I am thinking about having a yard sale Thur-Sat of Labor Day weekend, but I'm not sure if I will just be wasting my time. I am thinking that the economy will keep a lot of people home and I could still get a lot of traffic-what do you all think?
Thanks!
I think its a great time to have a sale ,I would think you would get more traffic on a holiday.
Good luck
Hi Katie, I only have one question. Where are you located?
I was able to go to a LOT of garage sales over Memorial Day weekend, so why not Labor Day weekend? I say go for it! You are right, I too think a lot of people are not going out of town for holiday weekends anymore.
I had a yard sale nearly a month ago and got a lot of traffic. With the down economy, I think that more people are looking for bargains and yard sales are a great place to find bargains. Good luck! I priced my stuff really cheap and was able to get rid of a lot of housewares and clothes (mostly women's and kid's clothes). Be sure to have change and lots of plastic bags!
I think it's a great idea especially with school coming up and many people without jobs who are looking for a bargain. I love garage sales even if they are in the late fall--you never know when you need something and it you can get a great deal on items, it's wonderful all year round.
I say go for it. List the garage sale on Craig's List, and put sign up with dates on any major cross street near your home with arrows pointing to your home. Post on mamasource where you are located for the garage sale as well. I would love to come to it as well.
You have a 5 week old baby and you prepared a garage sale? Kudos to you momma! Hope it goes well, I think people are garage sale-ing more and more.
Not a waste at all, I did one over memorial day weekend and had awesome sales, so much that I advertised only by 2 signs and a Craigslist add. I was in Grand Rapids area. I had tons of clothes which were all .25 c each just enough to justify the hanging up, and then had books at .50 c a piece and lots of other things from dishes to inflatables, to everything else. I wish you the best of luck :) let me know how it goes if you decide to.. by the way alot of my customers were my neighbors and friends of them who are just as affected and got tons of stuff from me for them. I can tell you the stores and things that are doing well right now in the economy is Goodwill, Salvation Army and yardsales.
