Yard sale pricing idea, opinions?

[L J]

We are moving from an apt to a house and I am planning a yard sale the weekend we move in.

I have a lot of kids clothing, all nice stuff. Name brands, good condition.

What I am thinking of doing is having 2 Sharpies and putting a dot on the tag to indicate price.

Black = $2
Red = $1
Unmarked = $.50

I will sort them into neat piles by price at the beginning of the sale and have a large sign showing what the dots mean.

Does this sound like a good idea? I can't think of anything better, but I'm open to suggestions!

I am not proud of my stuff and I really want it gone so of course I'm open to offers. But I didn't want to say $.50 for all kids clothing because I think $2 is reasonable for Gap and Gymbo stuff that was bought new and worn by one child. Big boys jeans in those brands I will price at $2.

Thoughts?

[ambieone]

What about using bins and putting a sign on the bin showing what the price is for everything in that bin. Some people might not want a dot on the tag of gymbo or gap clothes.....they may want to sell it themselves when they are done with it.

[L J]

Because I won't remember what bin it came from and people will tell me everything came from the cheapest bin.

I don't really care if they want to resell it. As cheap as I am pricing things they will still be able to get their money back or more depending on where they resell.

[2queens&1princenmyhouse]

I think that sounds fine. I wonder what the chances are that people will be tring to switch tags. Of course, people could do that with priced tags as well, so maybe that's a non-issue.

BTW, got any boy jeans in size 5 or 6? I'd send PP.

[ambieone]

I just figured most people would be honest about what bin they got it out of.

[2queens&1princenmyhouse]

Oh, I was thinking those sticker price tags, not the actual clothing tag. Duh!

[2queens&1princenmyhouse]

What about having items priced by brand and make a sign for that. Gap, TCP and Gymbo shirts $1, etc.

[kbz2002]

I would just post a sign so there aren't any questions to what the dot means and then you don't have to worry about putting dots on the clothes (less work).

I would love to come to your garage sale if you lived in my area.

[kaia.aline]

I personally would not purchase anything with a sharpie dot on the tag since it can bleed over time. Could you use colored stickers?

[JamieJLD]

I've used colored circle stickers and just wrote the price on those. Then you can stick them on the fabric or tags or box or whatever - they stick to almost anything.