Our flyer was distributed twice in the week before the moving sale. We posted it in libraries, post offices, restaurants, any place that had a bulletin board. In the neighborhood surrounding our moving sale spot, we posted the flyer on every multi-family mailbox we could find. I posted on craigsilst, on facebook, on yard sale websites. I advertised until I was blue in the face.
But it paid off. We had three U-haul trailers full of stuff to sell. We had two other families with much less, but still a good amount, to sell.
We battled rain, but the turnout was not really hampered. People REALLY wanted to see what this moving sale was about. I had a constant line at the cashier's desk. I gave out reusable shopping bags so people could shop without full hands. I made this the most epic moving sale ever.
We made much, much more than we expected, which was a huge help to our moving fund.
We were so busy throughout the sale, and had so many early birds, that we couldn't even put everything out. At the end of the sale, I found many boxes and totes full of things that never even made it out. I was a bit bummed that we could have made so much more money, but I guess I shouldn't complain because we made out very well to begin with.
During the sale, I actually contemplated that I'd like to do that for a living, or at least a part-time gig. I really enjoy organizing that kind of thing, and working out the logistics of it all. Maybe someday. Maybe when we're on the homestead. I'll specialize in teaching people to live with less and downsize their lives.
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