OT: garage sale plus size clothing prices?!?

I can coun ont one hand the number of times I have been to a garage sale... and have fingers left over.  I donated the vast majority of my plus size clothes, but kept some nice items intendeing to donate to a specific place that no longer exists.  So... I'm going to add my things to a friend's garage sale in May.

The problem is that I have no idea what prices to put on things!!!  There are some very nice plus size business suits and blouses, skirts, dressy and casual sweaters, and casual (Docker's-type) pants.  Are any of you garage sale addicts who might have feedback on pricing?

Lora

Hi Lora,

I am a re-sale fanatic.  I buy my daughter and son all top shelf gear (janie and jack, hilfiger, ralph lauren) at clearance prices (I am a serious bargain shopper) and I sell their gear for as much or more than I paid for it but only through two mediums:  e-bay and craigs list.  I have never been successful with the garage sale route (too many people trying to low ball and pay a dollar for itmes).  Recently, I listed 5 lane bryant suits on e-bay as a single lot and I made $127.00!! Much better than I could have done at a garage sale.  E-bay is time consuming, but if you want the most bang for your buck that is my recommendation.  Plus size clothes sell beautifully on e-bay.   Good pictures make all the difference in the world as well as how you group your auctions. 

Good luck!
April

it all depends...price them cheap to just get rid of them have dollar tables or a certain price for a bag full...if you are looking to make a little something, then perhaps take a thought of what you paid for it and then make it less than half that price...for example a 20.00 item put a price like 8.00 with a hope of getting 5.00 as the day of the sale, you get offers on most everything...
i use to go to garage sales all the time so it really depends on what you are wanting to do with your items...
hope this was helpful
debby

When I had a yard sale last summer I priced my stuff fairly cheap. 
Jeans $3 to $5
T-shirts $2
Sweaters $2

Anything that I thought was worth more, I held onto. I have yet to do this because I am still loosing weight, but I plan to take them to a consignment shop. If I don't find a shop that I like, I will try e-bay or craigslist.

Mostly, I just give away my stuff though. I go onto yahoo groups freecyle and list my stuff. I ask the person I give it to, to please take all that I have, take it home, look through it, and then freecycle (or give away somewhere else) anything that they can't use. Freecycle is how I got some clothes that I am currently wearing (mostly pj's and t-shirts). And when I'm done with it, if it is still nice, I will give it away too.

I went to a yard sale last summer and bought my winter coat for this current winter for $5 and it looks brand new! I got some pants for $2 a pair that looked like they were never worn. 

My strategy for yard sales is to mark stuff a dollar to a few dollars higher than I actually want to recieve for the item. If someone really wants it, they will simply pay that price or ask to lower the price by a few dollars. By marking pants I want $5 for up to $7 or $10, I will end up getting the $5 when someone bargins me down. But if I marked it at $5, I would probably only get $3 for it. 

Garage sales are expected to have inexpensive pricing on clothing - the highest I would pay at a garage sale is $5 or less.  It's not that your items are worth a lot more BUT at a garage sale people expect bargains.      I would list the items along with sizes in the ad to draw in the right clientelle.  Another option is  try to find a consignment/resale shop where they sell similar type items for decent prices, or like someone wrote about selling them on E-Bay may bring more money.  Another choice is donating them to something like a "Dress for Success," where nice clothing is donated to help women in need dress appropriately for job interviews.     

Have you ever thought of bringing them to a consignment shop?  They do all the figuring and when your items sell they cut you a check.  A friend of mine does this all the time.  She took 2 bags of my clothes and at the end of the month she got a check for over $50.  Decent, clean and gently used plus sized clothing is tough to find.

Or you can even ask ppl here if they are looking to buy anything, I know I have bought things from other RNY'ers and it has helped alot, its hard to afford clothes constantly as you change sizes,  I will sell the clothes to another RNY'ers as I "undergrow" them.  It all really depends on what your wanting to get for them as to where you should sell tehm at.  I am sure there are several women here who cant afford the constant change of clothes and would be happy to buy a bulk amount from you!

I have sold my Plus Size clothes at yard sales for years! I go to my hometown where everyone knows me. Its very very closed off from the real world. The only clothes options for the people there is walmart and its 45 minutes and an entire county away.

I drive the necessary 2 hours and get my clothes at Coldwater Creek, Avenue etc. They havent seen anything like that in my hometown. I charge approx 5 -10 dollars for pants and jeans. Tops 4 to 5 dollars. All I have to put in my yardsale ad is....Plus size clothes yard sale at Pammys Moms house.... lol people call me every year and ask me when Im having my sale. I tend to make a killing.

Guess its all in where your are having your sale.

Thanks.  I have to get everything marked this week (yikes!)

Lora

I too had sold some of my classy plus size clothes at a garage sale and I had put a label of not more than $10 on my apparel. Also some that were worn around 2 to 3 times were sold at $5 to $6 and I was quite happy with how fast each one of my apparel was sold out.