When yard or garage saling do you carefully look at each item to determine if you should purchase it... or do you quickly scan the sale grabbing what catches your eye and then go back through and look more intently?

How do you approach a garage or yard sale?

Quickly scan, especially if DH is with me. He rushes me unless there are tools there, then we never leave. I have in mind what I'm looking for, so I scan quickly, then walk around a second time.

I quickly scan and pick up anything I think I want, then I slowly look everything over again before buying.

When I go with my sister, she usually takes longer so I have to just hang out and look, I am amazed at what great things I find when I HAVE to wait and look around...makes me wonder what I miss when I'm alone! LOL

i grab whatever catches my eye. then finally look at it closer when i get home. inless it is toys then when i first look at it i make sure all the peices are there inless i am in a hurry. (yah i know) expecally if i think it is a bargan. what is wrong with my head. But i don't buy clothes at yard sales. it is always just stuff.

I have certain items I look for. If those items aren't there after a quick scan, I take my time and just browse. Usually find something fun anyway.

Sara

A quick scan grab what i need (i have a list of needs and wants)and then look one more time.Hurry up and pay and head to the next sale.LOL this way i can go to atleast 6 in a day permitting my kids get out of the car fast enough.And nope never ogne to a yard sale alone :(

If I see kid's clothes I head there first and search the piles for dd. I found the cutest little OshKosh outfit for .20 a couple of weeks ago. I kind of browse around leisurely, unless I see a box of free stuff!

I usually cruise by the sale and if it looks like stuff I might like, I stop. I usually look all around the sale and pick stuff up as I go. I will usually ask the owner if I can stack my stuff up next to him/her if I am buying a lot of items. Otherwise, I just carry it with me. I do a pretty good job looking through everything. A lot depends on how many sales there are. If there are many yard sales, I move a lot faster. I've found some of my best buys under the tables or it boxes that have stuff stacked in them.