Yesterday was the huge neighborhood garage sale in San Ramon. Over 40 homes participated in the event which was sponsored and organized by the the Harper-Mees Team.
All-in-all, it turned out to be a pretty big success for most of the participants despite the flood of last minute homes signing up and a few things dropping through the cracks as a result. Many of the participating homeowners stopped by "garage sale headquarters" to enjoy the live music provided by Still Rockin' a group of "oldies but goldies".
Everything Jane and I brought down from Walnut Creek disappeared. I call that a huge success for us – nothing to load back in the Jeep and haul home! Not bad since we brought down a chunk of I-Beam and a commercial grade plumber's snake to get rid of.
The weather was great and most homeowners reported a lot of activity and appreciation for the neighborhood event. These two youngsters loaded up on items to amuse themselves with.
Tracey and Kris Viers went around to as many homes as they could to distribute muffins to homeowners that had to get up early to prepare their driveways for the event.
Though the event had a few glitches, it was great fun and we plan on organizing another in September after school starts so parents can recycle those clothes that won't fit their growing children anymore.
Personally, I was a little disappointed in the amount of food we collected for the Contra Costa Food Bank, so that is one area where we will focus our attention for improvement.
Leave us a comment on your experience. Let us know what you think worked and what didn't so we can improve on September's San Ramon Neighborhood Garage Sale.
3 Comments
I guess we didn’t have what the customers were looking for since we only sold a few items. There were NO early birds on our cul-de-sac and it was only after I put a sign in the road (Davona) that we started to attract business.
I suggest that everyone be encouraged to put out a sign (one like the realators use)indicating “your” garage sale.
Considering the time and effort both my wife and I put in getting ready for and putting away all the items and display tables and only selling a few items I will not be participating in another garage sale. It seems that donating stuff would be a lot easier than displaying and trying to sell it.
We had a great experience for our first garage sale.
You never know what people are going to buy! We could hear the music in the court and it put people in a festive mood. Looking forward to the next one so we can be the shoppers!
Thanks for all your hard work and efforts to make the day fun for sellers and shoppers.
We had a great time and sold just about everything!! You should seriously think about having this once a year! You made it so easy with all the advertising, all we did was put our stuff outside and sell!!! Thanks again for all your hard work in organizing this neighborhood garage sale! – Diane