What items do or do not sell well at your yard sale?

[MelissaRaeCake]

I know the answers can vary greatly, but I need some opinions on the thread title question.

In my experience, adult clothing does not sell well, unless it is a really nice piece and famous label. Stuffed animals don't sell well, either.

Here's my situation: My church is having a rummage sale on May 21st to benefit a mission trip to Guatemala. Great cause, and we will contribute stuff. But, we are having a family garage sale to benefit us 2 weeks later on June 3-4. SO, and I'm afraid this sounds selfish, I want to keep the stuff that has the best chance of selling well for our personal sale.

For now, I am gonna donate stuff to the church sale that I just don't feel like pricing myself! I want both sales to do well!

[abond0017]

I agree with the adult clothes and stuffed animals (except for adult jeans in the fall or mens cargo shorts in spring or summer). The only other thing I can think that hasn't sold well for me are small nick knacks.

[434Teresa]

Stuffed animals dont sell at all here...I have sold about everything in my yard sales even adlut clothes you just cant price them that high. I have sold old tries,treadmill,shoes and so much more even things that I did nto really think would sale..

[Macaela25]

Adult shoes don't really sell well...knickknacks either. When I've had lots of little "crippy craps" as we call them, I bag several together and call them "treasure box items" or "motivational rewards" and sell them for .50 or $1. Sometimes if you help people see things in a different light it moves things. I got rid of loads of little teacher-ish stuff a while back this way. Works well with Glade candles too...I got comments of "I hate candles", "I'm allergic", yada yada until I put a little sign that said, "Great teacher/secretary/coworker gift!" Then people scooped them up by the armful.

[reezz]

Kids clothes and knick knack stuff sell very well for me....

I stopped bothering with adult clothes, better off consigning.

[~~Who,Me?~~]

I've declared a moratorium on stuffed animals in my house! No more!

"Big" kids toys, like Little Tikes, that kinda stuff, does well for me.

[Doglover8180]

Kids items sell great - even clothes. Adult clothes don't seem to sell as well but it's hit or miss.... normally if someone comes buy who likes our families style of clothing and their sizes fit for them, they will buy everything so it really is hit or miss.

I have learned that stuffed animals and Knick knacks never really sell great at garaga sales.

Don't sell small stuff like jewelry or perfume because people will just slip it in their pocket and leave and never pay.

Furniture of any kind sells great!

[JulieDB]

My friend and I combined our items and tried a sale at my house then at his. Overall things just did not sell well at all. To the point where I would never try it again! Things that simply did not sell were books, adult clothing and posters. My friend got a ton of brand new posters from some guy in the music industry. But those bands were no longer popular.

What sold right away was knick knacks. I only had a few and they were immediately gone. Kitchen things sold pretty well. Furniture sold but they wanted to pay less for it. I found that to be the case with everything though. The few customers we got wanted us to give them things for free.

[cdadabo]

Wait a minute...PEOPLE SHOPLIFT AT YARD SALES?!




I'm sorry, but that's just lame.

[abond0017]

Wait a minute...PEOPLE SHOPLIFT AT YARD SALES?!




I'm sorry, but that's just lame.

Oh yeah you bet. Ive had it happen too. And not with something small like jewelry either. We had a mob of people waiting for us to bring stuff out of the garage before our sale last year. They started in on things before we could get everything out and were asking questions and trying to buy stuff and hand us money when we were still moving things out... and in the commotion about 4 pairs of my really nice ladies sandals (like banana republic and tommy hillfiger that I had barely worn) went missing.
I agree...very lame. I felt violated. But learned my lesson. It was the first and last time I will try to be polite and let people shop before I get everything out. Next time it happens like that, even if I have to raise my voice a little...they aren't coming near my stuff until I can get it all set up and settled into a watchful spot.