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Garage and Tag Sale Tips

Garage, tag or estate sales might not be the preferred method for finding or selling your special collectibles, but it can happen, especially if you don't collect high-end items. It can be time consuming to have or even to go a garage sale, but it's also a lot of fun.
Top Tips for Having a Successful Garage Sale
My top tips for having a successful Garage Sale.
Ways to Ruin Your Garage Sale
Selling stuff at a garage sale and wonder why you don't make much money? Perhaps your strategy is all wrong.
Treasure Hunting at Garage, Tag and Estate Sales
Think of a garage sale as a treasure hunt that takes luck and being persistent since you'll likely be going to many garage sales before that "jewel" is found.
Garage Sale Finds: Trash or Treasures?
A recent article in the local newspaper bemoaned the fact that garage sale permits have fallen by about 25% this year. One of the factors mentioned was eBay, it's thought that folks were deciding to sell directly online instead of having a garage sale.
Is This a Garage Sale Addict or What?
For some reason, all I could think of was Garage Sale Junkie when I took this picture in a local parking lot. And the picture does not really do it justice -- but gives a pretty good idea! The inside was jam-packed with stuff piled up to the ceiling even on the front passenger side.
Oklahoma City's Largest Garage Sale
There are dozens of charities and piles of stuff from trash to interesting collectibles. Although you have to sort through a lot of junk to find the goodies, a charity garage sale can reap good finds. Typically the people doing the pricing are not sentimentally attached to the items, therefore are willing to price it just to get rid of it.

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