{"id":927,"date":"2022-01-06T19:32:48","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T19:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yardsalesearch.com\/blog\/?p=927"},"modified":"2023-05-31T03:06:51","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T03:06:51","slug":"are-garage-and-yard-sales-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yardsalesearch.com\/blog\/are-garage-and-yard-sales-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Garage and Yard Sales Dead?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"927\" class=\"elementor elementor-927\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a9c37b3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a9c37b3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c48675c\" data-id=\"c48675c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2043631 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"2043631\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/podcasters.spotify.com\/pod\/show\/yss-podcast\/embed\/episodes\/Are-Garage-and-Yard-Sales-Dead---Yard-Sale-Search-Podcast-e24v4t8\" height=\"102px\" width=\"400px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6d91f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e6d91f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The short answer: <strong>no<\/strong>.<br \/>The long answer: <strong>no<\/strong>, but there is a generational thing going on. Let\u2019s take a look!<\/p><h2>Built to last<\/h2><p>To be clear, yard sales and garage sales are still alive and well, but some people might notice that sometimes they aren\u2019t quite what they used to be. Now, we\u2019re not wagging our fingers at young people\u2014this isn\u2019t that kind of blog! Instead, there are different reasons we\u2019d like to point out for this shift, one important one being <a href=\"https:\/\/novamoney.com\/blog\/14-built-for-failure-planned-obsolescence-and-why-we-do-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">planned obsolescence<\/a>.<\/p><p>Things aren\u2019t built to last anymore, but we\u2019re not talking about relationships or anything like that. Planned obsolescence is the (profitable) business practice of designing products to not last a very long time, which means you\u2019ll have to replace them sooner and more often, and ultimately spend more money. This has been especially notable in the tech industry and in fast fashion, but you can probably find examples in just about any industry.<\/p><p>What does this mean for yard sales? Essentially, you\u2019re more likely to find less durable and thus less valuable finds at yard sales these days, since a lot of items we end up wanting to get rid of weren\u2019t built to last anyway. That being said, yard sales aren\u2019t usually chalked full of brand-new items, which means many items at a yard sale are still durable and built-to-last finds that\u2019ll likely be great bargains. In other words, this is certainly unfortunate, but it\u2019s not a death sentence!<\/p><h2>A Virtual Generation<\/h2><p>Another reason some yard sales might not have as great of a selection as before comes from how popular certain virtual platforms have become. Especially during the pandemic, <a href=\"https:\/\/yardsalesearch.com\/blog\/tips-on-hosting-a-virtual-rummage-sale\/\">virtual yard sales<\/a> have become much more popular, and for good reasons. As far as <a href=\"https:\/\/yardsalesearch.com\/blog\/how-to-host-a-safe-garage-sale-amid-the-pandemic\/\">sanitary precautions<\/a> go, a virtual sale is virtually the safest possible way to hold a yard sale. As far as convenience goes, virtual sales can stay up 24\/7 and reach a much wider audience. The downside, of course, is that we miss out on that oh-so-special social interaction.<\/p><p>Hosting a yard sale doesn\u2019t have to be binary, though. People don\u2019t have to hold a virtual sale or an in-person sale, they can hold both! More so, especially for more valuable items, sellers are better off selling certain items online to specific communities that are willing to pay more money. While this is better for the sellers, it does mean you might find less gems at their in-person sales. Of course, however, if you don\u2019t know what gems you\u2019re missing out on, are you really missing out?<\/p><p>For these reasons and some others, it might seem to some like yard sales are on the decline, but we can assure you that they are not! Times have changed and they will always continue to change, but one thing\u2019s for sure: people are always going to be moving in and out of communities, and <a href=\"https:\/\/yardsalesearch.com\/blog\/spring-cleaning-made-easy-how-yard-sales-can-help-you-declutter\/\">spring cleaning<\/a> is always going to get people to declutter. So, as long as these things stay true, we say, long live the yard sale! <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6a81871a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6a81871a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-42485c0a\" data-id=\"42485c0a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fb69220 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6fb69220\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-133d2e80 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"133d2e80\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardsalesearch.com\/\">Yard Sale Search<\/a> is the most popular platform to post your yard sales and garage sales online. If you want to get maximum visibility on the web, then you need to\u00a0<a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yardsalesearch.com\/sale\/manage\/intro\">post your yard sale<\/a>\u00a0with us.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79acdfdd elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"79acdfdd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardsalesearch.com\/sale\/manage\/intro\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-lg\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Post Your Yard 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The short answer: no.The long answer: no, but there is a generational thing going on. Let\u2019s take a look! Built to last To be clear, yard sales and garage sales are still alive and well, but some people might notice that sometimes they aren\u2019t quite what they used to be. Now, we\u2019re not wagging our &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/yardsalesearch.com\/blog\/are-garage-and-yard-sales-dead\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Are Garage and Yard Sales Dead?<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[41,39],"tags":[235,237,239],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yardsalesearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yardsalesearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yardsalesearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yardsalesearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yardsalesearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=927"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/yardsalesearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1831,"href":"https:\/\/yardsalesearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927\/revisions\/1831"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yardsalesearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yardsalesearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yardsalesearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yardsalesearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}