Announce the sale to your group. Tell them when and where it will be held and when and where to drop off donations. Decide on whether items will be priced by the person donating them or by the organizers. Designate a person in charge of receiving the donations.
Plan your advertising well in advance in order to put classified ads in your local newspapers. Send press releases to your local newspaper and radio stations. Place flyers in public places such as grocery stores, libraries, bookstores, schools, and churches. The night before the sale place posters and signs on the street advertising your sale.
Pricing garage sale items. Round numbers will make pricing and selling much easier. You can buy pre-made pricing stickers at office supply stores or make your own on a printer. Generally speaking, items in good shape should be priced at one-third of their retail price. Of course there will be exceptions. For example, you might want to price hard cover books at $2.00 a piece no matter what the retail price was. Or, you may want to price CD's, DVD's, and tapes at $2.00 each. You should group like items together during the sale. Sell them all for the same price unless otherwise marked.
Have as many volunteers on hand as possible. You will need people to help the shoppers and to keep things running smoothly. You'll need people to take the money and provide security. You may want to offer to deliver items if your group has access to a willing person with a truck.
At your checkout table have plastic bags, boxes, scissors, a yard stick, measuring tape, and wrapping supplies such as newspapers and tape. Make sure that you have access to electricity so shoppers can test items. Display valuable items such as jewelry at the check-out table in order keep them from being stolen. You can use a cash box or fanny pack to hold the money.
Let your shoppers know that your yard sale is a fundraiser. Make sure your signs say what you are raising money for. You may want to make a display board at your check-out table the gives information about your organization and cause. Have your volunteers wear your club's t-shirts or uniforms, if you have them, so shoppers will know who is working at the sale.
Always have a donation jar at your check-out table to collect donations.
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