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NOW IT’S TIME…
to send your excess goods to their new owners – either advertise them or take the boxes to charities. Often a garage sale is an easy way to have people take away your excess for you.

Friends or relatives may also appreciate some of the goods. Whatever serves no further purpose, can go to the tip or you can organize a council pickup.

The garage sale - converting goods to cash
For those of you brave enough to have people turning up at your house anything from 6am on the day, a Garage Sale is a good way to have excess goods removed from your property. Generally you won’t make a fortune but it’s a time saver and helps you discard things if you know they are going to someone and you’re getting something as well. Power Tools, carpentry items and garden equipment are often sought after. Also quality crockery and household goods are always sought after by ‘professional’ garage sale seekers. Basically, if it’s in good condition, someone will offer you something for it. It’s up to you whether you want to take the chance on getting your best price by the end of the day or letting the goods go to the first best offer and having them off your list.

Where to advertise
It is best to advertise under the “Garage Sale” section in the local paper and be sure to have signs up early on the day. Also, put a start and finish time, generally 7am to 12 noon should get most interested people there – otherwise it’s a long day for not much more. People, especially the ‘professional bargain hunters’, tend to come early to get the best buys.

They will often come back just before your finish time, to see what extra bargains they can pick up as they realize people literally are prepared to give things away. They will be prepared to pay your asking price at the beginning of the day for things they think will sell fast, then they’ll take a chance on coming back to pick up less ‘premium’ items. It’s a bit of a game for you to make sure you have an empty front yard at the end of the day and you are happy with getting something for your goods. Otherwise, it needs to be packed up and then YOU have to take it away for nothing.

Organizing the garage sale
If you are selling electrical appliances, try to have the original instruction books taped to them. Make sure everything is clean and well presented and ticketed with the price. If you have a lot of small, cheap items, put them together on individual tables with a large poster hanging from the table with : “$2 table”, “$5 table”, “$10 table” etc.

End of the day
Remember that these are items you have decided you no longer need and you certainly don’t need the extra clutter in your new home. People will make offers at the end of the day – take it – otherwise it’s a trip to the charity or the tip. Make sure you take the leftovers to a local charity or the tip the same day or the next day – then you will have a clean slate to work with the next day.

 
 

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