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A garage sale (sometimes called a yard sale or tag sale)
is an informal, irregularly scheduled
marketplace of used household goods, typically sold by one or at most a
few families. In some communities there are designated days every year in
which "block sales" are allowed, so that people don't have to get the
required permits or collect sales tax. |
Yard sale in Spring 2005 in California |
| Typically the goods in a garage sale are
unwanted items from the household conducting the sale. The goods are
sometimes new, like-new, or just usable, offered for sale because the owner
does not want or need the item, to minimize their possessions, or to raise
funds. The seller displays his wares to the passers-by or those responding
to signs or newspaper ads. The sales venue is usually a garage,
driveway,
front yard, or porch. Some vendors, known as 'squatters', will set up in a
highly trafficked area not on their own property. Staples of garage sales
include old
clothing, books,
toys, household
knickknacks, and
board
games. Larger items like
furniture
and occasionally
appliances are also sold. Garage sales occur most frequently in
suburban
areas on good-weather weekends, and usually have designated hours for the
sale. Sometimes, buyers arrive before the hours of the sale to review the
items. These buyers are known as "Early Birds", and are often professional
restorers or resellers. Such sales also attract people who are searching for
bargains or for rare and unusual items. Bargaining on prices is routine, and
items may or may not have price labels affixed. Some people buy goods from
these sales to restore them for resale.
Some cities, such as Beverly Hills, California, require that the
homeowners apply and pay for a yard sale permit, and even with that
homeowners in Beverly Hills can only hold yard sales in the back of their
homes. |
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