Originally Posted by
cybertect
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the Garage Sale appears to be an American phenomenon and involves people hiking up a sign and selling their stuff out the front of their own house?
In the UK we have the 'car boot sale' which usually starts at some ungodly hour of the morning (6.30am ). Turn up with your car with sometimes hundreds of others, park up and sell from there. Not so often good for bicycles IME.
The boot sale is closer to what we call a Flea Market. Some of them are quite organized and have regular venders. Some venders specialize in certain things.
Not everyone has a garage, so there are also yard sales, barn sales, porch sales, etc. But, you are correct, put a sign in the front, and spend a couple days getting rid of your junk. Sometimes a street or neighborhood will band together to have their sale on the same weekend to get more traffic.
I saw a quote somewhere, that the only difference between a yard sale and trash pick-up is how close it is to the curb.