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Title: Yardsales
Post by: anitaraemillspalmer on September 29, 2013, 04:05:15 pm

Do you like hosting your own yardsale or just like going to others ?? and if so what is the best treasure you found ?  :)

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Post by: nmbrown863 on September 29, 2013, 05:37:37 pm

I have not been to a yard sale in awhile. Years ago my mom and I would go to yard sale's every weekend. 

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Post by: ladycasshmere on September 29, 2013, 06:40:18 pm

I like going to yard sales. I got a george foreman grill for$5. I bought a vacuum cleaner for $10. I have found lots of nice things at yard sales.

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Post by: timvolley on September 29, 2013, 07:20:37 pm

I have never hosted but occasionally go to yard sales

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Post by: davidh121 on September 29, 2013, 10:18:04 pm

I live in an area with a lot of people who are extreme hagglers and I hate fighting with people this way - hence the reason I don't do garage/yard sales as often anymore. Also, when there is a lot of people there is always the anxiety of theft, which means I usually like to have extra family around to keep an eyeful watch.

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Post by: Sendmicheck on September 29, 2013, 10:50:00 pm

It has been a very long time since i attend a yard sale. 

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Post by: dreamyxo on September 29, 2013, 10:53:00 pm

Just had a yard sale both days this weekend.  We used to do them more but haven't done one in a while.  I don't go to them myself I just have them.

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Post by: meg0694 on September 30, 2013, 07:30:29 am

I've never been much of a yard sale person.  I always feel weird going through other peoples things.

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Post by: springsgardner on September 30, 2013, 07:32:58 am

It has been a while since I have gone to a yard sale. I think I should start going again next spring so I can add more classic collectable books to my collection and get my kids more toys at a better price. I like helping other people, instead of corporations, out during this economy.

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Post by: kleenex40 on September 30, 2013, 02:32:16 pm

I'v done both but i perfer to go to yard sales better and the best find i found at a yard sale would be drinking glasses(they had ships on them and the name of the ships)just love them

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Post by: bessie1111 on September 30, 2013, 02:39:54 pm

I hate hosting yardsales, but I've made some good money doing so.

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Post by: elysee24 on September 30, 2013, 03:44:29 pm

I haven't hosted a yard sale, but I think it will be fun to do so.
I do enjoy going to yard sales to see what's going on and perhaps find something I like.

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Post by: jorhea on September 30, 2013, 04:13:10 pm

I have had a few garage sales but feel they are a lot of work to not get much out of them. I prefer going to garage/yard sales! I get clothes for my grandkids, decorative items and tools or fishing things for my hubby.

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Post by: Shandara09 on September 30, 2013, 04:17:49 pm

I don't like either, really, but probably going to help my mom have one soon.  It's always nice to have that extra cash after you have one, though.

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Post by: maxinmotion on September 30, 2013, 08:56:37 pm

I like going to yard sales more than I like hosting one. I really like finding nice things in other places.

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Post by: Oryon20 on September 30, 2013, 09:02:00 pm

I enjoy going to them, but my wife doesn't like them all that much, so we rarely stop. 

We have co-hosted one with our next door neighbor a few times in the past.  We really didn't have enough to hold our own, and they didn't have much of a variety of items (most of it were items they had a large quantity of the same item of), so it worked out well.  Our city now requires a permit to run a sale which I believe costs $15 and only is good for two or three consecutive days, and you are only allowed two or three permits a year.  This was implemented to stop homes essentially having weekly yard sales as a means of business, which neighbors began complaining over due to the traffic, people, and general eyesore they have to look at on a weekly basis.

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Post by: mrisha on October 01, 2013, 04:29:54 pm

I don't host yard sales, nor do I go to others yard sales.  Buying other peoples junk is not a turn on for me.  People are simply not clean.

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Post by: dodgers16 on October 01, 2013, 09:48:50 pm

  I really never hosted my own yardsale but I definitly plan on have one, 1 day!!!  but I love going to others, it is exciting you never know what you are going to find

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Post by: mstevenson2 on October 01, 2013, 09:55:53 pm

i love going to them

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Post by: kountrypeach80 on October 02, 2013, 12:28:54 pm

i like going to yardsales. found an antique lamp and paid $5 for it and found out it was worth $750 and well it was sold

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Post by: o2bnocn on October 03, 2013, 07:58:47 am

I probably prefer going to them. They are more work than you think to host them.

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Post by: dancer139 on October 03, 2013, 08:03:47 am

Used to go to yard sales with my mom and grandmother every weekend.  They have both passed away  so I very seldom go to any.  Miss them terribly.  Thought about

having one of my own I  have enough stuff  lol   Just getting the time to do it I guess.

Did find a fantastic corner cupboard one day,,,,,  brought it home, sanded it and then painted it,,,   beautiful  :D

Still have it,,,  that was about 10 years ago.  Love that thing  lol