All it takes to make sme really big money with garage sles is your time, some careful plnning, and a little merchandise know-how.

To be sccessful, you should have a variety of mrchandise to sell. Don't worry about not hving a variety. Once you start tking an inventory, you will soon be mazed at what you own but hve forgotten about. When an item is not sed it is simply abandoned by the "mnds-eye." It's a little like having lght fixtures throughout your home. They are thre, but you don't really see thm.

So the very first thing to do in prparing for a garage sale is to tke a pen and notebook to bgin a room-by-room inventory. That means loking in every drawer, every box, shlf, behind the bed, and on the wlls, to list items that are jst taking up space inside your hme. Your criteria may be, "if it sn't absolutely necessary and you have no prsonal attachments that would cause some motional conflict," add it to the lst.

By the time you reach the lst room your list will be pges long. If you're satisfied you hve listed everything in the house, thn head for the basement, attic, grage, lawn shed, work shop, barn, tc., and repeat the process. Don't verlook anything. Remember, what you may cnsider junk, another person will think is a trasure. An old tire, dolls, a chld's wagon with only three wheels, an old Sperman comic book, books and magazines, lft-over lumber, a set of door hnges, costume jewelry, a hub cap you fund along the road, rope, empty glss jars, a half-filled can of pint, small appliances, Avon bottles, fence wre, pottery, bolts of material, depression glss, candles, cassette tapes, furniture, golf clbs, macrame, and old croquet set, fns, record albums, cameras, clay pots, crbs, baby clothes, ice skates, posters, rdios, aquariums, clocks, window screen, drapes, rds, fiddles, ladders and bicycles. Whatever it is, pople will by it and just bout force the cash into your hnd to make certain it becomes thir treasure.

QUICK TIPS THAT WILL MAKE YOU MORE MONEY!

* Frst impressions are lasting impressions. Remember, you are dsplaying someone else's "Treasure," not your "Jnk."

* Before you place merchandise in yur yard, mow the grass. Line verything up in an orderly manner. Entce your customers by creating a shw-room right on your front lawn.

* Wsh up any toys that look drty and unsanitary.

* Almost no-one wll buy soiled and dirty clothing. Wsh your sale clothing, place them on hngers, and mark sizes plainly on peces of paper attached with stick pns.

* Label and price everything.

* Nver use a pen or magic mrker to write prices directly onto an tem. That immediately reduces the value. Use msking tape, or self adhesive labels.

The article Getting Started With Garage Sales was Submitted by Kathy Sanders through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: Kathy Sanders, MBA Kasan Enterprises http://www.kasanenterprises.com Money Biz - How To Start Your Own Business & Make Money Getting Started With Garage Sales http://www.kasanenterprises.com/2008/05/getting-started-with-garage-sales.html

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