How do you get rid of your unwanted items?

This month's poll asks the question: Do you sell or donate your unwanted items?

We want to know what you do with your unwanted items and why?

Please share your answer by clicking the comments link below. (NOTE: Feel free to use the Name and URL option . . . you don't need to enter an URL. You can just type in your name and leave the URL field blank.) Thanks for sharing and enjoy!

Do You Know Your Community's Yard Sale Sign Restrictions?

One of the best ways to advertise your yard sale (besides using Rummage Wisconsin.com) is to place yard sale signs around your neighborhood. We all do it, and it works! However, do you know your community's yard sale sign restrictions? Does your Homeowners Association have a policy for posting signs?

Most people assume they can stick a yard sign on a corner or telephone phone pole, but some communities don't allow those actions, and some communities actually require permit to post signs.

We decided to look up a few Wisconsin communities' yard sign restrictions and were surprised by what we saw. For example, Cedarburg does allow yard signs, but has specific requirements about where you can post them. According to the town of Cedarburg's web site:

"Yard sale signs are allowed provided that no person shall attach posters, notices or advertisements to utility poles, meter posts, or trees in or along any street right-of-way within the Town and that no person shall put up any notice upon property of another person without having first obtained the consent of the owner of such property. The maximum time limit for all yard sale or estate sale signs is three consecutive days and nine cumulative days in a one-year period. Such signs may not exceed 10 square feet in area."

The city of Kenosha does not require a permit for yard signs, but they do have similar restrictions as Cedarburg.

In Prairie du Sac, the city only allows you to put up signs on private property (neighbor's yard etc.) According to one of our site users, Amber Hulett, "if you put the sign on anything publicly owned, they drive by and take your sign without ever telling you."

So, check with your community and/or homeowner association's sign-posting requirements before you stick that sign in the ground or on a pole. And don't forget to pick them up when your sale ends!

Now we want to hear from you. If you know what your community restrictions are for posting yard sale signs, please share by clicking the comments link below. (NOTE: Feel free to use the Name and URL option . . . you don't need to enter an URL. You can just type in your name and leave the URL field blank.) Thanks for sharing and enjoy!

Funny Rummage Sale Stories

Do you have a funny Rummage Sale story? If so, we want to hear from you. We'll accept all kinds of stories (just make sure they are tasteful folks!).

Here's an example:
I attended a Rummage Sale not too long ago. As I walked up the driveway that lead to the sale, I noticed an older gentleman sitting on a lawn chair in the garage. As I moved closer to him, he stood up to greet me. To my surprise, he was wearing his boxer shorts with a white tang top, and black socks and sandals. OK...here is were it get very humorous, the gentleman's boxer shorts had yellow rubber duckies on them. What a sight, and what a "quack". ;)

Eventually he went back into the house as his wife came back out to the garage to take over the post. I laughed as his wife just silently shook her head at him as to say to him, you are embarrassing.

Now we want to hear from you, what funny Rummage Sale stories can you share? Simply click the comments link below. (NOTE: Feel free to use the Name and URL option . . . you don't need to enter an URL. You can just type in your name and leave the URL field blank.) Thanks for sharing and enjoy!