Garage Sale

One man's junk is another man's treasure. Or something like that. A huge outdoor garage sale is coming to MetraPark in Billings on May 31. Booth space is affordable. Details here.

Once the item is gone the story is gone and then the real meaning changes for the next owner.

Every year Billings Biggest Garage Sale draws new buyers and sellers and I thought it would be handy to point out a few things that first timers may not know.

Beer festivals, garage sales, eclipse parties, lectures and more are happening in the Bozeman area this weekend.

"There was people from all over. Sales were great! People from Bozeman, Butte, Glasgow, peerless, Wolf Point, Scobey, Sidney, Glendive, Williston, Crosby, Tioga..."

There are a lot of people out there that live for garage sales. Saturday, June 25 is your day with Billings' Biggest Garage Sale at Metra's upper parking lot. It starts at 7 a.m. and runs until 3 p.m. and I can guarantee you people will be there at 6 a.m. waiting for that ultimate find.

Just because you’re throwing a garage sale to get rid of your junk, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t make your junk look as attractive as possible.  Here are a few tips on how to best display your garage sale merchandise.   Cleanliness is next to “buy-me-ness”. You ... Read More ...

Garage sales are one of those dreamy ideas that seem to a simple way to really get organized, clean out your closets plus make extra money, but the reality is they're often a lot of work!

It’s there whenever you go to the garage, the basement, or the attic.  It’s there when you go to bed and when you wake up in the morning.  It’s there when you leave for vacation and when you get back.  It’s that mass of unused items that you keep telling yourself you need to get rid of but never seems to go anywhere...

Garage sales are one of those dreamy ideas that seem to a simple way to really get organized, clean out your closets plus make extra money.  In reality, garage sales can feel like a lot of work.  Surprisingly, one of the difficult tasks associated with a garage sale is figuring what a good price is for the items you used to love, but don’t love as much, anymore...

You can have the most amazing treasures to sell.  You can arrange them in the most eye-catching way.  You can spring for coffee, donuts, and foot massages.  If people don’t know you’re having a garage sale, it won’t matter.  That’s why you’ve got to get the word out...

It’s no secret that some items move better at garage sales than others.  Your old bicycle may sell in a flash, but you may not be able to move that old painting your grandma did.  With that in mind, here’s a short list of items that experts tend to agree sell best at garage sales...