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My cul de sac of 8 homes is holding a general yard sale tomorrow. I have a lot of useful crud I brought with me from the mcmansion that I could get rid of in exchange for two bedrooms becoming bedrooms again instead of storage rooms.
First question is that while I've participated in a couple of yard sales before, the best known methods are not known to me. Anyone an expert? Is it better to price things at where you want to sell them and stay firm, price things up a little and come down to what you want, or leave the prices off completely and wait for interest and bargain there? My usual method for selling stuff is probably the worst, but most effective. When selling a car I'll list it for about halfway between wholesale and retail, even though the condition is usually retail worthy, and I get a quick sale to usually the first serious caller. I leave a few bucks on the table, but thats replaced by making it quick and easy and still getting more than if I'd traded in. Always some discomfort when the buyer tries to dicker me down and I usually respond "look, I already dropped my pants on the price for you, I'm not going to put them over my head too."
I'm figuring to either leave the prices off and dicker or price them up a little and allow myself to be bargained down. Most of this stuff isnt the usual yard sale crap, its a set of golf clubs, some vcr's and dvd players...definitely a step up from ice cube trays and old shoes. I did discover from my last yard sale that having some "crap" brings in more lookers than just having "good stuff". So what pricing strategy works best for these things. I know these people come to dicker.
Second question on etiquette. This is something the cul de sac does annually, and I'm imagining someone paid for a newpaper ad or went around putting up signs. Should I offer to kick something in, do something gesturish like put out an urn of coffee, Or just wait and see if someone asks me to chip in next year?
Since yard sales were prohibited in the old mcmansion neighborhood and I usually donated all my old stuff to goodwill before that, my experience is limited!
First question is that while I've participated in a couple of yard sales before, the best known methods are not known to me. Anyone an expert? Is it better to price things at where you want to sell them and stay firm, price things up a little and come down to what you want, or leave the prices off completely and wait for interest and bargain there? My usual method for selling stuff is probably the worst, but most effective. When selling a car I'll list it for about halfway between wholesale and retail, even though the condition is usually retail worthy, and I get a quick sale to usually the first serious caller. I leave a few bucks on the table, but thats replaced by making it quick and easy and still getting more than if I'd traded in. Always some discomfort when the buyer tries to dicker me down and I usually respond "look, I already dropped my pants on the price for you, I'm not going to put them over my head too."
I'm figuring to either leave the prices off and dicker or price them up a little and allow myself to be bargained down. Most of this stuff isnt the usual yard sale crap, its a set of golf clubs, some vcr's and dvd players...definitely a step up from ice cube trays and old shoes. I did discover from my last yard sale that having some "crap" brings in more lookers than just having "good stuff". So what pricing strategy works best for these things. I know these people come to dicker.
Second question on etiquette. This is something the cul de sac does annually, and I'm imagining someone paid for a newpaper ad or went around putting up signs. Should I offer to kick something in, do something gesturish like put out an urn of coffee, Or just wait and see if someone asks me to chip in next year?
Since yard sales were prohibited in the old mcmansion neighborhood and I usually donated all my old stuff to goodwill before that, my experience is limited!