We’re very pleased.\u00a0 Someone hauled away all our bulky free stuff yesterday.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 Other people purchased a mixture of large and small items.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n
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.\u00a0 If not, they will be recycled.\u00a0 Ten cent books very quite popular as were fifty cent books.\u00a0 I don’t believe anyone picked up any twenty-five cent books, which is interesting.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 Ten cents may be the way to go.<\/p>\n
All the games (except Tri-Ominoes) sold.\u00a0 Outdoor sporting equipment moved well.\u00a0 Two tires went out the door.\u00a0 Chairs moved well, including one of the three upholstered rockers.\u00a0 The rollaway bed with new but shopworn mattress didn’t go — maybe $25 is too much?<\/p>\n
One of the first customers in on Friday morning bought every single jigsaw puzzle we had out — they were spread over two shelving units.\u00a0 The woman is having foot surgery next month and is expecting to be in a wheelchair for a month.\u00a0 I think she just likes puzzles.\u00a0 She got a good deal — the $20 she paid us would have bought her maybe four or five new puzzles.\u00a0 She must have gotten at least fifty puzzles from 300 – 8000 pieces in her haul yesterday.\u00a0 It took three big boxes to hold them all.<\/p>\n
Oddly, Kindereggs didn’t go this time.\u00a0 Last time, they were very popular.\u00a0 I have 150 left to find new homes for (just the eggs — no chocolate).\u00a0 How do I know that?\u00a0 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.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n
The other popular items were sunglasses, drinking glasses, and kitchen items.<\/p>\n
We talked with a few interesting people.\u00a0 At the last sale, I started counting people as they came in.\u00a0 Last time, we ran the sale on the first Saturday in August.\u00a0 We had 56 people, I think.\u00a0 This time, we ran both Friday and Saturday.\u00a0 We had 52 people on Friday and 58 people on Saturday.\u00a0 The monetary earnings were comparable all three days.\u00a0 We got different people on Friday and Saturday.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 We were wondering if the two days was worth it, and we believe it is.\u00a0 We’ve moved most of our bulky items out of the building.\u00a0 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).\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n
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.\u00a0 Interestingly, both people were interested in establishing a crafter’s mall.\u00a0 Several people are hungry to have downtown revitalized with more than county offices.\u00a0 We are, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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