Posted on 04 May 2009 by Gary H
The first weekend of the 2009 Garage Sale Challenge has come and gone. There are fourteen people taking part this year and many of them, along with myself, spent part of Friday, Saturday, and Sunday digging through what was being offered at local garage sales and thrift stores. You can read about how some of them did on the 2009 Garage Sale Challenge blog.
Friday I went to seventeen garage sales, a Friends Of The Library (FOL) book sale, and all the local thrift stores. On Saturday morning I went to another ten fresh garage sales and revisited all the thrift stores.
Nearly everything that I purchase for the Challenge was books and many of those came from the FOL sale.
Here’s what my expenses look like after the first weekend.
| Ended |
eBay Sold |
Amazon Sold |
Cost |
List Fees |
FV Fees |
PayPal Fees |
Incid. Fees |
Miles |
Net Profit |
Total |
| 5/10 |
|
$50.99 |
$55.20 |
$9.20 |
$10.35 |
|
|
$23.10 |
$46.86 |
$46.86 |
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Posted on 30 April 2009 by Gary H
Tomorrow marks the beginning of the 2009 Garage Sale Challenge. Twelve readers have registered to take part this year and I want to congratulate them on deciding to participate and chronicle their efforts to reach their goals.
My personal goal for this year will be the same as last year - to generate $15,000 in net profits from qualifying inventory over the five months of the Challenge. Last year I came up considerably short of that figure, but will try again this year.
Tomorrow there will be a FOL book sale in East Grand Forks along with at least two garage sales that historically have produced some good finds so, hopefully, the first week will get me started in the right direction.
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Posted on 23 April 2009 by Gary H
The 2009 Garage Sale Challenge begins one week from today. If you are planning to take part this year, you will need to register by the first day of the Challenge - May 1st.
When I originally asked for a few volunteers to test out the blog for this years Challenge there were several people who wrote test posts making it sound as if they were going to take part. If you are one of these people, registering on the blog to make a test post is not the same as registering for the Challenge.
You can find what you need to do to register either here or here.
Photograph by A. www.viajar24h.com.
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