Garage Sales

Every summer you see the signs on almost every corner, "Garage Sale" they usually have an arrow pointing down a street or have an address on it.

Yesterday, today and tomorrow morning, my sister has been having a garage sale selling all the junk that she, myself and the rest of immediate family have collected over the last 2 years.

I am selling among other junk, a "Windows '98" computer and a printer. So far [as of this writing] I made a whopping $14. My sister has made about $150.

Yesterday, we didn't too much business, don't know why, but it was a slow day. Today however, was busier.

The first wave lasted about 2 hours, it was mostly white and black people, no big problems, we sold quite a few things, no bargining, they just waited for my sister to total everything up and paid her. Then it was quiet for about 45 minutes.

Then the second wave hit, the Mexicans. They all undestood the price my sister told them, but they didn't want to listen, my sister would tell them $5, they would counter $1, some of them said no and walked away unhappy, the others, they eventually were able to come to a price my sister was happy with.

The third wave, the Russians, were no better. They expected to pay a quarter [25 cents] for a child's outfit that sold for $35 [original tags still on] and marked $5, which is a great deal. I know the economy is bad, but does that mean everything should sell for nothing.

Tomorrow will be worst, they know it's the last day and people want to get rid of everything. My sister is donating everything to charity. The clothes go to our state's child services, they take in clothing for the foster kids in need of clothing. The computers and printers will go to a place called Allendale, they help people with ADD, who are Bi-Polar learn and get training they need to survive and get jobs. They also house children and adults with severe emotional and mental problems who could not survive without constant care.

photo is of the garage sale sign in front of sister's house