Don’t forget these tips from Tinka:

“1: Make sure to leave early – I like to have breakfast first, and start out around 9 am, but many leave earlier and you don’t want to miss out on the best merchandise!

2.  Bring plenty of change, lots of $1 bills and coins.

Having a yard sale? One word: SIGNAGE!

Use neon colors to make your signs more visible, and put at least three or four up in different places.  Neighbors who want to rain on your parade by pulling up one sign rarely go to the trouble to get them all, but if you don’t have good signage customers won’t be able to find you.”

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My [Vivienne's] personal recommendations:

1: If you are holding a yard sale, stay out of the sun as much as possible.  Set up a chair in the back of the garage and only come out when you have customers.

2: Wear plenty of sunscreen anyway!  If you get busy you may be out in the sun more than you think, and if you are going to yard sales you’ll be out in the sun most of the day.

3:  Drink plenty of water!  Even if you are just sitting quietly, with hardly any customers, the heat sucks the moisture right out of you and it is easy to get dehydrated (especially here in Florida).  And nothing tastes better than a cold bottle of water when you’ve been walking around shopping for a couple of hours!

Kids, here’s a great business tip: if someone in your neighborhood is having a yard sale, set up a lemonade stand nearby or on the route in or out from the main road.  One weekend I was ready to kill for a drink, because I’d forgotten to bring a bottle of water with me and I was dying of thirst.  Then I caught sight of an enterprising young man sitting with his father in front of his house with a lemonade stand, selling a 16 oz. cup of lemonade for $1.  It was delicious, the quantity was just what I needed, and the price was right.  Smart kid!

Have fun this weekend!

BB,

Vivienne, Tinka and Boosha

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“Before there was any such thing as Craig’s list, I made money re-selling items in circulations like “The Thrifty Nickel.”  These circulars are arranged by category, and for a small fee anyone can place an ad for any item they want to sell second hand.  Of course, these days, we have  Craig’s List online, another great place to market your re-sale items.

When looking for places to buy, don’t forget police auctions.  We’ll go into detail about how to find out when and where these and other great second market opportunities are going to be, in upcoming podcasts.

Happy shopping!

Boosha”

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