First I gotta say,"WoW!" because my yard sale did great! I am an avid yard sale shopper myself and I tried to take into consideration my own shopping experiences while planning for my sale. I had a pretty large sale (and it was our town wide sale weekend to boot) so I had  been preparing for a couple weeks in advance. I put price stickers on everything and was sure to tell all my customers that all prices were negotiable with exception of my hand made jewelry (I put some on a cork board bagged and tagged to show off my talents, lol).

   For the clothes I put 25cents on most, but jeans were 50cents to $1, because you just can't beat an almost new pair of jeans for a buck! I had bright yellow signs posted up the street both ways (we live on a main drag) with balloons and a big sign out front with a lot of parking area. I put almost everything on tables to make it easier for browsers, the toys were on the kids' shorter outdoor tables. We set up large items like the crib, chest freezer and treadmill over to one side and had everything plugged into a power cord so everything could be "tested". It was funny when a lady opened the freezer and started to say "does it work?" and realized it was on! I replaced batteries in all the toys and electric equipment (cheap batteries, but enough to show that everything works), and had a radio playing Y94FM which is a "family-friendly" radio station, up-beat but no cussing or provocative lyrics to deter potential customers. At first I was going to set up a canopy tent to block the sun (it was supposed to be hot out), but it turned out to be very windy so we let the sun shine on the sale. Also- every so often when there wasn't anybody browsing, I would re-fold the clothes and spread out table items to look more appealing and I really think that helped (like I said, based on my previous shopping experiences)

   All in all, we sold almost everything we put out there (did some great negotiating, I didn't want anything coming back to the shed!) and had a great time. I let my kids keep the money from their items including clothes and toys, and my hubby and I split a $400 profit :) My momma would have been so proud! 

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