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| 22 Jan 2017 Garage Sale |
January was house cleaning month and we need to dispose of too many
clutters - collections of books (pocketbooks by Andy, Kid's books by
Geof and Julia and Filipiniana by Apple), toys that our kids enjoyed
playing with when they were toddlers and old clothes. I suggested to
Apple , "
why not hold a garage sale?" A garage sale or book sale
is one experience that I want to try either at home or any place like
school. So while packing the books, toys and clothes, we separated the
good and bad ones for the garage sale. Before the big day, we posted in
facebook some of the books we plan to sell - my pocketbooks of
mysteries, the kids' books and Filipiniana. Surprisingly, we got quick
messages from friends who are interested with the books and even my
music cassette tapes. Hence, we had early reservations and purchases
before the big day.
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| Welcome to our Garage Sale! |
The big day - garage sale - was on January 22, 2017 at our residence.
Tables and tarpaulins saying "Garage Sale: Books at Iba Pa"were
installed. Even music was played to attract attention. We opened at 9:00
AM and waited for the possible buyers. The first curious potential
costumer was a a lady jogger. She just looked at the items and passed
by. Then one guy who is a collector asked if we wre selling old vinyl
music records since he saw my old music cassette tapes. Unfortunately we
don't have the vinyl records. Then the first break or "b
wena mano"
came when a couple in motorbike drop by and got interested with
household items. Two guys walked-in and purchased my t-shirts at a
bargain (3 for P100.00) and more stuffs. The costumers were happy with
the free give away. We noticed that the passers-by were more interested
with old clothes and household items. Only one school teacher was
interested with the books. In the afternoon, we had visitors (Gerry) who
purchased some of the books - they were the ones who had earlier
committed to drop-by during the sale. We closed at about 5:30 PM with
our cousins - Ate Dina and Peewee as our last costumers. Wow, the garage
sale was an experience!
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| Our first curious costumer |
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| The best seller in our garage sale is not a book, but Andy's used T-shirts! |
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