Sunday, June 24, 2007

So much for garage sales...

Micah and I tried to have a garage sale yesterday...to little avail. I guess we hadn't let our home get cluttered enough before we decided to dig out. We had two tables and a desk full of stuff--along with a few larger misc. items that we spread out directly on the driveway--but we had to agree that our offerings looked a bit measly once we had them all arranged. Our passersby must have agreed, because most of them didn't bother to stop. (Micah said that he probably wouldn't have stopped either:op)

Problem is--I told Micah--I'm not willing (nor do we have the space) to let piles of junk build up just so that I can have a more appealing sale! We came to the conclusion that we should probably stick to selling items off individually online (Craigslist, ebay, amazon, etc.) or give them away. For me, it works much better to keep the house purged of clutter on a continous basis than to allow it accumulate for one big sale (or even a joint sale with someone else where I could get by with having less stuff). Besides...truly valuable items will usually bring in more profit online than with a limited garage sale audience anyway.

BTW...This definitely doesn't mean I won't be shopping at garage sales. I will. And the bigger, the better:o)

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6 Comments:

Rachel said...

I'm sorry you had such a poor garage sale! I'm with you though. Clutter just doesn't belong in my home..even if it's in boxes! :)

June 24, 2007 4:11 PM  
Erin said...

Clutter just doesn't belong in my home..even if it's in boxes!

Yes, exactly! It's just a magnet for silverfish, sitting in my garage, and makes it so that we can't pull the car in. No thanks:op

June 24, 2007 6:54 PM  
Diane @ Candid Reflections said...

Oh, so sorry to hear of your "wasted" Saturday. I guess that's why Flylady doesn't recommend garage sales. I've gotten to the place that I just want the stuff out of the house so I don't have to store it. Then I cringe when I get to Good Will and see some of the "good stuff" I'm giving away. I try to just think of it as blessing others with it that may need it more than we do. Missed seeing you guys over the weekend! Love, Mom

June 25, 2007 10:23 AM  
Paula said...

I SO LOVE YOUR BLOG! I cannot find an RSS feed though. Is there one? Thanks!! If not, you can always get one from My Feeds. If you get one, please let me know. I usually lose blogs (even the good ones) unless I have a feed in my reader. :) Also, your CONTACT ME link is not working.

June 25, 2007 4:17 PM  
Erin said...

Then I cringe when I get to Good Will and see some of the "good stuff" I'm giving away.

I felt this way too, when we dumped everything off at the thrift store on Saturday! But there's no reason for me to keep stuff I don't really need, and hopefully it can help somebody else!

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Thanks, Paula! My sweet hubby has just added the feed thingie for me, so hope that works!

I'm afraid the "contact me" link isn't the only one not up and running yet...I hope to get these links all fixed over the next couple of days!

June 25, 2007 9:20 PM  
Jess Gunning said...

I can't stand to let stuff store up either! I either sell stuff to places in town locally right away, or I give it away on Freecycle.

July 7, 2007 1:49 PM  

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