Did you have garage sales in your country? Have ever stopped at a garage sale in this country? Do you know how to negotiate a lower price? What are some things that you need, that you might find at a garage sale? When you stop at a garage sale do you always buy something. What are some reasons that people have garage sales? What season are there the most garage sales? What have you bought at a garage sale that you really like?
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Marvena B
3/18/2011 07:43:07 am
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Galyna Prokopchuk
3/18/2011 01:52:43 pm
People do not do garage sales in Ukraine. If somebody wants to sell something,he sells it in the market.In America,I saw that people sell the stuff they don't need.That was very interesting for me.People,that stop at the garage sales,they can buy so much stuff for cheap.Sometimes I stopped at the garage sales too.But I absolutely can't bargain,and my husband can.That's why I like to stop at the garage sales with my husband.My husband usually looks for spare parts for himself,while I'm looking for clothes,tableware,and toys for children.But we don't buy everything on garage sales.My husband doesn't like when I buy things that we don't need,even if they are very cheap.Usually people are making garage sales on summer.I think they want to get rid of stuff that they don't need in their houses,and also they want to earn some money.Some people maybe just want to sit near their houses,and communicate with other people.Once,I bought a very old and beautiful vase.I really like it!
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violetta mvalahov
3/18/2011 03:49:44 pm
I have lived in America for a few years, and I have never been on the garage sale.While I am driving on my car down on the street,I can see the advertisements about it.Sometimes I can see a lot of various things hung on the fances or spread out in front of the houses.Several times I came to my acquaintances or my friends,and I often paid attention to very beautiful pictures,antique figurines,the vases,the stands,and amazing dining or tea sets.Friends explained to me that they bought it all on the garage sales,and they said that it is very cheap.I am interested its very much,and I decided to visit some garage sales in this summer without fail.I would like to buy a few pictures,same beautiful sets and something else.In my country, there are not any garage sales in my native city.I lived in a big city,and there were only multi-storey apartments,and there are not any garages in that city.There were special markets, they worked on Saterday and on Sunday.People brought some old things in those places,and another people came to buy its.There were all that you wanted.For exampel,there were various books,some antiqury,use shoes and clothes,different sanitary engineering, old furniture,some fabric and a lot of other things.People could negotiate about low prices.I always could buy something for my family for cheap price.It was a good place,and there were huge people in that market.A somebody is moving to another state or town,and it is a good idea for those people.Next if you have a lot of needless things,you can sale its on the garage sale.
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Trong H
3/19/2011 08:21:11 am
There are not garage sales in my country but when I want to buy something like garage sales, I could go to flea markets to buy some goods used or new. In addition, I could bargain to the owners with a lower price. And one more thing is important, when you buy some things in flea markets you need to consider and check carefully because if you bought some things you could not return or exchange .Sometimes you get a good stuff with a lower price or you lose your money with stuff not working. I refer to buy some things at a garage sales in America because sometime I got some new things with a half price or cheaper .When I stop at garage sales, I am always looking for tools , electronics, toys …etc.
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Mina A
3/19/2011 10:24:25 am
We don't have a garage sale in Egypt. I think only here in America has a garage sale. The American people like to sale the stuff they not want it with a good price and the good thing is you can negotiate about the price. They always have stuff that’s hard to found it in the store. Even if you found it in the store most be expensive I like to stop by at the garage sale to take a look at the stuff There are a lot off thing to buy from the garage sale better than the store. I always like to buy the interesting stuff .For example last week I was on my way to my friend is house .His neighbor have a garage sale .I want inside to check it out . I didn’t found any thing to buy it .That neighbor have a very old thing and he want to sale it a high price .Than in my way back home there were a huge garage sale two blocks from my home . I was not going to stop but I found a good spot to park my car. I get in and I found a lot of stuff bran new whit low price. I bought a lot thing that’s very cheap, but II don’t recommend to buy electronic thing from the garage sale. Because you don’t know what’s going to happen in couple days after you bought it and you can’t return it back
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Yaroslav K.
3/19/2011 10:56:58 am
In my country I don’t see any garage sales. I think the people where I lived like to avoid strange persons around the house. Usually they like to go to bazaar where prices much lowest than in store. But in this country I see a lot garage sales some of them is very huge some of them isn’t. Most of garage sale I see in summer and sometimes I stop by them and look for something interesting or something what I need. If I find anything I like, I will ask for a price and then ask for best offer, if I liked I buy it. Sometimes garage sale doesn’t have anything interesting to buy so when I stop by I don’t get anything from them. I think people have like these garage sales for several reasons, maybe they have a lot of staff or they need some money. Usually I like to go for garage sale when I won to spend some time or to get anything I need. Last time I went to garage sale two years ago with my family and we bought a lot of toys instead garden things. All the time when we stop by garage sale, our kids pike up any toy they can see and brining to us and asking to buy that toy or some other different thing they like. So we get tired to explain for them to not touching anything they won and we went back home. After that we never being any garage sale.
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Inna Sh.
3/19/2011 12:59:46 pm
I've never heard about garage sales before, because in my country( Ukraine ) we don't have garage sales. The first time when I have heard about garage sales, it's when I came to United States. Some of my relatives' friends bought piano from garage sales that is why I've heard of it. When I lived in Ohio I never have stopped by garage sales, but when I moved to California I was at garage sales one or two times and I never bought anything. At garage sales usually people sales the used or new stuff that they have bought a lot of years ago and some of it was never in use. Some people has habit to go to garage sales, they're go there when ever they want to buy something.They're may never use it, but they want to buy it.That kind of people know how to negotiate but I never try it and I think I can't negotiate. I think, people who know how to negotiate a lower price,they're have some emotional effect on other people.They're have luck in their hands.
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Lyudmila D.
3/19/2011 03:30:46 pm
In Belarus people don't have garage sales. When I want to buy something like garage sales, I could go to shops like "Second hands" or market. Here, it is lower prices. In USA I was never on the garage sale. I had only one garage sale. It was several years ago, my friend and I had garage sale. She sold on $120. She liked garage sale but I don't like it. Garage sales take all day. I don't have a lot of time to go on garage sales. A lot of my friends like to go on garage sales.
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Oksana P.
3/19/2011 04:07:49 pm
In my country, Ukraine, we don’t have garage sales. In addition, when I lived in Reno, NV, I never saw garage sales. My friend Irina lives in Sacramento. She showed me a lot of good things that she bought at garage sales. She goes to a garage sale almost every Saturday. When I moved to Sacramento I decided to go with Irina to a garage sale around 3 years ago. People sold many different things, household items, clothes, jewelry, and other stuff. A lot of people stop by garage sales to look for different things. Some customers look for specific things and some look at everything. If you are interested in buying something, you can negotiate with the seller about the price. I think negotiating the price makes the garage sale more interesting and people prefer to buy more stuff when the seller agrees to make the price cheaper. At a particular garage sale I bought a very good jewelry set including a bracelet and an earring made from real stone. I don’t remember the previous price but after negotiating, I bought the set for $3. It was a very good deal. Last summer I gave my mother the set for a gift because she likes that type of jewelry. I’ve had only one garage sale experience in my life because I tend to work almost every weekend. Garage sales are very interesting where people have a lot of fun. Maybe they feel as though they are treasure hunting.
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Svetlana B.
3/20/2011 03:59:07 am
We don’t have garage sales in Kyrgyzstan, if people want to bay something or sell they go to the big markets. It is a special place where people sell used or new things, sometimes it going to be new, and sometimes used stuff. Sometimes I stop at the marketplace but most of the time I don’t buy anything because most of the things are old and useless. If I do find something interesting I negotiate a lower price. Most of people in my country negotiate a lower price except in retail stores. In America garage sales surprise me because people don’t have to go a special place and sell their stuff, they just bring it outside and sell it at a very low price.
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George G.
3/20/2011 06:29:03 am
In my country, Romania, we have the garage sale. The first time I heard about the garage sale was in American movies. Then when I came to the U.S. I saw many ads for sales in the garage. I do not buy anything that has been used by others. Not even a car. The only thing I'd buy it used.'s a house. Nothing else. I know the garage sale is a good thing. Help those who sell to earn some money on things they no longer need. And those who buy, buy at low prices, things they need. To me it seems perfectly normal and I do not have a bad opinion about it. But I can not buy stuff used by others.
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George G. ( corrected version )
3/20/2011 06:52:31 am
In my country, Romania, we have not garage sales. The first time I heard about the garage sale was in American movies. Then when I came to the U.S. I saw many ads for garage sales. I don’t buy anything that has been used by others. Not even a car. The only thing I'd buy it used, is a house. Nothing else. I know the garage sale is a good thing. Help those who sell to earn some money on things they no longer need. And those who buy buy at low prices, things they need. To me it seems perfectly normal and I don’t have a bad opinion about it. But I can’t buy stuff used by others.
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Svetlana A.
3/20/2011 06:53:14 am
People do not do garage sales in my country.I think only here in America has a garage sale. Having a garage sale is not hard to do. All it takes is some time, a few organizational skills, a tad of marketing and you will be on your way to turning your junk into cash.Staples of garage sales include old clothing, books, toys, household knickknacks, lawn and garden tools, sports equipment, and board games. Larger items like furniture and occasionally home appliances are also sold. I was thinking of having a garage sale and saling everything for $1 ea..My plans were to not bring anything back in the house.This is awesome. I am planning to do my first yard sale this spring and these tips will be very helpful.
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Yevgeniya Nikitchuk
3/20/2011 09:23:38 am
In my native country, Ukraine, we don't have garage sales, but I think it is very interesting way to spend time searching for treasures. I live in Sacramento almost five years, and I was on garage sale jast two times. I find these sales have very nice furniture and housewares appliances. I really find something what I love, but I didn't buy it because I understand I don't need that in my house, and I can live with out it. About garage sales first time I heard from my aunty, Vera. She told me, every weekend during the summer she wake up bright and early and go find what she need at a garage sale. She started showing me her clothes, and other things from garage sale. It was nice cloth for her age, for really cheap price! She paid jast 25 or 50 cents for one thing. I think garage sales are very profitable for people who don't have good income. They can buy something they need for less money.Personally for me garage sale is fun and interesting place to spend time, but not for my husband. He hate it. That why I do not go to them very often.
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Yu B
3/20/2011 10:39:45 am
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Fatmir K.
3/20/2011 12:31:56 pm
In my country don't have a garage sale,but there have another interesting market,like flea market.Every city has fixed one day in week for this market. There are so many cities who have interesting markets.Main things in those markets are farms produce,but there have new and used things such :clothes,tools for construction,tools for children etc. More interesting there are animals,and in those markets there are a lot animals. People buy cows, sheep,goats and chicken and killed them to eat.
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Liudmila A
3/20/2011 12:33:14 pm
I am from former Soviet Union,and we never have the garage sale in my country.When I came in America, it was the first time to find out about garage sale.The garage sale usually starts in the spring, and people do the garage sale on weekends.They start early Saturday and Sunday morning to latest in the afternoon. If I drive down to the street and I see a sign, I like to stop at the garage sale. I don't really like to shop there, but sometimes I can see the inexpencive things and something interesting.I guess the reason most of people do a garage sale,it's have a fun and to earn some money.The most garage sales the seasons are the spring, the summer and the fall.
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Hanna Bukhavets
3/20/2011 12:50:23 pm
In my country we don’t have any garage sales. We do however have places all over the country and we call such places markets. At these places people sell all kinds of things, clothes, furniture, tools and different kind of food. People go to these places to get a better deal or bargain, because at markets the prices are cheaper than stores. I used to go to the market myself, to buy some clothes, or some meat, or just browse thru the market to see if there were any great deals. When I came to United States, I heard about garage sales, my relatives told me I could buy some great things for a good price. I started going to garage sales as soon as I got my driver license. I noticed people would have a lot of garage sales during summer. I would get up early in the morning and drive around my neighborhood to see what people were selling, and a lot of times I would get lucky and get some very good things at a very good prices. It pays off to get up early and do a little driving around on Saturday mornings, if anyone wants to save some money. Most of the time when I tried to negotiate on the price, people would agree to go down on a price, if it was right. I’m not a very good negotiator, my husband is a better one, when we got married we started going to garage sales together, usually he would negotiate on the price. Also sometimes we would go to a farmers’ market on Saturdays. It’s almost the same as we have in my country.
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elham karami
3/20/2011 01:09:09 pm
Yard sale was one of those thing that attract me because I have never seen something like this before I like yard sale and I think that it’s the best idea to save money. There are several reasons that make yard sale interesting and useful for us for example find antiques and old stuff that we can’t find other store, also prices are good at last owner after selling all those extra stuff will have more space and after collecting all those coins they will see haw that small money turn to big money.
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Gohar P.
3/20/2011 01:52:30 pm
In my country garage sales are not popular. If somebody needs sell old clothing, books, toys, there are special places for that. These places are located at the end of cities and sellers should rent a place where they are going to sale their items. These places called thrifty markets. They usually open on weekends. Typically the goods on sale are unwanted items from owners. Sometimes the goods are new, but owner does not want or need them. Some people move to a new residence or country. Of course, this people can’t take larger items like furniture to the market every week. For that reason they usually post announcements on walls of buildings, on doors or bus stops. First when I saw garage sales in USA, I thought that garage sales are good idea for both parties. I mean sellers and buyers. Sometimes I like to stop at a garage sale and look for something new and important for house. I know that sellers always put the price slightly higher than what they expect someone to buy it for. But I can’t negotiate a lower price. I never had that lucky experience, but I know some people who know how to do it and they are doing it very well. It is a good way to get some open space in your garage, because we like to buy many items, but don’t use very often. Sometimes kids want musical instruments but they don’t play at all. It is also good experience to meet new people from your neighborhood and see who lives in house next to yours, because probably they will come to garage sale. Finally, it is profitable and you can get extra money for new purchases.
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Ivan R
3/20/2011 02:11:33 pm
In my country Moldova we don't have a garage sale,but we have some shops named "second hand"where i never been,because usually i buy clothes and stuff from the stores or supermarkets.When I came to America I've heard and saw garage sales,but never was interested about it,before my girlfriend picked up me with her to the garage sale.In that day I found a lot of interesting things such as:printer,brand new coffeemaker,etc.I was very excited about my purchases.After that when somewhere garage sales I'm always stop and check something interesting to buy,but not all of them have interesting and valuable things.
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Tetiana Petrovskiy
3/20/2011 02:30:53 pm
Well everyone wants to get rid of items, everyone wants to make money and nobody wants to go through the work of having a garage sale. Some countries have a garage sale.
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Natalya Z.
3/20/2011 02:35:53 pm
I never see garage sales in Russia.People in Russia selling their used staff throat adds in the newspapers,TV,to Internet.Also there are some thrift stores that calls"Second hand store"First time i saw Garage Sale when i came in America in Sacramento.It was interesting to stop and look on that old staff that people wont to sold.There are could be a lot of useless things but people bay them because its cheap.Ones i bought there some beautiful statue that i have still.That is not to bad to bay something on the garage sales but i don't like to have old staff in my home.I know some people who like garage sales an every weekends they go it there.I was ones in their house.It could be choke anyone because who look it no space in there.Everywhere old,useless staff in their rooms and kitchen and even in the bathroom that is terrible!When i asked that people"why you don't trow away or make a garage sale for this things"?They answered me that something maybe they could use and that is not a good idea to trow away that staff.I agree that something could be used and they could apply some-when but it is not good to do garbeech in your house.And if you decided to bay something on the garage sale you should be sure that you need it.
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Ion C
3/20/2011 02:50:37 pm
I grew up in a village and we did not have garage sales. Usually when people wanted to sell something they no longer used or needed, they would tell a neighbor, and that neighbor would tell somebody else until the buyer was found and the thing sold. Or you could bring your things to a Saturday market that was usually set up in the center of the village, where people sometimes just traded their belongings. In bigger cities, there were special places, like flea markets, where people would bring their stuff and sell it.
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Kou Yang
3/20/2011 02:56:28 pm
Garage Sale
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Shahla Ghorbani
3/20/2011 03:10:11 pm
I had no idea what garage sale. In my country we have no garage sales. When I came to America I heard of garage sale and people told me. When I saw and went to garage sale I didn’t like. I feel people they are selling those things because they are old or people want to throw them away. The question I ask myself or someone else is why do you want to buy someone else's garbage or old things? I am the kind of person that believes if you want something you should always buy it new. New is good because then you will know that you are the first person to have it and you don't have to think this was somebody else before. I feel more clean and safer when I know I buy something it is new. Also I can keep if longer and because its new and will not break sooner. This is why I don't like garage sale.
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Shahla Ghorbani
3/20/2011 03:18:44 pm
Also I want to say that the reason why I think people have garage sales is that people don’t think before they buy something. I see that people have to much things in their home. To much stuff plugging up their home. So when people have to much and they want to buy more they have to throw away some of the things they want no more. But instead of throwing it away they have garage sale so they can get some money back. I have noticed that people have garage sales a lot in summer time when weather is good outside.
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Shohreh-H
3/20/2011 04:02:10 pm
We never had garage sales in our country. I saw garage sales in this country for the first time. I stopped at a garage sale in the United States. I went to the garage sale to buy something used. After negotiating with the owner I was able to buy some furniture at very low price. When you buy something from a garage sale you need to check it carefully, because you don’t know if the object works okay or not. Not always you can find good things at garage sales. Sometimes you go there and can’t find anything good. Some other times you buy something that you think is good, but when you go home you find out it doesn’t really work very well. But most of the times, you can find good things at low prices. For example, I found three boxes of cooking books for only ten dollars. All the books were new and I could use them when I cooked for my family. People have garage sales, if they have something extra in their house that they don’t need or use anymore. People usually have garage sales in summer and spring because the weather is nice and sunny most of the times. I bought a necklace at a garage sale once. It’s an antique necklace with some green stones on it. It looks very beautiful, and I got it a lot cheaper than I would at any other place.
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Pavel Korobov
3/20/2011 04:11:58 pm
We do not have any garage sales in our country. I did not even have any idea about it until I came to the USA. Of course I stopped at the garage sales when I saw them especially in my first years in America. I liked very low prices for sometimes really good things. Yes, I know how to negotiate the low prices. Sometimes it works sometimes it does not. When I stop at the garage sales I look at the tools work my job, and also, I can find something for the house. Very often I find something. It is rarely when leave garage sales without purchases. I think that people sell their things for very cheap prices because they do not need them even if thing is new one. The really good garage sales are in early spring when there is not raining. But they continue during the summer until fall rains. Once I bought a tool box at the garage sale which I use up to now. I really like it.
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Nadiya G. ESLW40
3/20/2011 04:32:57 pm
In my native country we had similar to garage sales, but it was called "baraholovka." The difference between "baraholovka" and garage sales is that "baraholovka" had a special place and time for it. The place was determined by the government. Sales were usually on Saturdays. Many people visited those. Some of the people went to shop and others went just to hang out or to accompany people who wanted to buy something.
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Mykola Prokopchuk
3/20/2011 04:35:30 pm
The garage sale is a good opportunity to buy something at a low price.In my country I did not see garage sales.I think the garage sale is a good thing for many people.When I went to America I was surprised about it.It was unusual for me.I sew like a lot of people go to garage sales,poor and reach.And I also sew some people which did not buy something,but they went to watch staff,and talk with other people.These often were oldest people.I did not understand why owners sell so good things so cheap.They bought it expensive.But now these things take up mach space,and they do not want to throw away,they sell.Sometimes when I go to my business,and see garage sales I do not miss it.I do not always buy that either,but when I see something that it need for me I buy.The garage sales are very strong temptation for spending money.The garage sale is very interesting thing.For example,once I bought a bike which cost about one thousand dollars I bought for fifty dollars.And also I bought draw paints which cost expensive I paid tan dollars.The garage sales very often are in summer time because later starts to rain.I thing it is best time for sales.
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Galina Bakilina
3/20/2011 04:45:44 pm
In my native country Russia,I had never been on garage sales. But in the United States garage sales are very popular. There is several reasons for it. First of all after big holiday people often go shopping in stores,and buy many things. These things might be useful or not. This stuff are gathered in the garage. Second,people want to get rid of all that stuff they bought. Eventually people get tired or it gets smaller. And here it comes "Garage Sale". People collect all the stuff that they used before. Toys,cloth,dishes,and more. Sometimes I buy toys for my grandchildren on the garage sales. Its convenient to buy a lot of stuff. I save lots of money. Every month, my best friend holds garage sale, following this hobby he bought two tickets to Paris. But the garage sale is convenient for buyers too, because they save a lot of money. For example there I can buy music instrument in three to four times cheaper than in store. On Saturdays I always go to garage sale with my best friend. Because he can persuade the seller to sell goods at lower price. I think that the garage sale will be popular if we sell things that we don't need. No difficult economic situation may not affect the garage sales,so they will always exist.
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Babak.R
3/20/2011 06:54:56 pm
In my country we never had the garage sales.In the America people can sale the stuffs at garage sales.I used to garage sale, when I came to America for the first time.I was searching for some furniture for my house and some people recommend me to buy the stuffs from the garage sale, because I could find cheap stuffs among garage sales.I went with my uncles for buy the stuffs,because I was new in the America and I didn’t have any experience also I didn’t know very well English.They also help me to carry the furniture with their cars.I was seeing some good stuffs and also in the good condition with lower prices.Those were amazing and cheap,but I didn’t need them or I didn’t have enough money to buy them.Finally I bought some furniture and after that I never stop at garage sale for see or buy anything.Some times when people want to move from one home to another home or one city to another,they start to sale the extra stuffs that they don’t need them.Some other people like buy things from garage sale and keep them in own garage for nothing.Some times you can find good things in the garage sale that so valuable than their fee.Totally garage sale is good for people which are trying to save some money.
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Gennadiy G.
3/24/2011 11:19:00 am
In my country, we didn't have any garage sale. We learned about a garage sale when we moved to different country. A friend told me that stuff from a garage sale cost cheaper that in any store and sometimes look like new. In my first year in the country I visited several garage sails. I didn't buy anything because I didn't like anything. Now, I prefer to buy all I need from store.
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Stepan M
4/6/2011 09:50:03 am
In my country there is no garage sales, because mostly of people don’t have a garage. I don’t usually go to garage sale because I was there couple of times and I didn’t find anything good. I know that there are very good bargain at garage sale but people should go very often there.
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