Change is the single most important thing you can take garages saling. Change greatly increases your efficiency because it makes it unnecessary for you to wait for change from the seller; you pay and go. Furthermore, some sellers are unwilling or hesitant to give change for large bills because it’s too much work for them or it puts too much strain on their change supply. I’ve seen some buyers turned down because they were unable to pay with anything besides a twenty or even a ten.
I keep a quart-sized Ziplock bag of change in my room for garage saling. Whenever I make a purchase at a store, any change I receive goes into my bag for Saturday. Most days that I go garage saling I pay with nothing but my change. It's convenient on two fronts: it makes garage saling easier and it prevents coins from accumulating.
I always do bring bills with me to garage sales in case there is something more expensive I wish to purchase. I usually bring $30: $10 in ones, $10 in fives, and a $10 bill. This more than covers the most I have ever spent or desired to spend at a sale. The most I have ever spent on a single day of garage saling is $15.50 on September 3, 2011; $13 of that was spent on my Kindle.
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