My Garage Sale

I'm finally having another garage sale.  It's been a while...I just like to shop and find fun and neat things.  But I had a few items to sale and so far so good.  I remember when I had baby stuff to sell...I would make about $200 - $300 on a sale  Today I've been open for almost 3 hours and I've sold $78 worth of items.  It's pretty good considering I don't have any big items to sell..except for electronics and they haven't sold yet...maybe tomorrow.

I didn't prepare much...so perhaps I could have sold more.  I didn't even follow my own garage sale tips because I was just too busy with other things, but I did get to price some things this morning.  I used some colored dot stickers mostly and put out a pricing key for my visitors.

I'm working on my website again.  Whenever I get a break from the freelance work that I do, I start back on my GarageSaleShopper.com website.  I have such a great plan for it....I know it could be so useful to many, but I need to really concentrate on how to make it better.

Some of the features that I want...require some new technologies that I have not yet discovered how to do.  If you have any knowledge and would like to contribute, please drop me a line.

I'm a garage sale hobbyist x 3

This is the season for garage sale shopping! I'm so excited that spring has arrived. Yet, it's difficult for me because I have to decide how much time to spend actually garage sale shopping and how much time to devote to my other hobby (creating a website about garage sale shopping) and I want to organize a garage sale of my own.

I've been up to a lot lately. I've made many updates to the website and I hope you all are enjoying them. If you ever have any suggestions, please send them to me.

Soon I WILL FIND TIME to put together my own compilation of garage sale tips. Here is one that a friend just sent to me:

Make a master list of all goods and prices - they can be checked off when sold.

What a great idea. I'm going to put this one in my book and of course, I'll give you credit!

The truth is that I'm a Garage Sale Enthusiast. And here are a few products that I've been working on:

The Classified Section is Coming

I guess I've been busy. I had planned to keep a log here, but I've been so pre-occupied with getting the classified section ready to go.

I'm super excited. It's been my dream to get this website up and running and slowly, but surely, I'm getting there.

I think I've found the perfect software to use for my classified section...Hey! Why rebuild something, if it's already available and affordable.


The new classified section of GarageSaleSopper.com will be called "Community Classified Ads" due to the fact that the ads will be arranged by communities/cities.

I figured that if I wanted to look at on-line classified ads, I'd rather look at ads for items which were close by - so that I could save on shipping and delivery costs.

Here is a list of the key features for "Community Classified Ads":

• Auto Notify - allows users to predefine searches for ads which meet specific criteria. When new ads are posted or activated, if you have pre-defined searches that match the new ads, you will be sent an e-mail notification.
• Personal Quick Links - provide easy and quick access to ads that you are interested in reviewing and keeping track of.
• Keyword and Advanced Searches - will allow you to search the entire database or look for ads in specific categories which meet your specified criteria.
• Send to A Friend - allows you to send ad details to anyone you wish to share the ad with.
• Private Email Reply To Ad - allows you to receive replies to the ads you post without revealing your e-mail address to the viewer (unless you decide to do so).
• Number of Ads Count - Similar to the way you know which cities have garage sales posted at GarageSaleShopper.com, the number of ads in each community will be posted so that you don't have to make guesses and spend time browsing categories that don't have ads available.
• NO LIMITS - there will be not limits on the number of ads you can post at "Community Classified Ads".
• "Super Sellers" - These sellers will have access to post as many classified ads (ALL) with PHOTO UPLOADS for an entire month for less than the cost of placing 1 (one) single ad in the local paper.
• PHOTO UPLOADS - All "Super Sellers" will be allowed to upload photos for any listings they choose, so that our "Super Shoppers" can see exactly what they are looking to purchase.

I'll be sure to send you all an e-mail when these new and exciting features become available.

I'm Back

Last week I decided that it was time to start garage sale shopping again after a long summer of withdrawal. It was raining so I decided to just visit 1 sale. Luckily I didn't have to go far and I found 6 pairs of shorts and 6 pairs of pants for my son in great condition and they were the most popular brands. I got it all for $10. Thanks and many blessings to the lady who sold the items to me.

Today for $15 I purchased 2 dresses, 2 tops, 1 sweater and a pair of jeans for my 8 year old daughter. I got a badmitton set (no net) and an electronic "Sit and Spin" for a friend's toddler son. But the most impressive was the NEW Rival icream maker. The kids are begging me right now to eat some that we just finished making.

I love garage sales. Check out my website at http://www.garagesaleshopper.com.

A Garage Sale Shopper Blog

Today was a good garage sale day!

I got the kids up early and went on our way. I didn't tell them I was going garage sale shopping...they only knew that I had an important errand.

Anyway, here is a list of some things we found:
(1) Guinea Pig Care Book and Igloo House - 25 cents
(2) Life Jacket (like new condition) - $1
(3) Toaster Over (New in Box) - $5
(4) Perfection Game (My 4-yr-old was desperately seeking this toy, Retails for $17+, this was our 3rd week searching) - $1
(5) Decorative Flower Clock for daughter's room - 50 cents
(6) V-tech Ultra Girl PC - $5
(7) Levi's Boys Size 12 Jeans - 50 cents

I saw many other good bargains. I passed out some GaragSaleShopper.com cards too.

ANY Garage Sale Shoppers out there?

HEY, ALL YOU GARAGE SALE SHOPPERS OUT THERE!

I need feedback for my website. Is it too boring? Does it need more features? Is it easy to navigate?

I haven't been able to promote the website like I want. If you've been keeping up, you know that I have three children...and for some reason they aren't as excited as I am about going to garage sales?

I was thinking about hiring someone to sit with them on Fridays so that I can go have some fun, but that would really dip into my shopping money.

Oh, well. It's already Tuesday and I haven't sent out any business cards to any of those who are scheduled to have garage sales this weekend. My hope is that I can encourage some to post the details about their garage sales by making personal contact prior to their event.

I'll at least send out 10 tomorrow to see what response I get.

Hey you garage sale shoppers out there. Please visit the site and send some feedback. Thanks.

New Website Coming Soon

I'm working on a new website that hopefully will start pretty soon. It's main target is mothers, being a mother of 3 myself. It is sort of a spin-off from GarageSaleShopper. Again, I have so many ideas.

Also, I'm going to add a new link to my website today. Prompting visitors to give me their input. If you are reading this and want to give me input, please send to a-garage-sale@sbcglobal.net.

Otherwise, please visit the website: www.garagesaleshopper.com.

Thank you.