European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 19, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Is Pawlo by Oarl Gofin ticket to a at Phyllis Darton � pcs tale in the to Gaileh housing area in Kalsen Lautem Germany. Security at lag sales is an obvious problem. Stempien s solution is to have Only one Way in and one Way out of the House with Alt other doors locked. Mos clients it seems also have one of two Overall altitudes about their sales sadly sentimental or cheerfully indifferent Candida Christie is in the first category. When she and her husband William had their Sale a Lew weeks ago they were moving from nine rooms in Connecticut to a smaller House in another state Christie loll the premises. I got extremely nostalgic for certain possessions she said. Whatever it is they came in search of they began lining up at 9 . To took for it. By the Lime the Chris ties opened their door some 50 people were lined up wailing to be admitted. By the end of the Day $3,600 was taken in. Doris Vogel a retired therapist is in the cheerfully indifferent category. When she and1 her husband Kurt moved from a id room House to a five room condominium in Westport iwo years ago they contacted those two girls. They told me thai people would buy the damnedest things old chipped Knickknacks. Tor instance or a three legged Bridge table and they were Vogel says. Stifler says that it May very Well be that within any Given garage Sale zone there Are a limited number of items that circulate among the participants Mary Lou Weisman agrees. With the assistance of those two girls Weisman a writer and her husband Lawrence. An attorney had heir lag Sale in Westport three years ago. Weisman remembers two things in particular. One was when she went to another lag Sale at a later Dale and bought Back Lor $j5 the bread Box she had previously sold for $5. By then it was beginning to look like an american antique she explains the other is a numbered Rouault lithograph i think thai in lha frenzy of our Sale i sold in Lor $10." she says if i did. I Don t want to Sty explained. Some psychologists Call this the scout syndrome. These pack rats want to always be prepared " Enlin said. That Way they can always be in pack rats even have stories justifying their behaviour he said some of them elaborate fantasies about where and How certain items wit come in Handy. Karen Mctiver a partner at Lotas Minard ration Mclver inc an advertising Agency in Manhattan admitted that broken Terra Cotla was useless bul added "1 imagine that someday i May find something to put in it on in. Or under in i was a girl scout fur 10 years Kcf Var said i Learned to always have a canteen and Swiss army knife at the ready it. California. Girl scouts Are taught to be sell sufficient i suppose it carried Over " the carry Over Jan Iead la carrying on when a pack rat shares quarters with a when in doubt throw in out Type. Psychologists say that throw away types should for negotiated settlements especially since hey Are Likely to be the aggrieved party understand thai attachment to objects to Noi logical it s papillon said. Next decide what your priorities Are you May simply want to insure thai you can open the close without its contents crashing Down on you now you can Frame the dispute so that in is not an Issue of control or Broder suggested for example giving the pack ral the Challenge of tidying the closet any Way he or she sees til or of deciding what should slay and go just remember he added that being a pack Tal is not wrong in 3 throw away society they Are the keepers of continuity. Anyway the junk they save Loday is Likely Lobo Worth something tomorrow " getting rid of the fridge. And More Stafl writer Hyllis Dawson sat on the enl Ranco stairs to her building in vog Chweh housing and glanced without emotion Over the items she was hawking at her pcs Sale when my son saw what i was gelling not of to said mom. Are you Selling our soda refrigerator " she said. Of yes. Mom not Only was getting and of Iho edgr. But the 220 Voll Heater and nos of the family s sweaters and even an old car Jack. Garage sales Are an in thing in the untied Stales where bargain Hunters prowl the Reluse of an Overly affluent society. The new York times estimated 9 million garage sales a year generate More than $2 billion. But in Europe where military families uproot every few years or so on permanent change of station moves trimming the household fat is a necessity i mainly do it to get rid of Slutt Dawson said it was a Bright Friday morning and business was slow we re going to Florida. I Kepi one Coal of mine and one Coal of my husband s. Other than that we re getting rid of Winter no place for sentimentality Yard sales regulations governing pcs sales can vary Irani Community to Community for exam 6 " Kaiserslautern it s Fine to hold sales in housing areas randomly posting signs is prohibited bul bulletin boards Are available around the Community on any Given weekend in any Given housing area the chances Are Good of spotting someone like Dawson sitting warily on the stoop wailing Tor browsers Lohi my through her goods. During her three year in Kaiser Lautem. She has managed to accumulate not Only a Good Supply of Winter clothes bul several appliances made Fot German Waff sockets of tin would do her no Good in key West bul there is More to a Sale than finding old stuff and filling the Yard with it. There is an Art to enticing others to buy what you no longer want and thai Art begins with pricing you have to sit Down and think if i was going to a Yard Sale and buying something used from someone else what would i pay " Dawson said of her strategy there were the sweaters s3 each an electric Ian 115 got dubs with bag and pull cart s75 even the old car Jack wore an j8 Price tag. You can t set it Loo Tow. You expect them to she said. Unfortunately for Dawson on a Bright Friday morning there weren t Loo Many of them about saturday is Iho Best Day for sales in american military communities when not Only the hard Core bargain Hunters roam bul when the casual shopper might Stop by an Eye catching Yard Lull of merchandise. I d much rather it be saturday. People Are out looking for sales some people Are out looking Lor some things in a car Jack for instance. If she gets rid of her goods Dawson will be Happy but making around $100 is the Mark of a successful Sale big ticket items can boost the Lake to $200 of course to a Veteran of pcs sales Tike Oai son neither the Money no the movement of merchandise is much cause or a fitment. Being m the military. I be had Wiles of these she Sard. October 19,1987 the stars and stripes Page 15
