And Flea Markets OVERVIEW On almost any given weekend across the country, someone is holding a garage sale, attending a swap meet or setting up a booth at a flea market. The quote “someone’s junk is someone else’s treasure” makes these events both plausible and plentiful. Most of us are accumulators. We pack what we [...]
First, set a date and time when you can devote your full time to this sale, for gathering up various articles as well as being able to attend the sale full time. Second, plan just what you’re going to put in this sale, if you are going to have the sale alone, or with two [...]
Garage sales are like any other form of business. To get the most money out of your garage sale, you have to know what you are doing. You have to be acquainted with the market, advertise for business, offer competitive prices and quality merchandise. The first thing to do in most cases, is visit or [...]
Pick almost any city or town in the country, drive through any middle class neighborhood or residential area on the weekend, and you’re sure to spot at least a half dozen garage sales. What’s being sold at these garage sales? The accumulated “junk” people no longer use or want taking up space in or around [...]
With a small printing press in your garage, basement or shop – accept and contract (at first) for printing jobs that are too small for your competition. The possibilities include doing jobs for stationery stores, advertisers, sub-contract work for larger printers and the local newspaper, as well as custom retail orders such as wedding announcements, [...]
In this day and age, everyone seemingly knows how to put together and hold a garage sale. Yet is this is so, why is it that some people are lucky to gross $150 while others consistently make $1,500 or more from their garage sales. Pick almost any city or town in the country; drive through [...]
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