Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Truth in Advertising

I've already mentioned that this has been a rough year for yard saling.  Too many sales are not living up to their hype.  Too many sales with only a couple of things (maybe) worth buying.  Even sure fire hits like neighborhood sales and church sales are not panning out.  It's really sad.

So, in an effort to laugh through the pain, I present to you the following.  Trust me when I say that it is wisdom born of experience.  Bitter wisdom from even more bitter experience.

HOW TO READ A YARD SALE AD

What they say:  Yard Sale at 1313 Main Street!
What they mean:  We're selling baby clothes at 1313 Main Street!


What they say:  Huge Yard Sale!
What they mean:  We've got LOTS of baby clothes!

What they say:  Awesome Yard Sale!
What they mean:  You won't believe there can be this many baby clothes in one spot!


What they say:  Multi-Family Yard Sale!
What they mean:  My sister and I are selling our baby clothes!

What they say:  Something For Everyone!
What they mean:  We've got baby boy and baby girl clothes!

What they say:  Vintage Items!
What they mean:  We're selling our five year old's clothes from when he was a baby!

What they say:  Antiques!
What they mean:  We're selling our sixteen year old's clothes from when she was a baby!

What they say:  Many Unique Items!
What they mean:  You won't find stains like these any where else!

What they say:  Furniture!
What they mean:  We've got a crib, a changing table, a high chair and a bouncy chair too!

What they say:  Much Miscellaneous!
What they mean:  Also, bottles and a diaper bag!

What they say:  Too Much To List!
What they mean:  How many more times do we have to say we have baby clothes?

Hope your saling days have been better than mine!

3 comments:

Sue (Vintage Rescue) said...

Didn't realize you were shopping in Virginia.... That's what it's like here!

Protector of Vintage said...

Funny.

Ms Jackie's Junque said...

I've missed your posts! Glad to see you're back!

Really good sales have been few and far between for me too.

But! We just found out that my nephew's girlfriend is expecting a baby. So--I will now be digging through all the baby stuff. We are so excited. My nephew was the last baby in our family and he is 19.

Anyhoo-glad you're back.