Comments on: A Test in Self-Acceptance

By: Angelia Sims

Angelia Sims — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 03:23:26 +0000

I hate garage sales too. I got ripped OFF. Seriously! The dude bought 2 t-shirts for $2 and gave me a $20. I gave him $18 dollars in change. As he drove away, and I fingered a very crispy bill. I realized, to my horror, it was PAPER money. They had just copied a twenty and cut it out. STUPID!!!

Haven’t had a rip-me-off sale since. Bet THEY made more than $300 that day. 🙂

By: Marly

Marly — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:55:14 +0000

I agree. Garage sales are a PITA (our acronym for pain in the ….). I refuse to do them now. But then again, $300 sure sounds nice. But you spend so much time putting them together. And if you get rude comments like that…is it really worth it? I dunno, $300 might be worth a few crackpot comments.

By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:27:18 +0000

Okay I guess I’m the only one…I love garage sales! Although i have never thrown one, so maybe there is a whole other side to it. I am not one of those hagglers, I have seen them and I think their behavior is awful. I think..if it has a price on it, then that is the price!
I do know why folks ask the dreaded question about more clothes. Generally at smaller sales their space is limited and sometimes they have boxes of clothes that there was no room for and didn’t make it out yet. I personally don’t buy clothes for myself at garage sales.

Glad you made all that money, made it worth while after all.

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:41:14 +0000

In reply to Jeremy. I love the 'pop-up' ads behind the checkout counter. I noticed that from our window. Excellent use of a shameless plug.

By: christina

christina — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 05:48:06 +0000

I hate garage sales. Hate to attend and to have one or participate. I cant stand haggling over something that’s a freakin quarter to begin with and I want to chase people to their cars yelling “What?” “My craps not good enough for you”?

By: Mindy

Mindy — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 02:22:17 +0000

In reply to Jeremy.

Yep…my hubby is nothing if not inconspicuous…or shameless.
🙂
Mindy

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 02:12:29 +0000

I was pretty impressed with our haul as well. As you can see from the picture, I shamelessly plugged my Web sites at the garage sale, and even sold a few PTO shirts.

By: Mindy

Mindy — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 02:09:49 +0000

In reply to SuziCate. The fact that I was drinking a beer at 11:00 a.m. to calm my rattled nerves is very telling. :) Mindy

By: Mindy

Mindy — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 02:08:47 +0000

In reply to Mindee@ourfrontdoor.

Will do. Maybe. Unless I get rich between now and then. And I’m so rich the idea of throwing a garage sale is entirely ridiculous. Then you’re out of luck. 🙂
Mindy

By: Mindy

Mindy — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 02:07:51 +0000

In reply to Lori @ In Pursuit of Martha Points.

Bargain hunters can certainly be ridiculous. I have no problems with finding a good deal (although I really suck at it) but I’ve seen a whole new level of humanity this weekend. Geesh. 🙂
Mindy