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What would make you go Wow and buy lots of paper at a garage sale.
Plain card stock is Stampin Up.
The rest is the fancy stuff, that you buy by the sheet.
Older styles mostly, but still nice. Lots of great brands.
What price per sheet would make you throw caution to the wind?
Thanks,
Kathy G.
When my local scrapbook store closed, the owner held a garage sale at her house selling top brand designer papers for a nickle a sheet. I still have hundreds of sheets from that day which was 5 years ago.
Nothing would make me go wow because I have too much!
What made my customers go wow was $2 for 40 sheets. I bagged up all my cardstock I wasn't doing in ziplocks at roughly 40 sheets and it went like gangbusters at my sale.
I'm thinking I'd be like one of Lydia's customers. I probably wouldn't pick out single sheets, or I'd be really selective. But if I got a bunch in a bag and it was in good condition, and it was a great price for the bag, and if the collection in the bag was pretty together...well, I'd probably snap it up.
In the past I tried selling single sheets but I sold way more when I bagged them up like Lydia. I even sell my scraps and left over die cuts the same way.
Having just done this for an estate sale (can year hear my DH cheering?), I did 15 sheets of CS (SU, the old Bazzill, PaperTrey) and patterned paper for $1. Let me assure you, the 40 packs (and yes, I, gulp, still have more than enough that moved with us) sold in minutes. Now some other DH is bemoaning his fate.
Could you combine the ideas and tell them to pick out X sheets for 2 dollars?
Or have a set price per sheet but then say X sheets = 10% off or X total value = 20% or whatever.
Around here they would insist on opening the bags and it would be a mess and labor intensive for 2 bucks. I take the position you wanna sale, do a little work
the problem with pick your own is that not everyone will be discerning and you'll have lotsof people handling it all day and it might not be saleable by the end! i'd be more inclined to bag it up and sell it as a lucky dip bag. maybe sort them into colours - so a red and pinks bag, a greens and yellows bag etc.
the problem with pick your own is that not everyone will be discerning and you'll have lotsof people handling it all day and it might not be saleable by the end! i'd be more inclined to bag it up and sell it as a lucky dip bag. maybe sort them into colours - so a red and pinks bag, a greens and yellows bag etc.
I had to do a little research on "lucky dip bag" - sounds much better than our "grab bag"
the problem with pick your own is that not everyone will be discerning and you'll have lotsof people handling it all day and it might not be saleable by the end! i'd be more inclined to bag it up and sell it as a lucky dip bag. maybe sort them into colours - so a red and pinks bag, a greens and yellows bag etc.
This is exactly why I took the time to put it individual sleeves. It was an upfront PIA, but I was quite firm that it was "as is, love it or leave but don't open it". At the price, I figured if they hated 90% of what was in the sleeve, it was still a bargain. And as they all sold quickly, it didn't hurt the sale.
I hadn't even thought to ask this question here. We had a garage sale a couple of weeks ago and I really wanted to move some cardstock. I had about 15 partial packs of A muse Studio, and just put $1 on each one. They all sold lickety split. A couple of the customers were buying for someone else, so it must have been a bargain to take a chance on colors, etc.
I will say that with the plastic-covered packs, I was frequently asked to verify that all of the sheets were identical in a pack. Be sure to mark assortments as such.
It depends on what kind of paper- if it's patterned paper, then I'm likely not even going to look at it. If it's solid, especially if it's a good quality like Bazill or SU, then I'm willing to go up to 20� a sheet. If it were bagged 40/$2.00 I would probably buy two bags. You can never have too much solid cardstock.
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I am enjoying these ideas. I too am at the point where I don't need to buy more paper. What is it about paper. I guess it was like when I was a child and was excited to go to the Dime store and buy new pencils or a new pencil case. I loved that and I love paper, but will now have to live to be 199 to use it all up.
Just curious...what did y'all use to bag up your cardstock? I bought gallon size Ziploc bags, and they are not big enough. I had a few clear SU bags from my demo days, but not enough. Any suggestions on how to package this cardstock for my big Moving Sale tomorrow?
Just curious...what did y'all use to bag up your cardstock? I bought gallon size Ziploc bags, and they are not big enough. I had a few clear SU bags from my demo days, but not enough. Any suggestions on how to package this cardstock for my big Moving Sale tomorrow?
I found Ziploc-type bags at the grocery store that were 14x14 or something similar. I only needed 10, so was willing to pay the three or four dollars the box of 12 cost.
This was a couple of years ago, so am not sure these are still around, but might not hurt to check...
Just curious...what did y'all use to bag up your cardstock? I bought gallon size Ziploc bags, and they are not big enough. I had a few clear SU bags from my demo days, but not enough. Any suggestions on how to package this cardstock for my big Moving Sale tomorrow?
You'll need two-gallon bags. I actually picked some up a while ago at Dollar Tree-- six per box. I think the box was yellowish (the quarts are blue, sandwich bags green, snack bags pink...).
Just curious...what did y'all use to bag up your cardstock? I bought gallon size Ziploc bags, and they are not big enough. I had a few clear SU bags from my demo days, but not enough. Any suggestions on how to package this cardstock for my big Moving Sale tomorrow?
I bought mine from ClearBags - they have nice ziploc bags that are sized for both 8.5x11 cardstock and 12x12. I knew I was going to make that expense back in the sale so it was easy and inexpensive.
I also have them for my own paper storage - anything less than a half sheet goes into a bag that's stored with the full sheets.
Thanks for the help, everyone! I have about 1500 sheets of SU card stock that I've been holding onto for way too long (from back in my demo "I need it all" days! LOL). I've moved it four times over the past ten years, and not moving it one more time!
Holy Smokes! I sold it ALL in the first fifteen minutes of the garage sale! Also sold all my SU inkpads, reinkers, and Color Caddy! I'll be traveling much lighter with this move!
MaryRose, that is incredible! Do you mind telling me how much you sold your inkpads, reinkers and Color Caddy for? I'm going to be selling some things pretty soon and not quite sure how to price them. I tend to price them higher than most because I still love them even though I don't use them anymore. I just have retired ones to sell.
Also, how did you package your cardstock, and how much did you sell it for? I have lots of retired cardstock with inkpads and reinkers to match.
I wish I could remember, Wilma! I think I sold the ink pads for $1, the re-inkers for .50 cents, and the card stock for $2/40 sheets. I had found some clear SU bags (from my demo days) in my stash to wrap some of the cardstock, and then other cardstock I used the largest Ziploc bags, as was recommended here. I can't remember if I sold the Color Caddy for $10 or $20, but it did sell as well.
I advertised my sale on Craigslist with photos, and that always draws out the buyers who are looking for specific items. It felt great to pass along the items that I was no longer using in my crafting. My motto has always been "If you don't have to pack it, then you won't have to unpack it either." Can you tell I move a lot? ;)
WOW! Garage Sale Cardstock Price
