GREATER BELHAVEN YARD SALE

It's time for another Greater Belhaven Yard Sale!

Date: Saturday, November 22

Time: Daylight to Noon, Rain or Shine

Fee: $15 fee per site (NOT per participant) to cover costs of newspaper ads, publicity and the map of yard sale locations. Fee must be paid in advance to the sale coordinator, Lynn Clark, and mailed or delivered to 128 Parkhurst Dr, Jackson, MS  39202.

Deadline to sign up: Noon, Wednesday, November 19.

Coordinator's contact number: 601.982.7918 extension 120 (or ask for Lynn Clark).

Coordinator’s address: 128 Parkhurst Dr, Jackson, MS 39202

Coordinator's email: lynnclark@nixtann.com

Unsold goods: If you'd like, your unsold goods may be donated to N.U.T.S. (Neat Used Things for Sale), the thrift shop of The Good Samaritan Center on Millsaps Avenue. The N.U.T.S. truck will swing through the neighborhood the following Monday to collect unsold merchandise.  Please box small items. Tax receipts are mailed from Good Samaritan.

If you have a small amount left, you may take your donation to N.U.T.S. yourself.   Call 601-355-7458 for the hours N.U.T.S. is open.

To sign up, provide this info to Lynn Clark at the email or address specified above:

1.    your street address;
2.    number of people selling at your location;
3.    type of merchandise you will have (especially anything distinctive collectible and/or antique, or anything you have lots of);
4.    whether you want your leftovers picked up by N.U.T.S.;
5.    whether you'd be willing to have neighbors join your sale.

The yard sale signs are put out Friday afternoon and taken up Saturday after the sale. You are encouraged to mark your own yard (balloons, signs, etc.)

HOW TO HAVE A GREAT YARD SALE

• Lock up the house while you're outside.
• Put up the dogs and cats. They scare people, get scared by people, or get lost.
• Put away or clearly mark "NFS" anything you don't want to sell (porch furniture, yard ornaments, your coffee cup, etc.)
• Price everything with easily-removable stickers or tied-on tags.
• Pricing Rule of Thumb: 10% of original retail for most things, and more for never-used items (around 25%).  If you have rare / special / sought-after items, you can hit eBay for pricing hints.
• Provide an electrical outlet for shoppers to check that appliances work, or check them yourself ahead of time. Don't offer anything that won't work/run.
• Band sets of things (sheets, napkins, placemats) together with masking tape and write the size or number and price on the tape.
• Don't try to sell trash; just trash it. If YOU can't use it (it's broken, won't run, is missing a part, etc.) nobody else wants it either.
• Get plenty of change (coins and bills).
• Use a covered container for your money. Some folks prefer to use a fanny pack or a money apron like waiters wear. Good to have a calculator handy!
• Have newspaper to wrap around breakable items plus plastic bags & boxes for shoppers to cart away their purchases.
• Keep an eye on shoppers and merchandise. Be prepared for the fact that some things might “walk away.”
• Some thoughts about bulky items - pianos, appliances, mattresses, building materials.  Some of these are more easily donated than sold at a yard sale, and some folks aren't able to haul them away on sale day; however, advertising big items as part of the yard sale event may draw just the buyers you seek.

MAP TO GREATER BELHAVEN YARD SALE FALL 2008

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