| One great way to supplement your income is by | | | | Tip #4: The Day of the Garage Sale |
| selling items on eBay. One big hurdle is finding the items | | | | In order to find the best deals at these Garage sales, |
| to sell. In this article, this article gives you 10 tricks that | | | | you need to get up early to beat the 'early birds'. |
| will allow you to find items at Garage sales so that you | | | | There is a lot of information out there that promote |
| can then turn around and sell those items on eBay. By | | | | getting to Garage sales early. Because of this there |
| following these simple tricks, you can find some great | | | | are going to be a lot of people out there that are going |
| items that will sell fantastic on eBay. Each one of | | | | to get to these Garage sales early. Most Garage |
| these tricks individually will help create extra money | | | | sales start at 8:00 am, but make sure to get there |
| that will allow you to supplement your income, but if | | | | even before that because people will be waiting in line |
| you really want to make this as powerful as possible, | | | | for the Garage sale to start. |
| then follow all 10 tricks and before you know it you'll be | | | | Tip#5: Get Started the Night Before |
| able to find great buys at the many Garage sales that | | | | Another idea is to go to the area having a Garage |
| happen each weekend which will translate to $$$ for | | | | sale the night before when they are setting up. In |
| you. | | | | some cases you can shop early and beat the 'early |
| Tip #1: How do you find Garage Sales? | | | | birds', but even if they're not interested in allowing you |
| Garage sales are held in every city on every Saturday | | | | to shop early, you can in most cases find out what |
| of almost every single weekend in the year especially | | | | they are going to sell so that you can see if what they |
| in temperate climates). But how do you find these | | | | have is going to interest you. |
| Garage sales? Go through your local paper (or its | | | | Tip #6: What to Bring to the Garage Sale |
| website), church bulletins, and other sources of local | | | | - Comfortable walking shoes |
| advertising to find Garage sales. If you can find a | | | | - Cash |
| neighborhood Garage sale, all the better (that is, a large | | | | - Bottled water |
| Garage sale that includes many families in a single | | | | - Snacks |
| neighborhood). With the costs of gasoline now, the less | | | | - Cell phone (in case you need to call your spouse or |
| travelling you can do now, the more money you save | | | | friend to ask them a question) |
| by spending less on gasoline. | | | | Tip #7: What Should you do when you're at the |
| Tip #2: Determining What Items to Sell on eBay | | | | Garage sale? |
| Antiques | | | | First of all, you only have so much time, so you have |
| Depending on the types of items that you're looking to | | | | to remember that you don't have to look at everything |
| sell will determine what type and where the Garage | | | | that is at the Garage sale. Your goal is to look for |
| sale is located. If you're looking for antiques to sell I | | | | things that you can sell on eBay to supplement your |
| suggest not wasting your time going to new | | | | income by making some extra money. Also, don't |
| subdivisions or to areas where a lot of young people | | | | waste time socializing if your goal is to find gems to |
| live. Why? Well because most young people don't | | | | sell on eBay. The 'good' items go early at Garage |
| have much in the ways of antiques. The best places | | | | sales, so time is of the essence. For some of you, this |
| to go to find antiques are the old parts of town. If you | | | | will be a hard thing to do, but just keep reminding |
| can find a neighborhood that has houses that are 50 | | | | yourself that you're on a mission or make it a game. |
| to 75 years old or older you're going to have a better | | | | See how fast you can get in and get out. If you keep |
| chance of finding antiques. Many of the people in these | | | | yourself focusing on this, it makes it easier to keep the |
| houses are either original owners or second generation | | | | chit-chat to a minimum. |
| and many of them have a large collection of antiques. | | | | Tip #8: How to Determine What is the Best Price to |
| Antique items that sell well on eBay include: | | | | Pay |
| - old tins | | | | So how do you figure out what price to buy something |
| - smoking pipes | | | | for? Before you buy anything, figure out in your mind |
| - pictures | | | | whether you'll be able to double the price on eBay. If |
| - cameras | | | | you feel that you can sell the item for more than |
| - bottles | | | | double that is even better, but normally to make it |
| Upscale Items | | | | worth the time of shopping at Garage sales, the work |
| If you find an affluent neighborhood, these items do | | | | to put it on eBay plus associated fees to put your |
| well: | | | | listing on eBay, a good rule of thumb is that you need |
| - Designer Clothing (Ralph Lauren, Ann Taylor, DKNY) | | | | to minimally double the price you're going to buy it for |
| - Department Store Cosmetics (Lancôme, | | | | or forget about buying it. The amount of money you'd |
| Elizabeth Arden, Este Lauder) | | | | make if it was less than twice the cost will simply not |
| - Leather goods (handbags, belts, shoes, briefcases, | | | | be worth it. |
| suit cases) | | | | Tip #9: What Size Should the Items be that you Should |
| - Upscale Kitchen Items (Kitchen aid, Pampered Chef, | | | | Buy? |
| Calphalon, Tefal) | | | | One thing that is important to take into consideration on |
| - Candles (Yankee Candle, Illuminations, Bed Bath and | | | | which items to buy is the shipping of the items. Stick |
| Beyond) | | | | with items that are relatively small and that don't weigh |
| Collectibles | | | | that much. These types of items are much easier to |
| Collectibles are not necessarily easy to determine | | | | ship. Even though you can price the cost of shipping |
| based on neighborhoods like it is for antiques. Your | | | | and handling in the cost of selling an item on eBay, the |
| best bet when you're at any Garage sale is to keep | | | | extra work is not going to be worth it when you can |
| your eyes out for collectible items in these categories: | | | | sell an item that is smaller and lighter for a comparable |
| - History | | | | price. |
| - War | | | | Tip #10: Negotiate Great Deals at the End of the Day |
| - Fishing | | | | You can only be at one place at one time, so if you |
| - Sports | | | | want to visit 5 Garage sales on a given day, you can't |
| - NASCAR | | | | be at all of them when they first open. Does that |
| - Coke | | | | mean you can only get great deals on the first Garage |
| - Barbie | | | | sale you visit? Of course not. A great strategy is to |
| Tip #3: Planning your Garage sale strategy | | | | visit a Garage sale at the end of the day. Why would |
| Now that you've found the Garage sales that you're | | | | you want to do that? Because at this point, the seller |
| interested in, it's a good idea to plan out your day. The | | | | wants to get rid of what they have to sell because he |
| night before, set up your plan on which Garage sales | | | | she doesn't want to have to cart all of that stuff back |
| you want to visit and list them in order. You don't want | | | | into the house. Sellers are very open togetting rid of |
| to be going back and forth from one side of town to | | | | things at very discounted prices. I've found some great |
| the next. If you're not sure exactly where the | | | | deals of $25 to $50 on items that I've been able to sell |
| addresses are use or to find out where the places are | | | | for $300 or more on eBay. |
| located to better help plan your strategy. | | | | |