All of the above are great ideas. We usually look in Friday and Saturday's papers for the listing and start very early on Saturday.

Don't take the kids if you can help it. I usually end up with more crap than I do stuff that we could actually use (although, sometimes people just give the kids toys).

Crazykelly you need to run a garage saler school for newbies. Your ideas are great and you sound like you have a lot of fun when you shop.