yardsales

I'm sitting in an old wicker chair (make me an offer) outside my garage on Chicago's North Side. It's not even 12:30 p.m. on this gorgeous Saturday and we've had a steady stream of customers parading through our alley all day for our garage sale. And they're buying all sorts of castoff and leftover...

With yard-sale season coming to an end in many parts of the country, thousands of bargain hunters will be experiencing symptoms of withdrawal. Luckily, there is help. While yard sales still present the best opportunity for bargains on household items and valuable collectibles that can be resold on...

Holding a yard sale is about cleaning out your house, providing people with cool stuff at great prices, and raising a little bit of cash in the process, right? Perhaps, but apparently it's also a dangerous way for tainted products to re-enter the marketplace.The Wall Street Journal reports...

Lynda Hammond of the GarageSaleGal.com recently appeared on Fox Business' The Dave Ramsey Show to offer some tips on how to make your yard sale a success. Her tips? Advertise online, make big signs, etc -- nothing too brilliant, if you ask me. Here are two of my tips: Put "EARLY BIRDS GET...

When I was a kid in the 1970s, my younger brother and I used to travel across the countryside with my grandmother, an aunt and an uncle, looking for yard sales. I don't think they bought much, and I'm very sure they were never looking for anything in particular. It was just a way to pass time.Flash...

Saturday was my first yard sale day of the season, and there were tons on Cape Cod -- no surprise for Memorial Day weekend. But I've been a dedicated yard seller for at least the past 15 years, and had an interaction today that I've never had before.I found a pair of prints that I liked, one priced...

One of my mom's favorite memories of my childhood is the essay I wrote about my summer vacation in third grade -- It was all about "yardsailing."My spelling's a little better now, but the after-effects of having spent every spring and summer weekend of my life from age four through 13 rummaging...

While retailers struggle to sell anything no matter how much they slash prices, some thrift shops are raking it in. The guy who runs the Salvation Army's Chicago thrift shops says sales are up 26% -- and some people using the charity's other services are apologizing because they were regular donors...

This is it, friends,the kickoff of the season. It's just before 7AM as I write this post, the sun is glaring in my face here on Cape Cod, and my yard sale shopping companion is five minutes from a shower. Life is good. If you're going out on the circuit this morning, I'd love to hear from you. If...

As consumers search attics for fast cash, resale shops are seeing a glut of merchandise. For-sale listings on Craigslist are also way up. We can be sure that there will be more sellers and less buyer money around as the yard sale season begins. I've been a yard sale addict for more than 25 years....