Too Hot For A Garage Sale?
My husband and I recently moved and have a lot of crap to sell. Do you think it’s too hot outside for people to be out cruising garage sales? (I live in St. Louis area, so it’s about 90 outside right now and humid!)
Also, I live far back in a neighborhood, so it might be hard for people to follow signs. Any suggestions on that?
Go to http://www.garagesalequeen.com/ and you will get a lot of good tips. About the heat, try starting early, like 6 or 7am (i know that would be difficult for me) but that’s when the die hard garage sale people are out and its still cool. That way you can shut down by noon when it’s really starting to get hot. Since you are in the back of a neighborhood, make sure you advertise in the local paper so people can find you. Make big print signs with arrows and make a trail to your house posting one at every turn. Have fun and good luck!
No, I don’t think it’s too hot. Start early in the morning when it’s still cool outside. But people will stop through all day. As far as your signs go. Put some up at the closest intersection to you. Then make one path that you think it will be easiest for people to get to. Line that path with your signs. It shouldn’t be a problem. There is only a month or so left of nice weather so if you are wanting to get rid of the stuff now then I would go for it!! Good luck with everything!!
Have it at 6 AM when it’s cooler. That’s what everyone does out here in the Desert Southwest (gets up in the 100s during the day).
As a bonus, we sell cold soft drinks (the cans) for 50 cents or a dollar…extra money for you, and the shoppers stay cool and buy more…smiles
Good luck!
I know that in Northern AR there are a lot of people who go to garage sales year round. It’s just as hot/humid here, and we live down a dirt road, but we are planning on having a garage sale within the next couple of weeks. I think it’s worth a shot, and then if you don’t sell it all, either have another one a couple of weeks later or give what’s left over to a thrift store.
Never to hot for a yard sale…just do it on a weekend…make sure you have signs that are large enough to read and have the dates, times, house number and street you live on…if you live in the country, make sure you have a sign at EVERY turn to get to your house…