Garage Sale Customers Pet Peeves



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When preparing for a garage sale, think of your potential
customers and set up your display from their point of view.

Clean clothes and display them neatly folded on tables or
put them on hangers.  Many customers will simply drive by if
they see clothes on the ground.

People going to garage sales are trying to attend as many
sales as possible.
Start your sale early.  If your city has legal time limits
for holding garage sales then use the entire span of time.

Be realistic when pricing items.  People attend garage sales
for low prices.  Charge $1.00 for a hardback book that cost
you $19.95.  Don't try to get $10.00 for it.  You'll sell
more books at the lower price than the high price.

Customers like to know who is having the sale so they can
ask questions about items.  Make it easy for them to find
you.  Wear a name tag or other type of identification to let
customers know who is having the garage sale.

Put price tags on all items.  Include big ticket items.
Many customers will simply pass by an item rather than hunt
you down to ask a price even if they like the item.

It's not always clear to customers that items without price
tags are not for sale.  To prevent nuisance questions place
"not for sale" signs on all furniture, or other large items
that you can not move, to prevent customers from asking the
price on them.

Put up a large sign saying that all sales are final.
Otherwise some customers may try to return items at a later
date.

Be polite to customers who stop and don't buy as well as
those who do.  They just didn't find anything they were
looking for at this time but the next time you have a garage
sale they will remember your attitude and may come again.

Take down signs after the sale.  Garage sale customers do
not want to waste time driving to an address that had a sale
last week.  The next time you really do have a sale, they
may just dismiss the sign not trusting that a sale really is
at that address.

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Author:  Marilyn Pokorney
Freelance writer of science, nature, animals and the
environment.
Also loves crafts, gardening, and reading.
Website: http://www.apluswriting.net
Email:  Current address on website
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