Where are good yard-sales? Any experiences selling used stuff?

Hi all,

the Title says it all: I have some valuable items I'm not longer interested in, and I thought about selling them for 30-40% of the original price. No, no cheap crap - and no, I'm not leaving SL, so don't ask "can I have your stuff"

I've heard about yard sales - do you have experiences with them and could you recommend some? How is are usually the procedures and fees for it? Anything else i should consider or take care before selling it away (e.g. items have to be transfer, of course, but maybe there are other quirks I don't see...)?

Thanks a lot for any hint,
Samira

Can I have your stuff anyway?

If you have land, just drop it out in your yard with a yard sale sign.
If you don't, check around at malls, or search "yard sale"

I have a wall at my store that I resell stuff that I no longer use. Awhile back I was reselling a lot of stuff I no longer wanted, and some of it was freebies I was not aware of (still new and naive at that time) and the designers found out and were not very happy, actually they were quite pissed.

needless to say it was not pretty but it all settled out eventually.

I say, if it says xfer, (well except for textures, they are a bit different) then you have the right to sell it, but please try to see if it is a freebie first (my mistake was it was something I bought at a yardsale so did not know it was a freebie)

If you decide to do a yardsale and want to advertise it, be careful using the designer names in the ad, as some designers get quite upset about this too.

As a creator, I make my clothing transferable, so if ppl want to resell it they can, I have no problem with that. If someone wants copy/no transfer permissions, all they have to do is ask, I will do that for them.

If you own land, post an event on the events page. You usually get quite a bit of traffic when you do that. If you don't own land, there are several free yard sales out there. I think spots are hard to come by but they are usually cleared at least once a week so you can time it right and get your stuff in.

Very true! We've also been selling some no longer needed, quality items in a yard sale and it is amazing how much traffic we get.

We put up a small skybox with walls (the Mystitool platform) and then arranged our items in there. We've sold everything from furniture to wall hangings to clothing. Set the location and then create a yard sale event and you're good to go.

Good luck with yours, Samira! If you would like to see our set up, just shoot me an IM.

isn't that kind of a misuse of the events though, shouldn't yardsales be in the classifieds?

I always think of events as something like clubs or classes, not something where things are for sale.

Also I think of an event as a short term thing, and with a host, etc.

That's what I initially thought of as an event when I began SL - but it is amazing what one sees listed as an event.

No it's not. It's a common use for that page and has been forever. It falls within the rules and LL is fine with it.

raymond LL is fine with crap that doesn't fall within the rules, unless it affects them LOL

and according to their own info when listing an event, yard sales are not events...

"Advertisements for commercial products or services will be deleted from the events calendar. Repeated misuse of the event posting system for this purpose may lead to disciplinary action against the poster's account. See more details on this policy below.

An event is defined as a special group activity that is led by a host on land owned either by the host or by a group the host belongs to. Examples include discussions, group meetings, hosted dances, classes, tours, and competitions.

An event is framed by a beginning and an end time. Thus '24hr Sales' are not events.

The 'Commercial' category was created for the purpose of grand openings, demonstrations, product launches etc. Each of these types of events should have a clear beginning and end time attached. Otherwise, they belong in the Second Life Classifieds, not the Events calendar. Posting events that are simply advertisements will not be acceptable. "

They just do not enforce it (same for slingo tringo, etc, all those businesses that advertise stuff via events, etc)

they should not be there, all commercial (at least to me)

and yes it is amazing to see what ppl consider events, I never look at it anymore.

It's interesting to me that you frown on listing yard sales as event but you had no issue starting a thread here to give away t-shirts with your logo on them so you could drive traffic to your store. You even apologized in the OP because you knew it was inappropriate. It appears there is a lot of moral ambiguity all around us.

somehow I had the feeling you would find something to dig at, (if it were not the Tshirt you would have found something else) and this coming from the man, who had no problem posting many times about his sim in threads here.

*shrug*

I do not have to justify myself to you, nor will I

If you feel it is right to post about yardsales in the events then do so

no need to start digging at me (not like I am a big rule breaker on here) and if it really bothers you, AR the post, maybe eventually they will take care of it the same way they take care of the events.

PS for anyone who cares, the post was not made to promote my store, I had a Tshirt I was making as a marketing tool and used that template for the 503 Tshirt, there was no ulterior motive, even though some may think there was.

If I could delete the post I would, just to not cause waves.

It is so strange how some folks can get away with anything here....

Edited to add,,,, where did I say I frowned on using them for yardsales? (just realized you made that assumption)

I merely stated a fact, that is all. and an opinion of what events listings are for so the OP is educated on it (and others who may be reading)

not once did I say I frown upon it...

I love to yardsale in my spare time, one of my favorite hobbies in SL actually. I've also had a few of my own.

Based on that I would say that having your own, on your own land is a great option. Borrowing some space from a friend might be an option too, if you don't own land. I know as soon as I TP to a REAL yardsale, full of stuff from a real avatar's inventory being held in a unique location (in other words not a freebie market) that I will most likely be buying something. The yardsales I've had myself that were like this sold out almost completely within a matter of hours. I think there are several people in SL that run resale shops and stock them by getting to the yardsales of individuals and quickly and snatching up deals. Poseballs, good clothes, quaility landscaping items, and sex furniture always seem to be in high demand. I was even IM's by a few people after my last one to see if I had more stuff they could buy.

As for where to list it, I have to go with events. First of all, it is where they are listed most frequently now and where people like me go to find them. Second, you pay for a classified to run for an entire week, and I have never had enough stuff to last in a yardsale for an entire week.

If you decide to list your sale as an event, I would suggest that you make it clear this is a REAL sale being held by and individual clearing out their inventory, list brands of some of your better items, and send me a landmark.

i will only buy things from yard sales that are priced from L$1-L$80.

i sold off a ton of my transferrable inventory, and now i am ready to replace that inventory with new and exciting things... so i want a LM too.

I've got a yard sale shop running now at the mall I'm in - doesn't do all that well, but I think I need to advertise it better or differently.

Though I've had a LOT of people ask me if I wanted to buy their inventory to resell. I told them no - I only sell my own. I research everything before I put it out for sale, so I don't accidentally try to sell a freebie or overcharge.

To add to the OP's question, would it be considered bad form to yard sale some of my inventory items on my store land, beside my store? I have loads of furniture, etc, that I would love to get rid of but don't really want to put it on my "residential" land. I have some extra prims on my store land and plenty of room beside my store, and have been considering a yard sale on there. This thread has resurrected my desire to get rid of this extra inventory "stuff".

If you join slexchange...(www.slexchange.com) they have a secondhand section where you can also sell your stuff. I guess they charge commision as they do with sales of other things...not sure though. Worth a look

Fai x

!! 'yardsales' of non-copiable items are just fine, in my book, as long as they are non-transferable. that is, if you only have one copy of something to sell - once it sells, that's it - it's kosher. (like a rl yardsale/garagesale, if you've only one copy of something to sell, i don't mind.

selling multiple copies of something that should not be copiable, though, will be be filed for DMCA. -make sure- that you are not reselling something copiable that the original maker did not intend for you to resell, copy-free!

(i know that can be frustration; however - what business do you have selling something you did not create yourself without making entirely sure that the original maker -did not intend you to resell- without approval??????

that's the part i just never understand; people who think it's ok to resell copies of something they did not make themselves. (-unless- there was, in the first place, an explicit legal 'from the creator' rights for them to do so.)

I've also debated on selling some of my old stuff to someone that does a yard sale, instead I tossed it all into a folder called 'give away' and when I meet real newbies that need help I give them the resource kit and some clothing, shoes, whatever is in the folder at that point. Nothing for the men that way, but it is nice to help someone when I can. Helps the newbs have something besides the freebies out there.

) that's the best way

I put a few items on SLexchange that sat there for months. Moved it to my yard sale and it sold almost immediately!

They do charge a percentage of the sale - I "think" it's 5% but not for sure. On the plus side, if one doesn't have land or prims or space available, it's a great option.

I don't get this attitude either. I posted in another thread about an open-air market I happened upon recently that I would estimate was approximately 1/4 of a sim - laid out very well, merchandised arranged and displayed very well, except...

...all the merchandise were freebies! And not even "obscure freebies" but the ones that are seen everywhere! And to top it all off...the person was selling these freebies at fairly high prices. In the person's profile was a pick for another of their "stores" with clothes for "the discerning lady" - stocked with items I've seen at Sarah Nerd's freebie store.

Though Fhelzgud's Free Public Yard Sale is currently on hold (we have been running it for 2 years) it is by invitation only for another week or two. If you visit and have an interest in selling your items contact rudy2zday eliot or myself, on a case by case basis we may allow up to 20 prims which to show and sell your stuff (boxing items allways a good thing . We do not ask that you split profits or join any group. The Fhelzgfud yard has been the catalyst for many SL in world businesses.