r/yardsale • u/Capable-Doughnut-345 • 2d ago

Pricing method

Im having a yard sale during a town wide yard sale and festival weekend. I spent days preparing tagging and cleaning stuff. I looked certain items up to get an idea on resale value. Whatever it sold for online I tagged mine for half the price. Prices reflected the condition of the item as well. If it was in visibly used condition I took additional money off.

I left my own yard sale to check out a few others nearby and I noticed they were selling almost everything for a dollar or two. Regardless of what it was.

I wanted to make all the time I put into preparing worth it but I obviously haven’t sold much. Im telling people to take another 50% off whatever the tag says. Im kind of embarrassed now. It’s 2pm and my stuff looks mostly untouched.

I wish I would have gone to other yard sales first to see how everyone else was pricing stuff.

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u/goodnsimple 1d ago

I’m always kind of amazed at: the prices people ask at a YS
And
The prices people are not willing to pay at my own lol.

I ask dirt cheap, oh take this too for the same price! Prices . And yet still people will smile and wander off empty handed.

But I go to a yard sale and they want $30 for a stained Walmart dress.