Garage sales before moving house: 3 good reasons why let it go and how to organize!
Garage sale is a common practice for those who want to renovate their home decor, their wardrobe or simply let go of items that are no longer useful to them.
This is a great way to find new owners for objects and items that no longer have much value, in addition, of course, to generate extra income.
We’ll talk more about the garage sale in this article, why it’s worth doing, and how to turn it into a success. Follow the reading:
3 reasons why make a garage sale before moving is a good a idea
The relationship between garage sale and moving has been increasingly common, because moving is, in general, a good time to let go of some objects.
Joining this to extra income that can be very welcome, see 3 reasons why organizing a garage sale can be good for moving:
1. Vacate Space
Selling or donating items that are no longer useful to you helps free up space, and the garage sale can help with that.
This can be especially useful when the move is long and needs to be done in just one trip, or when the property the family is moving into is smaller than the previous one.
2. Renovate House Decoration
Another good reason to have a garage sale before moving is the opportunity to swap objects and decor items.
Clothes and accessories can also be sold at this time, and the money raised can be used to buy more current items.
3. Farewell to the neighborhood
Finally, this moment can be a good time to say goodbye to the neighborhood and have a last contact with the neighborhood colleagues.
A common practice is to combine the garage sale with a moment of leisure with the neighbors, offering snacks and refreshments and a good chat before leaving for a new home.
Tips to make your garage sale be a success!
Despite not being a big event or the opening of a business, the garage sale needs to have good planning and execution of some tasks, to be a success:
Pick the best items for selling
The sale is a good time to give useless things a new home, but it’s still a sale, so it needs to contain the best items.
Broken and/or very old objects, even if they contain usefulness or emotional value, must be removed from the sale, and separated for donation or disposal.
Put price tags
The pricing of objects in the garage sale is also important, and the price tag will ensure that interested people can find out without having to ask.
In addition, the definition of the price must be done in advance, and the application of the price tag ensures that the amount charged at the end will not cause damage.
Do a general cleaning
Prices must be below the average for new products, but the condition of the objects, even in the sale, must be impeccable.
No one is interested in paying (even if a little) for dirty and poorly maintained objects, so special attention must be paid to cleaning these items.
Schedule a good date and time
The day, time and duration of the garage sale is also important: people need to know when they can come to your house to do their shopping.
This is not a recurring event, so having a set date and time will ensure that people plan for that date and there is no need to repeat the sale in a short period of time.
Spread information
Garage sale information needs to be disseminated, even for that day to bring good profits.
In this regard, the internet and social networks will be allies, in addition to placing signs and posters around the neighborhood.
In this article, we talk a little about why a garage sale before moving can be cool and how to make this event a success.
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