"Saler" wrote in message
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Let me clarify, I am a publisher of a well received newspaper called
The Garage Sale Weekender reporting on the second hand economy.

I have had resistance (not sure if this is the right term) from many
of the local antique stores/malls when asked if they would like to
advertise their in our FREE paper. I have heard from "It's not our
market" to "It's like telling our targeted client to go and purchase
on eBay"

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When I see garage sale I think of lots of household items under $100. Maybe
a good place for someone running a used furniture/low end quasi antiques
business to advertise but not where someone with a moderate to high end shop
is going to want to spend their advertising buck IMHO.

Where I am the "junk dealers" advertise in the free papers, while the bona
fide antique dealers go for the local paper, antiques specific publications
and antiques dealer directories.

I'm a collector, I may not have a limitless amount of money to spend on my
collections but I am not very likely to pick up a paper called the Garage
Sale Weekender. I don't have the time to be scouring the countryside each
weekend for the things that I collect when I can work with dealers that know
my taste and give a call when they come across something that they think I
will like. I'd rather work that way, go over auction catologs/listings &
spend a could hours a previews, or attend a flea market/swap meet than spend
my preciosu weekend on a wild goose chase for tag sales.

Jessica
Henry