Garage Sales often operate in a parallel universe, with a language all their own. In my new book, GARAGE SALE AMERICA, I give a guide to help you wheel and deal with the best of them.
Here are a few choice definitions from the garage sale trail:
"A Bargain" - something you didn't know you needed at a price you couldn't resist.
"Bloomin' onion" - 2,130 calories of deep-fried-onion delight, generally served at flea markets and "event" garage sales.
"Collectible" - beauty is in the eye of the beholder
"Collector" - the beholder
"Disposophobia" - the fear of getting rid of stuff, no matter how worthless or how valuable
"Drive-bys" - Slowing down enough to glance at the offerings before hitting the pedal, not so subtly indicating, "your stuff stinks."
"Kiss & Kick" - A technique of bargaining in which an item is admired and respected, followed by a pointing out of its dramatic flaw: "I love your Hull vase. How'd it get chipped?"
"Lurkers" - Those who attend garage sales with no intention of making a purchase.
"Robin Hood Sale" - A sale in a wealthy neighborhood that makes for a lot of Merry Men and Women.
"Vultures - Worse than early birds, these predators will show up at a garage sale before any lights are on in the house and peer in the windows."
What's your favorite garage sale word and its meaning?
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Comments: 9
The science of being able to determine how long a knick knack was owned by scratching through the layers of dust on it.
I love the definitions. It's good to put a name to my condition (Disposophobia.)
got any good tips on getting a good deal?
Dustology! i love it!!!