Why don't we do american style garage sales?

Susannahmia

I just moved house earlier in the month and the amount of barely worn clothes , books, cds I ended up putting in the charity shops was amasing. I'm extremly short of cash at the moment and got thinking of the garage sales I saw in the states, I'm guessing I could have made over 100 easily if I had done one and people had attended etc.

So why don't the Irish do this? Would you attend one If you knew someone in your area was having one?

Is it even legal over here?

(Btw sorry mods if this is in the wrong section, I couldnt think of anywhere else more suitable but feel free to move it if needs me.)

jpb1974

They do... it's called a 'Car Boot Sale' here.

syklops

Because you put all your crap out front, waiting for people to buy some of it, and then the rain comes on. And while your moving the clothes and CDs in, the books and DVDs get water damaged so that no one wants them, they even get refused in the chairty shop and you have to pay for them to be disposed of.

To sum up, in America most states get long warm summers. Here we dont.

RoadKillTs

There are loads of them every weekend. Where are you located OP?

run_Forrest_run

jpb1974 wrote: »

They do... it's called a 'Car Boot Sale' here.

hmm, not strictly the same thing, yes you may find some people selling their unwanted items at these events but really they are just a place to shift stolen goods by 'undesirable' folk :rolleyes:

dudara

It's not really a Consumer Issue (although I see why you put it here). I think I'll move it to After Hours.

dudara

jpb1974

but really they are just a place to shift stolen goods by 'undesirable' folk

Not where I'm from... they're well organized and well publicised down my way. Lots of decent folk about the place trying to make a few sheckles.

It's just when people make sweeping generalisations about them that they get bad press...

weiland79

They do something similar in Germany (or at least in Berlin). Every month you see tables,lamps,cupboards and even beds and boxes of clothes out on the side of the road and they are always gone by the evening. There is no money exchanged peope just take what they want.
What's the saying one mans rubbish is anothers treasure (thats not right is it?)
But we just don't have that kind of second hand culture in Ireland. Even in my business (jewellery) there is little to no market for second hand goods.
People here just like their goods shiny new and boxed. Maybe this will change over time,especially with the economy the way it is ( I'm so tired of using the E word) and double especially if they drop the minimum wage.

Sanjuro

I'm sure you could probably find one at an American style garage shop.

jpb1974

Every month you see tables,lamps,cupboards and even beds and boxes of clothes out on the side of the road and they are always gone by the evening.

In Ireland people who want to give stuff away for nothing donate such items to the local Charity Shop(s). It's pretty much the same principal.

Wazdakka

In before the "Hey big spender" Simpsons youtube clip.



Ok fine... I would have linked it myself but youtube is blocked in work..

weiland79

jpb1974 wrote: »

In Ireland people who want to give stuff away for nothing donate such items to the local Charity Shop(s). It's pretty much the same principal.

True.

bossa_nova

Wazdakka wrote: »

In before the "Hey big spender" Simpsons youtube clip.



Ok fine... I would have linked it myself but youtube is blocked in work..

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marleyandme

if you do decide to have one you have to put up a little wooden lemonade stand... like they do in the simpsons/ problem child 2/family guy. not an adult sized one, but a little kiddie sized one... make it authentic...
you'd be the coolest neighbour on that block

upmeath

Irish people are more charitable than Americans, who will seek to make a buck off just about anything, even if the cat has slept, fed and pi55ed in it for the last 10 years.
Oh and if you put any sort of home goods on public display in this country, transit vans are never far away.
"I tek de kittle, now wha' bou' dem pair gates ye got der boss, wha' much furdem?"

We had a yellow skip on the street here a while back while we cleared our attic and shed. We couldn't keep "tem bosses" out of the bloody thing.

dopes

some towns do car boot sales but they are always full of junk.
Why not use ebay if you need the cash and the stuff is new?

ejmaztec

dopes wrote: »

some towns do car boot sales but they are always full of junk.
Why not use ebay if you need the cash and the stuff is new?

...or go and visit your local fence, no questions asked.

mikom

"I will look on your treasures, gypsy. Is this understood? "

Terry

Wazdakka wrote: »

In before the "Hey big spender" Simpsons youtube clip.



Ok fine... I would have linked it myself but youtube is blocked in work..

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SugarHigh

Do Americans even have those Garage sales anymore? Most people seem to spend their money on electronics that end up being worthless second hand so what would most people have to sell?

storm2811

bossa_nova wrote: »

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mp3kid

storm2811 wrote: »

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Sea Sharp

What you do in Ireland is you leave all your junk outside in your garden and hope that some knackers will come along and rob it for you when you're not looking.

Banned Account

I think it's because we don't have American style garages to be honest.

storm2811

mp3kid wrote: »

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Anyway,I think boot sales are alright,mostly a load of junk though and around xmas you get the odd fella selling puccine and designer perfumes for a tenner.

mathie

storm2811 wrote: »

Anyway,I think boot sales are alright,mostly a load of junk though and around xmas you get the odd fella selling puccine and designer perfumes for a tenner.

Tommy Hilfinger?

Liam Byrne

ejmaztec wrote: »

...or go and visit your local fence, no questions asked.

There would be if your neighbour is there!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vnotr-hIVtk

Susannahmia

SugarHigh wrote: »

Do Americans even have those Garage sales anymore? Most people seem to spend their money on electronics that end up being worthless second hand so what would most people have to sell?

Yep they do attended a few last year when I was visiting an aunt in Massachusetts.

And despite the name the driveway is used rather than the garage usually.

Where I am in laois carbootsales are usually used to shift stolen goods and are run by travellers.:o

Celly Smunt

in canada you just put your old crap outside and different people on evening walks take it,i'm not a good salesman so it suits me

Susannahmia

pmcmahon wrote: »

in canada you just put your old crap outside and different people on evening walks take it,i'm not a good salesman so it suits me

Yep noticed that too in America

GaNjaHaN

GaNjaHaN wrote: »

What you do in Ireland is you leave all your junk outside in your garden and hope that some knackers will come along and rob it for you when you're not looking.

Put a fake lock on them just to make sure

Conor108

Wazdakka wrote: »

In before the "Hey big spender" Simpsons youtube clip.



Ok fine... I would have linked it myself but youtube is blocked in work..

I could only find it in Spanish

rainbowtrout

A few families on the estate I grew up in used to have them when I was a kid. That was in the mid 80s in Limerick. Set up on the driveway and sell all their old toys. Used to have no problem shifting stuff.

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vicecreamsundae

i love yard sales, when i was in toronto last week i passed one when i was rushing, but on the way home that evening they had left out the leftovers for free and i got a really good book.

maybe i'm cynical but i feel like in ireland if you had a yard sale, scummy kids would just either steal stuff, or just generally trash it. but i AM probably just being overly cynical.

just go for it anyway OP.

starbelgrade

Why don't we do stuff American style?

Probably because we're not American.

Einhard

Cos we don't have American style garages.

Jesus Wept

I've asked this question too many times.
I think it's a pity, it'd be a much easier way to get rid of stuff that has value, rarther than having to advertise all of it seperately and deal with a whole bunch of people over weeks and months.

It's time people started doing it, then it will become more common.

jpb1974 wrote: »

They do... it's called a 'Car Boot Sale' here.

Different.

vicecreamsundae

starbelgrade wrote: »

Why don't we do stuff American style?

Probably because we're not American.

seriously?!
ireland does LOADS of stuff which was one considered American.

Run_to_da_hills

jpb1974 wrote: »

They do... it's called a 'Car Boot Sale' here.

Not everyone has a car with a boot.