"C." wrote in message news:lDoob.230831$6C4.38152@pd7tw1no...
Because of the current popularity of antiques, there seems to be a zillion
people cruising garage sales trying to find treasure. I don't know about the
rest of the folks here, but I have noted a lot of people trying to sell
dealers crap they picked up at a garage sale. It seems to be an easy way
now to get a free appraisal...walk in and ask how much the dealer will give
for an item. It is becoming a nuisance, and I don't think I would want to
advertise in a magazine that these creatures have access to. They seem to
find the store easily enough already. There are people that know how to shop
garage sales to get "the good stuff" and sell to dealers as part of their
living. They know how to sell to them without such a publication, and more
importantly, without disrupting daily business.

You can get some good things at a garage sale, if you go yourself. You can
pick and choose the sales you want to see, reducing the odds of seeing a lot
of crap. However, they are not the best places to find things, and it is
time consuming. . Dealers work by keeping an ear to the ground and filling
the rolodex. I know which auctions or estate sales I will attend, and which
I will pass on. Since I can't be everywhere, I have to make educated,
informed guesses about what format is likely to have "the good stuff" on any
given day. It is rarely a garage sale that wins this contest.

There are a lot of second hand, and "retro" stores out there that would
benefit from your publication. These are the people that need garage salers
banging on their door with their "treasure". The other business you might
want to hit up are pawn shops. I'll bet there are a lot of people that
take stuff from garage sales right to a pawn shop.

C.

"Bob Ward" wrote in message
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On 30 Oct 2003 20:13:22 -0800, (Saler) wrote:

You have a good point lpogoda, but I must admit that I am not a sales
person, I treat all my clients with how I would like to be treated or
even approached. As I stated in an earlier post I really can't change
the name at this point in the game unless the paper takes a complete
360 that lends itself to a name change.


You might want to review your geometric concepts, there. A 180 would
be a much more radical approach than a 360, in this context.



C,
Thanks for your insight.
I can relate with you on people who are looking to make a few bucks
that "bring in crap". But you too have to admit that you were not born
with such knowledge of antiques and that it is an ongoing learning
experience. Therefore the most likely reason for most of your
questions from your intrigued guests. I have yet to come across a
person who has been as bold to say I know everything, on any given
subject.
So you want to call garage salers "Creatures"? This is the exact
ingnorance our paper is trying to change, did you know that Elton John
recently had a garage sale did you also know that Jimmy Dean the
"sausage king" too has held a garage sale last weekend to rid some of
his belongings and "clutter"? If you are referring to us as
"creatures" then why don't you give the name of your store and the
location to see how many us "creatures" show up in your store now? We
creatures are the very ones that help you keep your doors open 6 days
a week. Everything if not new in your store is second hand so please
do not rank yourself as high and mighty because you too have had to
start out somewhere like a garage sale or a thrift store etc...
Now to give you the benefit of the doubt, you might also be saying
that you meant the people that actually go to them and buy, but we
"solidly middle class" (as one poster put it)americans also attend
these sales. Just because one person gets joy of finding a bargain
doesn't categorize them as a "Creature" does it?
I will ask you the same question I asked another poster? How do you
preceive a garage saler? Do you automitically stereo type a person who
garage sales?
Our paper like I have said on many occassions that it caters to
reporting on the second hand economy not just garage sales. Do not
judge a book by its cover.
I have had many great responses from all walks of life, yes even
creatures.

I enjoy your emails and look forward to hearing from you again. Most
likely I will. :-)

Hope you have a profitable day!
Henry
Ledesma-Cravey Publishing, Inc.
The Garage Sale Weekender