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To carry out a successful garage sale you need to first figure out what you do not need, that is, the items you need to dispose off. There can be many things in your house that are cluttering up your home space unnecessarily and do not have much use such as old boxes, extra clothes, unused furniture or more. Here’s a list on what can be thrown out.

The unused stuff above the shelves and beneath the beds, storage spots in the backyard; every place that has been cluttered with household items needs to be figured out.

Things to Do

• Clean all the items you plan to sell out so that it is presentable and neat.
• Check the online sources such as eBay on how much they are selling the same items for. Always remember that people want garage sales to be way cheaper than the others.
• Price everything decently with clear labels on each of them.
• You can use stickers in case you are pricing everything individually. Make different labels of the prices and put the items having the similar price range at a same place.
• Make signs to direct people to the right spot when you put up a garage sale. But make sure you do not put them up before you have organized the sale.
• Maintain a cash notebook and note down what you have sold and for what amount.
• Keep a change bag with you, which you can clip on yourself.
• Get packaging material such as boxes, plastic bags and other basic amenities so that you can carry things back home easily.
• Group selling with neighbours is a better possibility to sell off your old stuff as soon as possible.
• Make a list of all the people who would co-ordinate with you for the sales. If more people are selling off the stuff reach an agreement on the profit percentages to be shared.

Spice up Your Sale

• Don’t forget selling drinks like coffee, tea, cold soda to the buyers during the sale.
• You can add to it with having a sausage sizzle along with the garage sale. This attracts customers and also gives you new avenues to make profits.
• Cakes, cookies, muffins can also be sold along with the packaged items
• You can also put plants and pots from the plant cuttings in your garden, for sale. If they don’t sell it doesn’t really dent your selling plans.

How to Present

Set up the yard in such a way so that it’s easy for people to walk around and sell your stuff. Don’t clutter up the space where you have set up things for sale. Make sure you label the things so that people find it very organized and easy to sell.

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This article aims at collating and providing information for benefit of ApnaComplex customers and blog readers. While ApnaComplex has taken every care to ensure the information is accurate, we suggest to please use it only as a guidance for further discussion and action with help of relevant professionals.

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