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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;evelyb30, post: 9796286, member: 36&quot;]WOW!&nbsp; Michigan looks like it was here about 15 years ago.&nbsp; The t-shirts here would never make it to a tag sale.&nbsp; They&#039;d know what they had and not put it out.&nbsp; I vote we move to Michigan.&nbsp; That&#039;s where all the stuff went!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d bet on a combination of things. </p><p><br /></p><p>The Antiques Road Show Effect, of course. People look up anything they think is worth money and then figure out quick that yardsale prices are about 10-25% of retail.&nbsp; I think antiques head to auction or stay in the house, and items with eBay price pages attached don&#039;t sell. People find that one out the hard way.&nbsp; I had one woman tell me today that her grandma&#039;s old costume jewelry is valuable and will go to an antique dealer for evaluation. It won&#039;t be out at a tag sale.&nbsp; I found a bit of silverplate today, but even the flatware was stainless. (cued a reseller in on some in the box still in their plastic, because some stainless sells.&nbsp; Bet that vanishes next.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Around here they&#039;re too busy to bother.&nbsp; People are too overscheduled to throw a yard sale, unless they&#039;re staying at home with little kids. Or even if they&#039;re not; kids outgrow a pile of stuff quickly. That&#039;s why kid s*** stuff sales abound when others are thin on the ground or nonexistant.&nbsp; I once saved a nice mid-60s factory art painting from the dumpster when a family cleaned out a house and just tossed everything.&nbsp; Didn&#039;t even donate.&nbsp; Just threw it.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>No one wants to deal with it, including antiques.&nbsp; Just can&#039;t be arsed, even if they have the time.&nbsp; Sometimes they publish one and bail for whatever reason.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;d love to know why one family wasn&#039;t in today&#039;s tag sale. THeir house was on the map, but even at 10AM the house was closed up tight. No one home and the paper on the lawn. </p><p><br /></p><p>The economy is scaring some. They&#039;re keeping&nbsp; what they have instead of going out and buying new.&nbsp; This year was supposed to be good for sales.&nbsp; Not around here it isn&#039;t.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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