The Big Day

 We have all been working so hard this summer with our flea market flips and it finally paid off!  Saturday was a very successful yard sale day.  Team New York had dropped off three FULL carloads down in NJ the week prior to the sale.  Aunt Linda and Uncle John were super helpful and generous in donating boxes and boxes of stuff we can sell at the sale.  Aunt Linda spend days cleaning out the house and basement and Uncle John helped take a load down to NJ.  Thank you so much Aunt Linda and Uncle John!!!

The day started extremely early for team NY.  Waking up at or before 4am, we were on the road (with another half full carload) by 4:45.  We arrived in NJ close to 6am to begin setup.  The men carried everything from the garage to the front yard, Chrissy priced and tagged items and then drove around to hang more signs, Mom started unpacking boxes and laying everything out and I was tagging items and attempting to arrange the furniture and items in a somewhat strategic way.  

We had a few early birds while we were still straightening up and tagging items, but not too many.  We were actually a little nervous for the first hour or so because there weren't many customers at all.  What would we have done with all of that furniture if most of it didn't sell??  But by 9:30ish we started getting customers and they were coming in herds.  I guess people in New Jersey like to sleep in on the weekends.  At all times during the day, there was either one person there or a huge wave of people, never an easy amount to deal with.  We were selling a lot of stuff!

Trevor's neighbors were more than generous.  They all stopped by at one point or another to see how it was going since they heard so much about it prior to the sale and has seen and heard Trevor and Chrissy working into the wee hours of the night on projects.  Many of his neighbors made a very generous donation without buying anything.  Others even dropped off things for us to sell.  All day we were acquiring items from so many of his neighbors, small nick knacks, furniture, toys... you name it and it appeared.  Every little bit helped.  Other neighbors helped us out by purchasing large items.  It not only helped for the fundraising but it also helped free up some space in Trevor's garage and driveway!  Thank you everyone who contributed and donated!!! We appreciate all the help and support!

 As far as our Flea Market Flip contest goes, Team NJ blew us out of the water.  They had made a huge bench out of three or four (curbside) doors.  The bench was beautiful and the seat even opened for storage.  They sold this for $140 for an entire $140 profit.  They also sold a large bench made from a headboard for $70.  Prior to the sale, they had sold a desk they found for free and painted the top black for $70.  There was one family that was at the sale and apparently really like a end table/coffee table set because they came back with some crisp 50's and bought them.  This was the glass top set that we touched up with black and silver paint.  Chrissy had it marked $120 and they offered $80. Chrissy wouldn't take anything less than $100 and they didn't argue.  This was another free street pick up they transformed into a great set.  The coffee table, however, had a large chip in the glass but Trevor had a guy he works with cut another piece.  It was conveniently dropped off less than10 minutes prior to this family purchasing it.  Good timing! 

 So far (because this will continue with another yard sale or two and still on Craigslist) the flea market flip has raised us over $1660!!  That includes the profits from our sales on Craigslist and the sales we made on Saturday.  We have surpassed our goal of $3600 but will continue to sell because we have so many good items left. 

Thank you everyone for all the help and support throughout our Flea Market Flip adventure.  We appreciate everything you have all done for us!