How do I price household toys and items for a garage sale?

How do I price household toys and items for a garage sale I am having a garage sale and I am selling many things. Can you please give me an idea of what I should charge for:kids toys like (all in tact and in box):nerf darts, light bright, legos, easy bake oven, crayola itemsthe the kid toys that are close to being in tack and still in box but still useable like legos, maybe puzzles, hot wheels. Then there are bags of baby clothingmiscellaneous baby toys, rattles, stuffed animals, trucks, dolls.2 huge bins of wooden thomas2 boxes of toddler reading bookshockey goalsoccer goalthat is it for now, thanks so much Asked by doobias123 28 months ago Similar questions: price household toys items garage sale Games & Leisure > Toys.

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Varies but I'm giving guidelines that I would use. I don't know of a way to specifically answer your question, but will say from the experiences I've had. First of all, if you want to make any real money, a yard sale isn't really the place to do that.

People come to yard sales to get real bargains. For something like the easy bake oven, if you have the box. All parts and instructions and it's clean, I'd expect to get $5 to $7.50.

If you can have a power cord outside, it's a good idea because people will want to plug in anything electrical to make sure it works. Any of the intact toys, depending on their original price, I'd want to get $5 to $10. Puzzles, unless they are the really simple ones (like 4 wooden pieces) are not going to bring much because people can't know if all the pieces are there.

You might get $1 or even 50 cents. I'd expect at least $1 for those nice wooden ones. Of course you could command a higher price on a puzzle that had never been opened.

Clothing will bring more if it is clean and organized, like by sizes. Of course, shoppers will mess this up a bit as they go through the things but it shouldn't be too bad. If people have to go through a large heap of clothing, they're going to want more of a bargain.

Again, depending on the item - like a snowsuit in good condition - maybe $5. Things like little shirts, probably 50 cents to $1. The books - if they are hardcopy and in good shape, I'd want $1 apiece.

If they are paperback, expect no more than 25 cents, maybe 10 cents if worn. Stuffed animals and dolls must be really clean to be appealing to a shopper. Unless they are unusually large or unique in some way, the stuffed animals would probably sell for $1.

Dolls, depending on size, etc. Might get more. Used Barbies don't pull much, maybe $1. If you have clothes and accessories to go with the doll you can ask more, whatever the doll.

If you have used Barbies and your kids were like my daughter, they are all bald and naked. A couple were headless. I didn't even give them to Goodwill.

A fancier doll in good condition - maybe $5. Again, with accessories, you could get more. If you want to sell anything of value, like an American Girl doll, it's better to do it through an advertisement.

People do not want to pay much at yard sales. I don't know what the wooden thomas is, but real wood should command a better price. Go by what the original cost was and try for about a fourth of that.

I'm not familiar with the cost of hockey and soccer goals, but if in good condition, clean, all parts are there, I'd try the one-fourth rule again. Same thing with hot wheels. I think that rule could be applied to the intact toys, etc. , if they are complete, especially if in the box.

Now, I must say this. I would rather give something of value away then sell it at a yard sale for 25 cents when it might be worth $10. So some people might price items lower than I'm suggesting.

If you just really want to get rid of the stuff, you can "mark down" as the day goes on. Expect some people to ask you to lower the price. Decide in advance if you want to do this.

When I had yard sales, long ago, I priced the stuff pretty cheaply so didn't go for lowering the price. I remember I had a really pretty cookie tin, unusual and heavy and very pretty. I put 25 cents on it and someone asked me if I'd sell it for a dime.

It was already ridiculously cheap so I didn't do it. Another thing you didn't ask about was having money on hand, but I have a piece of advice. I made a mistake one year and let a couple of people early on use me to "break" their $20 bills for an item less than $1.

You will use up all your change very quickly doing that. Now, if I were to do it again, I would just say I couldn't break it; if they didn't buy the item after that, well, no big loss. It's also a good idea to have at least one other person helping you so one person is always with the cash box.

You may have to go show people things or straighten things up, etc.Another good "trick" if you are pooling goods with a friend or neighbor is to buy colored stickers to label the prices and use blue for your stuff, red for someone else's, etc. Then when purchases are made whoever is "ringing up" just pulls the sticker off and puts it on a piece of paper. Then it's much easier to keep track of how much each person sold. Good luck!

Sources: personal experience .

1 You need to make a decision as to the goal of your garage sale. If you are looking to move volume...like you do not want to store the items then I would recommend going very cheap. Think 10% of the original cost...$20 new...$2 garage sale.

For kids clothes you cannot go much more than $1 or $2 per item. Toys are pretty much the same...people will not pay more than a dollar or two per toy. Also expect to negotiate as generally garage salers will always offer a lower price than marked.

If you are more concerned with getting the most money for every item and do not mind repacking and storing things then charge more and be less willing to haggle. I just had a garage sale this summer and I had 4 tables of "all items $1 ea". People seemed to love it and were willing to buy a few items each.

Some larger stuff that was worth more, I marked at what I thought I could get but invariably dropped the prices later in the day. Other things that I knew I could sell on eBay I priced a bit below the price I expected on eBay just because it was much less hassle/work to just sell to someone and get cash...I was less likely to haggle with those items. My goal with a garage sale is to sell...it was all sort of garbage to me...things I did not want and was kind of happy to get it to people who wanted it.

I made $600 in my sale...which felt pretty awesome. The better part was my garage sale is that it was part of a larger community garage sale and I got like an entire school years worth of clothes for my son for like $40...I estimated like $1000 retail. This one neighbor had all designer kids clothes that was hardly used for $1 an item.In this tough economy garage sales can save people so much money...it makes me wonder why more people do not take the time to shop garage sales.

You need to make a decision as to the goal of your garage sale. If you are looking to move volume...like you do not want to store the items then I would recommend going very cheap. Think 10% of the original cost...$20 new...$2 garage sale.

For kids clothes you cannot go much more than $1 or $2 per item. Toys are pretty much the same...people will not pay more than a dollar or two per toy. Also expect to negotiate as generally garage salers will always offer a lower price than marked.

If you are more concerned with getting the most money for every item and do not mind repacking and storing things then charge more and be less willing to haggle. I just had a garage sale this summer and I had 4 tables of "all items $1 ea". People seemed to love it and were willing to buy a few items each.

Some larger stuff that was worth more, I marked at what I thought I could get but invariably dropped the prices later in the day. Other things that I knew I could sell on eBay I priced a bit below the price I expected on eBay just because it was much less hassle/work to just sell to someone and get cash...I was less likely to haggle with those items. My goal with a garage sale is to sell...it was all sort of garbage to me...things I did not want and was kind of happy to get it to people who wanted it.

I made $600 in my sale...which felt pretty awesome. The better part was my garage sale is that it was part of a larger community garage sale and I got like an entire school years worth of clothes for my son for like $40...I estimated like $1000 retail. This one neighbor had all designer kids clothes that was hardly used for $1 an item.In this tough economy garage sales can save people so much money...it makes me wonder why more people do not take the time to shop garage sales.

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