tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043546193960902595.post8461793605337794672..comments2024-03-01T02:13:02.263-06:00Comments on Thanks, Mail Carrier: Yard Sale Addiction... and Etiquette?Xeniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10654183306958862537noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043546193960902595.post-75946090032166792422011-07-27T20:31:23.905-05:002011-07-27T20:31:23.905-05:00I do go to garage sales occasionally. I think I ha...I do go to garage sales occasionally. I think I have good etiquette because I don't really touch anything. I mostly buy books or puzzles and those are easy to put back just how I found them. I have always kind of wanted to host a garage sale - but never have.Beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01335822447056360488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043546193960902595.post-74159055890595947962011-07-25T12:18:49.090-05:002011-07-25T12:18:49.090-05:00I don't know that I could be converted. ;-) We...I don't know that I could be converted. ;-) We have had one garage sale in the past, and I am still so traumatized by it that I can't bring myself to have another. The best part were the people peering in my house as we were bringing stuff out before the sun even came up! What is wrong with people?<br /><br />Oh, and I don't sort or tag anything. I will pretty much take what people offer. Maybe you should come to FL and hold a garage sale for me...if I made some decent money, I might like them better.LeeAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17086039991731328011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043546193960902595.post-40190224385229635912011-07-25T08:35:13.425-05:002011-07-25T08:35:13.425-05:00I can only tolerate doing them once every three ye...I can only tolerate doing them once every three years or so, but I always make a lot of money. Of course, when you break it down to the number of hours spent preparing, I'm probably making less than minimum wage.Liz Mayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13960276167677132860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043546193960902595.post-81789603320781419282011-07-24T23:26:31.992-05:002011-07-24T23:26:31.992-05:00I try to not make things messy and stack things ba...I try to not make things messy and stack things back in place but this weekend my little 1 year old was "sorting" clothes from a pile on a tarp to the ground as I was shopping. OOPS! I put them all back and the people didn't mind but I'm sure they didn't want their clothes off the tarp. wooopsieee. :)TheSmellyArmpithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00228153317543694330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043546193960902595.post-15684050885925013822011-07-24T22:41:51.567-05:002011-07-24T22:41:51.567-05:00Yes! We always make sure we put things back where...Yes! We always make sure we put things back where they were. And we don't offer less than full price until the last hour or so of the sale. When we did ours, though, we had people trying to offer us 1/2 price in the first hour, and even one lady who switched price tags and then tried to talk us down from her self-reduced prices. It was wild. I was glad my husband was there to back me up!Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09957130031534428914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043546193960902595.post-48024012638734509982011-07-24T22:26:42.977-05:002011-07-24T22:26:42.977-05:00I think I do have good garage sale etiquette. I a...I think I do have good garage sale etiquette. I am always annoyed by those that leave everything a mess. I find it even more annoying when the person who is having the sales has everything thrown out all over the yard. <br /><br />Also, what is up with the garage sale drivers? Especially the older ladies with their vans? Every single time I go to a garage sale, there is one of those ladies that pulls up right in front of the driveway and leaves her car running, not even bothering to notice she's blocking everyone else. Or the ladies that pull up and park on the wrong side of the road or practically in the middle of the road!<br /><br />Now I will say, I hope to get a van someday and I will be an older lady, but I will NOT be one of those ladies. LOL!Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342467790727259855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043546193960902595.post-15461842236533493332011-07-24T22:15:17.184-05:002011-07-24T22:15:17.184-05:00We had a garage sale a month or so ago and the peo...We had a garage sale a month or so ago and the people watching was just about the best part of it (since it was pouring down rain and we didn't make much money). I love garage sales, too. But am also amazed by how some can be so poorly put together. And how people in general just don't have good etiquette, too. The ones that make a mess at your garage sale, probably do it at a store too.Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04160916541162265374noreply@blogger.com