Sell the silly beanie babies on Ebay. Assuming they are in clean unused condition with tags attached. Still not worth much but you can sell them in batches and make a few bucks. I had a couple huge totes full and broke them out into batches of similar ones (all bears, all reptiles, all birds, all jungle creatures.....). Ended up making a couple hundred dollars. No where near what they cost in the first place but they just are not worth the space they take up. If they are not in new condition with tags attached just donate them.

Location. I am very picky about which areas I will go to for a garage sale. Sorry but it's true.
Pricing. It's a garage sale, price it to go. Don't tell me it's worth $100 dollars because you have seen it listed on Ebay for that much. And definitely don't print out the ad and attach it to the item.
Set up. If I drive up and see mountains of clothing, toys, etc on the ground I pretty much keep on driving.
Volume. It you only have enough stuff to fill a table or two, invite some friends to bring their stuff and make it a group effort.
 

Well we countered with a more reasonable amount and after a brief discussion they accepted graciously and all was well. Unfortunately after all that the estate owner won't budge on his asking price and no deal will be made with him. He wants 25k and just keeps saying he is sure the contents are worth 25k! Our last offer was 12k. We would have come up another couple thousand but he made it pretty clear he isn't going to budge. He said he would put it on the curb before he would accept an offer so small. OK dude good luck with that. I'm sure we could easily sell enough from this estate to make the 25k but we don't do this to break even! I'm a little sad because it would have been a fascinating adventure but a little relieved too because it would have been so much work. Guess I'll go buy a storage unit....

Interesting opportunity has come our way. A friend was approached by someone that has a full house that he wants to sell the contents of so it can be sold. It was too much for our friend and his partner to deal with so we were given the opportunity to partner up for the deal. The word hoarder was used. Apparently the man inherited it from an elderly lady friend who had no heirs. She was 92 and had lived there for 60+ years.  A little scary and two hours from home but we figured it was worth a try. I googled the address and the house is 1240 sq. feet. Nice neighborhood.  We went to see it today. OMG!!!!!! Yes you could call her a hoarder. But good news is she was a very clean hoarder. More like a collector really. No trash. Just stuff....everywhere. Boxes piled along all walls so walkways are narrow. The guy selling it has done some sorting and has removed clothing but not much else. Lots of figurines, trinkets, antique clocks, cast iron door stops, figurines and bookends, paintings and prints, furniture, very few books (thank God!), two big bins of jewelry (mostly costume but some sterling), depression glass, antique microscopes, antique opthomologist glasses set with all the lenses, lots of antiques and vintage stuff....I could go on and on but I am still so overwhelmed I can not even wrap my mind around it. The owner says no rush to get the house empty. I'm thinking it will take a month at least. Another thing that freaks me out is the whole partner thing. How in the world can you split something like this?
This is going to be a long process, not just to empty the house but to sell all the stuff. Also our friends don't have trucks or trailers (we do) or a place to store the stuff (we don't really but could make it work). Oh and did I mention that in addition to the 1240 sq foot house, there is a guest house, a garage with attached room, and another storage building that is probably another 1000 square feet. All full of stuff.     

That is surprising that he uses "Storage Wars" in his ad. In person he never mentioned the show. The only item even remotely related to the show was his Yuuup hat. I just assumed he had a gag order of some type.

Seems odd that the shipper could have printed the label and not taken the package to the post office for a while. I believe the post office requires the package to be received the same date as printed on the label.

I often wonder if I would buy high priced brand name items like louis vuitton bags if money were no object. They are not even attractive and knocked off so much that no one would bat an eye seeing it anyway. One of my daughters had a friend in high school that was given a small louis vuitton clutch for her birthday by her parents. She carried the receipt in the bag just so she could show her friends that it was 'real'. $1500! Ugh