Whats the most efficient way to search yard sales for items?
I live in Tampa, Fl., but have found buys at garage sales in many places I’ve traveled. The things that are important are: 1. Make a map of your stops from the newspaper ads the night before. Use all the local papers (and often the little free ones are loaded with sales not found in the others). 2. Visit all the sales in the ritzy neighborhoods first, then those in the periphery. 3. Most sales are advertised as starting at 8 AM. Be AT the best sounding ones at 7:30 or so. Arrange the sequence so you don’t waste too much time traveling between sales. That 7:30-8:30 hour is when the buys are usually found, although I’ve gotten stuff at 10:00 AM, it is rare. 4. Work fast. I spend maybe ONE or TWO minutes at each sale, unless I find something worth buying. Time really is of the essence. I walk through, looking carefully, but don’t break stride unless something really calls out to me. 5. People always put the more valuable things closest to the house, so start by going all the way to the ba
