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"It was absolutely packed and swamped yesterday. Friday was a crazy day," said Anita Schroeder of Grimes, who started it all five years ago when she banded together with fellow residents of Beaverbrooke Development for a neighborhood garage sale.
Sales like this forge a sense of community, both for those having the sale and those who come to buy.
First-day buyers are experienced shoppers for the most part, Schroeder said.
"They know how to do it, they have their day planned," she said.
"The first ones to get there do so to 'get the good stuff,'" said neighbor Diane Hopson. "Saturday's buyers are more willing take stuff that I'm surprised anybody would even want."
People will often haggle or offer less. Hopson said she'll usually take it.
"I just wanna get rid of it," she said. Some people have a goal in mind, like toys, furniture or boy's clothes.
Mary Beth Campbell of Grimes knows. She's practically a pro. Even her car is running in the driveway for a quick, but legal, "getaway."
"I've been doing this for years," she said. Her best buy recently was two weekends ago when she found a wicker table and chair set.
Others are on a mission, dreaming that impossible dream where everything sells for a nickel and may be sold "as is" but still shines "like new."
