that want something for nothing? When you host a yard sale are you the easy going seller and will accept any reasonable offer, hoping to not have to "deal" with left overs, or are you pretty strict with your pricing? AND when does bartering start to become insulting? You know what kinds of people I am talking about.....they want a perfectly nice hammer (worth $25 for 5 cents!!!)

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I don't have yard sales anymore because the bartering gets on my nerves !

Having my first one tomorrow and Saturday will let you know how it goes! I am more one of those that doesn't care as long as I don't have to deal with the junk afterwards!!

I was so irritated the first time I had a yard sale with people wanting stuff for unreasonably low prices that I haven't had another one in at least 7 years!!

I would rather donate the stuff to the shelter than give it away at a yardsale because I can use the tax right off.

I am not a huge fan of the haggling anyway. I pay what they ask when I go to a yardsale. If its a fair price I will take it. I am not looking to be given something either. My husband LOVES to haggle for price. I HATE it.

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Mommy of Sarah (8.5), Hannah (7), and John(5)

I have started doing yard sales, though have recently started posting things on Craigslist and Yahoo Local YardSale groups. This has provided us the ability to sell things for alittle more. I have recently had a few people come by and try to barter though out of the last 4 four months of doing so I have only had 2 people do so now. And that I think was because they were electronic items.

I have had people switch stickers on items before ( I saw them do it)
It drives me batty I have no problem with people who ask if I will go lower and if they are nice about it I will if they are rude forget it.

I just get really upset with those people who lie about things

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I think it's pretty funny. I've had people who have said, "Will you take a quarter for this?" on something marked 50 cents. Please... if you can't fork out the extra quarter, you have bigger problems than I can help with. Seriously, I think for some (especially the older generation) garage sales are all about the negotiating. I try to keep this in mind as older people approach me. I don't really mind bargaining like that at the end of a sale, but if you ask me for a lower price 10 minutes after I've opened the door that seems unreasonable. If you're really against negotiating, you should post a big sign that says "ALL PRICES FIRM" or something like that in a place everyone can see it when they walk in the door.

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I will accept anything reasonable and if it is ask in a "nice" way!

I had a yard sale right after dh and I got married and I moved into his house. We had double stuff so a big yard sale was needed. I had a set of new telfon cookware still in the box, never used. I had the whole box priced at $15. I had a sign on the box, sold as a set, will not break up. I had a woman bring me a pan out of the box. When I told her that I would not break up the set, she said "well then I guess I will give you $5 for the box". I told her no! Then she said she could buy a whole new set at wal-mart for 15.

I finally had enough and told her to go to wal-mart! The set sold about 15 minutes after she left for $15.

There are always SOME people who want something for nothing, however I just tell those people "NO, sorry but my price on that is firm" It pretty much stops all further questioning. I am so frugal that I already know my prices are low enough so I only lower if [b]I[b] choose to. For instance one soon to be mom (she was due the next week) came to look at a bassinet I had. I asked her what she had already bought for the baby and if it was a boy or a girl. She told me that she was going to be a single mom and had been working overtime to try to save some money for when she was out of work and hadn't had time to buy anything. I chose to lower my bassinet to only $5 and threw in a box of baby clothes, blankets and some toys for free. Some may say that she was lying, but I would hate for her story to be true and for me to act out of selfishness.

I'd never held a yard sale, so when my friend said she was pooling a few moms together to have a big one, I thought it would be great. I brought a lot of pretty good stuff and made about $100, which I thought was decent, but it was a horrible day. These people would come and look at your stuff and want to give you a quarter for something marked $5. It was ridiculous. And then you would say, how about $4, and they'd make a face and be like, "that ain't worth nothing. Twenty-five cents." I just kept saying no and eventually they'd leave. Some of the other moms were selling clothes and shoes, and I know that some people will try to buy a whole bag of clothes for a dollar, and then go to Swap Shop (like a huge yard sale, basically) and sell the clothes for a dollar apiece. It's aggravating.