Successful Sale!
When Nicole first approached me with having a garage sale two years ago, I threw it up there with the rest of her crazy ideas. Who the heck wants to get up at 6:30am and sell anything? Who in their right mind wants to go buy stuff from someone else at 6:30 in the morning? Well, having done this a couple times... many people. Its unbelievable how many people are looking for that one particular thing that is no longer sold in stores. Maybe its someone who is just looking for a deal. The bottom line is -- garage sales work on multiple levels.
First - you get paid for something that has probably sit in your closet or garage for a couple years (or even more).
Second - you get your space back.
For me, the key issue has always been space. We have two separate "one car" garages. Which means, by todays standards.. its a narrow garage not much bigger than your average parking space at Vons. With more kid stuff coming in than leaving (there always exists the potential for another child until one of us, gets our tubes cut), we have been struggling to find more storage. Nicole parks her car in one garage, so that pretty much leaves the majority of storage in the other. With all my large tools, and surfboards, there isn't much room to park my truck, much less our future van. But today, I'm free to design my garage the way I want to. We've sold a good portion of things we no longer use, which again means, which I will no longer store in my garage. I'm going to have to develop some nice shelves or cabinets to house my future junk.
For Nicole, I'm sure it was about selling. She tells me (and herself) that she hates to sell stuff. But quite honestly, she's a natural. I'm fairly sure she gets that from her Dad. She was wheeling and dealing, attempting to sell water to the Alhambra delivery guy. She was great. If you got your own salesperson at home... you aught to think of having a garage sale. I'm sure you have stuff filling up your house.
First - you get paid for something that has probably sit in your closet or garage for a couple years (or even more).
Second - you get your space back.
For me, the key issue has always been space. We have two separate "one car" garages. Which means, by todays standards.. its a narrow garage not much bigger than your average parking space at Vons. With more kid stuff coming in than leaving (there always exists the potential for another child until one of us, gets our tubes cut), we have been struggling to find more storage. Nicole parks her car in one garage, so that pretty much leaves the majority of storage in the other. With all my large tools, and surfboards, there isn't much room to park my truck, much less our future van. But today, I'm free to design my garage the way I want to. We've sold a good portion of things we no longer use, which again means, which I will no longer store in my garage. I'm going to have to develop some nice shelves or cabinets to house my future junk.
For Nicole, I'm sure it was about selling. She tells me (and herself) that she hates to sell stuff. But quite honestly, she's a natural. I'm fairly sure she gets that from her Dad. She was wheeling and dealing, attempting to sell water to the Alhambra delivery guy. She was great. If you got your own salesperson at home... you aught to think of having a garage sale. I'm sure you have stuff filling up your house.
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