I took a few things over to sell. I arrived at the house at 7:10am with:
- breakfast from McDonald's
- the last of my items for sale
The Sister, Brother-in-Law and I were eating breakfast at 7:30am, when the door bell rang. She and I laughed and told him to go to the door.
He did and was greeted by a guy who asked, "You having a garage sale?"
"Yeah, at 8:00 am!" Slam the door...
When we finally opened, there were a number of people who rapidly exited their vehicles.
After shopping the entire sale, one man apologized to the B-i-L for the guy that rang the doorbell early: "Let me apologize for all of us who don't act like that."
What a nice thing to do!
The Sister and B-i-L did really well selling their stuff.
I did "so so." But that was okay. I got rid of some stuff that had not sold in my booth.
Plus, The Sister and B-i-L let me be in charge of the money. And, if you know me, you know how much I like to be in charge!
So, do you have garage sales to get rid of your surplus things?
Do you shop garage sales?
2 comments:
All the dealers at the flea market shop garage sales. I have seen fabulous things in their booths. When I go, it is junk. Go figure. I joined my daughter for a neighborhood sale last fall and we were the only ones doing it. I can't complain as I sold quite a bit, but the stuff that was good that didn't sell, I packed back up. Wasn't going to give it away. I was shocked that even at my low prices, the customers wanted the items for a dollar or two. Moral - only sell the junk.
We quit having garage sales years ago for just that reason. It's kind of a bit creepy that they lie in wait! Glad it went well. Maybe, someday I'll do it again...
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