We’re very pleased.  Someone hauled away all our bulky free stuff yesterday.  We put out a few more items that we scrounged yesterday afternoon for today, but the only taker was someone who hauled off a stove vent hood.  Other people purchased a mixture of large and small items.  The tables and shelves were looking decidedly emptier this afternoon before we closed, which means many, many things went to new homes, where we hope they will be loved anew.

None of the five cent books sold, so I’ll box them up and take them to Half Price books to see if there are any they are interested in purchasing.  If not, they will be recycled.  Ten cent books very quite popular as were fifty cent books.  I don’t believe anyone picked up any twenty-five cent books, which is interesting.  I’ll consider if we want to make the quarter books ten cents in August or if we’ll bump them up to fifty cents.  Ten cents may be the way to go.

All the games (except Tri-Ominoes) sold.  Outdoor sporting equipment moved well.  Two tires went out the door.  Chairs moved well, including one of the three upholstered rockers.  The rollaway bed with new but shopworn mattress didn’t go — maybe $25 is too much?

One of the first customers in on Friday morning bought every single jigsaw puzzle we had out — they were spread over two shelving units.  The woman is having foot surgery next month and is expecting to be in a wheelchair for a month.  I think she just likes puzzles.  She got a good deal — the $20 she paid us would have bought her maybe four or five new puzzles.  She must have gotten at least fifty puzzles from 300 – 8000 pieces in her haul yesterday.  It took three big boxes to hold them all.

Oddly, Kindereggs didn’t go this time.  Last time, they were very popular.  I have 150 left to find new homes for (just the eggs — no chocolate).  How do I know that?  Someone asked how much I wanted for them all, so I had to count to find out what I thought a fair price would be.  I guess my fair price was too much for her, or she’d moved onto other things when I provided the price, because I got no reaction from her.

The other popular items were sunglasses, drinking glasses, and kitchen items.

We talked with a few interesting people.  At the last sale, I started counting people as they came in.  Last time, we ran the sale on the first Saturday in August.  We had 56 people, I think.  This time, we ran both Friday and Saturday.  We had 52 people on Friday and 58 people on Saturday.  The monetary earnings were comparable all three days.  We got different people on Friday and Saturday.  Our only advertising for any of the three days was an ad in the newspaper (comes out once weekly on Thursday morning), and large yellow signs reading “INDOOR YARD SALE” in black letters in each of the corner windows on the building.  We were wondering if the two days was worth it, and we believe it is.  We’ve moved most of our bulky items out of the building.  We may have a small free area next time, but we may not advertise it in the paper (it added extra words to the ad, which added cost that may not have been necessary).  Hubby is considering adding a sign to the popular corner where yard sales are advertised in town just to see if that increases traffic any.

Many people asked what we planned to do with the building, so we shared our plans. A couple people were interested in leasing the building.  Interestingly, both people were interested in establishing a crafter’s mall.  Several people are hungry to have downtown revitalized with more than county offices.  We are, too.