We did a tag sale last saturday, and it was a resounding success.
Some of the highlights:
- We must have sold over 80% of our stuff. If you were to “blend” all our stuff into one big homogenized mass, we unloaded about 90% of our original mass.
- People amaze me. They buy the weirdest sh*t. Remember a few months ago, when I redid my bathroom? Someone actually bought my old sink. 5 bucks. And I was just going to throw it out. Amazing. I was actually kind of happy, because there was nothing wrong with it, and they guy really seemed like he needed one.
- Sold Karen’s old computer, (a Dell Dimension, 1.8 ghz,256 megs o’ ram, 40 gigga). This was a very hot item, lots of interest in it. 125 bucks.
- I met, for the first time, a professional tag saler. And it is everything you would expect. JUST like the comic book guy from the Simpsons. Dangerously overweight, extremely haughty and overbearing, and a cutthroat deal maker. He would try to haggle you down on 10 cent items. I’m not kidding.
- We had at least one customer who was a professional ebayer! They troll the local (and sometimes not local) tag sales, clean the stuff up, and resell on ebay. I’ll post the guy’s ebay account soon. Our stuff should be up next week.
- For future reference: When doing a tag sale, post ads in at least 2 local papers, post signs on at least 2 major roads near the sale with signs at every turn, and be prepared to wake up at an ungodly hour to begin setting up. People LOVE to come ridiculously early.
what…. no pictures? Lazy Bay-ard
Yeah, I’m super lazy. No pictures. I’ll be smarter next time.
You want pictures of a TAG SALE??????? Walde, you my friend suck at life, you should drink a gallon of aids and die right this instant:)