Putting together garage sale can be easy

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

BSIKESTON --So you've never had a yard sale or garage sale? Fear not. Local garage/yard sale enthusiasts say there's nothing to it really.

"Put out (for sale) anything you've got that you want to get rid of," said Candy Holt of Benton, who is planning a garage sale this weekend. "And if they want it, they'll buy it. Sometimes you make pretty good and sometimes you don't."

Holt said a key element to a successful sale is to offer clean items in a clean environment.

"When they see junk, they don't stop. They just go on by," Holt said.

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