So. Up at 630 to do a coffee run. Some punk kids had ripped down my signs and had to fish one out of neighbours tree and the other from halfway up the block. Signs more ghetto looking than ever. Started carting crap out around 745ish. People started driving by around 830 despite advertised 10am start. Many, many trips up stairs with heavy boxes. Not as busy as expected. Occasional jack ass muttering to family about price of a $2 trade paperback. It was pretty boring. After sale had to pack all stuff back up and take it downstairs. Upshot: easier to carry stuff down than up. Also sold set of 6 kitchen chairs and didn't have to make that six trips down the stairs.
Result:
Negative: Despite frequent and liberal use of sunscreen am sunburned on back. Have rash from sun on arms. Apparently so white allergic to sun.
Postive: Profit: $170.25
Future? Will probably try Forum Flea market as is indoors and has much higher customer potential.
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Friday, May 22, 2009
Yard Sale Madness Pt. 1
I suppose I should call this one pre-yard sale madness.
So I tried at least three times last year to have a yard sale and was rained out... you guessed it....3 times. It's hard to schedule because I usually work all weekend every weekend. So I have to wait for a randomly assigned day off (as will happen tomorrow) or book the day off (as I tried 3 times last year). It's kind of funny that on my random Saturday off the weather is going to be good. And it was bad every time I scheduled a day off for this sale.
Anyway, this drama has been going on for awhile. The end might be in sight. I thought it would be a good idea to go through and organize stuff and check it out before tomorrow and man! I have a TON of stuff to sell. I think I might have more clothes for my yard sale than some people own. Ditto: books, VHS movies, and CDs. Nearing the end of the sort I realized I was mixing a big box of Oneida dishes my sister kindly donated. House-wide search ensued and then remember had put it in the attic. So not what I wanted to do. The attic has about 3 good temperature days a year and the first over 30 degree is not one of them. Oh well. Found dishes, a wicker shelf, a rubbermaid bin, two backpacks and a bag of stuff had placed in the attic after yard sale failures last fall. Whew! Sweaty pig mess at the end.
So far the yard sale has cost me nothing but time (about 2 hours tonight and countless hours collecting and organizing stuff before tonight). Hopefully tomorrow the work pays off in a reasonable fasion.
Good things about having a yard sale: You can make money and clean out your stuff.
Bad things: Haggling. I hate hagglers. The sign. I hate putting up the sign for some reason. The people. I don't like talking to strangers at the best of times, but haggling strangers is much worse. Trying to price stuff. I don't go yard saleing. I don't know how much to charge. And I went with the ask about twice as much as you want for something to actually get close to what you want. The hagglers will knock you down and the non-hagglers (like me) will pay your higher asking price.
How will it all break down? Only time will tell.... Stay tuned for yard sale results.
So I tried at least three times last year to have a yard sale and was rained out... you guessed it....3 times. It's hard to schedule because I usually work all weekend every weekend. So I have to wait for a randomly assigned day off (as will happen tomorrow) or book the day off (as I tried 3 times last year). It's kind of funny that on my random Saturday off the weather is going to be good. And it was bad every time I scheduled a day off for this sale.
Anyway, this drama has been going on for awhile. The end might be in sight. I thought it would be a good idea to go through and organize stuff and check it out before tomorrow and man! I have a TON of stuff to sell. I think I might have more clothes for my yard sale than some people own. Ditto: books, VHS movies, and CDs. Nearing the end of the sort I realized I was mixing a big box of Oneida dishes my sister kindly donated. House-wide search ensued and then remember had put it in the attic. So not what I wanted to do. The attic has about 3 good temperature days a year and the first over 30 degree is not one of them. Oh well. Found dishes, a wicker shelf, a rubbermaid bin, two backpacks and a bag of stuff had placed in the attic after yard sale failures last fall. Whew! Sweaty pig mess at the end.
So far the yard sale has cost me nothing but time (about 2 hours tonight and countless hours collecting and organizing stuff before tonight). Hopefully tomorrow the work pays off in a reasonable fasion.
Good things about having a yard sale: You can make money and clean out your stuff.
Bad things: Haggling. I hate hagglers. The sign. I hate putting up the sign for some reason. The people. I don't like talking to strangers at the best of times, but haggling strangers is much worse. Trying to price stuff. I don't go yard saleing. I don't know how much to charge. And I went with the ask about twice as much as you want for something to actually get close to what you want. The hagglers will knock you down and the non-hagglers (like me) will pay your higher asking price.
How will it all break down? Only time will tell.... Stay tuned for yard sale results.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Star Trek
Go see it!
Life is good. Tutoring is going pretty well. Things are good, go see Star Trek! It made Wolverine look like The Last Legion.
Life is good. Tutoring is going pretty well. Things are good, go see Star Trek! It made Wolverine look like The Last Legion.
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