The results are in: $180. Not bad for 5 hours. I was amazed at the things people bought. Clothes, comic books, fabric, a mini sewing machine, electric hair curlers. The only thing that didn’t sell that shocked me was my pasta maker. I have an Italian hand crank pasta maker that no one wanted. Trying to decide if I’ll keep it or not.
We still have a lot of stuff to sell or give away. I’ll be listing things on Craig’s List and donating to the local shelter. I need to get this stuff out of my garage so my poor car can get back into it.
I will say that tag sales are a lot of work, but having the extra $180 bucks is worth it. Will I have one every year? I don’t think I’ll be able to since I don’t buy much. This was the accumulation of 10 years worth of stuff. I could probably make another sweep through the house and hold another one next Spring but I don’t want to hold on to all this stuff that long. This may be the last one we have until we have kids. With our busy schedules, that will probably be a while.
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Hey, I might take the pasta maker. I always wanted to try one but didn’t want to commit to buying one new.
So if you’re on the fence, would you be willing to loan it to me (or I’ll buy it at tag sale price if you want)?
I have friends who held a sale 3 weekends in a row and were able to sell almost everything that way. So if you have the energy, try it one more weekend and see if you can double your take.