Breitling watch Edmonton garage sales boom in bad times
Gerry Sulit drops his wife off at the mall on Saturday mornings before embarking on a different sort of shopping expedition. He doesn't stroll up and down aisles pushing a shopping cart under fluorescent lighting. Instead, he digs deep into boxes of other people's junk in pursuit of treasure at garage sales.
With 10 years of garage sale experience, Sulit has honed his haggling skills and has a radar-like sense for where the finest treasures can be found. His latest find was a Breitling pocket watch purchased for$10.
Older Edmonton neighbourhoods such as Bonnie Doon and Highlands yield the best bargains, Sulit says.
Bargain hunters and people looking to make an extra dollar or two aren't hard to find in the midst of this recession. As the economy slows, garage sales are a way for people to make some fast cash.
At Pam MacKay's yard sale, every dollar counts.
"We got this table for free, but we're selling it for $20 because we need the money," she says.
MacKay is moving soon, and the sale will also help cut down the amount of stuff her family will have to haul to their new home. She hopes to have another before they leave, as they pocketed about $200 at their last sale.
It's not always easy money for sellers, though.
Breitling watchChristine Causing and her boyfriend Sheldon Wagner didn't have enough space for all of their things when Causing moved in with Wagner. They decided to hold a garage sale to try to make some cash, and planned to donate whatever was left to charity.
"We just wanted to make a little money," Causing says.
But the first-time garage saler got less than she bargained for during her first transaction. The buyer, an experienced barterer, bought a dining table for $20 less than a flustered Causing had wanted, she says.
"It was not good. I was getting confused," Breitling watch she says. "I thought it was so hard."
Garage sales draw a unique crowd of treasure hunters, she says. An elderly couple looking for drinking glasses not only showed up to the sale a day early, but also made a strange bid after talking with Causing.
"She said, 'We don't have much company and you're so lovely. I wish you were my neighbour. I wish I could buy you,' " Causing says.
Michael Rivette has combed the Edmonton garage sale scene for as long as he can remember. Rivette gives his garage sale finds to his mother, who then sells the hand-picked gems at her own sale.
Some of his favourite finds include a collection of pop bottles from the 1970s he bought for$50 that are worth about $200, he says.
Rivette suggests looking for certain logos on plates and doing some Breitling watch research the night before a sale to help spot valuable antiques.
"People selling don't always realize what something is worth," he says. "You wheel and deal and don't let go until you're finished. With a sale you never let go too quick."
But there are unwritten rules when it comes to bartering that not everyone follows, says Sulit. In most situations, buyers shouldn't pitch offers less than half the selling price.
"Yu have to be reasonable.Breitling watch  If something is two, three dollars, you don't haggle because that's just embarrassing," Sulit says.
Starting early is also a good way to ensure shoppers leave a sale with an excellent stash, Rivette says. "The best time to go is right at 6 or 7a.m. when they are setting up."

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