We held a garage sale to pass on our preloved goods to others who may love them more than we currently do. As there was an auction next to my in laws we thought it would be a good day to hold the sale. Absolute minimal advertising was done (signs on street posts on the day and a 3AW ad), we hadn't priced anything and it was all a bit last minute really.
We made some cash and still had quite a bit left. The auction idea hadn't worked as well as we had thought. A few people cam e and looked and bought prior to the auction but most were preoccupied. After the auction everyone left withing about 2 minutes. Apart from the new house owner! I guess they were all disappointed and didn't want to hang around. Anotehr thing that I only really thought of in the morning was that if they were really looking to move they probably wouldn't want to buy things from a garage sale.
As we had many things left and my FIL was not overly impressed about all the items left, it was decided we would hold a car boot sale and a baby and kids market. So there is now about 7 weeks to go until the event.
It will be a fundraising event for disadvantaged kids to go on camp. All we need to do is sell stalls, advertise and a whole bunch of other stuff. Have researched and found out all the things we did wrong last time. Hoping this one goes a whole lot better.
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