I am starting to doubt that above quote, but ok...

Well, yesterday, was the much hyped and over-anticipated garage sale. It was an interesting experience, I don't know if I would ever do something like this again. It was just so funny thinking that we would be able to earn so much money from this experience. It was also funny believing that we had to "outdo" our neighbors, looking at them as competitors instead of as people who want to give up their junk to other people.

At first, people showed up early, but they bought something. The most heaviest traffic was early in the morning, where people spent their time brousing for goodies. I know that I am not a born saleswoman, but it was frustrating the first few hours. Trying to convince people to buy my junk was an ardous task. They either were looking for something specific or they were just extremely picky. It's hard for people to look at something that you once loved and treasured and viewed it as junk themselves. In fact, some people were just downright stingy. We priced one item as $2.50 and one woman would only pay 50 cents for it. I am open to bartering, but there are some items that should not be lowered at all. Otherwise, the item will start losing its value and worth. As one of my neighbor pointed out, she had her items set up for free and still people wouldn't take anything.

By the time the afternoon came around, traffic became really slow. I was amazed at which items sold and which items didn't. But, all in all, I think that we did a decent job for our first (maybe last!) time trying to sell items. (Key note to selves: try to sell knick-knacks, baby clothes, and furniture next time, as those items were extremely popular).

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What I overheard while I was waiting in line at Marc's:

(An irate woman who was pissed off about something and the manager tried to intervene. The manager walked away and started packing bags at the next cashier):
"Oh, no, you're ok. It's the managers at these stores. They SUCK!"

Gee, tell us what you truly think!