Garage Sale tip

Thanks for the article, Tawra and Jill.

I hope you had a WONDERFUL time vacationing. Family time is memory time, especially when it is grandparents! (My VERY favorite memories from my childhood!)

I wanted to share with you that it also pays to carry along a box (or boxes) with paper for wrapping if you like to buy glassware or delicate items. We did estate sale purchasing (and some garage sale shopping) for vintage items for our country store. Taking the time to wrap the delicate items and put them into boxes, well paid for the time (as we quickly learned when somethings didn't make it home unbroken!). By going shopping together one could drive on to the next sale while the other wrapped those special items! It was great team work. And speaking of children going, our oldest daughter does Ebay selling and all of the 6 children are trained into what to look for for value and they each scout out possibilities in different areas while Mom looks also! The children also take some of their finds and have made very good money on them on Ebay--sometimes $50-$100 profit! The grandkids run from 4 to 16. The 4 year old is pretty much an expert into Pooh and Bob the Builder, though! If the sale has any of those products he isn't much help with the other items! :-) The family of 8 is able to stay completely wardrobed from garage sales (and a few thrift stores) solely--from church clothes to farm clothes!

Thanks for the articles you both write.

--Linda



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