Yard Sales - I hate it when...

[TNT21]

You have a sale and I burn up gas to come by and you have one tiny table with old cool whip containers on it

I love that one!

How about when they bring up something marked a quarter, ask if you will take a dime for it, then pay with a quarter

 

[Schachteles]

I am doing a garage sale Thursday, Friday and Saturday...you have given me all things to look forward to!!

 

[simonkodousek]

 

[SherylWrites]

I hate it when people leave their stupid signs up for weeks or until the wind and rain blows them down the street onto my lawn.

I hate the people who offer you $3 at 10am for EVERYTHING you have.

I hate it when my kids get super hyped for a garage sale and *I* get to put everything out on the lawn and put whatever sells back into the house. They got charged a "fee" for that one I'll tell ya.

I hate it when people come an hour before the sale and ask for some completely random item (like Pogs. anyone remember those?)

One year, a whole family got out of a car and offered me $5 for a park bench that I was selling for $15. I knew I would get $10 for it from a friend who offered so I politely said no. They all stood there yelling at me in Vietnamese and then they piled back into their car and drove away. Weird.

I hate it when garage salers don't have any change. You can't change a $5? If you KNEW you were having a garage sale, wouldn't you think to have lots of change on hand first?

I haven't done a garage sale in two years or been to one. They're too aggravating!!

 

[ThunderMTexpert]

Well, I'm ADDICTED to this thread!

*I hate it when: people literally JUST step out of their car, complain about the terrible heat, & beg you for some water! Last May, DH & I were sitting by our table & this woman comes to us, sees we are drinking bottled water & asks us where we got it from! SERIOUSLY?!

*I hate it when: children who are with their parents start playing with a toy, then, their parents check out & pay, while the child stays in the grass. Then, the parent says: "Come on, Johnny! Let's go!" * He leaves with the toy!!

*I hate it when: hagglers are ridiculous w/ their offers, someone says: "Oh, I saw that on EBay for cheaper," (Then why didn't you buy it off of EBay?)

*I hate it when: Someone "pretends" they don't know who Sandra Bullock/Kate Hudeson is in a movie, offers 50% off just to "help us out," and then leaves telling their spouse all about the movie. "Well, you see: she works for an agency & she has to 'lose this guy in ten days! It's hilarious!" What the heck??

*I hate it when: in a multi-family garage sale, I end up buying my family's junk!!

 

[java]

We had a garage sale once. And I thought it was strange that the hagglers were the ones on the cheapo items- like oh instead of a quarter for this item can I have 2 for a quarter. I guess some people are in it for the game.

I found myself laughing at people. A woman was arguing about champagne glasses I had for sale for $1 each. She wanted them both for a $1 I said nope-They were new and never used- and she got pissy- then my brother said to me =- Hey do realize there are from Tiffanys? I grabbed those babies off the table so fast. And to think she might have gotten $125 flutes for $2! I am glad she was pissy.

On the buying end I don't want to be talked into an item- If I want it I'll buy it. I don't need to hear how it was in your family for years- why are you selling it then?

The best thing I ever got at a garage sale was a set of paints, brushes and watercolor pencils. There was an artist that had died and her family was selling her stuff- just to get it out of the house. I got a box of things for $2. That's what they wanted for it! I even offered more because I felt bad knowing how much that was worth.- I couldn't even buy a brush for less than 2 let alone a box of them!

 

[secretpantssam]

I hate it when people come an hour before the sale and ask for some completely random item (like Pogs. anyone remember those?)

Haha! I just sold old Pogs on ebay!!

 

[surfergirl602]

OY!!! This is exactly why I don't do yard sales. I donate or sell online. I can't deal with the hassle. You guys are stressing me out by just reading all of this!

 

[Poohbug]

This is a great thread. People are so funny sometimes-funny ha-ha and funny strange. I love to rummage sale and it has become necessary this year because of greatly reduced income.
I have seen one certain lady at a couple of different rummage sales who claims to not speak english. I don't know what language she does speak because she does not say anything-she just holds up fingers for what she wants to pay. At one sale they let her have the item for what she wanted to pay but at another the owner wanted full price. The lady kept waving her fingers trying to get a lower price. This went on for a couple of minutes but neither would budge. I think this lady goes all over town not speaking and gets things for practically nothing just because people don't want to argue with her.

 

[surfergirl602]

Haha! I just sold old Pogs on ebay!!

I listed an entire 3 ring binder full of them for cheap - couldn't sell. I think I tossed them all in the trash after listing them a few times.

 

[Justthe8ofus]

I don't go to yard sales or hold them myself. I don't need someone else's overpriced junk.

I just donate my overpriced junk.

 

[MEM]

In my neighborhood there are groups of families from a certain part of the Caribbean where EVERYthing is negotiable! I carefully clean, price and organize my things, these people show up and start grabbing items and making a huge pile of the items. Then they point at the pile and say "Five dollah" or something equally ridiculous - the pile could easily add up to $50 and I price my stuff very low.

Then they persist, and I am sorry to say, some play the race card - "You no sell to me because I'm ____________?" Maybe its an urban thing.

I do not back down, but soon the serious customers give up waiting to see if what they want from that pile will be sold or not.

I end up putting back everything that was in the pile.

After 3 consecutive annual yard sales like that, I gave up. I am thinking about trying Craig's List, however.

 

[Minnie_me]

I hate it when.........

.........people ask to tour my home. We live in a new development, and have gotten this request every year. The answer is ALWAYS NO. I tell them that if they're interested in building, to call our builder, and he will arrange a tour of our home. No one has ever returned.

.......people ask to use the bathroom. I always tell them I'm sorry, but: the baby's asleep, the dog is vicious, the plumbing isn't working, etc.

......people let their kids play with the stuff. We had a manual treadmill for sale last year, and I put a sign on it that said, "FOR YOUR SAFETY, PLEASE KEEP OFF". Some 10-year old boy got on it and started JUMPING. The parents thought it was hilarious. He broke it. I demanded money. They threatened a lawsuit. They ended up giving me $20 when I told them that my husband was an attorney (not true - LOL!).

.......people try to rip off my children. My DDs sell books and cookies to make money. Books are 25cents each. A lady approached my FIVE-YEAR old DD with 20 books in hand and said, "Will you take a dollar for all of these?" What is a kid supposed to say? She didn't know she was being swindled.

........people ask me to HOLD something (usually a big-ticket item) but won't give me money to do it. Sorry! Unless you pay me, I'm selling it to the next interested person.

I basically cringe throughout my yard sale every year. I know that I don't have to have one, but our whole community does, and we always make at least $400.

 

[4boysrus]

Our community yard sale is this friday and saturday. thanks for the laughs and reminding me of whats to come!

 

[nunzia]

Me too....

I hate it when a grown adult asks to go to the bathroom because it is an emergency...you let her.....she poops in your bathroom and flushes three times......then does not buy anything! NEVER AGAIN WILL SOMEONE USE MY BATHROOM...emergency or not!!

I can't believe anyone would ask to use your restroom!! (well I believe it, but I'm stunned someone would) UGH! AWFUL! And I sure as heck would say NO. Also..no checks, I'd never think of paying with a check, and no way do I dicker. I live close to Juarez and won't even dicker there where it's acceptable. If I think a price is too high I just put it down and leave.

 

[Mickeyorbust]

...I hate it when a large imposing man waddles into the driveway and proceeds to tell my kids riddles - for one thing, my children shut their brains off from June until September and then my husband stands there trying to figure them out! ...

Sorry, that struck me as hilarious! I can see my DH standing there with this puzzled look on his face for hours trying to figure out a stupid riddle.

 

[sarahlovesmickey]

I love this thread...I am over here laughing hysterically!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[happygirl]

I have only had a few yard sales but here are the ones that get me

I'm buying this for a friend if they don't fit can I bring them bacrk
No you can't use my restrooms
No I don't supply water (but if I have another yard sale I might think about selling water)
I don't mind haggling, however I'm having a sale to make money so don't take advantage of my prices

My biggest one, NO you can't light the candles to see wht the smell like lite

 

[Grumpy's Gal]

I always put in my ad "early birds pay DOUBLE!"

We open our garage sale at 7:30. You know what ? WE OPEN AT 7:30.

DO NOT KNOCK ON MY DOOR AT 5:30 and ask to see it early. The answer is NO. And please note if you show up TWO HOURS EARLY and ring the bell and pound on my door, I will be rude to you! Just like I will be rude to you if you show up at midnight the night before and say "we knew you'd still be up marking things.....we see you listed furniture in your ad....can we see it now?" NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! You may not. The sale is TOMORROW AT 7:30!

I do not care if you are leaving town. I do not care if you have to go to work. Face it -- I just don't care no matter what lie you come up with. I have a family life too and my DH is getting ready to go to work and my kids, until you rang the bell, were still asleep.

7:30 - SEVEN THIRTY!

 

[kaysmommie]

I hate it when people steal things from my garage sale. At least make me an offer (it was priced) before stealing it.

I hate it when people try to haggle the price with me, speaking spanish. I don't understand spanish and can't really agree to a price. Along those lines, I hate it when they have their children haggle for them.

I hate it when people ask if their children can use my bathroom, or ask if they can try on the 50 cent jeans.

But I do love it when people buy all my stuff!!!

Too funny. I had some rude woman let her DD about 6 steal roller skates from my garage sale. I have been taking my stuff to goodwill so I don't have to deal with all these issues posted. Thanks for the laughs though I was really needing them today.