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• Some successful sales offer coffee, tea, ice-water, or lemonade to customers. It not only keeps customers longer, but they may feel more obligated to buy.

• Make sure the cash box has plenty of change.

• Never leave the cash box unattended.

• If you accept local checks, get identification, including phone number and address.

• Buy an inexpensive receipt book from a stationery store as some customers may want a receipt.

• Consider using a notebook for writing purchases down, especially if you have more than one seller (such as children who have been offered the proceeds from any of their items sold).

• If you're selling electrical appliances, make sure you have an electrical outlet nearby or available so customers can test items.

As the sale progresses, cut prices. At the halfway point of your sale, consider slashing prices by 50 percent. For example, everything left after noon of a one-day sale or the second day of a two-day sale is marked down by half.

Or put two or three dollars worth of things in a bag, seal it and offer it for a buck. Some people love grab bags.

And add more items to your giveaway table. Don't forget that your goal is not to get rich with a moving sale, but to reduce the bulk of items that you need to move. Finally, donate leftovers from your sale to your favorite charity. And make sure you get a receipt for tax purposes.

If at all possible, try to have fun at your moving sale! Involve everyone in your moving group. Make your sale day a social event in the neighborhood. Help your customers enjoy their time at your sale—and maybe they'll feel sufficiently benevolent to buy your junk at ridiculous prices!

You still have stuff left over? Send it to the dump! If nobody else wants it—family, friends, customers, charities, recyclers—then put it out of its misery and get rid of it for good. Don't pack it into a box and move it! Don't think of these things as junk, but as fewer things you're going to have to move yourself!