Garage Sales (General)

Some of you know that I can’t drive past a good garage sale. It is a fascinating microcosm of marketing, sales, customer relations, accounting systems, and best of all …negotiation that I find fascinating. When I find a good garage sale, I am like an astronomer watching a flaming comet enter the atmosphere, a mechanic hearing an a newly tuned engine hum, or a hairdresser admiring a finely coiffed head of hair. On my Saturday errands, a quick stop at the right sale provides a combination of watching the true free market at work, and the ability to unearth an elusive treasure, at the absolute best price, which will probably end up in my next garage sale…