For the love of yard sales

[alina6]

I like selling stuff at yard sales

[tuffys_daughtr]

My sister and I have a group sell site on Facebook so yard sales are a huge part of life!! However, we are in a small town so they only occur in the summer for the most part. We do buy for ourselves too, but mostly to fix, clean, etc. and resell. I tend to look for things that I wouldn't mind having myself so if it doesn't sell, I have no problem with keeping it. We also sell things for other people too (for 20%) and do quite well at it. My sis is now semi retired so she has more time to work on it. We both love it!! But it is a lot of work, more so than you would think!!

[vickysue]

We go to yard sales in the summer, and since we live in a small town we know a lot of the other people who are either having the yard sale or are yard sailing, we do more visiting then buying, But I will say it is a great way to buy a lot of baby and young children's clothing.  I volunteer  at a charity here in town and  you would not believe what is  donated to us every month.  Most of it is what the yard sellers  can't sell. We hang it up and give it away along with a monthly allotment of groceries, Don't charge a thing for them. The first 2 weeks of the month are very busy. We will  have between  60 and 80 people in  2 days. We are only open for four hours Tue. and Thu. and  run our tails off. But it is worth it.

[Jayce2013]

Well.. it's fun and this is something which (according to me) is typical American as you do not do it in Europe (or at least not in Italy where I come from)... therefore... I think it is a very smart idea... not only you can easily get rid of unwanted stuff and even make some money out of it (instead of simply trashing)... but also, for people who come and check out... you never know, you might find a little "treasure".... 

[rob110]

The bargains are there and I occasionally take advantage of them.

[lhz123]

i love to buy small things in yard sale and flea market.

[MichelleHW101]

I do love going to yard sales and flea markets.  You always find the oddest things which are so hard to find in a regular store. 

[pectacon]

Not much of a fan, it's rare to see a yard sale with anything worth buying. If you really made a point of going to nicer estate sales, maybe.

[sbenkoski]

I love going to them all...  If you go on facebook there are tons of stuff forsale groups, i belong to about 15 in my area ! They are amazing I sold a bike in 6 minutes one morning and a meat smoker in about 15 minutes.  My landlord is a auction and yard sale junky!

[tantricia44]

Some people sell their stuff so cheap & the item is in mint condition! Now, that's a bargain!

[myfreebees316]

Yard sales can hold gold in a way. If you take your phone know how to price stuff you see and if you buy the item you could possibly turn it for a proffic. You would not believe what types of vintage stuff how much they can go for these days

[haimsterette]

I've only been to a garage sale or two, but they can have some unexpected treasures. My sister works at a thrift store and we've all found some wonderful gems there, things that should be much more expensive and are in great condition! Their standards are high over there, anyway--no pilling, no tears, not the tiniest stain allowed. I've been able to get some items there to resell on my shop on Depop (a popular app on your smartphone for buying and selling). 

[davissy]

Most yard sales around me are just old clothings which I'm not interested in.  I'd love to find some vintage cast iron pans though, I've heard that the vintage ones has smooth surface that works better than the rough surface new ones are now.

[ljrjess69]

i like yard sales,,,garage sales too

[LenoraMinogue]

Yard sales are great. You can really find some bargains in them, but you have to get there fast before they're picked clean of the good stuff. There's a certain type of fun though in stumbling upon a treasure at them.