My last yard sale I put in the ad "No early birds please." More people came

to my house the night before than when the sale began. It was astonishing. A sailor would have blushed at the things I said to them when the doorbell rang while I was trying to come down from a stressful work week.

In response to this post by HokieMacDaddy

Posted: 05/18/2018 at 8:12PM

I would not make a good salesman -- HokieMacDaddy 05/18/2018 12:45PM

My last yard sale I put in the ad "No early birds please." More people came -- Hokieman1987 05/18/2018 8:12PM

I get it though. -- GFallsFan 05/18/2018 3:39PM

Shun ** -- Brown Water 05/18/2018 2:42PM

You missed all the signs ** -- bigbadbird 05/18/2018 2:16PM

...is that you Biff ? ** -- chumley 05/18/2018 2:15PM

You may or may not be a good salesman -- TomTurkey 05/18/2018 2:06PM

Well? Is it? ** -- 48zip 05/18/2018 2:06PM

It's 2018, yard sales are understood to be Fri am thru Sat nite -- JoesterVT 05/18/2018 1:16PM

So SignsDon'tMatter? ** -- TomTurkey 05/18/2018 1:31PM

Was it black print on a white sign, or white print on a black sign? ** -- Late 80s Hokie 05/18/2018 1:57PM

Blue on white is best combo -- TomTurkey 05/18/2018 2:03PM

I use orange and maroon. ** -- AZHokie59 05/18/2018 2:43PM

More to being good at sales than that. And you're right that it isn't for -- CPRVHokie 05/18/2018 1:14PM

That is correct Yoda :) Sales Mgr here 15 yrs and you cannot teach desire ** -- grill to chill 05/18/2018 2:42PM

True. But even more to it than desire. Requires a willingness to fail, an -- CPRVHokie 05/18/2018 4:41PM

It's a yard sale or did i miss the implied TIC? ** -- TomTurkey 05/18/2018 1:32PM

This is SOP for pickers who want to get a jump on your stuff! -- grill to chill 05/18/2018 1:01PM

Absolutely. MacDaddy missed a chance to get top dollar for his stuff. ** -- GFallsFan 05/18/2018 3:32PM

Yeah - you should have put on the signs "Earlybirds pay double" ** -- Hokie Koooster 05/18/2018 2:38PM

Yup. She won't be the last person to come by today -- Nova Hokie 95 05/18/2018 1:04PM

To quote our next door neighbor -- TomTurkey 05/18/2018 1:39PM

She's got freckles on her, butt she's nice....... ** -- AZHokie59 05/18/2018 2:46PM

A suggesstion.......................................... -- F4EHokie 05/18/2018 1:01PM

Lighten up. She was on last day of bereavement leave.** -- TomTurkey 05/18/2018 12:48PM

My last yard sale I put in the ad "No early birds please." More people came

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