Comments on: Ten Tips for a Successful Moving Sale

By: Nancy

Nancy — Sat, 16 May 2009 17:05:15 +0000

I live in an apt complex. I’m moving to a house
I can’t have a garage sale at my apt complex.
what to do?

By: Sharon

Sharon — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:59:28 +0000

I am having people say they will be here,making ads all day long,only one desk left for free. I am trying to sell it all. I have no cash so far for my moving truck. I am leaving the state of Florida for the state of NY. Yeah me..

By: Jonathan A.

Jonathan A. — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 19:15:24 +0000

I’m still in the middle of my move. Haven’t found a permanent home yet. Great article. While I didn’t get everything I sold or donated, eBay and the garage sale proved to be a great ways of getting rid of unnecessary items.

By: Ted

Ted — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:28:12 +0000

The best reason for doing this before you move is you have to pay to move the stuff. Last time I moved, I think I calculated that it cost about $0.50 per pound. So when you sell something at a moving sale, you are indirectly adding that much extra into your pocket.

By: BillyOceansEleven

BillyOceansEleven — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 04:21:49 +0000

At least for me, I don’t see that garage sales are worth the effort. At the prices people are willing to pay at garage sales, you come out about even just donating the stuff and taking a tax write-off. Then you have the satisfaction of knowing that less of your money is going to the blood-sucking IRS and you’ve given to a worthy cause. Sure beats wasting a whole day to sell your stuff to someone who is only looking to pay 3 cents on the dollar.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:04:54 +0000

Any ideas? No, but I do have a big-screen television, couch, recliner, etc… and I’m moving soon. So, if you’ve got a pickup truck and some cash…

Seriously though, thanks for the tips!

By: Danny at Money Socket

Danny at Money Socket — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 17:33:43 +0000

I’m trying to get rid of all my stuff now as well. I’m moving in a year but its good to get extra cash for things that clutter up the place. I just got $200 for my old original playstation 2 and all accessories. I haven’t used it in about 2 years now.

By: Blaine Moore

Blaine Moore — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:57:59 +0000

We had a tag sale this past weekend. People got great deals; had we been willing to hold onto things for a few weeks and to do multiple tag sales, I could easily have made 3 times as much money as we did. But you know what? Clearing up the floor space was more important and we still got about $100 in our pockets.

Not only that, but we sold things that weren’t for sale as well. Somebody bought our flag pole, and we got another person to agree to haul away our wood stove next weekend. That frees up 12 square feet of floor space in and of itself!