Today is the first day of Spring. Along with the birds singing, and the green leaves on trees returning. This is also the time comes Spring cleaning. A lot of people take their unwanted stuff put in the front yard to be sold. In other words, with Spring comes the start of yard sale season.
I am one of those people that looks forward to yard sale season. Why? It is not the gas used or the miles I have put on our family car going from one yard sale to the other. It is the adventure. Looking for that treasured item. What we do not know. It is the search of other other persons junk that is my treasure.
As a family we have taken a leisurely afternoon drives, in search of that treasure. We have found some pretty amazing things. We got our daughter a rather expensive Roland keyboard, for $35. My wife is always finding jewelry, clothing, or cookware, that up grades what we have. I found several golf shirts for like 50 cents a piece, that were like new.
Now there is some basic rules to finding a great deal at a yard sale.
- Sunday is the Time for the Best Deals - Most yard sales are Saturday and Sunday. Some may even start Friday afternoon. On Sunday afternoon, any remaining items are almost given away.
- Friday Afternoon or Saturday Morning – If I am looking of a specific, hard to find item, Friday afternoon or Saturday Morning is the time to look. You may pay 25% more, but your changes have increased to find that item.
- Know When to Haggle on Price – People holding yard sales consider it an insult to offer a lower than asking price. Then there are those who just want to get rid of the stuff. These people will almost pay you to take it.
Something else I look foward to with warmer weather is yard sales.
The old saying, “One mans jumk is another mans treasure”. This is true for yard sales.
What great deal have you found at a yard or garage sale?
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