Saturday, November 15, 2025
Time: 1:17 PM
Song: Money (That’s What I Want)
Artist: The Supremes
Mode of Consumption: Listening to album “Supremes A Go Go” while having garage sale.
Link to song: https://open.spotify.com/track/0LyGaBZa7OhgtJMJ8wHgp7?si=e5602d3980ca4e87
I spent the morning feeling like I had made a mistake having a garage sale in Illinois in November, even with the temperatures reaching into the sixties. I think I had one customer in the first two hours.
Then sometime around 10:30 I had my first real catch, they bought $50 worth of records and a couple other items.
At lunch, we debated whether I should leave stuff setup and open up tomorrow morning for a while in hopes of making the hauling of all these records worthwhile.
After lunch I had a surge. Three cars pulled up at the same time. Two of the customers didn’t buy anything, but the third just dropped a hundred bucks mostly on records, and pushed my total number of records sold to 27. I had hoped I’d sell at least 25 with 50 being the goal I doubted that I would achieve.
So, now as I tick closer to closing time at 2 PM, I have to decide if I should be happy with what I’ve sold, or spend part of my Sunday doing this also.
I like the idea of selling more records, plus we’d like to move a few pieces of furniture, but Sundays are notorious for being slow in the garage sale business. I also know with the records it’s generally not about how many customers you get, it’s about getting one or two really good ones.
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