to sell or not to sell
April 7, 2008Our house is busting at the seams with crap. Too much stuff, too little space. Our two free standing closets (the only closets in the house) are full, and that’s even with the heavy winter stuff up in the attic.
I’ve been bandying about the idea of having a yard sale, as we have some furniture, three televisions, hundreds of books, and some decor stuff that likely would sell. Not to mention clothes, clothes, and more clothes. I’d love to have someone else haul it off (and us make a little money on it), but the thought of having to price everything, get up, deal with all the people….ugh.
Here’s the question: should we have a yard sale or just go ahead and take everything to Goodwill?
Here’s another: Do any of you have stuff you want to get rid of but don’t want to deal with a sale yourself?
On any given Saturday there are tons of sales in East Nashville. I’ve been keeping an eye out to see if there’s going to be a neighborhood wide sale in Lockeland Springs, but haven’t come across anything. It’d be more worth it if we could advertise that there are multiple households in on it.
If we do go with the the sale option, I will have a definite, posted end time, and anything not sold will be donated. Nothing goes back in the house. What would you do?
I’d go in on a yard sale with you, we have a shitload of stuff to get rid of and I’d be glad to help you out. I think my shit would sell a lot better in East Nasty than it would in ShitVergne, too, so it would be awesome for us both. :)
YARD SALE! I’ll come and buy more crap to put in my house! And badbadivy “ShitVergne”??? Bwaaa-haaaa-haaa!
I’ve got a few things I’d like to bring over, but I tellyawhut, I’ll never have another sale myself. But that’s mostly because I no longer have a garage that I can just magically open for business at 6am when the earlybirds arrive. Having to drag your crap out when the vultures are circling sucks.
I’ve got some tips on pricing for you if you want ‘em, too.
I don’t think I have any good stuff, but I will volunteer to come over and help you sell and set-up. it’s a lot of work and one person can’t do it all.
Also-my neighbors make a lot of extra money selling hot dogs and drinks at their annual yard sale. The grandkids are in charge of the food and they make some big bucks.
Yard sale then take whatever is left to Goodwill.
Use any money from yard sale to buy adult beverages to consume.
I’m selling all my stuff on Craigslist and eBay. What I don’t sell there, it’s going to goodwill. (Or the library, for books) The California way.