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10 Items to Sell at a Yard Sale (and Make the Most Money)

Penny Pinchin' Mom

In this scenario, however, there’s no guarantee that your garage sale will make you good money. Thankfully, I know a way to achieve both ends: declutter your home and make money at your next garage sale. What Is a Garage Sale? You may have also heard it referred to as a yard sale.

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Keep Clutter at Bay by Recognizing Where It Comes From

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

My husband and I aren’t constant consumers. We want toys, especially toys that aren’t multi-purpose, to be kept to a minimum. While I appreciate the thought, those toys don’t get used often, and I feel bad donating them or giving them away. We’re fairly frugal and try to limit our expenditures.

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How Little Could You Spend on Your Child in a Year?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I got brand new clothes , a stroller, a playpen, toys, blankets, the list goes on and on. Many of the other items I needed like cloth diapers and clothes for the baby in bigger sizes I bought from garage sales. They did not have a large toy room with so many toys they don’t know what to play with.

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5 Ways to Keep Your Home Clutter Free

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I took at least three trunks full of “stuff” to Goodwill, I had a garage sale, and I sold things online. If you buy your child a new doll, make sure that you donate or sell another one of her toys or you’ll end up with a toy room filled with toys your children don’t play with.

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Stuff – Full Circle

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Cradles, cribs, play pens, changing tables, strollers, high chairs, diapers, diaper bags, car seats, baby clothes and TOYS TOYS TOYS and more TOYS. But to reach full consumer status, they have to be taught to want things – and they learn fast. You donate to suitable charities.

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Why Did I Buy That!

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Here are some of the many tools used to convince consumers to buy. In it, they took apart some kid toy commercials and showed exactly how the various cool effects were created. In it, they took apart some kid toy commercials and showed exactly how the various cool effects were created. Last week I visited a garage sale.

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7 Tips for a Successful Yard Sale

Family Balance Sheet

This was a big year to get rid of toys. They''ve moved on to bigger (and more expensive) toys and have left the toddler ones behind. An example of our ad placed on Craisglist: Willis Pointe Community Yard Sale, Sat. I see many ads on Craigslist that are very vague and just say, "community yard sale". Price Your Stuff.