Garage Sale Results

So, great news, our garage sale was DA BOMB! No, it didn't bomb, we made money!  $318 of "stuff" no longer wanted or needed.  60% of it was my Mothers from her downsize.  Note to anyone out there that is having difficulty downsizing someone.  Promise to try and sell their stuff rather than giving it away.  She agreed and she sold loads of stuff!  She only took home two small items not willing to part with them.  The rest I am taking the Sally Ann tomorrow, but there wasn't that much left.

Our sale was scheduled for 9-2pm Saturday.  We started setting up at 750am.  We realized there were people milling on our street at that time so opened the garage door.  It was pouring rain and yet people just kept coming! We estimate we had somewhere between 175-200 people through in that amount of time.  I had a couple of small profits too!

I bought this Coach Leather Handbag at a garage sale for $10 last May.  Too big for me to pack around so I put it in the sale.  It is authentic, I checked the serial numbers.  I sold it  for $25 at the garage sale.  Still a great bargain for the lady who bought it, plus a couple of bucks in my pocket for the travel fund.

I bought this Italian leather silk lined purse in Alberta for $12 (Goodwill) before we left thinking I would use it.  The strap is a bit funky so I ended up not liking it. I sold it at the garage sale for $20.  

So apparently, even when the weather is cold and rainy all day, you can have an extremely successful garage sale on Vancouver Island.  Many of the sales advertised decided not to go ahead when they saw the weather.  It did not deter the salers.  I woke up at 430 am to heavy rain and was really worried we would not sell anything.  Boy was I wrong. All of the money Hubby and I made from unwanted stuff went straight into the travel fund.  We don't need anymore stuff, we need more fun!