Garage Sales – Why Does Anyone Want My Junk?
I know there are people who get excited about having or visiting garage sales. The host inevitably thinks they are going to make an abundance of money peddling things that are no longer wanted in their domicile. Those annexing these discarded treasures mirthfully run from garage sale to garage sale trying to find a steal (what a great way to spend a weekend day).
The host inevitably feels that the value of their personal trumpery is worth more than should be posted on the price tag – ‘well it cost me $25 three years ago so it has to be worth $10 now”. Whereas the garage sale patron will barter and haggle and lose a deal over a quarter. Shouldn’t you feel like a dufis if something is marked at a quarter and you feel the need to haggle it for a dime – it’s a quarter for crying out loud, just pay it!!!!!
The host of the garage sale are stalkers and prognosticators, they remind me of a furniture salesman. The moment a car drives up, they are eyeing them and internally placing odds as to whether they are going to purchase anything. Old car, no teeth this patron is not going to yield anything, let the kids stalk them. As the purchaser, if you are going to take the time to waddle out of the car, you have to buy something, that should be a rule. Drop a quarter on the kids peddling a doll if you need to but you have to buy something otherwise don’t bedevil the hosts by getting out of the car. Failure to purchase something will assuredly cause ridicule from the seller once you have sauntered back to your vehicle.
At the end of the garage sale, the seller is always befuddled about the items that didn’t sell. “I can’t believe that no one bought this shirt.” They are almost hurt and offended that someone didn’t want their junk when of course the seller no longer wanted this refuse either, that is why it was for sale to start with! Of course for a purchaser why aren’t you buying this nicer stuff anyway?? I know the saying “some people’s trash is other people’s treasures” but if you are not even purchasing the nicer stuff at a garage sale and instead are looking at the items for a dollar or less, chances are pretty darn fine that you too are getting just that, OPT (other peoples trash) – so Opt for the nicer things at a garage sale, you are still getting a great bargain for sure!
If you haven’t noticed, I am not a big fan of Garage Sales. Personally, I always feel as though I am begging for money by having them. In reality, my least favorite part of the whole event is when it is all done and you still have a ton of drivel sitting in your garage and now have to take it back in the house and save for the next garage sale (where, of course, it will not sell because it is garbage). Worse yet, you have already filled the space of the item you are bringing back in with something else so now you have no room for this debris. This year I vow to not bringing anything back in, it all goes to Purple Heart, I am going to break this annual cycle of a garage sale once and for all!
The host inevitably feels that the value of their personal trumpery is worth more than should be posted on the price tag – ‘well it cost me $25 three years ago so it has to be worth $10 now”. Whereas the garage sale patron will barter and haggle and lose a deal over a quarter. Shouldn’t you feel like a dufis if something is marked at a quarter and you feel the need to haggle it for a dime – it’s a quarter for crying out loud, just pay it!!!!!
The host of the garage sale are stalkers and prognosticators, they remind me of a furniture salesman. The moment a car drives up, they are eyeing them and internally placing odds as to whether they are going to purchase anything. Old car, no teeth this patron is not going to yield anything, let the kids stalk them. As the purchaser, if you are going to take the time to waddle out of the car, you have to buy something, that should be a rule. Drop a quarter on the kids peddling a doll if you need to but you have to buy something otherwise don’t bedevil the hosts by getting out of the car. Failure to purchase something will assuredly cause ridicule from the seller once you have sauntered back to your vehicle.
At the end of the garage sale, the seller is always befuddled about the items that didn’t sell. “I can’t believe that no one bought this shirt.” They are almost hurt and offended that someone didn’t want their junk when of course the seller no longer wanted this refuse either, that is why it was for sale to start with! Of course for a purchaser why aren’t you buying this nicer stuff anyway?? I know the saying “some people’s trash is other people’s treasures” but if you are not even purchasing the nicer stuff at a garage sale and instead are looking at the items for a dollar or less, chances are pretty darn fine that you too are getting just that, OPT (other peoples trash) – so Opt for the nicer things at a garage sale, you are still getting a great bargain for sure!
If you haven’t noticed, I am not a big fan of Garage Sales. Personally, I always feel as though I am begging for money by having them. In reality, my least favorite part of the whole event is when it is all done and you still have a ton of drivel sitting in your garage and now have to take it back in the house and save for the next garage sale (where, of course, it will not sell because it is garbage). Worse yet, you have already filled the space of the item you are bringing back in with something else so now you have no room for this debris. This year I vow to not bringing anything back in, it all goes to Purple Heart, I am going to break this annual cycle of a garage sale once and for all!
posted by BIVO @ 6:19 PM
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