Not good. Only 11.7%. You can not get much more with bread yeast. If you can get Turbo yeast, you can get closer to 20%. Try 8 lb sugar with 3 gallons, you can get 18.8%. The sugar and 2.41 gal of water makes it to 3 gal of wash. I hope this helps.
I don't host them, I prefer aution sites like ebay or even craigslist.
BUT on warm weekends in the spring and summer I get the classifieds and hit up all the garage sale locations. I only take $50 so I have a limit. I've gotten some great cheap stuff from the bike I ride ($10! perfect condition) to all my gardening tools for dirt cheap. Who needs to spend $20 on new garden tools? I find all i need at garage sales. It's easy to spend on junk though, so I've tried to limit what I buy at these things to tools.
I WOULD have a garage sale, if our condo association allowed us to. I like going to garage sales. I think the important thing to think about when you purchase is "Do I really need this item?" since a lot of garage sales purchases are impulse items. I always try and think of a place in my home where the item will go, so I am not increasing clutter.
I love the IDEA of garage sales, but unfortunately my daughter's soccer games and lazy Saturday mornings compete with my ability to regularly shop them. I would love to have them, but the location of my home isn't really conducive to lots of traffic. I do much better donating my stuff to a local charity. Donated items are sold at a thrift store which supports a shelter for women who are fleeing domestic violence. I also shop there when I go to drop off my stuff - always being careful to bring home much less than I took.
I am an avid garage sale consumer and retailer! This weekend I had the last of my garage sales...one at one house and one at another! I made over $700 on stuff that I first bought at a garage sale/thrift store/clearance rack, used for years, months, etc. then resold at about the same cost as I purchased it for! Now to me that is a no brainer....my time spent was about 15 hours total....I have an ongoing garage sale pile in my storage room that I contribute to all year long (as I have a sale each spring), so its not a huge deal to gather my stuff, set out on a table, in my garage and be ready for the 4 hour sale on Saturday morning(s). When I am done...it all goes to charity for a tax deduction. My 15 hours comes from doing it twice not once, in two different cities (with my best friend) so we get different clientle who want different things..its weird but it works!
As a consumer..I use garage sales to find things I NEED for my own use and families. If I won't use it even though its a great deal, I don't buy it UNLESS, I know that I can resell it on EBAY or Craigslist for a profit with little effort! I am an accumulater during the summer and all winter long and season appropriate I sell what I find at garage sales for 100% and UP profit. Its a strange hobby but one that makes me feel like I am contributing financially to our finances, is the thrill of the hunt, its a way to shop frugally, as its one of my favorite ways to destress!
I don't shop garage sales, but I do have them sometimes. When my sons were younger and outgrowing clothes & toys regularly we had one every year. Now we only have one every few years when we have enough to make it worthwhile. We've made anywhere from $150 - $600 on each sale, depending on what we were selling. A lot of work... but a good way to clear things out and make a little cash.
I love garage sales, with 3 kids it is a great way to outfit them in nice, even brand-name, clothes for cheap. I am not a brand snob at ALL but recognize that some brands are higher quality and I'll take 'em if I can find them at great prices. I think the key is to know what you are looking for ahead of time. For instance, I am on the lookout for clothes for my 5-year-old daughter. So I will look through the classifieds and circle rummage sales that list girl clothes. A good rule of thumb is don't buy something unless it's at least 75% off what you would pay in a store. Because I can shop the clearance section and buy new otherwise. Nicer neighborhoods are often good places to start. Sometimes they think their junk is better than other people's junk so they overprice, but a lot of times I've found that better-off families don't care about making money so much as getting rid of it. The best time to go is when a city has a city-wide garage sale, you can hit lots of sales in a short amount of time.
I choose to donate items rather than garage sale for the simple fact that unless I have big ticket items (furniture, etc.) I don't earn enough $$$ for my time. A 'successful' garage sale requires a time investment to advertise, set up, organize, and clean up. Hours and hours of work to make $100 (or less) on small items and clothes doesn't seem worth it!
I adore garage sales!! I love shopping at them and having them. My husband hates them and never wanted to be involved. He's been out of work for 8 long months so he decided to help with a sale of our own. I keep things stored in banana boxes just for sales and ebay. We cleaned out the garage, hauled stuff, put it in general area's for pricing-1 dollar table, 2 dollar table, etc. and advertised everywhere we could. We ended up making 850.00. My husband is a convert!
After college I went to a ton of yard sales trying to firnish my new appartment on the cheap. Turned out that after 4 weekends of yard saleing hitting ~10 per weekend I only bought a coffee table that I had to refinish. I would have been better off going to a junk yard, I would have found the same quality stuff and saved gas money.
Now I know you can find nice used furniture, but the only furniture that was nice enough for me to want in my house was still far over priced.
My suggestion would be to search craigslist, prices are quickly normalized by the low ballers and the ability to see what other are selling for similar items. And you don't waste gas and time driving from yard sale to yard sale only to find nothing.
I enjoy going to select garage sales. You can find some real bargains and a few treasures. I've even picked up a few items and resold them for a small return. I DO NOT enjoy having garage sales! I would much rather donate my unwanted goods.
Most of the stuff at garage sales is crap, but you do find a few gems now and then. I think the best I did was a 4-drawer lateral file cabinet for $10. A new one of those will cost you around $500. Also got some really nice paintings for cheap, including a really large landscape the guy sold me for $3!
I've participated twice in neighborhood/community yard sales and tend to think those are the best way to go- also more attractive to "outsiders" (people outside the neighborhood) since they can hit multiple households without tons of driving.
I love yard sales but only got lucky once when I picked up an awesome 10 speed bike for $15 that i used all during grad school. Otherwise, I am kind of SOL because I want to buy big(ger) pieces of furniture or large paintings but am single and drive a Corolla. Ha ha.
I've never really lived anywhere that's had a garage. :-)
But I love going to them! I did a fair amount of furnishing my apartment through yard sales. I totally believe in the power of recycling things. Who needs to spend a ton of money on things like dining room tables and toasters?
I have 3 yearly multi-family (13+ people) yard sales...Memorial, 4th of July and Labor Day weekends. I usually do pretty good and since I am the one that sets up, runs and takes care of, I make a little extra!
I have people from downstate PA who come every year. I have done this for at least the last 10 years...if not longer!
I love Yard/Garage Sales! Great way to save money. I hardly ever pay full price for books or anything else for that matter. My house is decorated with yard sale finds, and I am always complimented on having a welcoming, lovely home. As for having sales of my own, they are a lot of work! Only if I really need the money, other wise I donate. I must say this, I have a bad habit of buying things because they are a good buy and someone else can use it if I can't. Not a good idea, in most cases. I am trying to only buy just what I really need or want.
Before you buy, you can check the lists at energystar.gov to make sure your peripheral or power supply qualify. They have lists for lots of things besides major appliances.
Check for an 80plus power supply certification. Most power supply efficiencies vary with the amount of electricity being drawn. The efficiency of the power supplies they print on the box are for the most efficient power range. An 80plus certification guarantees at least 80% power supply efficiency at different power ranges. see 80plus.org
Western Digital and Seagate offer green disk drives, that typically spin slower than their non-green offerings. I use the WD drives, and I can't tell any speed difference.
I also make my life easier by using a 'smart' power strip that turns off all my peripherals when I power down my computer.
I love garage sales! I have been successful at selling stuff at garage sales and also like them for one of a kind furniture items. I generally get my books at garage sales.
I don't particluarly like having them at my own place, but if you do, please consider the following:
a. lock your house doors and access to backyard and only have the stuff in your driveway. This keeps some not so honest indivudals from accessing your house and stealing. I had someone try and get in my front door (door was up two flights of stairs and sale was in the driveway down stairs..when confronted as to what they were doing they took off).
b. Keep the cash on you and not in a box.
c. Do not allow people to use your bathroom
d. mark items to avoid too much haggling
e. clean things so that you can get more money for it
f. have change, calculator and bags on hand to
I no longer have them at my place, but I participate in the local Navy housing post garage sale, which is great as they are really well organized, provide food, port a potties and security and they do the advertising...not me. I just show-up, put some tables up and set everything out and spend a few hours selling and then when done they have a Goodwill truck nearby to drop everything off. I participate as a civilian and pay $20 for the space.
I shop garage sales only when I need something specific--which means I don't always buy anything. Ideally, I should get a list running of things I'll need in the future (purchases I'll have to make that I want to avoid buying new) and go more regularly.
But I have to admit, online options like Craigslist can be a much quicker way of finding what you need.
According to my opinion,
These children are the most luckiest children on the earth!! In most of the above cases parents must be their strength to carry on their works, or else they should be orphans.Otherwise how can they reach to their target with a high endeavors like this?
Parents should trust their children.In most of the cases in nowadays, if parents don't trust their children, definetly they become the most unsuccessful people in the world! There can have conflict attitudes between children & parents but as the elders with a broad knowledge than children they should listen to their children's attitudes too.
The children who have parents with more flexible ideas ,those children can reach their goals in a very successful manner.
Colinb
Not good. Only 11.7%. You can not get much more with bread yeast. If you can get Turbo yeast, you can get closer to 20%. Try 8 lb sugar with 3 gallons, you can get 18.8%. The sugar and 2.41 gal of water makes it to 3 gal of wash. I hope this helps.
I don't host them, I prefer aution sites like ebay or even craigslist.
BUT on warm weekends in the spring and summer I get the classifieds and hit up all the garage sale locations. I only take $50 so I have a limit. I've gotten some great cheap stuff from the bike I ride ($10! perfect condition) to all my gardening tools for dirt cheap. Who needs to spend $20 on new garden tools? I find all i need at garage sales. It's easy to spend on junk though, so I've tried to limit what I buy at these things to tools.
I WOULD have a garage sale, if our condo association allowed us to. I like going to garage sales. I think the important thing to think about when you purchase is "Do I really need this item?" since a lot of garage sales purchases are impulse items. I always try and think of a place in my home where the item will go, so I am not increasing clutter.
I avoid garage sales. I've hosted one and hated the experience.
I love the IDEA of garage sales, but unfortunately my daughter's soccer games and lazy Saturday mornings compete with my ability to regularly shop them. I would love to have them, but the location of my home isn't really conducive to lots of traffic. I do much better donating my stuff to a local charity. Donated items are sold at a thrift store which supports a shelter for women who are fleeing domestic violence. I also shop there when I go to drop off my stuff - always being careful to bring home much less than I took.
I am an avid garage sale consumer and retailer! This weekend I had the last of my garage sales...one at one house and one at another! I made over $700 on stuff that I first bought at a garage sale/thrift store/clearance rack, used for years, months, etc. then resold at about the same cost as I purchased it for! Now to me that is a no brainer....my time spent was about 15 hours total....I have an ongoing garage sale pile in my storage room that I contribute to all year long (as I have a sale each spring), so its not a huge deal to gather my stuff, set out on a table, in my garage and be ready for the 4 hour sale on Saturday morning(s). When I am done...it all goes to charity for a tax deduction. My 15 hours comes from doing it twice not once, in two different cities (with my best friend) so we get different clientle who want different things..its weird but it works!
As a consumer..I use garage sales to find things I NEED for my own use and families. If I won't use it even though its a great deal, I don't buy it UNLESS, I know that I can resell it on EBAY or Craigslist for a profit with little effort! I am an accumulater during the summer and all winter long and season appropriate I sell what I find at garage sales for 100% and UP profit. Its a strange hobby but one that makes me feel like I am contributing financially to our finances, is the thrill of the hunt, its a way to shop frugally, as its one of my favorite ways to destress!
So in my opinion...GARAGE SALES- YES
I don't shop garage sales, but I do have them sometimes. When my sons were younger and outgrowing clothes & toys regularly we had one every year. Now we only have one every few years when we have enough to make it worthwhile. We've made anywhere from $150 - $600 on each sale, depending on what we were selling. A lot of work... but a good way to clear things out and make a little cash.
I wrote a whole blog post about why I love garage sales. Check it out: http://www.waterwatereverywhere.net/2010/05/garage-sale-tales.html
I love garage sales, with 3 kids it is a great way to outfit them in nice, even brand-name, clothes for cheap. I am not a brand snob at ALL but recognize that some brands are higher quality and I'll take 'em if I can find them at great prices. I think the key is to know what you are looking for ahead of time. For instance, I am on the lookout for clothes for my 5-year-old daughter. So I will look through the classifieds and circle rummage sales that list girl clothes. A good rule of thumb is don't buy something unless it's at least 75% off what you would pay in a store. Because I can shop the clearance section and buy new otherwise. Nicer neighborhoods are often good places to start. Sometimes they think their junk is better than other people's junk so they overprice, but a lot of times I've found that better-off families don't care about making money so much as getting rid of it. The best time to go is when a city has a city-wide garage sale, you can hit lots of sales in a short amount of time.
I choose to donate items rather than garage sale for the simple fact that unless I have big ticket items (furniture, etc.) I don't earn enough $$$ for my time. A 'successful' garage sale requires a time investment to advertise, set up, organize, and clean up. Hours and hours of work to make $100 (or less) on small items and clothes doesn't seem worth it!
I would rather give my stuff away to Goodwill or to a rummage sale at my temple.
I don't like looking at other's people's junk so I don't go to yard sales.
I adore garage sales!! I love shopping at them and having them. My husband hates them and never wanted to be involved. He's been out of work for 8 long months so he decided to help with a sale of our own. I keep things stored in banana boxes just for sales and ebay. We cleaned out the garage, hauled stuff, put it in general area's for pricing-1 dollar table, 2 dollar table, etc. and advertised everywhere we could. We ended up making 850.00. My husband is a convert!
After college I went to a ton of yard sales trying to firnish my new appartment on the cheap. Turned out that after 4 weekends of yard saleing hitting ~10 per weekend I only bought a coffee table that I had to refinish. I would have been better off going to a junk yard, I would have found the same quality stuff and saved gas money.
Now I know you can find nice used furniture, but the only furniture that was nice enough for me to want in my house was still far over priced.
My suggestion would be to search craigslist, prices are quickly normalized by the low ballers and the ability to see what other are selling for similar items. And you don't waste gas and time driving from yard sale to yard sale only to find nothing.
I enjoy going to select garage sales. You can find some real bargains and a few treasures. I've even picked up a few items and resold them for a small return. I DO NOT enjoy having garage sales! I would much rather donate my unwanted goods.
Most of the stuff at garage sales is crap, but you do find a few gems now and then. I think the best I did was a 4-drawer lateral file cabinet for $10. A new one of those will cost you around $500. Also got some really nice paintings for cheap, including a really large landscape the guy sold me for $3!
I've participated twice in neighborhood/community yard sales and tend to think those are the best way to go- also more attractive to "outsiders" (people outside the neighborhood) since they can hit multiple households without tons of driving.
I love yard sales but only got lucky once when I picked up an awesome 10 speed bike for $15 that i used all during grad school. Otherwise, I am kind of SOL because I want to buy big(ger) pieces of furniture or large paintings but am single and drive a Corolla. Ha ha.
I've never really lived anywhere that's had a garage. :-)
But I love going to them! I did a fair amount of furnishing my apartment through yard sales. I totally believe in the power of recycling things. Who needs to spend a ton of money on things like dining room tables and toasters?
I have 3 yearly multi-family (13+ people) yard sales...Memorial, 4th of July and Labor Day weekends. I usually do pretty good and since I am the one that sets up, runs and takes care of, I make a little extra!
I have people from downstate PA who come every year. I have done this for at least the last 10 years...if not longer!
I love Yard/Garage Sales! Great way to save money. I hardly ever pay full price for books or anything else for that matter. My house is decorated with yard sale finds, and I am always complimented on having a welcoming, lovely home. As for having sales of my own, they are a lot of work! Only if I really need the money, other wise I donate. I must say this, I have a bad habit of buying things because they are a good buy and someone else can use it if I can't. Not a good idea, in most cases. I am trying to only buy just what I really need or want.
good post,thank you for share
Before you buy, you can check the lists at energystar.gov to make sure your peripheral or power supply qualify. They have lists for lots of things besides major appliances.
Check for an 80plus power supply certification. Most power supply efficiencies vary with the amount of electricity being drawn. The efficiency of the power supplies they print on the box are for the most efficient power range. An 80plus certification guarantees at least 80% power supply efficiency at different power ranges. see 80plus.org
Western Digital and Seagate offer green disk drives, that typically spin slower than their non-green offerings. I use the WD drives, and I can't tell any speed difference.
I also make my life easier by using a 'smart' power strip that turns off all my peripherals when I power down my computer.
I love garage sales! I have been successful at selling stuff at garage sales and also like them for one of a kind furniture items. I generally get my books at garage sales.
I don't particluarly like having them at my own place, but if you do, please consider the following:
a. lock your house doors and access to backyard and only have the stuff in your driveway. This keeps some not so honest indivudals from accessing your house and stealing. I had someone try and get in my front door (door was up two flights of stairs and sale was in the driveway down stairs..when confronted as to what they were doing they took off).
b. Keep the cash on you and not in a box.
c. Do not allow people to use your bathroom
d. mark items to avoid too much haggling
e. clean things so that you can get more money for it
f. have change, calculator and bags on hand to
I no longer have them at my place, but I participate in the local Navy housing post garage sale, which is great as they are really well organized, provide food, port a potties and security and they do the advertising...not me. I just show-up, put some tables up and set everything out and spend a few hours selling and then when done they have a Goodwill truck nearby to drop everything off. I participate as a civilian and pay $20 for the space.
I shop garage sales only when I need something specific--which means I don't always buy anything. Ideally, I should get a list running of things I'll need in the future (purchases I'll have to make that I want to avoid buying new) and go more regularly.
But I have to admit, online options like Craigslist can be a much quicker way of finding what you need.
According to my opinion,
These children are the most luckiest children on the earth!! In most of the above cases parents must be their strength to carry on their works, or else they should be orphans.Otherwise how can they reach to their target with a high endeavors like this?
Parents should trust their children.In most of the cases in nowadays, if parents don't trust their children, definetly they become the most unsuccessful people in the world! There can have conflict attitudes between children & parents but as the elders with a broad knowledge than children they should listen to their children's attitudes too.
The children who have parents with more flexible ideas ,those children can reach their goals in a very successful manner.
I love garage sales but foe some reason I never go to them.