My neighborhood had a garage sale this past Saturday so I decided to participate instead of donating my items like I usually do. Was it worth my time and effort? Absolutely not. It was my first and LAST garage sale. I’ve always felt that it’s just not worth the time you have to spend sorting and pricing the items and still have to deal with the items you don’t sell. I spent about 3 hours on Friday putting the items out and pricing them and then had to be up early on Saturday because the garage sale started at 7am. At noon on Saturday I decided to call it quits and packed up the many remaining items that didn’t sell to donate to charity. I know that some people make a lot of money on garage sales but the little I made was just not worth my time. I was better off donating everything to charity and taking the tax deduction. What’s your opinion on garage sales?
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Lita Daniel is a Professional Organizer offering organizing services on the islands of St. Thomas, St. John, & St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Caribbean.
I used to love to attend garage sales years ago. Now I rarely go to garage sales unless there’s one in my neighborhood and something catches my eye. I’m finally of the mind that if I’m going to stay organized I cannot buy every basket, knick knack and potential craft project I see.
Regarding having garage sales: I’m of the same mind you are, Lita. It just isn’t worth the time spent on preparation and actually having the sale. Rather than have a garage sale, I would prefer to offer my items on Freecycle or Craigslist. There’s always someone who can benefit from my unused items and it feels good to help someone out. If I’m in a hurry to clean up/organize an area and don’t want to bother with Freecycle or Craigslist I simply donate to Goodwill. I heartily approve of the good work Goodwill does.
Thanks for commenting Anna. Freecycle, Craigslist & Goodwill are all great choices. Also depending on the items you have, you can donate to organizations like homeless & pregnancy shelters.
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