Books are some of the most common items at garage sales; in fact, many times the only thing stopping us from doing a drive by at a sale is a stack of books.
The great thing about books at garage sales is that you can get them for really cheap; as I've mentioned before, I try to get at least five for a dollar but I will never pay more than $0.25 per book.
The downside to buying books at garage sales from garage sales is that it can be very frustrating. Nine times out of ten, books are either of the self-help Christian variety, the Dan Brown-esque variety, or romance novels (if these excite you I am judging you very, very hard right now).
I would say I buy a book every other week I go saling. About every two months we go to a sale with a good book selection and I buy five or more books. Really, like everything else in garage saling, it's just a matter of getting lucky.
Don't judge me :(
ReplyDeletePersonally, I can't wait to pick up a copy of 50 shades of grey at a garage sale.