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    Quote Originally Posted by Moesha View Post
    I'm just wondering if people have yard sales in Europe. They are quite common here in the US.
    Nope. I've lived in the USA during 2 years, and I must admit that I got addicted to yard sales !! We had our own "appartment sale" before we left, because we wanted to get rid of all the stuff we didn't need anymore, like furniture, our tv & radio, lamps, bicycle, etc... It was soooo much fun
    There are "rummage sales" though. That is f.e. a marketplace where everybody can rent a table, and sell whatever he wants. I participated in one last summer! I tried to sell my homemade 3D-cards; but it was no success. People were only interested in old junk
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    Quote Originally Posted by Maya & Inka's mommy View Post
    Nope. I've lived in the USA during 2 years, and I must admit that I got addicted to yard sales !! We had our own "appartment sale" before we left, because we wanted to get rid of all the stuff we didn't need anymore, like furniture, our tv & radio, lamps, bicycle, etc... It was soooo much fun
    There are "rummage sales" though. That is f.e. a marketplace where everybody can rent a table, and sell whatever he wants. I participated in one last summer! I tried to sell my homemade 3D-cards; but it was no success. People were only interested in old junk
    YEs, I have never had a yard sale here - there's no traffic on our street other than the people who live here. But I have helped at church yard sales - so everyone in the church brings their old stuff, and we set it out - many amazing bargains, that immigrants and students - we're on a major bus route - adored. We'd sell pots and pans for fifty cents each - you know, old, slightly dented but perfectly useable - and cups and glasses for ten cents apiece.
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    I participated in a neighborhood yard sale in Chicago and was surprised to learn what sells and what does not. Children's clothes are the biggest seller. Furniture the slowest seller.

    I didn't make much money...and decided it is easier to donate and take the tax deduction!

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    Worlds longest Flea market goes from Gadsden,Alabama to West Unity ,Ohio passing through Tennessee and Kentucky covering 654 miles in length.


    http://www.127sale.com/

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    A few years ago in our driveway, and then again. 2 broiling hot summers ago, again in the drive and the 2nd, what didn't sell, on a church parking lot that had to be 200 degrees! I didn't have "junk", I thought, but decent used stuff. I did lousy each time. So I swore I would never ever take days to box, load, unbox, set up and attempt it again. All goes to charity now. I'm so thrilled you did well, Barbara!



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    I usually only go to one Flea market & don't sell stuff, but I love to
    shop there.http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/indiana...druffplace.htm

    The neighborhood only has one market a year, but it lasts 3 days. The
    area has plenty of shade from the summer sun.
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    Actually we don't have yard/garage sales over here. I would love to do it because you wouldn't have to load and pack boxes and if you saw something in your cellar during the day you just grab it and sell it

    Of course we could rent storage - but I cannot see paying money to store stuff that I don't need at ALL! I am not the world's most cluttered person (you can see that in my office which is fairly clean) but Siegmar surely is. I am glad he saw how long it takes to make money out of the stuff- so he is now much more ready to donate

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    Quote Originally Posted by kokopup View Post
    Worlds longest Flea market goes from Gadsden,Alabama to West Unity ,Ohio passing through Tennessee and Kentucky covering 654 miles in length.


    http://www.127sale.com/

    Thanks for the link. I get impatient trying to get websites on my machine, it's ancient and takes forever!

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