Comments on: One Man’s Junk Is Another’s… http://www.joshbyers.com/one-mans-junk-is-anothers/ A Digital Playground of Fun and Frivolity Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:21:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-RC1 hourly 1 By: flip the pig » Notes and Errata http://www.joshbyers.com/one-mans-junk-is-anothers/comment-page-1/#comment-482 flip the pig » Notes and Errata Sun, 02 Jul 2006 21:37:57 +0000 http://www.joshbyers.com/archives/116#comment-482 [...] My sister, mom, and I had a garage sale this weekend. It was hot and a lot of work. You might read Josh’s observations about garage sales and find them humorous. [...] [...] My sister, mom, and I had a garage sale this weekend. It was hot and a lot of work. You might read Josh’s observations about garage sales and find them humorous. [...]

]]> By: Josh http://www.joshbyers.com/one-mans-junk-is-anothers/comment-page-1/#comment-481 Josh Sun, 02 Jul 2006 01:35:50 +0000 http://www.joshbyers.com/archives/116#comment-481 Were you at our garage sale??? One other thing to add - it is also annoying when you visit a garage sale and the individuals think that they're running Saks 5th Ave. I think its completely reasonable that you are asking $400 for your limtited edition coins and plates you bought from USA Weekend... Were you at our garage sale???

One other thing to add - it is also annoying when you visit a garage sale and the individuals think that they’re running Saks 5th Ave. I think its completely reasonable that you are asking $400 for your limtited edition coins and plates you bought from USA Weekend…

]]> By: becky v http://www.joshbyers.com/one-mans-junk-is-anothers/comment-page-1/#comment-480 becky v Sat, 01 Jul 2006 20:41:40 +0000 http://www.joshbyers.com/archives/116#comment-480 I've spent part of my weekend garage sale-ing, and we had no shortage of comments regarding the way in which people <i>park</i> their cars at a garage sale. Often, these drivers park (a) their cars ten feet from the curb, (b) at an angle so either their back or front end is at a 45-degree pitch from the curb, and (c) park in such a way to facilitate easy entry and exit. That business is fascinating. Other fascinating (and annoying) things about garage sales include those individuals who ask for a specific thing: "tools," "watches, marbles, arrowheads," and "bb guns" were the interesting requests this weekend. Seems everyone is on the lookout for the next <i>Antiques Roadshow<i> winner. Not that I watch that show or anything. Additionally annoying is the dickering that people do. It's their opinion that the items you are selling are not worth what you think they are, but as a "reasonable" or "desperate" garage saler, you are held hostage by their estimation of your junk's worth. All sentimentalities or pretensions to sell things even for a fraction of their actual worth: toss them away, my friend. Toss them away. I'm never doing a garage sale again. :) I’ve spent part of my weekend garage sale-ing, and we had no shortage of comments regarding the way in which people park their cars at a garage sale. Often, these drivers park (a) their cars ten feet from the curb, (b) at an angle so either their back or front end is at a 45-degree pitch from the curb, and (c) park in such a way to facilitate easy entry and exit. That business is fascinating.

Other fascinating (and annoying) things about garage sales include those individuals who ask for a specific thing: “tools,” “watches, marbles, arrowheads,” and “bb guns” were the interesting requests this weekend. Seems everyone is on the lookout for the next Antiques Roadshow winner. Not that I watch that show or anything. Additionally annoying is the dickering that people do. It’s their opinion that the items you are selling are not worth what you think they are, but as a “reasonable” or “desperate” garage saler, you are held hostage by their estimation of your junk’s worth. All sentimentalities or pretensions to sell things even for a fraction of their actual worth: toss them away, my friend. Toss them away.

I’m never doing a garage sale again. :)

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