Garage sales are a good way to clean out some extra 'junk' (excuse me - treasures), and get a little cash at the same time. Or it's a great way to find some bargains. We got a pet carrier for our dog for $5, which would be $40 or more at a pet store.
They help the local economy, too. Why send more money overseas for clothes, when you can pay somebody down the street for something that their kids have outgrown.
Our subdivision is holding a Community Garage Sale, this weekend (May 6-7, 2011). We've been doing this twice per year for a couple of years, now. Usually 20 to 30 homes participate.
One nice thing about community garage sales - A person can go to a subdivision and have a better selection from multiple garage sales, than going around town to different ones. It saves them time and gas. For this reason, it seems increases traffic to each sale, which helps the seller have more potential buyers.
To promote the sale, our Homeowners Association had a banner made, which we hang at the front of the subdivision. This seemed to draw quite a bit of interest. In addition to that, I posted on Facebook and Twitter, announcing the sale, to get the word out.
Then we found a site called GarageSaleHunter.com, which lets you post garage sales for free, they will make a link to mapquest for you, as well.
Click Here for the map to our neighborhood sale.
For this sale, we also posted a listing on CraigsList and another site, which I recently found: YardSaleSearch.com. There's looks pretty slick, and they are working on a section just for community garage sales. It's free, but if you pay $5 they'll move your sale to the top. Or promote their site with a link , then they'll waive the $5, like this:
Find garage sales in Spring, TX.
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