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Did you miss the last community yard sale? Or do you still have more stuff to sell?
Watch for the next advertisement of the yard sale. Typically the community yard sales have
been in April and October. Check back for details!
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THANKS to all who participated in our spring
yard sale! It was a great success to all whom I've spoken with!
We had more yard sale participants that ever! Also, their were approximately ten homes who participated in our
Cause for Paws pick-up after the sale was completed. Please keep your ideas and suggestions coming in!
Our next sale is scheduled for October. We've had two a year for several years now - any need to add more?
Thanks again. Have a wonderful, safe summer, Patti
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A pocket full of cash, a clutter-free home, and a lot of interaction between your personal possessions
and members of your community. Yard sales are hard to resist. Who hasn't driven by a yard sale and wondered
if there are any too-good-to-be-true bargains or if there sits the perfect 'whatchamacallit' for your family
at a to-die-for-price. Whether the sale is neighborhood collaboration or a single family sale, the perfect
yard sale is one that works well for you.
We all want our homes to be clean, neat, and reflect who we are. A truly great home balances organization
with comfort and style. Hosting a yard sale is incentive to edit things from your life that no longer fit,
work, come in handy, or are relevant to your lifestyle. Oh yes, and yard sales generate extra income.
In order to host a successful yard sale all sale-ers must plan in advance. So get ready for ours...
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Listen up, yard sale buyers and sellers! Here’s some hints to keep you out of trouble at this weekend’s
garage or yard sale.
Buyers:
- Don't be an "Early Bird". If the paper says the sale starts at 7am, don't show up at 5:30am or don't
drive by the night before in hopes beating the other shoppers to the bargains. Yard sale shoppers who do
this give the rest of us shoppers a bad name.
- Please respect the seller's property. Walking unnecessarily through the yard, reeking havoc on the
seller's merchandise displays, and blocking neighbors' driveways are definitely no-no's.
- Don't carrying only large bills. Producing a $20 bill for a 0.25 purchase is extremely inconsiderate.
Save small bills and change throughout the week for your Saturday yard sale trip.
- Don't be "THAT" person. Just because the seller is up early for the yard sale doesn't mean his
neighbors are. Driving a noisy vehicle or speaking and laughing loudly will not endear you to the seller.
Aggressive haggling or obnoxious negotiating tactics aren't welcome, either.
- Please respect other buyers. If you want to buy a large item or more items than you can carry, ask
the proprietor to mark the item or start a "pile" for you in an out-of-the-way place. It is rude to claim
an item as "yours" if you haven't made any effort to let the proprietor or other shoppers know you intend
to purchase it.
Sellers:
- Please price items clearly. Or worse yet, not pricing items at all. Buyers shouldn't have to work at
figuring out the prices. If it's too confusing, some shoppers will get frustrated and leave without making
purchases.
- Don't Accommodating early birds. Allowing early shoppers to get the bargains is unfair to the shoppers
who are careful to respect your start time. Accommodating early birds provides positive reinforcement for
this inconsiderate behavior.
- Don't try to sell used stuff at "New" Prices. If your stuff means that much to you, take it to a
consignment store or sell it through a classified ad. Yard sale shoppers won't pay prices barely below
what you'd find in a discount store.
- Don't be careless in your preparations. There's nothing worse for a buyer than hearing, "How did
that get out here? That's not for sale!" If you are working with someone else in preparing for the sale,
communicate well so items don't get out that aren't supposed to be sold.
- Please take down the old signs. After the yard sale is over, the signs you posted are litter that
should be disposed of. Carelessly leaving old signs up is extremely inconsiderate to both future shoppers
who will inevitably drive down your street looking for the sale, and the neighbors who must look at your
weather-beaten signs for months to come.
If you have ever violated any of these social graces (as either a seller or buyer), take heart. Yard-salers
are a forgiving bunch. Just make a silent vow that in the future, you will always be on your best bargain-
shopping behavior.
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