$5, $350 and 25%
Well, we did survive the yard sale, but it’s taken us this long to recover!
I’m sure everyone else knows this already, but people showed up over an hour before we had advertised the sale to start while we were just beginning to set up. I couldn’t believe it. And someone else I’d never met picked up an item and scoffed at it saying, “Do you really want $5 for this?”, with this look on her face that seemed to say, why are you even alive? When I asked her if she wanted to offer less, she set it down with such a wave of disgust that I almost fell down. I mean, for all she knew, my great, great, great grandmother made it! It wasn’t like we refused to haggle with people. Someone should write a book about Yard Sale Etiquette!
Harry and I would have been totally hopeless without the help of his parents, Ed and Harriet. Their help pricing, sorting, arranging, haggling and tearing down was invaluable!! We are also very thankful for the people who donated their stuff to sell–so much stuff that we are going to have to have another sale!
We sold about 25% of the stuff we had to sell and made about $350, which we were very excited about! The only part we’re not excited about is the second yard sale we will be obligated to have with the other 75%. Oh well, it has to be easier once everything is sorted and priced, right???