We spent Thursday pricing and setting up, probably about 6-7 hours. We opened at 9:00 am on Friday and had people right away just from signs on the highway near our house. We closed at 6:00 pm on Friday and were open again on Saturday from 8:30 am to 1:00 pm.
We did have good signs on the street- they were left over from when I had sample sales in my house of home decor items that I made and sold.
To be honest, when I decided to go back to teaching, not being able to use those signs was one of the saddest parts for me! I thought they turned out so cool.
We covered over the name with some posterboard so just the "sale" and arrow showed on the sandwich board. We had two sandwich boards and two small signs to guide people.
We got a lot of compliments on our signs. :-)
So, in the end, we made over $200 dollars, which was split five ways (with others who put things in the sale and our kids).
We feel it was worth it (the kids were especially excited), but we'd only do it again on Friday and not Saturday. We sold only $30 dollars on Saturday, it was slow and people could see that it was picked over. Most people left without buying on Saturday. It wasn't really worth the time.
One thing that added to the value for us is that my husband sat out there most of the day on Friday and was able to do work as well as watch the sale, a benefit of freelancing from home. So any extra time for us was really only the Thursday setting up.
Two hundred dollars for a day's work? Oh Yea!
We also loaded everything that didn't sell into the truck and took it right away to the thrift store. Now our space seems lighter and cleaner and we have a little extra for our Seattle trip. These are good things. You definitely might want to try this, if you haven't already.
-Jami
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