I've been going to garage sales here and there for years, however in the past year or two, I've become a garage sale regular. I'm out at sales at least two Saturdays a month. And I've learned a few things. Every week I always think I should write a blog post about this. So I finally am.
There are many ways out there to advertise your garage sale, and it probably depends on your specific community, but eh, I pretty much only pay attention to craigslist posting. No, wait, I don't "pretty much only". I ONLY. Here are some examples of what I do and don't look for when planning out my garage sale trips.
I'll start with my biggest pet peeves and then move on to the better ads.
I will pretty much NEVER go to either of these garage sales. Please don't do either of the above. It's just annoying.
I don't understand the fear (is it a fear of something? Or is there another reason people do this?) of posting your address online. I mean, maaaaybe if you were planning to sell something crazy super awesome worth thousands and thousands of dollars you wouldn't want someone to know where your house is because they might steal it?? But um, these are garage sales. They typically don't have anything worth that much at them. It is not wanting early birds to show up? Early birds (people who come to your sale way before posted opening times trying to snag things up before others can get it) are annoying, yes, but not giving out an address to avoid them is not worth losing all your other potential buyers.
I plan out my garage sales on Friday night, usually late. I do not go back and check for updates on Sat. morning and I'm not going to call/text a stranger when it's almost midnight. If you don't list your address, I will not go out of my way to find your sale.
Unless I was specifically on the hunt for patio furniture, an Electra bicycle or Ferrington guitar, I have no desire to go to your sale. It makes me think that other than those three items, the rest of your sale is random junk you found around your house. If you really do have "lots o' stuff" please tell me a little about it.
No offense, but most people say they are having "huge" "massive" "gigantic" sales, but 75% of the time people overestimate and/or overvalue the things that have to sale. Saying you're having a MASSIVE sale means nothing to me. Nothing. What are you selling? If you're selling a massive amount of comic books or action figures, then I'm not interested, though certainly others will be. Now if you're selling a massive amount of 3T girls clothes, then I will be the first one there, since that's something I'm currently looking for. Tell me what you're selling so I'll know if it's worth it for me to stop by!
I'll sometimes see sales that take place on Fridays. If it's a full estate sale (the entire contents of a house), then a Fri-Sun sale makes sense to me. But otherwise, Fridays are not good days for sale…at least in this area. People work on Friday. Saturdays are best. Sundays are acceptable as a second best choice.
The above is rare and not something I've seen much of, but either way, ending your sale at 9:30am? Really?? Ha, sometimes I don't even get myself out of the house until 9:30/10am! And I have other sales to go to too before I may be able to get to yours. I typically don't head home from garage saleing until noonish. Unless you absolutely have to, don't end your sale too early! Not everyone gets out at the crack of dawn; as long as you still have stuff to sell, there will still be people coming by in the late morning/early afternoon!
This ad isn't too bad. BUT I really wish I knew what size clothes they have! I'm currently looking for 3T girls clothing. This particular sale wasn't super close to me, so I opted not to check it out, but had they specified that they were selling toddler clothes, or girls clothes, or even specified 3T clothes, I would have definitely gone!
This post is ok. I really wish there had been more details of what they were selling, but for the most part, this works.
This one's pretty good. I wish that they had listed the time in the body of the post, but other than that, this was exactly what I look for when looking at garage sale posts! Specifics, details, and sizes.
This is a good example of how you should post your ad. It's got everything needed. Date. Time. Address, and also the nearest intersection. List of types of items being sold. Notice that I starred this post. These are the sales I mark down and plan to go to.
Occasionally, I will see posts like the one below, with item prices listed in the ad. I'm a torn on this. On one hand, it's kind of nice to know what kind of prices they'll be expecting for their stuff. On the other hand, it's kind of a turnoff. I garage sale because I like to find amazing bargains. Listing your prices in the ad makes me feel like you might overvalue your items and not be willing to negotiate. If you're FIRM on selling your patio furniture for $200 and not a penny less, then I feel like you're better off posting your patio furniture in a separate ad, with lots more pictures and a more detailed description of your patio furniture. You're more likely to find a buyer who will pay want you want that way.
Personally, I say to NOT post prices in the ad. Or if you really want to, only post prices for your really big ticket items. Otherwise, it might work against you and might cause some people not to come at all.
For the most part, I'm a visual person. Many other people are visual people. We like seeing things. Pictures in craigslist ads are usually musts. But for garage sales? I say that if you don't have any nice pictures to post, then don't post anything at all.
Do not post junky pictures! If the only pictures you have of some of your items are blurry, poorly lit, dirty, or cluttered, you are better off not posting them at all. Actually, I would say that I'm MORE likely to go to a sale that does not have pictures posted. I like the surprise of not knowing what I'm going to find. 🙂 And um, no matter what, don't post pictures like the one above (which is a real picture from a real garage sale ad this past weekend!) – that does not look inviting. It looks exhausting and full of junk and not worth my time at all.
Ok, now let's talk about the day of the sale. Even if you had the most awesome listing ever with the easiest directions to your house, you'll still want some signs posted. Please post signs. I've given up on planned garage sales because there were no signs and I couldn't find the house. I've also many, many, many times decided to stop at a sale that wasn't on my list just because I saw a sign notifying me of a nearby sale. Post signs. Post good signs.
Neon paper with dark contrasting simple writing is best. In my area, it's common to tape the sign to a car and post it on the nearest busy street, like above. However, if someone driving by can't read it, like above, then having a sign is pointless. I have no idea what that sign said. I just took a picture for the sake of this blog to use as a bad example.
Though it's hard to see from this picture, this is an example of a GOOD sign. I clearly saw it from my car. I could read the address. The car was parked at the intersection of the street the sale was on so it was easy for passerby to get to. To my garage sale expert eye, these signs are as exciting as a landmark on a treasure map.
As a tip, don't hide your sale way back in the back of your driveway. If at all possible, put items up in the front of your house or the front of your driveway! I have a lot of sales to potentially visit each Saturday; if I can't see anything interesting from just driving by, I will pass it. Unless of course, I already had your sale written down from a post I found on craigslist as a sale I wanted to check out. But this above example I found only by the sign on the street.
When I drive up to a garage sale, THIS is what I want to see!
Oohh, stuff for sale! I should mention that I also only found this sale through a posted sign. Notice that a sign does not have to be huge and flashy to mean a good sale. It just has to be spotted.
Hey, did y'all know that I typically bring my daughter with me garage saleing? We have mother-daughter time. Hopefully we'll be able to keep it up as the years pass too, but right now, it's just about teaching her how to behave at garage sales and how to use money. It's fun and she likes exploring with me. Here's a picture of her checking out a Winnie-the-Pooh wooden calendar.
We've gotten to the point where I'm usually able to let her play around and look at things by herself and I can step away a bit and look at things myself. She likes making new friends with other kids.
Oh, I wanted to talk about clothes. I know that I probably once thought that it was weird to buy/sell clothes at garage sales, but eh, I've come to discover that you can actually find some decent stuff. Sure, it might be last season's fashion, but seriously, I don't care. 🙂 Also, I can sew. I very often buy things just because I know how I can remake or repair it. I can get clothes for $0.25 – $1 each. Even if I buy 5 things for $5 and then later decide I really only like two of the things, that's still $5 for two new (to me) clothing articles!
Ok, I think I've finally used up all the pictures I took on my garage sale adventure yesterday. I do, however, have more garage sale tips I'd like to impart to the world though.


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Marc Biancarelli, né le , est un poète, nouvelliste, dramaturge, romancier et traducteur français d'expression corse et française.

Œuvres bilingues ou traduites en français
 Prisonnier, [« Prighjuneri », 2001], éd. bil., trad. de Jérôme Ferrari, Ajaccio, France, Éditions Albiana, 2000, 128-119 p.
Prix du livre insulaire d'Ouessant 2001
 Saint Jean à Patmos, [« San Ghjuvanni in Patmos », 2001], éd. bil., trad. de l'auteur, Jérôme Ferrari et Didier Rey, Ajaccio, France, Éditions Albiana, 2001, 100-93 p.
Prix du livre insulaire d'Ouessant 2002
 51 Pegasi, astre virtuel, [« 51 Pegasi, astru virtuali », 2001], éd. bil., trad. de Jérôme Ferrari, Ajaccio, France, Éditions Albiana, 2004, 209 p.
 Extrême méridien, [« Stremu miridianu », 2007], éd. bil., trad. de Jérôme Ferrari, Paul Desanti, Bernard Biancarelli et l'auteur, Ajaccio, France, Éditions Albiana, 2008, 203 p.
 Le Peuple du quad, éd. bil., trad. de Paul Desanti, Ajaccio, France, Éditions Albiana, 2008, 53 p.
 Vae Victis et autres tirs collatéraux, Calvi, France, Éditions Materia Scritta, 2010, 142 p.
 Cosmographie : chroniques littéraires, 2009-2010, [« Cusmugrafia : cronichi literarii, 2009-2010 »], trad. d'Olivier Jehasse, Alata, France, Colonna Édition, 2011, 275 p.
 Murtoriu : Ballade des innocents, [«  Murtoriu o A baddata di Mansuetu », 2009], trad. de Jérôme Ferrari,Marc-Olivier Ferrari et Jean-François Rosecchi, Arles, France, Actes Sud, 2012, 270 p.
 Orphelins de Dieu, Arles, France, Actes Sud, 2014, 224 p.
 Massacre des Innocents, Arles, France, Actes Sud, 2018, 320 p.

Notes et références

Liens externes

Écrivain français du XXIe siècle
Poète corse
Écrivain de langue corse
Traducteur français
Traducteur depuis le corse
Traducteur vers le français
Naissance en octobre 1968
Naissance à Porto-Vecchio

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O erro 404 ou 4:04  é um código de resposta HTTP que indica que o cliente pôde comunicar com o servidor, mas o servidor não pôde encontrar o que foi pedido, ou foi configurado para não cumprir o pedido e não revelar a razão, a página não existe mais ou a URL foi inserida incorretamente. Eles não devem ser confundidos com outros erros nos quais uma conexão para o servidor de destino não pôde ser feita.

O texto "404" nas páginas de erro é personalizado e pode variar entre: "404", "4.04" , "4:04" , "4*04" entre outras. O texto "404" pode ser apresentado em mídia incluída na página como imagens.

Avaliação
Durante uma comunicação via HTTP, é solicitado a um servidor responder a uma requisição, como a de um navegador para um documento de HTML, com um código de resposta numérico e uma mensagem opcional, mandatória, ou proibitória (baseada no código de status). No código 404, o primeiro "4" indica um "erro de cliente" (ou seja, de quem solicitou a página ao servidor), como uma URL mal digitada. Os dois dígitos seguintes indicam o erro específico ("Não Encontrado"). O uso de códigos de http de três dígitos é semelhante ao uso de tais códigos em protocolos anteriores, como FTP e NNTP.

Um erro 404 é mostrado frequentemente quando páginas foram movidas ou apagadas. No primeiro caso, uma resposta melhor seria exibir a mensagem de erro 301 (Movido Permanentemente), que pode ser configurada na maioria dos arquivos de configuração de servidor, ou reescrevendo a URL; no segundo caso, a mensagem 410 (Perdido) poderia ser exibida. Por estas duas opções requererem configuração especial de servidor, a maioria dos site da Web não faz uso delas. Ou seja, não permitindo o acesso do cliente

Páginas 404 personalizadas
Servidores da web podem ser configurados para mostrarem páginas de erro personalizadas, incluindo uma descrição mais natural, a marca de um site, ou um formulário de busca. Muitas vezes os sites usam imagens bem-humoradas para aliviar a "decepção" de não encontrar a página procurada. O microblog Twitter, por exemplo, usa a imagem de uma baleia sendo carregada por pássaros.

O Internet Explorer (antes da versão 7) não exibia páginas personalizadas a menos que elas sejam maiores que 512 bytes, optando, em vez disso, por exibir uma página de erro "amigável" . O Google Chrome inclui funcionalidade similar, substituindo a mensagem 404 por sugestões alternativas geradas por algoritmos do Google, se a página tiver menos de 512 bytes.

Falsa etimologia
Circula na internet uma lenda urbana curiosa sobre a origem da expressão. Sua origem remontaria aos escritórios do CERN - Laboratório Europeu de Partículas Físicas -, com sede em Genebra, na Suíça. Nos primórdios da Web, por volta de 1980, no quarto andar do CERN, na sala 404, teria sido montado um banco de dados, controlado por três peritos em computação.

De acordo com a lenda, eles gerenciavam manualmente os pedidos de arquivos e os transferiam para os requisitantes. Quando aconteciam erros, eles alertavam: "Room 404 - File Not Found". Mais tarde, a expressão teria sido incorporada ao mundo online pelo físico inglês Tim Berners-Lee, o criador da Web.

Ver também
 Lista de códigos de status HTTP
Defeito de software
 Glitch ou bug
 RSOD
 Tilt

Ligações externas

 HTTP Error 404 - Microsoft Support
 ErrorDocument Directive - instructions on custom error pages for the Apache 2.0 web server

Códigos de estado do Hypertext Transfer Protocol
Nomenclatura em Internet
Erros de computador


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import com.ohmdb.util.Check;

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KETCHUM � Everybody in the lineup had at least one hit in just three times around as Fairland coasted to a 13-2 victory over Commerce in a pool game Wednesday at the Ketchum Hardball Classic.
The Owls finished with 12 hits, including home runs by Yancey Lett and Zach Needham, in a game that was stopped after 3 1/2 innings.
In other games, Ketchum beat Foyil 9-1, Pawnee nipped Chelsea 9-8 and Salina defeated Northeast Association of Home Schoolers 8-3.
Today�s schedule includes Ketchum vs. Fairland, 10 a.m.; Commerce vs. Foyil, noon; Chelsea vs. NOAH, 2 p.m., and Salina vs. Pawnee, 4 p.m.
Then on Friday, the final round of pool play includes Ketchum vs. Commerce, 10 a.m.; Fairland vs. Foyil, noon; Chelsea vs. Salina, 2 p.m., and NOAH vs. Pawnee, 4 p.m.
The tournament wraps up on Saturday. The championship game will be at 6 p.m.
Lett, who picked up the victory, threw just 73 pitches � 27 coming in the first inning when Commerce jumped out to a 1-0 lead.
Josh Pilkinton led off with a double and wound up stealing home.
Fairland countered with a three-run rally in its first at-bat. Cale Schumacher singled with one out, then Stevie Nowlin walked. Lett ripped a 2-2 over the fence in left-center field for a home run.
The Tigers picked up their second run in the top of the second when Trae Ratliff jumped on Lett�s first pitch for a solo homer to center field. That would be CHS� only other hit of the game.
Needham delivered his homer with one out in the bottom of the second, giving Fairland a 4-2 lead.
Jacob Bryant walked but was cut down trying to reach third when Blake Robertson doubled. A single by Schumacher drove in Robertson.
The Owls broke the game open by scoring eight runs in the bottom of the third. Twelve batters went to the plate and FHS got six of its 12 hits during the burst.
Jordan Alexander and Brett Blalock had consecutive singles and Jon Henry loaded the bases with a bunt hit. A walk to Needham forced in Alexander, then Bryant singled in a run.
Errors gave the Owls two runs, then Nowlin and Jordan Alexander each came through with two-run singles.
Lett (2-0) struck out five and walked two.


College sports fans have to be wondering when this conference wheel of fortune is likely to stop.
On Wednesday, the revolving door that is the Big East spun again when Louisville announced it would jump ship for the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Of course, the ACC had a slot vacant. The University of Maryland had announced last week that it would leave the conference where it was a charter member to join the Big 10, where it is likely to be also-ran as well as a newcomer.
With the addition of Louisville, the Big East has had seven of its members devoured by the ravenous ACC. In a statement Wednesday, ACC Commissioner John Swofford said the addition of Louisville along with Notre Dame, Pittsburgh and Syracuse in the past year has made the league stronger.
Perhaps. After all, the churning rumor mill over Thanksgiving weekend hinted that the University of North Carolina might be next to leave for the suddenly popular Big Ten. Swofford and Co. might be in defense mode for what has turned into an artificial turf war among the nation�s college athletic powers.
A weakened Big East, which also lost Rutgers to the Big 10 last week, opened its arts to ECU after years of holding it as arm�s length. East Carolina first applied for membership in September 2011, but Athletic Director Terry Holland said at a news conference Tuesday that he had been working to gain Big East membership since he arrived at ECU eight years ago.
Soon after Rutgers announced it was bolting, the Big East contracted the Pirates.
For the Pirates, the move means access to more prestigious bowl games and more revenue � all without losing some football rivalries. Current Conference USA members Central Florida, Houston, Memphis and Southern Methodist will join the Big East in 2013. Other football-only schools include Boise State and San Diego State and, as of 2015, Navy.
Holland said ECU would launch an immediate search for a conference in which its other 19 sports could play.
But it�s football that really counts in this battle between the conferences, since football generates the TV revenue that universities and conferences often use as a measuring stick.
It is a wheel of fortune, indeed. And when will it stop?
Not very soon. Put it this way, sources told the Associated Press the ACC also considered the addition of the University of Connecticut and Cincinnati on Wednesday.
Check your program to see what team your school is playing next.