The first day of the garage sale is over. I was praying that everything would sell on Saturday, so that I could go to church on Sunday and say what a success it was. The interesting thing is the people that came around bought all kinds of small, odd things that I would have figured would have ended up in the second hand shop next week!
We did very well for a day selling small things. We made $205. That is $5 more than we needed for the educational seminar next weekend. We now need to make $350 for the application fee, plus if at all possible $150 for the gas and expenses on the way down. This convention is 5 hours from where we live.
Last night after we had shut down and were having dinner our doorbell rang and it was a young lady who had been by earlier. She had commented that she could use a freezer (and ours was priced very low - $50). She said she wasn't moving in for two weeks, so I said I could store it for her. I am not one to let a sale go that easily! Sure enough, she came back with her money.
So now we are up to $255!! Not bad, when you consider we have all the great stuff left, plus tons of toys and small things!!! I will definitely be running the sale again today, plus in two weeks when we come back from the seminar and visiting our big boys at camp.
We saw so few people we know - no homeschoolers - that I have to think that since it is summer, people are away. Therefore running it more than once makes sense!
We had a few people we know drop by with donations for our sale and that was nice as it helped our profits. We do have a pair of budgies and a cage for $40 if anyone wants them! Very nice, but I am not into having birds. They were also a donation!
The big things we have left are some top condition baby stuff: exersaucer, swing, carseat, rocker chair, netted baby carry bed. Plus we have Little Tikes sandbox and easel. And then some decent furniture, and a ton of toys, camping stuff etc. So there is lots more money making potential.
Our kids had lots of fun with their Koolaid stand also. They did well netting over $9.00 and it was a windy, cool day. But people were kind. They only sold 1 1/2 jugs of Koolaid, so that shows the generousity.
We did very well for a day selling small things. We made $205. That is $5 more than we needed for the educational seminar next weekend. We now need to make $350 for the application fee, plus if at all possible $150 for the gas and expenses on the way down. This convention is 5 hours from where we live.
Last night after we had shut down and were having dinner our doorbell rang and it was a young lady who had been by earlier. She had commented that she could use a freezer (and ours was priced very low - $50). She said she wasn't moving in for two weeks, so I said I could store it for her. I am not one to let a sale go that easily! Sure enough, she came back with her money.
So now we are up to $255!! Not bad, when you consider we have all the great stuff left, plus tons of toys and small things!!! I will definitely be running the sale again today, plus in two weeks when we come back from the seminar and visiting our big boys at camp.
We saw so few people we know - no homeschoolers - that I have to think that since it is summer, people are away. Therefore running it more than once makes sense!
We had a few people we know drop by with donations for our sale and that was nice as it helped our profits. We do have a pair of budgies and a cage for $40 if anyone wants them! Very nice, but I am not into having birds. They were also a donation!
The big things we have left are some top condition baby stuff: exersaucer, swing, carseat, rocker chair, netted baby carry bed. Plus we have Little Tikes sandbox and easel. And then some decent furniture, and a ton of toys, camping stuff etc. So there is lots more money making potential.
Our kids had lots of fun with their Koolaid stand also. They did well netting over $9.00 and it was a windy, cool day. But people were kind. They only sold 1 1/2 jugs of Koolaid, so that shows the generousity.
Please pray that today is a great success also.
What doesn't sell today (the big items) I will be posting on the radio this week. We have about a week or so before I need the $350 for the application fee, so I think that should give me enough time, if people are buying.
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