will you take a nickel?

I spent my afternoon pricing items for a yard sale I’m having next weekend. One would think pricing used items to sell in my driveway would be an easy task…but no, it’s not. You’ve got to price the items high enough that having a yard sale is worth your time, and low enough to reflect that the items are used, and this is a sale in your driveway, and no, you are not a Target or WalMart. There is no bag, there is no receipt, and you do not have a return policy.

Nothing annoys me more than people who price their things too high at a yard sale. I’m not a haggler. I don’t try to whittle someone down to a nickel. I do expect a fair price though, for all of the reasons mentioned above. I’m hoping that because my yard sale is for charity (to raise money for my 3-Day walk) that people won’t try to chew me down on the price.

2 Responses to “will you take a nickel?”

1. Jennifer Says:
   March 12th, 2007 at 9:02 am

   I hate trying to price items for a garage sale… my mom is an avid garage saler though, so she’s pretty good with the pricing. I always make her do it.

2. NotMartha Says:
   March 12th, 2007 at 10:03 am

   Just tell them it’s not ebay and you don’t want to negotiate!

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