I just returned from a Yard sale that our local High School did to raise money for their first year football team. I thought they had a great idea. Instead of having individual prices for the items, they instead charged a flat $5 per person entrance fee. For your $5 fee you could take whatever you could carry. There were some fantastic bargains. If you wanted more than what you could carry in one trip, you could take the stuff to your car, and return, but you had to pay the $5 fee again to re-enter. They were able to clean out within a few hours, instead of it taking all day. From what I could see, they were left with very little stuff to get rid of after the sale ends. I really thought it was a quick way to raise money. All the items were donated, so what they made was all profit! Most sales last all day, and at the end.....your stuck with tons of junk to get rid of, this idea solved that problem!

What a neat idea!!

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That is a great idea. My town's annual library sale does something similar on the last day of the sale. They tell everyone to grab a box (any size) from a huge pile they have and it's a flat $5.00 for all you can stuff into it. I usually go the first day of the sale and pay per item for the books I want to be absolutely certain I'll get, then I return on the last day for the $5/box sale. I've gone to enough now to know what I can leave until the last day. It's a great way to pick up books I might not ordinarily choose too!

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Wish more groups would do yard sales/rummage sales as fund raisers around here.

I'd be there with bells on! Plus, I'd be more than willing to donate stuff.

Sounds like a variation on the "one price per bag full" idea. Clever, whoever came up with it.

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Great idea! I had a yard sale a few years ago and put up a sign "take what you want, pay what you want" (I stole the idea from a yard sale I had been at). It was much easier than pricing things and I did quite well.

I think the "pay what you want" idea might work well with some people and not so well with others. I really dislike it and usually leave without buying anything. I find it too awkward.

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If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition, and then admit that we just don't want to do it.

- Stephen Colbert.

Yes, you're right jujubee, there were several people who seemed confused or uncomfortable with the "pay what you want" idea. It did go well, but I haven't done it again.