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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2019 3:00:45 GMT
No advertising at all? I’d back out. What’s the point if people can’t find you?
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Post by mom on Sept 3, 2019 3:10:38 GMT
What are the other 3 friends thinking at this point? This is all by text messages and the other three are silent. So I don't know for sure.
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Post by mom on Sept 3, 2019 3:12:11 GMT
She says 'the real garage sales' will find us. WTF. ? They will just find you with their spidey senses??? She says in the past that people have always found them without them advertising at all. She lives in a middle class neighborhood - but its not like you go by her house when you are driving by to go to the store. You have to intentionally go through her neighborhood to get to her house.
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Post by nlwilkins on Sept 3, 2019 3:16:37 GMT
Its way to much trouble hauling all that stuff over there with no advertising. If the sale is two days, perhaps when no one shows up the first day she might allow some signage the second day. If so, THEN haul that stuff over. Other wise, I would take only a carload and hang out with friends like mentioned earlier.
You can have another garage sale later for the heavier stuff. List items on facebook and other places and hold garage sale at the same time to save on time and effort.
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Post by mom2samlibby on Sept 3, 2019 3:19:15 GMT
? They will just find you with their spidey senses??? She says in the past that people have always found them without them advertising at all. She lives in a middle class neighborhood - but its not like you go by her house when you are driving by to go to the store. You have to intentionally go through her neighborhood to get to her house. I think that's fine if she is the only one having the sale. But, since she decided to host a multi-family sale with all of you, she has a responsibility to make it worth your time. You all have taken the time to gather your items, price your items, and haul to her house. In order for you all to have a successful sale, it needs to be advertised. Serious garage salers do read the ads or watch facebook to go to sales that have specific items they are looking for. If no one cares if they sale anything, her method will work. Without advertising, you won't have the sales or traffic that you are hoping for.
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Post by papersilly on Sept 3, 2019 3:21:56 GMT
Wouldn't waste the time and effort for that little advertising unless the 5 people who stop by wind up everything. Which is very unlikely. Find another place or donate everything.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Sept 3, 2019 3:22:57 GMT
That’s too much big stuff to haul if she’s not going to advertise. I wouldn’t bother bringing all that. I’d bring a few boxes of smaller stuff and participate on a smaller scale and just have a second sale in a couple weeks at my own house or one of the other girl’s houses who is also saying “WTF? No advertising?” with the big stuff I wanted to sell and advertise the heck out of it any place I could to help move it out.
And in the future I’d make sure to clarify ALL the “rules” for future sales up front. What a PITA.
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Post by Mystie on Sept 3, 2019 3:25:22 GMT
If she doesn’t want people to show up early in the ads you put no early sales. Either way she sounds like a non negotiator. I would suddenly have something else come up on that date. If you tell her any else she might get POd. DH definitely thinks she is going to be PO'd if I don't show. And to make things more uncomfortable, we are all going on a birthday trip for me in Oct together. So I kinda feel like I have to play along and suck it up. In that case, I'd take over one box of stuff and a thermos of mimosas and sit back in a comfy lawn chair and enjoy the peace and quiet of her unadvertised yard sale. Edit: my husband adds: have your own yard sale after the birthday trip. Lol.
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Post by cindyupnorth on Sept 3, 2019 4:01:16 GMT
Yep. To keep the peace you’ll have to do it. But I wouldn’t take all that big stuff. Just a few boxes of stuff. Then later have your own sale or advertise on Facebook sites for sale.
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Post by gritzi on Sept 3, 2019 4:01:37 GMT
There's no way I would put much effort into pricing & hauling large items there. I would tag a few boxes of clothes and household decor, take muffins & mimosas and call it a day.
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Post by NoWomanNoCry on Sept 3, 2019 4:01:49 GMT
Oh hell no lol! I wouldn’t be hauling all my crap over to her house when there is a good chance it won’t sell because she’s an idiot and won’t advertise..that makes no sense at all. You mentioned her excuse is safety reasons but at the end of the day she’s still having strangers show up randomly (maybe) if they just happens to stumble on her garage sale.
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Post by freecharlie on Sept 3, 2019 4:11:58 GMT
Sell the big things on fb or some other marketplace. Take little things that you are good with just donating after the sale over.
I've never heard of having a garage sale and not advertising.
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Post by mom on Sept 3, 2019 4:12:43 GMT
There's no way I would put much effort into pricing & hauling large items there. I would tag a few boxes of clothes and household decor, take muffins & mimosas and call it a day. Im thinking this is what I will do. Take *just enough* stuff and some donuts & mimosas. Then when I get bored and done, go home.
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Post by grammadee on Sept 3, 2019 4:13:30 GMT
Can you cart the smaller stuff to her place and take photos of the bigger stuff to create a flyer with them and your contact info to take with you to the event? Then if any drop ins are interested they can agree on a price and arrange for pick up separately, directly with you.
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Post by PrettyInPeank on Sept 3, 2019 4:19:50 GMT
This writes like an Episode of Seinfeld.
"Jerry I have to sell this stuff. And he's got the best yard, the best yard!" "So what's the problem?" "He won't advertise Jerry! No ads in the paper. Nothing!" "Well how will they find you? "He's allowing two signs!" "Two signs?" "TWO SIGNS!"
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Sept 3, 2019 4:22:22 GMT
I hosted a very very large Garage Sale. I had stuff all over my driveway, yard, sidewalk and in the neighbors' yards. We had to set up days in advance. For that reason I didn't want to put my address in the ads and have people showing up early. I put the date and time and then something like "On sale day, from the intersection of Main and Elm, follow the pink signs." I had no lack of traffic at all. Would your friend agree to that? I just messaged her - she said no. After that response, I would go it on my own. Geez.
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Post by PrettyInPeank on Sept 3, 2019 4:23:43 GMT
There's no way I would put much effort into pricing & hauling large items there. I would tag a few boxes of clothes and household decor, take muffins & mimosas and call it a day. Im thinking this is what I will do. Take *just enough* stuff and some donuts & mimosas. Then when I get bored and done, go home. I think it's the best plan as well
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Post by tanya2 on Sept 3, 2019 4:24:50 GMT
you lost me right at "5 girlfriends are supposed to have a massive garage sale" -that's a recipe for disaster right there. I'd be backing out
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Post by mom on Sept 3, 2019 4:31:50 GMT
This writes like an Episode of Seinfeld. "Jerry I have to sell this stuff. And he's got the best yard, the best yard!" "So what's the problem?" "He won't advertise Jerry! No ads in the paper. Nothing!" "Well how will they find you? "He's allowing two signs!" "Two signs?" "TWO SIGNS!" Im dying! YES!
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Post by mom on Sept 3, 2019 4:33:13 GMT
you lost me right at "5 girlfriends are supposed to have a massive garage sale" -that's a recipe for disaster right there. I'd be backing out Ha! Thats what DH said when I told him about it 6 weeks ago. He was like 'you know this wont end up well, right'? I really thought we had thought through everything and everyone was going to be grown ups. Ha.
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Post by lucyg on Sept 3, 2019 5:10:18 GMT
Yeah, just take enough stuff over there to be polite, and just stay until you don’t want to be there anymore. Preserve the friendship but don’t knock yourself out. However, I want to say that you’re never going to look at her the same way again. The friendship will never go back to what it was. She’ll always be “that garage-sale friend” for the rest of time.
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Post by mom on Sept 3, 2019 5:18:36 GMT
Yeah, just take enough stuff over there to be polite, and just stay until you don’t want to be there anymore. Preserve the friendship but don’t knock yourself out. However, I want to say that you’re never going to look at her the same way again. The friendship will never go back to what it was. She’ll always be “that garage-sale friend” for the rest of time. I think you're right. I called my best friend (she lives out of state, so not involved in this garage sale but will be in CO with us for my birthday trip) and ran it all by her. Her comment was that we should have just planned a best friend trip with just us and left the others at home. LOL She's already predicting that 'garage sale friend' is going to be a pain to deal with on our trip.
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Post by lucyg on Sept 3, 2019 5:24:42 GMT
Yeah, just take enough stuff over there to be polite, and just stay until you don’t want to be there anymore. Preserve the friendship but don’t knock yourself out. However, I want to say that you’re never going to look at her the same way again. The friendship will never go back to what it was. She’ll always be “that garage-sale friend” for the rest of time. I think you're right. I called my best friend (she lives out of state, so not involved in this garage sale but will be in CO with us for my birthday trip) and ran it all by her. Her comment was that we should have just planned a best friend trip with just us and left the others at home. LOL She's already predicting that 'garage sale friend' is going to be a pain to deal with on our trip. Please be sure to report back after the birthday trip.
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Post by AussieMeg on Sept 3, 2019 5:37:39 GMT
Can you cart the smaller stuff to her place and take photos of the bigger stuff to create a flyer with them and your contact info to take with you to the event? Then if any drop ins are interested they can agree on a price and arrange for pick up separately, directly with you. I think this is a perfect idea!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2019 5:48:50 GMT
We usually advertise a tag sale for a week before with pictures on social media but note on each ad that the actual location will be added to the post on the morning of the event.
This prevents early shoppers.
But yes, advertising is absolutely essential.
She should not have volunteered to host.
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Post by nlwilkins on Sept 3, 2019 7:30:37 GMT
If she doesn’t want people to show up early in the ads you put no early sales. Either way she sounds like a non negotiator. I would suddenly have something else come up on that date. If you tell her any else she might get POd. DH definitely thinks she is going to be PO'd if I don't show. And to make things more uncomfortable, we are all going on a birthday trip for me in Oct together. So I kinda feel like I have to play along and suck it up. If you don't have money invested in this yet, I think I would be not worrying about it. A trip with that many people never really goes well. There are always too many decisions to be made and too many people to make happy. So don't worry about the birthday trip and just do what you feel is right for the garage sale. This garage sale is a good indication of how the trip would go = someone will always make it miserable for everybody else and with this many people, they might even take turns doing it.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Sept 3, 2019 9:52:03 GMT
Is it too late to switch locations? Hell, it's not like it's been advertised for anyone to get confused. Play the caring friend, offer to have it somewhere else so her house is "safe," and advertise the heck out of it!
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Post by jennyap on Sept 3, 2019 10:18:34 GMT
Can you cart the smaller stuff to her place and take photos of the bigger stuff to create a flyer with them and your contact info to take with you to the event? Then if any drop ins are interested they can agree on a price and arrange for pick up separately, directly with you. Perfect suggestion. Your friend is being paranoid. Without names on advertising, what exactly is it that she's afraid of revealing - the fact that a house exists at that address? Pretty sure that is a matter of public record
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Post by suzastampin on Sept 3, 2019 12:44:32 GMT
Personally, I’d become “ill” for this weekend, then have your own next weekend. If anything is said about you having one the next weekend, you could say that you had already dragged out the stuff for this weekend. You could even invite her to bring stuff to yours and advertise the heck out of it. I’ve advertised in both the local papers and also on social media and have put my address and nothing has ever happened. How else are people going to find it?
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Sept 3, 2019 12:47:15 GMT
"That's not how this works. That's not how any of this works."
Your friend reminds me of the clueless lady on that commercial. She clearly has no idea how a garage sale works.
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