Tips For Pricing Yard Sale Items

(by The Fun Times Guide.com)

These are Standard prices  for these popular items as follows:

• Books (Hardback) – $.50 to $1.00
• Books (Paperback) – $.25 to $.50
• Magazines – $.10 to $.25
• Cassette Tapes – $.25
• CDs – $.50 to $1.00
• DVDs – $1.00 to $2.00
• Clothing – $.25 to $3.00 (dependent on quality and shape of items – some clothing can even get more!)
• Children’s Toys – range greatly in price, usually from $1 -$25 to even morel dollars depending on the brand and quality of toy.
• Electronic Equipment and Furniture – can go for a lot of money, but only if it is in good working order, cleaned and maintained properly.
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What Do You Do If Nothing Is Selling?

Half-way through your sale (if not sooner), you need to take a step back and assess the situation. If items are selling, then you probably don’t need to do anything differently.

But if you’ve hardly sold anything — or you just want to blow-out the rest of the items that haven’t sold yet — then consider having a “1/2 Off Sale!”

This makes your sale fun and unique too.

How? Simply post some signs — on COLORFUL cardboard or paper. Some phrases to consider are “Everything must go!”… “1/2 Price Sale Til 4PM”… “All Prices 1/2 Off!”

I’d recommend you print up some signs for this purpose ahead of time — just in case.

Or, if it’s late in the day, and you see someone looking at a particular item for a few minutes longer than most, yet they don’t buy it. Before they leave, offer that item to them at 1/2-price. Most of the people I’ve done this with will actually buy it at the lower price!

(DON'T FORGET THAT SELLING YOUR THINGS ONLINE IS A GREAT IDEA & ALSO HAVING YARD SALES, GARAGE SALES, RUMMAGE SALES ARE GREAT SCHOOL FUNDRAISING IDEAS!!)

The early bird gets the worm, but the late bird gets the closeouts!

 

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