HGTV shares a list of Garage Sale Strategies to optimize your time and your dollar.  But I think the basics are:

• plan ahead,
• chart a route,
• start early,
• know what you are looking for and what you are willing to spend and
• don’t be afraid to haggle.

There is always a balance to be found between how bad you want something and how badly someone wants to get rid of it.  I know because last summer was the summer of garage sales for me, my husband, brother and any willing friend we could enlist. My parents were selling their house and our collective goal was to eliminate the need for a storage shed and minimize the amount of Stuff we would each get handed over to us and expected to add to our already-full households. We knew before we even set up in the mornings which items we were sick of looking at and would give up at any price and those that were a little more dear. Sure, I’ll say it – I waited until just the right little girl came by to give up my rocking horse. I needed to know it was going to get a good home.

Now that we are trying to transition most of the plastics out of our home, I am finding myself frequenting garage sales as a buyer more and more. How hard is it to find a non-plastic ice cube tray? you would not believe. In fact, I am still looking.

So, I will be out and about on August 9th. Will I see you around?

Post from: Blisstree

Reuse and Recycle on August 9th – National Garage Sale Day