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1. Good luck. I haven’t had a good garage sale since I was a kid; I used to clean up. Nobody could turn down a wise ass 10 year old that was as cute as I was.

   Comment by Blaine Moore — Mar 24th 2006 @ 2:47 pm

2. The one time I participated in the neighborhood garage sale, I netted around $1K – on stuff that would have been donated or thrown away. This was about 9 years ago. Just recently, at the local Goodwill store, I spotted the futon I sold during that garage sale.

   Comment by Penny — Mar 24th 2006 @ 8:26 pm

3. You should think about eBaying your old junk. I make a lot more money on stuff I normally would have practically given away at a garage sale. Like books, movies, antiques…

   Comment by Blog Mike — Mar 24th 2006 @ 11:28 pm

4. $0.05, good luck with the garage sale.
   I too am in the process of moving. You might want to check out my recent posting on movers . It’s a large expense.

   I’ve been wondering what to do will all of our junk. I’ve tried unsuccessfully to sell things on ebay. I’m beginning to think if you don’t have an ebay store and specialize in a niche it won’t be particularly profitable. Books didn’t work for me.

   Since NC is a high tax state it occurred to me that donating many of these items might actually yield the maximum financial benefit to me and my family while making the best impact on the community. Of course you need to write up a list, estimate market values and probably take digital photos.

   If you break the donations up amongst multiple organizations you can avoid the expense of highering an appraiser – my accountant tells me anything over $5k to an organization should be appraised – even multiple items.

   The following two links discuss move related budgetting items that I usually forget:

   Garbage cans

   and

   window treatments

   general move expenses

   hope this information is helpful to you.

   I’ll definately be following your blog, so please keep the move experience rolling.

   Regards,

   Making Our Way

   Comment by Making Our Way — Mar 25th 2006 @ 3:02 pm

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