Category Archives: Sale Tales
Labor Day weekend: not the best weekend for sales, but …
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Through our extensive years of yard-saling we have determined that the Saturdays of holiday weekends (Memorial Day/Labor Day) generally don’t have a ton of sales. Furthermore, the sales that are there are often lame. But did this keep us from … Continue reading
Bunch of Berkeley yard sales
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I spent just over a week in Berkeley, California, visiting family. My parents are long-time yard sale shoppers (yes, it’s in my blood) so they were up for hitting a couple of sales as we made our way to do … Continue reading
Scanners can suck it
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With Jenny out of town, I asked Leslie if she wanted to drive over to Ballard to hit some yard sales. I had printed out some sales and one of them was listed as having hundreds of patterns, antiques, vintage … Continue reading
Drill team sale and basement shuffleboard
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I had received an email about Fred & Barb’s annual “Green 55” garage sale, with Lizretros and Leslie as participants. After going to a few of their previous sales and always getting something good (or at the very least getting … Continue reading
$5 Condition Unknown. Mustache Immaculate
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Saturday at 5:00 a.m. our dog started crying to go outside and I was unable to get back to sleep. Not the best time frame for yard sales, if none of them start until 9:00. I know both Jenny and … Continue reading
Special guest star report from Cathy
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First we got Karl’s take on Saturday … now we get Cathy’s write-up. It’s double-guest-star-riffic! Back when ebay didn’t take such a big bite out of sales with their fees, I got the fever and was hitting garage sales, estate … Continue reading
Special guest star report from Karl
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Here’s Karl’s thoughts on our day o’ saling last Saturday! the time had arrived to be a guest star with the bloodbath girls and this is a treat for sure! i was psyched so when jenny wrote to me “be … Continue reading
Double-guest-star day
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Beautiful day in Ballard on Saturday with TONS of sales. I had put together a printout listing four pages of sales, and after four hours I don’t think we even got to any of the sales on the 3rd and … Continue reading
