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Article: Tag sale is a great tradition - but watch for fakes
- Article from:
- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- September 2, 1987
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There ought to be some legal standard for what can be called a
tag sale. A real tag sale is a great American tradition that also
may be called a garage sale or a yard or lawn sale, but now there are
imposters who are ruining tag sales for all of us.
The original idea was that, since once in about every 10 years
the average American household accumulates a lot of things the owners
no longer use but can't bring themselves to throw away, they have a
friendly little sale on their front lawn, in their backyard or in
their garage. The spoilers are making a business of tag sales. Some
neighborly appearing con artists have a tag-sale sign they bring out
every year to trap unsuspecting ...
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Article: TEN TIPS TO TAKE YOU FROM TAG SALE TO `SOLD'.(AT HOME)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);
January 14, 1996 ;
405 words
......quickly if you need to do so. Holding a tag sale is less complicated than trying to dispose...Here are 10 tips for running your own tag sale: 1. Accumulate a good quantity of merchandise...price-reduction times, etc. Good will is part of the tag sale, and without it you may be stuck ...
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