Yard sale

Today was the yard sale for Maria's stuff.  It's quite odd seeing the culmination of one's household on the front lawn for strangers to pick through.  I was never into garage/yard/estate sales.  When I'm looking for something specific, I want to go where I know I can find it.   Hosting one is more effort than it's worth. 

I learned two important lessons about people today. 
1) There's no accounting for taste.  Some really ugly stuff found new homes, and some nice, practical, attractive stuff is currently homeless.   
2) People who frequent these sales are really freakin' cheap.  After 1 pm, we sold everything for half price.  The $40 newish BBQ was marked down to $20.  The guy offered $18.  The propane in the BBQ is worth $40.  We sold it anyway-- one less thing to move.

I watch Clean House.  I find it entertaining.  How the hell do they make $5000 at a yard sale?  Do these people have that much crap in their homes causing the clutter?   We're lucky if we made $200 today.