garage sale wayfinding system

We got to bed Friday night a little after midnight loathing the impending 5AM alarm setting. Surprisingly, everyone was up and moving right on time.. Of course, I was the most annoyingly awake and chipper – but the guys didn’t bludgeon me with any heavy objects.

Chad and Kevin drug out everything for the sale into the carport while I drove around and signed the neighborhood. We were ready to go by 6:30am, the first customer arriving at a quarter till seven.

The signs inferred we’d be having a kegger or something – but Chad was the only one who felt obliged to drink a few beers. Kevin and I kept to mainlining coffee.

We spent the past week’s evenings labeling the objects we were offering for sale – which seemed to pay off. The steady stream of people between 7am and noon would snicker and come up and tell us, “This is the coolest garage sale we’ve ever been to!”. Proof positive, you can market anything… Including the crap you’re wanting out of your life.

One woman offered a dollar for the “Carport Rules Sign” we posted.. I told her for a whole dollar, I’d print her a fresh one… I did…

Oddly the immediate neighbors who keep their distance didn’t stop by. Folks who live on other streets saw it as an opportunity to come by and say hello.

My parents each made an appearance – thankfully not at the same time… As well as Elise (devcubber) and “boo-boo-brawley”, (stevebrawley).

We’ve never done a garage sale before – but were told by veterans we did very well, getting rid of about 90% of our inventory. A gang of Mexicans bought Chad’s old truck and we worked a deal with a neighborhood kid to mow our grass for the rest of the season for my old Cannondale.

I guess I’m a little amazed. People will buy the weirdest stuff.

I bet ya’ll buy the idea I’ve got a blog too. huh.. Well – it’s 25¢ please, and I’ll throw in that sphincter shaped ashtray and decorative nose picker fashioned from a piece of faux ivory.