Every year Billings Biggest Garage Sale draws new buyers and sellers and I thought it would be handy to point out a few things that first timers may not know.
"There was people from all over. Sales were great! People from Bozeman, Butte, Glasgow, peerless, Wolf Point, Scobey, Sidney, Glendive, Williston, Crosby, Tioga..."
There are a lot of people out there that live for garage sales. Saturday, June 25 is your day with Billings' Biggest Garage Sale at Metra's upper parking lot. It starts at 7 a.m. and runs until 3 p.m. and I can guarantee you people will be there at 6 a.m. waiting for that ultimate find.
Just because you’re throwing a garage sale to get rid of your junk, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t make your junk look as attractive as possible. Here are a few tips on how to best display your garage sale merchandise.
Cleanliness is next to “buy-me-ness”. You
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Every garage sale lover dreams of finding that one-of-a-kind item for “real cheap”. Be it a vintage lamp or a unique piece of home décor, the thought of picking up a special item for a good price drives many shoppers to go out week after week...
It’s there whenever you go to the garage, the basement, or the attic. It’s there when you go to bed and when you wake up in the morning. It’s there when you leave for vacation and when you get back. It’s that mass of unused items that you keep telling yourself you need to get rid of but never seems to go anywhere...
Garage sales are one of those dreamy ideas that seem to a simple way to really get organized, clean out your closets plus make extra money. In reality, garage sales can feel like a lot of work. Surprisingly, one of the difficult tasks associated with a garage sale is figuring what a good price is for the items you used to love, but don’t love as much, anymore...
It’s no secret that some items move better at garage sales than others. Your old bicycle may sell in a flash, but you may not be able to move that old painting your grandma did. With that in mind, here’s a short list of items that experts tend to agree sell best at garage sales...
It’s there whenever you go to the garage, the basement, or the attic. It’s there when you go to bed and when you wake up in the morning. It’s there when you leave for vacation and when you get back. It’s that mass of unused items that you keep telling yourself you need to get rid of but never seems to go anywhere...
Picking a day to host a garage sale goes a long way to determining how profitable your sales will be. Here are a couple tips to keep in mind.
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Obviously, this is going to vary depending on the weather, in Montana we can have sunny days in February and a hail storm in June...