Garage Sales

How To Live On $0 A Day: There Must Be Something Left You Can Sell

Lesley Stern | Posted 07.03.2009 | Comedy


Lesley Stern

You probably think you've already sold everything you own that had any financial value. But chances are, you've still got a few possessions that you can really cash in on if you auction them off on eBay.

Yard Sales Boom As People Seek Cash Flow

New York Times | PATRICIA LEIGH BROWN | Posted 11.25.2008 | Business


As the classified ads put it, everything must go. Socks. Christmas ornaments. Microwave ovens. Three-year-old Marita Duarte's tricycle was sold by her...

The Psychology of Garage Sales

Joel Schwartzberg | Posted 07.22.2008 | Living


Joel Schwartzberg

The real point of a garage sale is the purge. The lifelong desire, so rarely realized, to clean house, free up space, and organize your life -- which allows many to rationalize putting actual garbage on tables.

Defending My Rich Man's Dump

Linda Keenan | Posted 07.15.2008 | Green


Linda Keenan

NPR's portrait of Wellesley, MA's "Take it or Leave it" center was incomplete. No wonder angry listeners focused on trashing the rich instead of praising efforts to recycle.