Holy crap. You have experienced nothing until you've thrown a good old American garage sale.
First, we made the the cardinal mistake of not having everything out and ready well before the publicized time of the sale. By 10 after 9, the hordes of vultures had descended upon our humble offerings and begun cleaning us out. T-Vo had to make a mad dash inside to find more stuff to sell, as we began to fall victim to the "drive-bys"....or the hard-core G salers who drive by the sale, gauge the goods from the road, and keep on going if the spread you've put out is not deemed adequate.
So Tim became the "stager," or the one who made our layout more aesthetically pleasing. I was the salesperson. Together, we were a lethal combination of garage sale bad-assitude who not only 1) broke even, 2) cleared $150, but 3) cut loose several large and ugly pieces of furniture, a 25 y/o TV, a VCR, a microwave, an air conditioner, and a FRICKIN' MANUAL PUSH MOWER.
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Its amazing the sheer volume of absolute junk people took off our hands - and paid for! A bed frame, several old bookbags, used socks, all the 10 year old medical reference books I could find... Unbelievable.
Tim
Tomorrow we're pulling out all the stops and bringing out the partially-eaten blocks of cheese, half-used sticks of deodorant, and dirty Kleenex. We're going to be RICH!
Used socks? People pay money for these? Holy cow. I give them to Goodwill or Purple Heart or whoever asks first.
Also, the thrift store where I get most of my wool sweaters for making scarves (don't sell any wool sweaters! send them to me!!) sells toiletries. Like, half-used lotion and stuff. Is that the most disgusting thing you've ever heard? Actually, I don't know that I've ever looked closely enough at the shampoo etc. to see if it's been opened, but I'm guessing yes. They even sell used pantyhose at that place. It's out of control.
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