??s re kid clothes for yard sale

[lurknomore]

I posted awhile ago doing a yard sale with a friend but I'm not a yard sale girl. Well, The time has come so I have more questions. What is the best way to organize baby/kid clothes for a yard sale I have a standing garmet rack. Should I pull every hanger in he house and hang everything? In piles on tables? How do I mark for pricing? And how do I price? Is $1 per piece (eg Carter or gap onesie, a shirt or pair of pants) with basic outfits for $2 (top and pants) and then a few things that are better brands a couple dollars more? Is that too much? I've rarely shopped yard sales so I have no clue.

[6fsn]

I don't know where you live, but I think you'll be hard pressed to get $1 for one onesie. I'd probably do 50 cents a piece and if there is a lot do 3 for $1. Basic outfits $1, higher end or collegiate/pro wear $2. Anything new with tags higher end. I'd start with hanging the more expensive items and maybe even showing them off more to draw attention. Onesies and sleepers I'd lay flat on a table.

I haven't done many yard sales though. Next time our neighborhood has one I'm having the kids set up a lemonade stand instead.

[lurknomore]

Aug 13, 2015 20:12:37 GMT -5 6fsn said:

I don't know where you live, but I think you'll be hard pressed to get $1 for one onesie. I'd probably do 50 cents a piece and if there is a lot do 3 for $1. Basic outfits $1, higher end or collegiate/pro wear $2. Anything new with tags higher end. I'd start with hanging the more expensive items and maybe even showing them off more to draw attention. Onesies and sleepers I'd lay flat on a table.

I haven't done many yard sales though. Next time our neighborhood has one I'm having the kids set up a lemonade stand instead.

Thanks for the info. I have no clue on pricing! I'm basing solely off posts on the BST FB site but I don't know how those translate to yard sale pricing.

DD1 will be selling keychains she's been making for $1 each. She 7 and saving for a car!!! Lololol.

[googly]

I just had a yard sale and did very well in SW Missouri. I separated everything into bins by size and gender and priced everything at 1.00 a piece. Nobody tried to haggle prices and numerous people commented how easy it was to find the sizes they were looking for. The nicer items I hung up and priced a little higher.

[VillainV]

Organize by size. If you have enough hangars, that would be better. Once people start pawing through them, they won't stay folded. If you have too many to hang, then maybe just hang the nicer stuff, and put the rest in boxes/bins by size and gender, and don't bother folding them. You might be able to get $1 per item for nicer stuff, and 50 cents for onesies or cotton sleepers. You can maybe do $1-$2 per outfit of matched stuff depending on brand (like $1 for Carters, Jumping Beans, Circo, and $2 for Gap, etc).

[lurknomore]

Aug 13, 2015 20:26:58 GMT -5 googly said:

I just had a yard sale and did very well in SW Musdouri. I separate everything into bins by size and gender and priced everything at 1.00 a piece. Nobody tried to haggle prices and numerous people commented how easy it was to find the sizes they were looking for. The nicer items I hung up and priced a little higher.

Oh I love this idea! I have bins and it won't require me to take all my kids clothes off their hangers!! Did you fold things up or just kind of toss into bins? How did you label things that were more?

[tulips]

We did our first garage sale a couple months ago I think I priced too high for our area (Indiana) at $1 piece for pants/shirts/onesies and $2 for complete outfits (mostly Carters). I priced her dresses and his dress clothes $3/set.

I had the best luck getting rid of fleece PJs. I sold a ton of those for $2/each or 3 pairs for $5.

A ton of people told me my stuff was in awesome shape. Some people haggled, but not many.

We plan to participate again in the fall and I will drop prices. I am sick of storing this stuff!

[pooh8402]

When I went yard sale shopping for my baby's clothes, I liked when they had big Rubbermaid tubs labeled with gender, a certain size (0-3, 3-6, etc) and price, then each outfit was in a gallon size ziploc bag. Kept pieces organized and it didn't require hangers. So one bin would be "boys 0-3 outfits, $1 each." Super easy.

What I was willing to pay: $.50 for onesies and sleepers and single pieces (like a pair of pants) or like 3 for $1, $1 for most outfits, up to $2 for nicer outfits.

[googly]

Aug 13, 2015 20:31:38 GMT -5 lurknomore said:

Aug 13, 2015 20:26:58 GMT -5 googly said:

I just had a yard sale and did very well in SW Musdouri. I separate everything into bins by size and gender and priced everything at 1.00 a piece. Nobody tried to haggle prices and numerous people commented how easy it was to find the sizes they were looking for. The nicer items I hung up and priced a little higher.

Oh I love this idea! I have bins and it won't require me to take all my kids clothes off their hangers!! Did you fold things up or just kind of toss into bins? How did you label things that were more?

I just set everything flat or folded once in the bins. I also put out a big sign next to the bins stating that everything in the bins were 1.00 each. I used a piece of painters tape on the items that cost more.

[mae141]

I love going to yard sales and getting clothes for DD because I don't feel guilty buying a ton of stuff for her that way. I like it when things are in tubs sorted by size. Usually people ask about $1 a piece, but then when I buy a bunch of stuff they are willing to haggle a little and I end up paying less than that per piece. I actually find it annoying when things are different prices because it's hard to keep track. I've also gone to some yard sales where they hand me a bag and tell me to fill it for $5 or $10.

[niki]

I may in the minority but I never buy baby clothes at yard/garage sales. I have no patience or time to sit over a bin and pick through clothes. If you have no consignment options in your area, I would certainly use your rack and hang them neatly, but I wouldn't expect much, maybe $0.25-1.00. At consignment you could expect $2-5 per outfit. I recently consigned at a pop up shop (usually just run a week) and made over $200.