Do you stereo type a person who garage sales?

 I am interested in finding out how many of you out there stereo type a
person who frequents garage sales? What do you see them as? What tax
bracket do you put them in? What do they look like? What is their
demeanor? I want to know all! It seems in my experience that there is
stereo typing going on when it comes to this particular shopper and I
want to get to the sources and answers to some of my questions?

Thanks alot and look forward to hearing from you all.

Henry
Ledesma-Cravey Publishing, Inc. publisher of the: The Garage Sale
Weekender

 


My Mom has a friend that I would say is worth well over a million dollars.
Her and her husband own a large "pre-owned" dealership here.

She hits the garage sales every weekend and buys things that she doesn't
need or doesn't even want. Then after she accumulates enough, then she has a
garage sale to sell what she buys in garage sales.

To be honest, I don't even think she does it for any profit, in fact in the
long run I think that she even loses a little money. She just does it for
the fun.

So... in answer to your question, no, I don't stereotype garage salers

 
Thank you so much for your reply! This is the answer that I have been
looking for. And hope to convey it to all to read in our paper The
Garage Sale Weekender.
I recently posted another question "why are antique dealers so
hesitant?" and was getting frustrated (i have to admit) that these
people did not get it (well most of them) that "garage salers" are not
all in one tax bracket and live in not so modest homes.
My paper does not just report on garage sales, like ones first
impression would be from just reading the title. It reports on the
whole second hand economy a multibillion dollar industry and growing.
The title is a mere beginning a stepping stone into this thriving
world.
Again I really appreciate the post and look forward to hearing from
you again.

Best Regards,
Henry Ledesma
Ledesma-Cravey Publishing, Inc.

 henry@sale-ing.com (Saler) wrote in


Has it occurred to you that it might be a lot easier to change your
publication's name, than it is to change everyone's reaction to your
publication's name?

You keep repeating how the title isn't really representative of what the
paper is about. Well, change it so that it IS representative!

When you see a book or newspaper whose title suggests that it's about
something you're NOT interested in, how often do you pick it up and flip
through it "just in case" it actually does contain something you're
interested in? As for me, approximately never. I count on the title to
do its job, which is to accurately describe what's inside.

--Holly

 henry@sale-ing.com (Saler) wrote:


Why bother?  Guessing at traits based on one buying habit makes as much sense
as checking for witches by throwing people in a pond and seeing if they float.