I am participating in our block sale this friday and sat, and since I haven't been to any sales yet this season, I am hoping that you all can help me when it comes to pricing some items. Here is a partial list of stockpile things I am selling and what I am thinking of pricing them at, please let me know if you think the prices are too high or too low. TIA

Character bandaids (scooby doo, princesses, toy story etc) .75 or 5/3

Snuggle and gain dryer sheets 80 ct 1.50 or 4/5

2pk dial soaps .50 or 3/1

lysol porable cleaners 2.00 or 3/5

misc laundry detergents (Purex, All, Wisk etc) 2.50 or 3/5

large yankee candles (brand new) 10.00

yankee candle voltives and tarts .75 or 5/3

crayola crayons 24ct .50 3/1

Since it is an all day sale on both days (7-5 on friday and 7-7 on sat) I am also going to sell snacks:

water (small bottles) .50
Water (large bottles) 75
soda 12oz .50
soda the small 8oz cans 30
granola bars .25
misc candy bars .30
small bags of chips .30

I was thinking of buying a box of coffee from dunkin donuts and 2 dozen donuts and selling a small coffee and a donut for $2 or free if you spend more than $5 (this would be a special on Saturday morning only) and also buying a few of the gallons of hawiann punch and some cookies that would be free for the shoppers with small children.

One last question, since this is a 2 day sale, would you put everything out at once or put so much of each item out per day?

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I think your prices sound very reasonable. Not sure about the $10 Yankee candle though (unless its huge). And you're selling things that people use everyday. I'm sure you will do quite well.
Since you're participating in a block sale, make sure you put something bright and eye-catching out like a bright patio umbrella or something like that. You want to stand out among the other sellers.

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I think your prices are reasonable! Even the Yankee candles are reasonable, they sell for around $26 regular price, but you might not get that much at a yard sale for them. If you don't sell them at the yard sale you could always put them on Craigslist, you might sell them there for $10.

If it were me I wouldn't want to mess with snacks, UNLESS you were making a good amount of profit on them. The cold drinks will sell if it's a hot day, if the weather is cool they don't do well. Again, unless you're making a good profit, I wouldn't mess with them.

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Thank you both I decided not to do the snacks, just the drinks but I may make them free with a $5-6 purchase only because I found out, from other people's ads and notices on craigslist that a lot of houses that are participating are selling snakcs, a few are selling breakfast sandwiches and lunches (hamburgers, hotdogs, sandwiches) Since this is my 1st sale in this neighborhood, I am giving myself a small goal to make $50.

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How did your sale go?

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Even though it rainned on friday, we did great on Saturday and even did it for a few hours yesterday morning. We made $250. My goal was $50, so I was happy It was nice meeting all the neighbors, most of them are also new to the neighborhood and we are thinking about maybe having another one at the end of summer.

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That's great! Glad to hear it was successful.

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