Should I have my yard sale wiht my neigbors.?

• Im 11 and im only saling stuff liek old baseball cards (80's) books old clothes backyard games (backyard football hockey and basketball for pc) a few baseball bats, pokemon and yugioh cards and a little bit more. Is this enoguh for just a regular yard sale in my yard. my stuff is the only stuff going out in it. should i have it wit hmy negbors next yard sale. they usually have better buissness than us and they have a smaller yard! and im also doing a tiny bit of work for them for money. should i ask if i could also sell my self at thier yard sale?

• Answer:

  My friends & neighbors have yard sales all the time, and we often sit together at one house. There are 2 ways we do this. 1) Mark you items with a colored price sticker different than your neighbor - like you use blue, they use red or pink. You try to have your items together on a folding table, or just a tarp or sheet on the ground, with your items. You sit by this table or tarp, and you collect the money for your items. Reasonable, mature adult neighbors should be fine with this, and would not even think of taking your money! or 2) - things can be mixed on tables or the ground, but still marked with those colored price sticker/labels. One person is the "cashier" with a tablet - one sheet or page is for Matt's stuff, and they write down what you sell. The other page is for their stuff, and they write down what they sell. They make the change for the "customer". At the end of the sale, they total up what you made, and what they made, and they pay you. Either way READ THIS! Do NOT make change for someone using a $100 bill for just buying something you're selling for like 5 cents or a dollar, unless YOU KNOW THEM. There are many "bad people" trying to use counterfeit $100 bills in some towns. This is per one of our neighbors who is a cop, and heads our neighborhood watch program. Make sure you keep an eye out - sometimes you'll have teams of people rushing you to ask questions or buy things, and while blocking your view the partner will steal stuff. I'm not trying to be negative, I just wouldn't want a young person getting ripped off and having a bad experience. There is a lot of interest in shopping at yard sales held by multi-family etc... we always mention that when we advertise, both in the newspaper and the signs we put up. Things that kids want are BIG sellers! Good luck!