Garage Sale Days

Today was my inaugural attempt at running a garage sale. Am moving in 2 weeks, so we want to get rid of nearly everything to reduce the hassle of hauling it around. After looking at the items we've been collecting for the last few years, I've realized we have a lot of shitty stuff. Since we were in school, we felt we needed to take every free or cheap piece of furniture that was offered to us. As a result, there are numerous chairs, two desks, a couch, TV's, TV stands, and two dressers: All of them shitty. I'm almost embarrassed to sell them, especially for the exorbitant asking prices. I know I’d never make a good used car salesman because I feel guilty about trying to sling so many poor quality items. I guess that is the nature of a garage sale.

I don't have a lot of experience with garage sales. Went to a few in college to pick up cheap household items, a lot of which are being sold in my garage sales. They have become even cheaper and shittier in the years since I bought them. The thing I didn't realize is that there is a whole subculture of garage sale goers. They seem to be a group of people who go to garage sales for the sake of it and to collect odd and useless items. You can tell who they are because they arrive 1/2 hour before the advertised starting time and can quickly figure if the items are shitty (like ours). The hardcores quickly scanned through and left. It wasn't until later in the day, when the average Joes show up, that we started selling things.

I will never buy used furniture again. As I was carrying out the couch, I noticed it smelled like stale cigarette smoke. Neither of us smokes, and we've had the thing for four years. Disgusting.