What a day to remember in Lake Norman! Saturday, April 26, 2014 was perfect weather in the Carolinas! So apparently, everyone came up with the same idea . . . have a community yard sale. So in the Lake Norman area alone, at 7am the following communities were promoting yard sales with several to hundreds of households involved:
Rosedale, Birkdale, The Hamptons, Tanners Creek, Oakhurst, Wynfield, Stephen's Grove and more . . .
I interviewed some ladies that were at their third community stop by 8:30am. Many of the yard sale sellers probably would have preferred to have been yard sale shopping because the crowds were so spread out that no one was spending a lot of money in any one place.
Goodwill probably was overloaded with items that did not sell. Next time, we may have to rotate community yard sale dates! Otherwise, the community yard sales become a swap meet! By noon, most sellers were well into packing up.
Anything brand new for a dollar was a hot seller, and any nice furniture in the $10 to $20 range was also a good bet. Anyone with enough items that you can see from a long distance also worked to get people to park and look. Too much territory to cover in five hours without people being able to easily spot some things that they need.
As for me, it was a learning experience. LOL! I probably would not participate again now that I really saw what was in demand.
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