Garage sales are a fundamental part of every weekend in most towns in America. Garage or yard sales have been a great source for just about anything at a very low cost for decades. Linda McIntyre has been garage sailing in Norman Okla. for over 30 years.
The impact of garage sales on American culture has been examined in numerous documentaries and studied by professionals. It presents an interesting look into human nature and asks the question, why do people shop at garage sales? For the bargains, for the game of it?
McIntyre said she started shopping garage sales as a primary source for clothes, shoes and other needs when her children were young. It was a way for her to buy things that she could not have afforded otherwise. Later, when eBay first came on the scene she realized she could sell her garage sale finds to make money. Since then she has continued to shop at garage sales for fun.
McIntyre said that she has done a lot of self-exploration through garage sales and has learned some valuable lessons.
“People are more important than things and no matter how many things you have it’s not going to bring someone back or give you a better relationship with them,” McIntyre said. “That’s something I’ve found with estate sales also, you learn a lot about people and about their relationships with their family.”
McIntyre said that going to a good area of town is the best advice for garage “saling“. But she warned that it is possible to overspend and overbuy at a garage sale. A brief web search will show that there is something a little different about garage sales than other kinds of bargain shopping. McIntyre said that things don’t make your life and it is easy to forget that.
Linda McIntyre, Norman resident and garage sale expert.
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