should go through house as you are packing and put items for the garage sale in one spot. If you haven't used it over 7 years you probably aren't going to use it. Go through you clothes. You have some in there you don't wear. Price items ahead and attach prices with removable stickers. Remember, yard sales are supposed to be bargains, so don't try to sell value stuff such as antiques, or jewelry. Price it right.
Hold the sale for 2-3 days. Start on a Friday and end on Sunday. People go home and tell there friends and relatives about items that the friends might need. I have had people show up on the 2nd and 3rd day to buy a specific item.
Double check items before the sale to be sure you haven't including something you want by mistake.
Ask friends or neighbors if they have stuff to get rid off. The bigger the garage sale and the more diverse the inventory the longer people will stay and the more people will come. Plus you may get help from the person bringing the items over for sale.
Keep big dogs or barking pets away from the sale and in the back yard.
Display items like a store does. Fold pants neatly. Hang clothes on hangers. Put as much on tables and out in the open.Display everything neatly and individually so customers don't have to dig through boxes. Spread it out so people notice things. Rearrange as items sell and straighten up periodically.
Have an electrical cord run outside so buyers can test appliances.
Have plenty of bags and newspaper for wrapping fragile items.
Get enough change, and keep a close eye on your cash. People have been known to steal the cash box. A money belt around the waist belt is a great way to do it.
Talk to customers and explain what the items are and how they can be used. Sometimes they have no idea what they are looking at.
You never know what Michigan weather will be like. Have tarps or a tent if all the junk spills out into the yard.
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