P5 Guy
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Salvation Army is my preference.
I placed a blanket over it and the HUGE Steelcase ten drawer chest with 65 gun stickers on it and no one was the wiser.
IF that is what is happening where you live, then I understand; that has never been the situation where I lived. I used to sell guns at my garage salesThe realm of meth and heroin users has changed the game when it comes to having traditional activities like yard sales, and camping in public campgrounds, and picnics in the park.
This is getting into the realm of the absurd - this is a freaking garage sale where items cost >25 to a buck for most. WAY too much paranoia. I have held over 30 garage sales in 7 different neighborhoods, and except for the last time where my safe was actually IN the house, the safe was in the garage, I placed a blanket over it and the HUGE Steelcase ten drawer chest with 65 gun stickers on it and no one was the wiser. Folks hitting garage sales fall into two main categories - those with flea market stalls looking to buy stuff for resale like tools, fishing gear and similar, and the second group looking to give you $1.00 for 50 hard back books or buying a used lawnmower.
Anyone who is that paranoid should just donate the stuff to Goodwill and be done with it.
Folks hitting garage sales fall into two main categories - those with flea market stalls looking to buy stuff for resale like tools, fishing gear and similar, and the second group looking to give you $1.00 for 50 hard back books or buying a used lawnmower.
Anyone who is that paranoid should just donate the stuff to Goodwill and be done with it.
How do they have all of that from a garage sale where everything is in the driveway?They behave at the sale for the most part. Now they have the layout of the house, locks etc. That info is useful to home invaders at a later date.
THE REASON,that I don't hold 'sales' even though I was a antique & "treasure" dealer before I was an LEO.So my wife and I are planning our first yard sale at our first house in a few weeks. We've hosted yard sales before just not at our own personal house. I'm a bit skeptical myself.
The point of this thread are things one can do to minimize folks "casing" your place.
We do live fairly rural so I dont know how much traffic we'll even get, and those that do stop by will likely be distant neighbors, still I'm being overprotective I guess.
The only area that would be open for viewing would be my beloved 25x40 garage with many thousands of dollars worth of things in it.
So for folks that have gone through this I'd appreciate advice.
If this doesn't meet the criteria for this forum then by all means close it. I figured it kind of dealt with home security type issues.
Better yet, arrange to meet in the parking lot of the local police station. They don't need to know where you live, and if it's a bad actor planning to take your item without paying (and maybe do worse), they likely won't show up, you'll only be out the time to drive back and forth to the PD.If you are not sure about it, take pics of your items need to go and put them in local web newspaper or similar.
No risk involve, if someone is in mood to get them, just wait out side of your house to do transac. (door closed.)
This Thread is a couple of months old I'm sure he's had his garage sale and it's done