Comments on: Sell Your Stuff, Not Your Trash: Yard Sale Etiquette

By: Yard Sale Should Be The Sale of Last Resort - Saving Advice

Yard Sale Should Be The Sale of Last Resort - Saving Advice — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 07:38:24 +0000

[...] By David G. Mitchell, July 17th, 2010 | No Comments Print | Text Size A A+ A++ Email | | | | | More I very much enjoyed a recent Saving Advice column that considered the etiquette of having a yard sale. [...]

By: Yael Diamond

Yael Diamond — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:34:07 +0000

I agree completely – I was also recently at a yard sale and I was amazed at the junk they were trying to sell – nothing had any value and needed to be placed into the trash. People will do anything today to try make a buck

By: snafu

snafu — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 16:46:40 +0000

The point of having a yard sale is to find a new home for items you no longer use and love. Keep like stuff together like books, kitchen ware, tableware, holiday decor etc. Price items at 80% less than retail…that’s what you’d pay.

Anyone who sets out broken, worn-out, ready-for-trash, has wasted their time and effort. No one wants junk. Electronic gear can go to a recycler who knows how to dispose of it correctly. Meds can be returned to the pharmacy, batteries & DVDs to Staples type collection depot.

By: Gail

Gail — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 18:22:53 +0000

Some Tupperware as long as the bottom is sound can still be sold if you can get the lids replaced and some of the bigger bowls you might use without lids all the time anyhow. I know most TW pieces can get replacement pieces if they aren’t too old.

That being said, you are so right. I have been at some lousy yard sales and wonder why they bother. I do love magazines so if they don’t have enough for a lot of them, throwing the one or two odd magazine in the FREE box that some people have is nice.

Clothes that are ready for the rag bag generally aren’t good for quilters. If the item is 100% wool that is something different and might appeal to someone who wants to make felt for quilting and crafts, but worn out shirts, etc. no way. There is to much great quilting fabric out there already.

Another thing, if you are having a yard sale, don’t be setting up and planning to open after 9AM at the latest. When people see a yard sale sign at 10 in the morning, they expect you to be open by then, not just putting your stuff out. I like to sleep in so that is one of many reasons that I don’t do yard sales anymore.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:39:39 +0000

The problem for me is that I don’t want to go through the hassle of having a yard sale so I give a lot of stuff to charity and to people that I know. If I had it all back and could sell it all, I could make a sizable sum of money. So much for that idea….

By: CindyM

CindyM — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:22:44 +0000

Hadn’t been to many garage sales in years but started doing it again recently. It’s a rare garage sale these days that has anything of real value, in my opinion. I personally wouldn’t bother putting out for sale most of what people today think is valuable, waste of time. What gets me are the folks who won’t even put price tags on their stuff – like you want to bargain with them for their junk.

By: Put It In The Trash!

Put It In The Trash! — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 04:13:51 +0000

PUT IT IN THE TRASH.
PUT IT IN THE TRASH.
PUT IT IN THE TRASH.
PUT IT IN THE TRASH.
PUT IT IN THE TRASH.
PUT IT IN THE TRASH.

With the landfills already at capacity and more needed everyday, yeah, PUT IT IN THE TRASH….!!

By: rob62521

rob62521 — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:54:12 +0000

I would agree with this article. It seems some folks think their “junk” is so valuable.

By: Patti

Patti — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:04:54 +0000

Please use the same consideration when donating things to a shelter or thrift store.