I have never heard of this one before. A local high school contracted a gold buyer and the school hosted a session for people to bring in their old gold items. The customer receives a cash payout for the jewelery, school group received a portion of the proceeds and my husband is now minus a wedding ring from the first marriage. Some uncluttering opportunities have hidden benefits :-)
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Posted 2 years ago #
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What an interesting idea!
I thought you were going in the direction of a school holding a major yard sale asking people to bring in donations for that. I had a client whose son's ROTC did that and I was able to have several clients contribute. They donated the unsold items and earned over $1,100 in one day for the group. I thought that was also a great idea, gave parents the opportunity to do some uncluttering and know that the items were going for a good cause.
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Some gold buyers are less than ethical. The spot price of gold fluctuates and you have know what it is to get the best price. I don't know if the buyer at this event was a reputable dealer or not ... but if you plan to host one, investigate the buyer carefully.
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When I was growing up, twice a year (in April and October) my school would host a school-wide garage sale. We called it "Thrift Shop."
As a kid, it was so exciting to go through aisles and piles of stuff. Some interesting, some weird, some old, some unknown (that you couldn't figure out the purpose of). And the adults loved being able to get rid of their stuff! Even the public was allowed to come shop the last day (it was usually a two or three day event).
The whole gym would be filled to the rafters, and even some things were held outside (the larger items, like mattresses or bicycles). Sometimes there was so much stuff they'd have to use side rooms to hold more of it.
20% of all sales went to the school, 80% to the person who tagged and brought the item. 100% to the school if you chose not to tag the items.
It was fantastic. They would host bake sales and have food carts around outside (hot dog stands and the like), the school band would play a few pieces, the high schoolers would set up game booths for the elementary kids to play at (it was a k-12 school of about 500 students), booths for crafts that moms had made (etsy style, before etsy existed), etc.
It was a fun, festival-like atmosphere. I loved it.
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