Garage sale in winter via Craigslist?

[beaucoup]

I've done yard sales for years. I've sold single items via Craigslist previously.

However, I'm currently doing a big clean out. Too much to list via individual ads. Too much to hold onto until beautiful spring/summer weather. I want to try to hold a sale in March or April but we will still have snow on the ground at the rate its been falling this winter.

I'll take photos of most items. Price & list in ad. Include a link to a site with all the photos. Will list the days & times of the sale. Multiple weekends if needed. I can leave it all set up in the garage. I'll hang blankets over things in the garage that are not for sale.

My question is:
Should I list the address in the ad or should I make people contact me for the address?

I see some ads without addresses. So I'm thinking there must be a safety concern I'm not thinking of? If it was a newspaper ad, I would list the address, but people wouldn't have already seen what I was selling. Thoughts?

I've never had a yard sale where it was ONLY listed on Craigslist. Is that enough? Might not put out signs until weather is better. Parking is a bit of a problem right now with all the snowbanks. Hope its better by March or April.

Anyone ever done a Craigslist yard sale off season? Was it successful?

 

[LuLuO]

I think you are making a lot of work for yourself. I would probably just pick a weekend and advertise it on craigslist with the address and put signs up in your neighborhood and say that it is inside the garage, rain or shine. Include a few photos or a general description of the items. To individually list everything along with prices and then deal with the incoming of craigslist mail is going to be a big headache.

You could do a "by appointment only" kind of a thing. I've been to a couple of kids sales like that but still, that's a lot of time to set aside for people who may or may not show up.

 

[beaucoup]

well I didn't mean I was going to list EVERYTHING. Just the big items & some group shots. Enough so people know what I have and that its worth coming out in the snow for. I don't live in a city, so some people might think the drive isn't worth it otherwise.

Good point about getting lots of emails to deal with about wanting address. I guess there would be more than when its just one single item.