We bought so many toys for Jason when he was young and some were gifts from friends too.
One day, we talked about it and I suggested having a garage sale so that we can use the money to buy new toys and also recover some storage space too.
We went through the toys and selected what we wanted to sell and I put stick-it notes with prices on them.
We also make up a garage sale notice and photocopy 100 copies to advertise our sale.
One evening we walked around the neighbouring streets to put the notices into our neighbours mailing boxes. Mid-way, Jason complained that he was tired but I forced him to complete the job.
So on the garage sale day, a Sunday, we displayed those toys at our car porch and waited for our customers.
Honestly, we did not expected to have such a poor response. We only got 2 families dropping by and made 2 sales only.
By 4pm, Jason wanted to close shop but I told him that the notice said we closed at 5pm so we have to honour it.
It was indeed an interesting experience for us and I hope Jason learned something from it too.
He looked like one of those workers in the hawker centres with a pouch around his waist.....isn't he cute...!
You sould try something like this with your kids too and good luck too!
David
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