Archive for December, 2008

Basement Waterproofing In Indiana With ICE Guard Posted By : Jonathon Lester

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

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Basement Waterproofing In Indiana With ICE Guard Posted By : Jonathon Lester
Basement waterproofing is a basement repair service that holds a place of prime importance for homeowners, especially in wet and humid regions like Indiana.

Go the whole nine yards
Instead of going it alone, why not pool advertising resources with your neighbors and host a street-wide yard sale? This will, of course, take a little more organizing, especially the first time around, but if you make your street’s yard sale an annual event, it could become legendary throughout your town. The main advantage of pooling resources is that you’ll be able to take out a larger advertisement in your local newspaper, buy more advertising signs, and even do a concerted letter box drop, thereby concentrating more visitors into your neck of the woods. Things you’ll need to consider are: ensuring everyone who expresses an interest in the idea is kept in the loop - a temporary yard sale taskforce may be necessary here; ways you can minimize the impacts on neighbors who aren‘t interested in participating; appointing a single contact person the local authorities can touch base with if needs be; getting everyone’s financial contribution up front before you spend any money; giving the person who organizes the street sale this year a break the next year; to make the day as much a social day as a business day - that way the reputation of your neighborhood yard sale as a fun day out will spread; and what other pooling opportunities, other than advertising, exist - for instance, the more entrepreneurial of your neighbors may wish to get together to operate a children’s jumping castle, or a food stall. Getting together with your neighbors will not only increase your yard sale’s exposure, but will inject a good deal of community spirit into your suburb!

Sale sign fines slashed
A local council in Dallas has seen the light, and slashed fines for infringements related to garage sale signs. On Monday night, Plano City Council unanimously voted to reduce the range of garage sale sign fines by shrinking the maximum penalty from $2,000 to $500, and by moving sign regulations from the city’s zoning ordinance to its general code. A summer enforcement push to control signs in median strips and other public areas drew a flood of complaints from garage sellers who received fines topping $500. The city handed out 179 tickets in less than two months before suspending the enforcement blitz in October. Under the old regulations, which resulted from a local referendum 15 years ago, illegal temporary signs could attract a fine up to $2,000. The local garage sale committee asked the council to consider amending the ordinance to target chronic violators of sign rules, as well as those who do not remove sale signs promptly. Another resident asked Plano council not to lose sight of the original intent of the 1990 referendum, when 63 percent of voters agreed that street clutter had gotten out of hand. . The lessons for garage sale operators? 1. Make sure you know, and abide by, your local council’s sign rules - they’re generally quite reasonable; and. 2. Participate in any local debates on garage sale regulation so you can howl down draconian proposals at their first airing! .

Hop to that Christmas Garage Sale - Now
Need extra Christmas cash? Why not host a last minute garage sale?. The catch? There’s only one more shopping weekend before Christmas. Still, squeezing a last minute pre-Christmas sale in may well be worthwhile: To help pay off that sagging credit card; To take advantage of the last-minute pre-Christmas buying frenzy If you do decide to host a garage sale this weekend, you could well be in a position to take advantage of the rush, because: plenty of people will not have finished their shopping because day is still a good week away from this Saturday; and many people are already on holidays, and so are looking for an excuse to get out and about; and the week’s break between this coming weekend and Christmas will allow you plenty of time to clean up and get your own Christmas act together. Remember not to delay your advertising, though. While garagesalesource.com is open for advertisements right up to the last minute, your local newspaper will have a cut-off date much earlier than this.

Free Energy Generator - How to Build a Home-made Free Energy Generator at No Cost Posted By : Jonathan Valentine
Free energy generators are either a solar panel or wind turbine which can be built from unwanted equipments which you can find at a junk shop. A home-made solar panel or wind turbine can be made from unwanted car parts. If you are a newbie make sure you have the information guide at hand before starting out the project otherwise it could put your life at risk.

Earth 4 Energy - How to Save Your Electricity Bills by 80 Percent Posted By : Jonathan Valentine
If you replace the electricity with free energy you do not have to pay the utility company any longer. You can learn to build a home-made power generator such as a solar panel and wind turbine for a shoestring budget so why invest for a commercially-made generator. This article will show you how to save your electricity cost by 80% with a home power generator.

How To Make Money With Garage Sales

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

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How To Make Money With Garage Sales

 by: Marilyn Pokorney

Drive through almost any neighborhood in any city or town on a weekend, and you’re sure to see garage sales scattered throughout.

These homeowners are spending their weekend time off making money. The average profit is $600 for a one-weekend garage sale.

It’s time to get your share of the pie. Organization is the key.

Step one: Check with the local officials to see what the local laws and regulations are on operating garage sales in your area.

Step two: Spend a few weekends going to garage sales in your area. See what is selling, what people are buying, how the items are priced, how the sellers advertise. Observe how the sellers display their items. Take notes.

Step three: Clean house and take stock of what you have and what it’s time to get rid of. Be sure to pick out at least one interesting and unusual item to call attention to your sale; some large ticket item you can set up in front of your home during your sale.

If you find older items such as dishes, a painting, an old flower urn etc. that you feel it’s time to dispose of have it appraised. You don’t want to sell something for 50 cents only to find out later it was an antique valued at $500.00. You can be sure there are garage sale shoppers who are on the lookout for just this kind of treasure.

Step four: Pick a date for your sale. The best time to have a garage sale is twice a year in May or September. People will be out shopping for summer items in May and winter items in September.

Never pick a holiday weekend such as Mother’s Day or Labor Day. Holiday festivities will get the attention of most people.

The best days for your garage sale are Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.

Step five: Advertise, advertise and advertise some more. Place ads in the local newspaper, shopper guides, on bulletin boards and even online. Place signs all over the neighborhood with brightly colored letters, attached balloons, etc.

Step six: Organize your sale. Put price stickers on your items. Have a wide variety of clothing and jewelry and arrange them in a rainbow of colors. Make sure jewelry and appliances sparkle! Hang clothing on racks arranged in sizes. Imagine that you are opening a retail store and copy what the stores do.

If you have items that are hard to price and you think they will not sell, put them in a penny box. And be sure to mark the box “Penny Box” or “All items just 1 cent each”.

Step seven: Timing. Consider starting at 7:00 a.m. instead of 8:00 or 9:00. And close no later than 6:00 p.m. And positively NEVER shut down for the noon hour! There are people who work on weekends and will stop on their way to or from work and shop during their lunch breaks.

As most customers will have come and gone by 1:00, noon hour being the most active, you can start lowering prices after 1:00 p.m. On items you think will not sell at all, put them in a box marked “Free”.

And lastly, what doesn’t sell take to the local Good Will or other organization of your choice.

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