Garage Sale Advice

Oprah Radio | September 28, 2007

If your home is free from clutter and you want to pick up the art of shopping at yard sales, a caller named Meredith, the self-proclaimed "queen of 'garage saling,'" shares some advice:

Go early, when the garage sales first open.
If you like something a lot, walk past it as if you aren't interested, then nonchalantly inquire about its price.
Be polite and don't be afraid to barter.

Meredith says she often finds wonderful things at garage sales and thinks that garage saling is a great hobby. "I think of garage saling as being a recycling effort," she says. "If there is a treasure and I don't buy it, it will end up in a landfill."