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Uhmmm, that's amazing.
I'm getting ready for my first ever yard sale and I have no clue on how to price things
Good luck!
I price stuff to sell!
I think about 90% off retail price for clothes. I take brand, style and quality into consideration. Most kids clothing items ate $1-$2. I also buy more than 50% of my kids clothes at Goodwill when they are half-off on "toddler thursday. We have a really nice goodwill close buy where I get great quality brand name clothes for cheap. Kids wear them for a season and I sell them for close to what I bought them for.
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WOW....way to go!!! Tickets paid in full, can't go wrong with that. They have grage sales around here as well, but nothing like the money you made. Congratulations!!!
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Awesome job Shelly and Fam! How fantastic is that that $750 was basically free money. You know, like you never bought the item to begin with, just DH picking it up on the side of the road. (to me it's all free money!) WTG!!!
Thanks!
But...the downside...for a while our basement and garage looked like we were applying to be on "Hoarders!" LOL!
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Awesome sale....you should be proud. I know how much work they can be.
They get easier every year. I am now putting things away so that they will be easier to prep for the sale...
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That's impressive! I'm getting things ready for our sale next week. We're not paying to adverstise either, but the daycare next door has said they'd tell their parents if we allow the director and teacher to come the night before after work.
Now if I could just get my husband more involved...I love garbage picking. We found two bikes (with training wheels) a little tyke basketball hoop and a toddler bed all in great condition!
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That's impressive! I'm getting things ready for our sale next week. We're not paying to adverstise either, but the daycare next door has said they'd tell their parents if we allow the director and teacher to come the night before after work.
Now if I could just get my husband more involved...I love garbage picking. We found two bikes (with training wheels) a little tyke basketball hoop and a toddler bed all in great condition!
It is amazing what people throw away!!! But you have to have an interest in junk collecting. I tried once when I was out with friends when that neighborhood had a curbside pickup...I couldn't do it....
My husband found 19 bikes over the past year (He delivers groceries for an online service...so all he does all day is drive around neighborhoods!). He has taken to minor repairs as a hobby. My son and I both traded in our old cheap target bikes for ones he found and did some minor repairs for. He has a couple he plans to sell online because they are worth a lot to the right person. I think we sold about 14 bikes, toddler bikes, BMX bikes, teen bikes and adults bikes. Brands from Huffy to Fugi and price points from $5- $40!
If it is Sunday…it is a MK day for our family J This is another Sunday where there are evening EMHs.
We have an ADR at 1900 Park Fare 10:50 a.m. Dinner here was one of our favorite meals of the last trip—and definitely our favorite buffet. However, paying OOP, breakfast is a more economical choice. I planned this as late as possible so that we would be hungry enough to eat a big meal to last most of the day. I also wanted to make sure we had time to rest from the previous evening! Question about parking…Should we park at the Poly for the ADR and then move to the TTC? Or would it be more convenient to park at the TTC and then take the monorail to the GF?
The kids want to do the pirate league so we thought about trying it on this day. I did not have enough information to book early so I finally called on 5/26. I wanted to wait until closer to the trip to make the appointments so I would have a better idea of the timing. I assumed that since we would want afternoon appointments we would have availability when we wanted it. WRONG. The latest appointments available were at 1:30. Luckily we were able to move our 1900 reservation a bit earlier to ensure we could make it in time
how cool the you can fit PL and 1900PF in. I think the parking is 6 or one half dozen of the other. If you valet at the resorts you will need to pay however. Self parking is free.
how cool the you can fit PL and 1900PF in. I think the parking is 6 or one half dozen of the other. If you valet at the resorts you will need to pay however. Self parking is free.
, and if you do valet it you can leave the car at the resort for up to 24 hours. The price of the valet is $12, or at least it was when we valeted our car at the BC last November.
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How fantastic is that that $750 was basically free money. You know, like you never bought the item to begin with, just DH picking it up on the side of the road. (to me it's all free money!) WTG!!!
"Sparky"(My first trip.)
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, and if you do valet it you can leave the car at the resort for up to 24 hours. The price of the valet is $12, or at least it was when we valeted our car at the BC last November.
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