Question about yard sales.

O · December 14th, 2007, 03:21 PM

I'm going to have my first yard sale ever this weekend.
I'm not a big yard sale guy by any means. I could probably count on a couple of fingers the yard sales I have ever stopped at.
Essentially it's time to get rid of a lot of stull I have accumulated over a lot of years.

My question is; How do I price the stuff?
The majority of the stuff I will be selling are clothes.
Shirts, pants, jackets, suits, etc.
The majority of the stuff is nice and I tend to buy designer labels.
The rest of stuff will be typical yard sale stuff.
I do have a very old radio, circa 1940's or 30's, which with some work, I would thinnk would be worth some money.

So, how about some tips here?

HeavyB3 · December 14th, 2007, 03:32 PM

As a history teacher and history nerd, I want that radio.

Heucrazy · December 14th, 2007, 03:37 PM

Be ready to haggle. I swear at my Mom's yard sale I must have heard "I wouldn't pay more than a quarter for that" 600 times.

No matter what you price stuff at people won't be willing to pay it. So price it a little bit higher and maybe you'll get what you're looking for.

O · December 14th, 2007, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by HeavyB3

As a history teacher and history nerd, I want that radio.

Here is a pic.

jw7 · December 14th, 2007, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by O

Here is a pic.

Wow, don't yard-sale that, O. That has got to be worth something to a collector.

I don't ebay stuff (I know thirty-two and Shane H do) but there has got to be someone or some radio collectors website that would just love that. Just google "antique radio" or "radio collectors" and there are tons of hobbyists that love this stuff.

O · December 14th, 2007, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by jw7

Wow, don't yard-sale that, O. That has got to be worth something to a collector.

I don't ebay stuff (I know thirty-two and Shane H do) but there has got to be someone or some radio collectors website that would just love that. Just google "antique radio" or "radio collectors" and there are tons of hobbyists that love this stuff.

Good ideas, I may go that route.
I still may put it in the yard and see what kind of nibbles I get. I'm definately not going to let kit go for a couple bucks,

HeavyB3 · December 14th, 2007, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by O

Here is a pic.

That's pretty cool!

Linderbee · December 15th, 2007, 12:16 AM

I can tell you that clothing is almost always (in my experience) the slowest moving stuff. Don't be surprised if you have a lot of that left over.

Jersey Girl · December 15th, 2007, 01:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Linderbee

I can tell you that clothing is almost always (in my experience) the slowest moving stuff. Don't be surprised if you have a lot of that left over.

Unless you price it cheap or have good stuff. Designer items typically go for only a buck or two.