Instant Garage Sale

It’s Saturday morning and you try to put away that new gizmo that you picked up on Friday night at Costco. You open the closet and try to find a place for it. You stuff it here and there but finally realize there is no room for it. If you put it in the closet you can’t close the door… time for action. You have no time to sort and carefully lay out items… you need something quick and easy… something to solve this problem now… you need an instant garage sale.

The problem is… you hate garage sales. They always take a lot of time, require a lot of haggling, and stress you out. You put your stuff out in the driveway and hope someone will buy it. The usual result is a sunburn, a lot of arguing over a 50 cent item, and a few bucks in your pocket… hardly a good way to spend a Saturday.

You need a solution. You need the marketing expertise of a Seth Godin to help you market your stuff and the organizational prowess of a David Allen to plan things out and get people there. You throw your hands up in the air in frustration… but then you see this link on the web page… hmmmm an “instant garage sale kit.” You download the small file and follow the directions. Suddenly things are looking up and a smile comes across your face… you can do this.

You quickly print out a couple of sheets of marketing materials followed by three garage sale signs. Instantly you are energized. You grab a Sharpie marker and start writing prices and grabbing item after item from your closet. You tape the brightly colored tags to each item, clearly marked with a price. You grab all of your items and head for the driveway. You have your spouse take the directional signs down to the corner and put them up.

Soon people are lined up at the end of your driveway. The brightly colored labels make price selection easy. Instead of haggling you are selling. Ker-ching after Ker-ching, the sales ring up. As the selection dwindles people start bidding up the items. Those marketing labels are working great. Soon all of the items are gone and your wallet is bulging. You list each sale on the garage sale roster and add things up. A cool $100 in less than an hour. Not bad for an hour on a Saturday morning.

You can experience the same thing this weekend.

The Garage Sale Kit Includes:

  • Colorful Marketing label template
  • Three directional sign templates
  • Sales roster template

Additional Materials Needed:

Here’s how to do it.

  • Download the Instant Garage Sale Kit
  • Print out 3 or 4 sheets of Avery Business Card Labels
  • Print out 3 Directional Signs on brightly colored paper
  • Grab a Sharpie marker and start pricing
  • Tape labels to each item
  • Place your items in a salable location (driveway etc)
  • Place directional signs on street corners
  • Sell, Sell, Sell!
  • Tally your sales figures up on your sales roster

Here is a quick and easy way to instantly turn a garage sale into a pleasurable and profitable experience.

Take control of your life. Click here



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50 Responses to 'Instant Garage Sale'

  1. Rachel - May 15th, 2006 at 1:47 am

    Fantastic. We are moving abroad soon and will have so much junk to get rid of so considering a garage sale or car boot sale.

    Rachel
    Home Based Business Website

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  8. Zengrrl - April 8th, 2007 at 2:28 pm

    This will come in handy in a few months when I have to move myself and my gramma. May I add two more tips?

    1] Make sure you have plenty of change on hand. I suggest $20 in $1 bills, $20-$30 in $5 bills and at least 1 roll of quarters if you price anything at less than a whole dollar amount. A lot of people will bring only $20 bills and you need to be able to give them change.

    2] Buy a couple cases of soda – 1 cola, 1 non-cola and 1 diet at least – break out a cooler with some ice and sell the cans to customers wandering around for 50 cents each (75 cents if you go with individual bottles). Look for sales on soda up to a month before the sale to maximize your profit on them.

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  11. Dennis Smith - May 11th, 2007 at 6:25 pm

    am I getting something free ?

  12. V. Hutton - May 11th, 2007 at 7:10 pm

    Thank you for giving out free yard sale stuff.

  13. Debby - May 12th, 2007 at 6:05 pm

    My printer is out of ink–I am having a yard sale to make money to buy a new cartridge–so…………

  14. Kathy - May 15th, 2007 at 4:28 pm

    i need a makeover from top to bottom so i need to have at least 5 Yard sales to achieve this!

  15. Natalie - June 5th, 2007 at 5:12 pm

    Check out http://www.GarageSaleNation.com. It provides free citywide maps of Garage Sales across the nation. Last weekend they had over 27,000 garage sales mapped.

  16. Juno888 - June 1st, 2007 at 8:23 pm

    Really thats for ony 5c… but could it free lol…

  17. bruce a scott - June 1st, 2007 at 10:52 am

    i would like the fre kit my address is 3136westcr580south regards bruce a scott

  18. Robin Lee - June 25th, 2007 at 1:29 am

    I would like the free kit.

    Robin Lee
    7664 Hinton Avenues, Unit 10

  19. Tiffany Briley - June 25th, 2007 at 8:18 pm

    I have been thinking about having a garage sale sometime this summer, I have too much stuff as it is. sure I’d like to check out this kit.

    PO Box 7973
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  20. Denis Callan - July 19th, 2007 at 5:35 pm

    Hey guys…another great website out there for free garage sale postings is Garage Sale Addict – http://www.garagesaleaddict.com

    Check it out.

  21. Chris - August 1st, 2007 at 7:03 am

    I can’t open any of the Word docs for the garage sale kit. They’re all corrupted. Anyone else have problems?

  22. SHERRY LASCH - August 1st, 2007 at 8:05 pm

    I WOULD LIKE A GARAGE SALE KIT SINCE I AM HAVING A GARAGE SALE AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER.

    2113 WEST STATE
    JAMESTOWN PA 16134

  23. Raine - August 27th, 2007 at 8:50 pm

    Thank You I will have a nice time planning my next garage sale!

  24. Pleated Shades - September 11th, 2007 at 7:03 pm

    Big help! My parents will soon be downsizing and needing to do one large garage sale. All your info./kit will certainly be a big help….thanks Di

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  27. slimick - May 14th, 2008 at 7:57 am

    I would like a garage sale kit. I need to get rid of a lot of stuff I do not need anymore. Some really nice things someone else could enjoy.

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  31. New and Used Garage Sale - July 17th, 2008 at 9:51 pm

    Everyone’s home have at least US1000 worth of garage laying at home, that’s the statics in the world. Therefore having a garage sale of your own can have you an extra money to make use of, in my hometown in Asia, we have car boot garage sale, it’s fun.

  32. Debbie McEntire - July 19th, 2008 at 12:28 am

    I am so excited – I have lots of great items to put in my Labor Day sale and this will help me soooo much. Please send to 18815 Bilbrook Lane, Dallas, TX 75287!!

  33. Garage Sale Guru - August 1st, 2008 at 3:33 pm

    Try an online sale! This site (garagesalehomepage.com) will create a custom web page for your Garage Sale and for each of your Garage Sale Items.
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    For items that don’t get the price you want you can place them in an online sale and take as long as you need to get your price. Good Luck

  34. Tracy Hatfield - August 16th, 2008 at 9:33 am

    My house is so cluttered with things I don’t need that I don’t have enough room for the stuff that I do need. I really need to have a yard sale soon. Please send to 51 Mead McNeer Rd. Wheelersburg, OH 45694. Thank you so much.

  35. Successful Garage Sale Tips - August 17th, 2008 at 12:00 am

    Having a garage sale of your own is the best! You can clear the stuffs that you don’t need and someone else might need it and also get some spare cash for yourself at the end of the day, its a great win-win there!

    Every housewhole have at least US1000 worth of garage items, be it old or new, go get them and start selling!

  36. Heidi - November 29th, 2008 at 8:20 pm

    Seriously?! I can’t believe people are stupid enough not only to miss the “DOWNLOAD HERE” link, but to post their home addresses online. Geez.

  37. DEBBIE STEPHENS - January 12th, 2009 at 7:00 am

    PLEASE SEND GARAGE SALE STUFF FOR THE SIGNS TO 2615 PAULA DR DENISON TEXAS 75020 THANK YOU

  38. Karla Vermeulen - April 10th, 2009 at 8:56 pm

    please send garage sales stuff for the signs to Karla Vermeulen 2725 E.Forest Lot.18 Rothbury Mi. 49452,Thanks-you very much

  39. Karla Vermeulen - April 13th, 2009 at 11:45 am

    thank-you for the help

  40. charleen mergenthaler - April 15th, 2009 at 9:26 am

    i will be haveing one soon can you please send it to me it would help me out thank you so much miss c. m.

  41. Cyndi Ligon - April 24th, 2009 at 1:13 pm

    I would like for you to send me a free garage or yard sale kit. Thank you.
    Cynthia Ligon
    3621 Harry Davis Road
    Bullock, North Carolina
    27507
    cjcw@ncol.net

  42. Lynnie Mullins - May 13th, 2009 at 10:05 am

    I would like to receive one of yor garage sale kits.

  43. Jeffery Pulis - May 14th, 2009 at 4:19 am

    Hello, Could you please send me the garage sale kit? This would be greatly appreciated. My address: 5034 Maple Ridge Rd Sterling, Michigan 48659 Thank you very much!!!

  44. LaTrisha Hunt - May 14th, 2009 at 8:06 pm

    This is a really good site, Keep up the good work. I really needed this cause i plan on having a sale Memorial Weekend. Thank You

  45. Vaughn Anderson-Stone - July 26th, 2009 at 5:16 am

    Would like a garage sale kit to try and raise money to help with medical bills. Thanks so much,

  46. Charity Atwood - July 31st, 2009 at 7:46 am

    I would love to have one of your kits as I was told by kids and husban you need to clean out to much for 1 bedroom house Thanks

  47. Grace Mauer - November 13th, 2009 at 7:01 am

    Would really help getting ready for a garage sale.

  48. Annie Young - November 30th, 2009 at 10:24 pm

    I would like to recieve one of your garage kits because it would really help out when i have my garage sale next spring of 2010 thank you.

  49. jillian - December 8th, 2009 at 1:39 pm

    I will use this kit when received to host my 1st. sale. I need all of the help that I can get. Thanks so much, and send mine really soon!

  50. SHERRYVEST - December 10th, 2009 at 11:58 am

    I WOULD LOVE TO USE THIS AT MY HUGE SALE THANK YOU


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