Karen, I read on a website to also post a sign that says "Prices will be doubled before 8:00" and that keeps the early birds away!

One other thing I learned: On the expensive pieces, don't budge an inch on pricing. Once I budged from $10 down to $4 just to get rid of it, and not even 2 minutes later a guy came looking for it and was ready to spend $10! Another guy offered $5 for another $10 item. I was adamant I wasn't going to settle for less and he gave me the $10. And where you are, you should do as well.... my area is notorius for not having successful yard sales.

I also know what you mean about not being so sentimentally attached. I threw out my childhood Raggedy Ann yesterday. I have no one to pass it on to. The stuffing was feeling "crunchy" and she was stained worse than I remember. I've got to be realisitc and think if we ever move, will I want to move and extra 5 or 6 boxes of sentiment? I found a box of "sentiment" yesterday... still wrapped in the same newspaper from December 2, 1987. If its been 20 years since I last looked at it, I don't need it any more!!! LOL

PS: I made $87 yesterday. Not bad for two days' workl! Of course I spent $200 of it already on such exciting things like a car seat, cleaning supplies, food.