Why does it cost more to run a yard sale ad than what you actually make at the yard sale? Has anyone at TD thought about the fact that you only sell stuff at a yardsale for like a nickel. Those ads are ridiculous.
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Try the Courier Journal it is cheaper.
If you want people to come to your yard sale that are going to spend money, the TD is the best bet. More people actually read it, especially educated ones.
In most cases the only people that read the CJ are the ones that won't spend much money.
I agree the TD is expensive but if you are wanting to make money it is our only choice and they know it.
If you want people to come to your yard sale that are going to spend money, the TD is the best bet. More people actually read it, especially educated ones.
In most cases the only people that read the CJ are the ones that won't spend much money.
I agree the TD is expensive but if you are wanting to make money it is our only choice and they know it.
...then you have to pay the city of Florence for a permit to have the sale. My wife made me help her on our last and final yard sale. Total hours worked = 10. Total money made = 80 bucks. Now I donate and get the $500 deduction.
Ah yes Mr. Hoob, there is more than one way to skin a cat! 
i suggest multi family sales, that helps you keep the cost of having a sale low. we did one with about 7 or 8 families and it only cost us a few dollars each to get the ad and the permit. when you list with the TD they also give you some signs and other things also.
it's not much but doing the multi family thing the cost is about the same as listing in the CJ and you reach the "ed chew kated" folks!
it's not much but doing the multi family thing the cost is about the same as listing in the CJ and you reach the "ed chew kated" folks!
The last "yard sale" I was a part of, was my last. I want my 10 hours back.
quote:Originally posted by Mr. Hooberbloob:
... Now I donate and get the $500 deduction.
You get a $500.00 deduction for donating $80.00 worth of yard sale items????????
I agree, last yard sail I had I made about $120, but 2 half days of selling and before that gathering everything up, getting ready.
At least in Muscle Shoals you don't have to have a permit, so there isn't any out-of-pocket .
Hoober is right, I'll just give my stuff to Loves and Fishes or Salvation Army. Take a write-off. Remember, Clinton took an $8.00 write-off for some under shorts, I figger mine are worth at least as much.
At least in Muscle Shoals you don't have to have a permit, so there isn't any out-of-pocket .
Hoober is right, I'll just give my stuff to Loves and Fishes or Salvation Army. Take a write-off. Remember, Clinton took an $8.00 write-off for some under shorts, I figger mine are worth at least as much.
we always make $1500 to $2k Its only necessary to advertise in the CJ.
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Originally posted by Mr. Hooberbloob:
... Now I donate and get the $500 deduction.
You get a $500.00 deduction for donating $80.00 worth of yard sale items????????
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You only get 10 cents on the dollar value at a yard sale. Also, I have kids now and I accumulate a lot of stuff over a year's time to donate. I could actually get more of a tax break if I itemized, however, not worth my time. If you wanted to be dishonest about it, you can donate a sock and write off $500. Anything below $500 does not have to be itemized. You can get a blank reciept from just about any drop off.
Originally posted by Mr. Hooberbloob:
... Now I donate and get the $500 deduction.
You get a $500.00 deduction for donating $80.00 worth of yard sale items????????
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You only get 10 cents on the dollar value at a yard sale. Also, I have kids now and I accumulate a lot of stuff over a year's time to donate. I could actually get more of a tax break if I itemized, however, not worth my time. If you wanted to be dishonest about it, you can donate a sock and write off $500. Anything below $500 does not have to be itemized. You can get a blank reciept from just about any drop off.
I guess a LOT of people on here remember the days when someone could put what they no longer wanted outside with a small price attached to it and people would come... The Yard Sale was born!!!
Then, the cities decided THEY were going over so good, that THEY wanted a piece of that pie, so they started charging their stupid little fees... That should have NEVER happened... I mean anything and everything that anyone would sell for a nickle or dime had already had the TAX paid on it, so why should local governments get a SHARE of baby clothes, knick-knacks or other odds and ends that people wanted to get rid of...
One person's Junk is another's TREASURE...
THAT shows everyone that no matter how much you already pay, someone is going to figure out a way to make you pay even more.
And THEN newspapers and such wanted to come in and get THEIR piece of the action too...
Used to be that people could just tell a few, and hang a few signs, and the masses would come without all the advertisement or paying the city or county a FEE... My, how our gov't rules every single aspect of our lives, lol.
Then, the cities decided THEY were going over so good, that THEY wanted a piece of that pie, so they started charging their stupid little fees... That should have NEVER happened... I mean anything and everything that anyone would sell for a nickle or dime had already had the TAX paid on it, so why should local governments get a SHARE of baby clothes, knick-knacks or other odds and ends that people wanted to get rid of...
One person's Junk is another's TREASURE...
THAT shows everyone that no matter how much you already pay, someone is going to figure out a way to make you pay even more.
And THEN newspapers and such wanted to come in and get THEIR piece of the action too...
Used to be that people could just tell a few, and hang a few signs, and the masses would come without all the advertisement or paying the city or county a FEE... My, how our gov't rules every single aspect of our lives, lol.
quote:Originally posted by Mr. Hooberbloob:
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Originally posted by Mr. Hooberbloob:
... Now I donate and get the $500 deduction.
You get a $500.00 deduction for donating $80.00 worth of yard sale items????????
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You only get 10 cents on the dollar value at a yard sale. Also, I have kids now and I accumulate a lot of stuff over a year's time to donate. I could actually get more of a tax break if I itemized, however, not worth my time. If you wanted to be dishonest about it, you can donate a sock and write off $500. Anything below $500 does not have to be itemized. You can get a blank reciept from just about any drop off.
Take it to the Salvation Army, they will basically give you a "blank" receipt and you can fill in the five hundred yourself... What you MIGHT only get 80 bucks for, just might be worth well over 500 to other folks.
But SHHHHHHHHHH.... don't tell anyone or the cities or counties might start making YOU pay to take something over to GIVE AWAY.
My suggestion is that you've got a few things that are worth a good bit of money, then please don't "yard sale here" it for a little bit but first look on Ebay and see what it's selling for on there and "yard sale it to the world" and make off those few items what you'd make at a local yard sale in a fraction of the time. I've made quite a bit of money off of Ebay and haven't bothered with a yard sale since I discovered it though I admit I am "due" for a yard sale soon simply due to accumulation of stuff.
The IRS has tightened the rules on donations of household goods and clothing. Before you fill out that receipt for $499 you might want to read IRS Publication 526. I agree with Tw0PenniesToYa, sell that junk on eBay.
Yes, and sell it before the IRS tightens down on eBay . I have so many trash to treasure stories on eBay that I could start a topic on that. One of my favorites is buying something at a bent and dent store because I was hungry and it had a chocolate bar in it, it cost me $1. It was a teapot, a teabag and that chocolate bar that I had to have and eat right then. I ate the chocolate bar, tossed the teabag, then for the heck of it listed the teapot on eBay (it was at a Bent and Dent, I think, because the cardboard/plastic wrapping was all smooshed and slashed). It sold for around $60. Wow, that was a good chocolate bar! Sorry to change the subject...
. I have so many trash to treasure stories on eBay that I could start a topic on that. One of my favorites is buying something at a bent and dent store because I was hungry and it had a chocolate bar in it, it cost me $1. It was a teapot, a teabag and that chocolate bar that I had to have and eat right then. I ate the chocolate bar, tossed the teabag, then for the heck of it listed the teapot on eBay (it was at a Bent and Dent, I think, because the cardboard/plastic wrapping was all smooshed and slashed). It sold for around $60. Wow, that was a good chocolate bar! Sorry to change the subject...
quote:Originally posted by Confederate Pride:
Ah yes Mr. Hoob, there is more than one way to skin a cat!
Please, please, think of the humanity, or should I say felinity. Civilized individuals skin vivisectionists.
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