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Saturday, February 04, 2012
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List the Items You Are Looking For
Make a list of the items you know you want to look for. This
will help you to remember to look for certain important
items at each sale you go to.
It can be very distracting looking at all of the interesting
things that you will find at the sales you go to. Making
a list will free you up to browse while still keeping you
focused in your search.
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Identify the Sales To Go To
Look through your local newspapers where people tend to advertise
the most yardsales. First, identify the ones that might have
the items youare looking for. After that, identify the ones that
just seem interesting to you. You may want to write all of the
addresses of the sales down in a list.
Find and mark the locations of each sale out on a map so that
you can get a feel for where they are located. Try to determine
the order that you will visit the sales in a way that minimizes
how much driving you will have to do. This will free up more of your
time so you can do more browsing. Also, consider the starting times
of the sales you would like to visit. You can start with the ones
that open earlier.
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Determine a Fair Price
Before buying an item on your list (or any item for that matter),
determine what a fair price would be for that item at a yard sale.
Start by getting current prices for similar new items
in stores. A fair "Yard Sale" price is typically 25% to 40%
of the price of a similar new item, depending on its condition.
Write down the prices you would be willing to pay next to each item you
have on your list. This way it will be right where you need it
when you are out looking for stuff.
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Get Some Cash
Plan to get some cash in small bills before you go out, especially
when you go out early. If you get cash from an ATM machine ($10
and $20 bills), make sure that you break them before going to
your yard sales. You can do this by buying something small like
a pack of gum or breath mints with a $20 bill at a local
convenience store.
The reason for having small bills is that sometimes the person who
is having the yard sale you visit will forget to have small bills
for change on hand. This makes it difficult for them to give change
until they have made some sales to customers who have paid with small
bills.
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