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Old 06-13-2013, 06:12 AM
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tessagin
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I go to garage sales, I don't have them. My sister used to have them often (as much as the small town permitted). If she wanted to close up early on the last day, she would have a paper bag sale. Smaller bags like you get from the grocery stores were $1(?), next size like the paper bags were $2 and up. Everything you could get into the bag. She used masking tape and would run a marker down the strip. The color of the marker told her the price of the bag. The last day often was an "OBO" day. After that, she would take inventory of what was left and the prices, mark them half price and take to Goodwill or Salvation Army and get a receipt for the donation. She never took anything back into the house. Clothing was often just donated to the women's shelter.
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