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Minot ND Rummage / Garage Sales, Bob Timm National Marketing Realtors

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Minot ND Rummage / Garage Sales

 

Rummage sales are VERY popular in Minot North Dakota. It is very rare to see one during our winters so all those Rummage Sale-aholics are about to explode about now. Just like selling a house, the earlier in the spring you put it up for sale (Rummage or your house) the more likely you are to have success.

Here are a few tips for you to have a successful rummage sale in Minot ND.

1) Price it like you want to sell it (this goes for houses too by the way)

2) Price it!!! Avid rummage salers absolutely HATE it when you are to lazy to price your stuff. If your going with "make an offer" then don't get mad when I offer you 1 cent because that's how my dad taught me to respond to your "make an offer".

3) Clean it!Nobody wants to handle dirty stuff.

4) Don't pile clothing on a table. Is that how you had it in your house? If you can nor figure out a way to put it out on a hanger just give it to Goodwill.

5) Don't tell us your dog doesn't bite and look out for his little bombs.

6) Avid rummage salers don't like it when you say "sale starts at 9:00" and when we get there at ten to 9:00 you have nearly sold out.

The long and short of it is prepare for your rummage sale and do it right. Good signage, put it in the paper, price it, clean it, and hang it up.

SHOPPERS, speaking from experience any rummage sale in any part of town can be good. If you can get on at the Minot Air Force base they have some of the very best rummage sales. Generally speaking the worst sales I've been to are in the highest end of town because those folks tend to think they should get retail for their used stuff (I assume they are struggling to make their house payment).

Bob Timm, housing and rummage sale expert

 

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Comments (6)

William Feela
WHISPERING PINES REALTY - North Branch, MN
Realtor, Whispering Pines Realty 651-674-5999 No.

Well, It has been nice but I am not sure an outside sale would draw me, but inside and I am there

Feb 20, 2016 08:07 AM
Bob "RealMan" Timm

I think we hit the 50's today William Feela and it was just a beautiful day (almost the opposite of what the weatherman predicted) but I'm with you, it better be in a heated garage for me to go spend my $2.00 allowance.

Feb 20, 2016 08:29 AM
Lou Ludwig
Ludwig & Associates - Boca Raton, FL
Designations Earned CRB, CRS, CIPS, GRI, SRES, TRC

Bob

Looking for the treasures at a garage sale . . . . is a fun thing to do.

Good luck and success.

Lou Ludwig

Feb 20, 2016 11:33 AM
Bob "RealMan" Timm

It's fun Lou Ludwig and with some self control it's cheap fun.

Feb 20, 2016 11:37 AM
Noah Seidenberg
Coldwell Banker - Evanston, IL
Chicagoland and Suburbs (800) 858-7917

It is allot of fun going to these sales Bob. When I was in my first apartment I bought many items from hunting garage sales.

Feb 20, 2016 11:35 AM
Bob "RealMan" Timm

I'm aboiut to that point5 where there is absolutely nothing I need anymore Noah Seidenberg but I still get a kick out of it now and then.

Feb 20, 2016 11:38 AM
Grant Schneider
Performance Development Strategies - Armonk, NY
Your Coach Helping You Create Successful Outcomes

Hi Bob - we did one of these with our neighbors a number of years ago.  We have also participated in tag sales.

Feb 21, 2016 01:43 AM
Bob "RealMan" Timm

Grant Schneider when you can get a neighbor, or even better. a neighborhood involved it really brings in a lot of traffic.

Feb 21, 2016 04:13 AM
Larry Johnston
Broker, Friends & Neighbors Real Estate and Elkhart County Subdivisions, LLC - Elkhart, IN
Broker,Friends & Neighbors Real Estate, Elkhart,IN

Hi Bob "RealMan" Timm ,  I've never had one, but they are all over.  Home owners here call them yard sales or garage sales.  The Churches and Schools call them Rumage Sales

Feb 21, 2016 12:10 PM
Bob "RealMan" Timm

They are a lot of work to have, that's why some people are to lazy to price stuff, but I really enjoy visiting with the folks who come, I enjoy the money, and when it's over we call Good will and they haul the rest away Larry Johnston 

Feb 21, 2016 07:57 PM
Silvia Dukes PA, Broker Associate, CRS, CIPS, SRES
Tropic Shores Realty - Ich spreche Deutsch! - Spring Hill, FL
Florida Waterfront and Country Club Living

Bob, these sales are popular around here and some people religiously attend them every weekend hunting for bargains!

Feb 22, 2016 11:07 AM
Bob "RealMan" Timm

I've always liked them Silvia Dukes PA, REALTOR, CRS, CIPS, SRES and I have a garage full of junk to prove it.

Feb 22, 2016 07:52 PM