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Posts in category "Garage sale tools"

Best-rated Apps for Garage and Yard Sales

At last! Spring is getting ready to bloom, and to help you be ultra-prepared for the first warm weekend, here’s a rundown on the best rated mobile garage sale apps . These apps will map the location of multiple sales and give directions to the sales around you based on your location. Most will also... Read more »
By didurkes,
February 16, 2011 at 2:57 pm
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New to Chicago: Krrb.com for Secondhand Buying and Selling

If Craigslist is getting too crowded for you, and you don’t want to bother with shipping,maybe you should give Krrb a try.  Krrb is a new online marketplace based on the thought that there is probably someone right around the corner from you who’d want what your selling or who’s selling what you want. So... Read more »
By didurkes,
February 14, 2011 at 1:58 pm
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Garage Sale Season 2011: Get Ready

var icnid="26";//1101If garage sale season is like baseball, what’s the official opening day?  April 1? May 1? I know, I know, depends on the weather.  Let’s just say for now that opening day is just a snowfall or two away. Be ready for the first card table to hit the parkway. Follow Garage Sale Warrior... Read more »
By didurkes,
January 10, 2011 at 10:57 am
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For Garage Sales, Too: Bring Your Own Bags

photo credit to reuseit.com “Would you like a bag?” It’s great when a sale host comes to the rescue. A plastic Jewel bag comes in handy for the three CD’s, cute top, set of candle holders and the four paperbacks you just bought.  But it’s the whole vicious cycle thing, too. Another bag to bring... Read more »
By didurkes,
November 8, 2010 at 8:44 am
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Yard Sale Signs: It's All About the Arrow

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Yard Sale Marketing 101: Sign, sign, it’s all about the sign. Ask any yard sale addict and they’ll back me up -  a good sign can cause a gaper’s block. People will slow down to see what you’ve got in the front yard. Then they’ll park illegally and run up for a closer look, and... Read more »
By didurkes,
August 6, 2010 at 8:28 am
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One Bad Thing About My Neighbor's Yard Sale

My neighbor’s sale over the weekend was as huge success. Our Lady of the Sofas got started at 6 am Saturday with coffee and homemade breakfast bars for anybody urgently needing a couch or two. Friends and church mates donated a ton of stuff–including 9 sofas– for the sale to benefit an ed program at... Read more »
By didurkes,
July 19, 2010 at 10:31 am
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Hurray for This: A Year-Round North Shore Church Rummage Sale Website

illustration courtesy of  http://www.flickr.com/photos/zeidenstein/ The minute this site went up, it was as if it’s always been there. Definitely one of those “of course!” ideas you’ll use a million times to find a big and bargain-full church rummage sale. A group of north shore churches have formed a site that lists the when and where... Read more »
By didurkes,
July 13, 2010 at 10:06 am
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Thrifty & DIY Shopping Tips From Two Guys in Brooklyn

photo credit to Apartment Therapy New York interior designers, John Loecke and Jason Oliver Nixon, are well known for their style radar at thrift shops.  They can zero in on the good stuff in a flash, and that goes for where ever they shop. Recently the pair came to Chicago and visited some of my... Read more »
By didurkes,
March 1, 2010 at 11:58 am
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iGarageSale App: Best App Ever Finalist in Two Categories

iGarageSale was nominated as a finalist in two categories in the 2009 Best App Ever Awards: Best Use of Location Services and Best Outdoor Use App. There are ten nominees per category in the Best App Ever Awards which are presented by 148apps.com, a site that covers news, discussion and reviews of apps for mobile... Read more »
By didurkes,
January 28, 2010 at 11:34 am
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Out With the Old: Ten Spots Beyond Craigslist to Post Your Stuff for Sale

Garage sales are on hiatus til spring, but that doesn’t mean you should wait to sell what’s unused and unwanted in your space and make some win-win cash in the process. But frankly, Craigslist has let me down in my last attempts to be lean and green.  I posted a mid century mod chair in... Read more »
By didurkes,
December 27, 2009 at 9:15 pm
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