Jan 22 2009
Trashy Yard Sale
I just don’t understand some people. I know the saying “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure” is very true, especially in the garage/rummage/yard sale business, but this was taking that saying too far.
I love to go to yard sales. Everyone who frequents these sales often knows that some are better than others. That is pretty much a given. However, I went to one last weekend that takes the cake. It was nothing but trash. I don’t think anyone could have found anything there to treasure.
There were candles that had been burned to almost nothing. Lots of posters ~ all looked like they had been ripped off the walls ~ torn, ripped, tattered. There were sheets that were torn and stained. The person holding the sale wanted 25 cents each for the candles, a dollar a piece for the posters. I don’t know what they wanted for the sheets ~ they were too disgusting to look at too closely. A Playstation that was missing the cover and had the wires cut was marked $20.
From what I could tell, everything there belonged in the dump, not a yard sale. I’m all for selling things you won’t be using and making a little cash in the process, but let’s not be ridiculous about it.
o_O
I’m…just gonna say “people are crazy” and leave it at that. I mean, it does seem in general that maybe 1 out of 10 garage sales actually have useful stuff I want–books I’ll actually read, clothes that will fit and not look like crap, whatever; I even found a decent sword at a yard sale in a trailer park once–but they pretty much always have stuff that somebody might want.
But that…is just bizarre.