Yesterday had the potential to be the best garage saling day I've had in years. Sadly, I had to quit before 9:00 but I still got some good deals.
We started at a multi-family sale that was actually multi-family and good. There were at least five houses participating and they all had a lot of stuff. At the first house I bought a stack of 22 textbooks. The seller initially wanted "one or two dollars each" but I offered $5 for all, knowing they were all copyright 2005 or later. I figured with that many books I could at least make my money back on Amazon and then sell the rest on Craigslist. She was initially hesitant about letting them go for only $5, but she accepted in the end and threw in a 23rd book that's a perfect Father's Day gift. I've already got $25 for two of the books with the Amazon buyback program. I have another book listed on Amazon for $22 and the rest are listed on Craigslist.
The second house had a DVD I got for a quarter, another father's day gift. Some other houses had stuff in which I was interested that were priced too high. Finally, the second to last house had a DS Lite marked at $20. The seller was really friendly so I offered $5 just to see if she'd take it. She actually considered but then countered with $15. We ended up settling at $8. The DS Lite is definitely an upgrade from the DS I bought a few weeks ago so the DS is going on Craigslist. The DS Lite works perfectly; the only problem is that it's pink.
Finally, I bought a Nerf gun for $0.25. I have it on Craigslist for $20 but I expect to get $10 for it in the end. By then it was almost 9:00 and I had to quit.
Later on in the day I was out for a walk and came across an unmarked sale. I ended up buying two GameCube games and an empty GameCube case from the unmarked sale for $1. I have the case listed at $12 on eBay but I don't really expect it to sell for that much.
Altogether, I spent $14.50 yesterday. That's definitely more than I usually spend but I've already made more than my money back and I have the potential to make significantly more with those textbooks.
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