I love garage sales (this weekend I got 12 items of clothing including a bath robe for $21) but I do not love getting to garage sales at the published start-time to find all the good stuff has been snapped up by the early birds.
As online auction prices rise think about returning to the old kiwi tradition of trading second hand in person – it’s really good fun and you never know when you’ll stumble upon just what you’ve been looking for.