Don't Sell Underwear, Pantyhose, or Pads...

by Wanda
(North Battleford, Sask)

There are good yard sales and lousy ones.

You can usually tell the lousy ones without even getting out of your car. They are the ones that just have piles of clothes on blankets in the driveway and nothing else.

A good yard sale needs to be somewhat organized. Similar items in groups, preferably on tables. A lot of ladies over the age of 40 go yard-saleing on saturday mornings and they don't want to have to be continually bending and stooping or rummaging through piles and bins.

Don't hover over people or follow them around while they are browsing, it's annoying.

Be willing to haggle, but be smart. Know what your items are worth, just keep in mind this a yard sale, not J.C. Penney.

Now, if you are the buyer at a yard sale: KEEP AN OPEN MIND.

You never know what you will find. I got a Homedics foot massager, practically new, at a yard sale last weekend for $3.

Check Craigslist before you go out. Look for postings that show block sales. It's easier to have 3 or 4 houses selling on one street than driving all over town hoping to find that one "lightning strike" item.

Be kind, bring small bills like ones and fives.

Haggle, but be reasonable. People have yard sales to make money, not to be a charity.

Yard sales are GREAT for finding childrens' toys.

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