How to host a virtual garage sale.

It is that time of year again. When you need to shop. Also a good time to organize the home for company. Or the wardrobe. Or whatever. ..

Some stuff come in, some stuff must go. Otherwise,  may need to buy another house to store stuff. Not too cheap a solution.
Garage sell may be the answer.

Garage sale is not too common in Indonesia. And in Jakarta, it was damn jammed, who would want to drive and see your garage sale. If held in neighborhood,  your neighbors guarantee will not buy. I think lots of jakartans are like that. They dont want to be perceived as cheap. Even tough they really are.

So lots of people bring their stuff across the town to sell. How inconvenient.

Now, with technology, we can do a garage sale, literally,  not having to get out of our bed. How?

First you must have BBM (blackberry messenger). Fiuh.. haha. I have just rekindled my relationship with Bbm. Since they launch the bbm for android.
My bb handset was having so much trouble that I just forego it. And switched to whatsapp for half a year. Now everybody knows I am on wa, what the point of bbm? So I use bbm exclusively for garage sale.

Then you make a bb group in it.
Then you photograph and upload all the stuff you want to sell there. Including price.

Then you go to forums. Like mama forum. Or mailing lists. Announce your garage sale.
Whoever interested can invite you.

Then you put them in your group. There they can browse your stuff to their heart content.
You can upload pic of whatever you sell, and remove the picture once it is sold.

Then you wait for your money and deliver your stuff via post.

Isn't it a breeze?
And it works..
Give it a try.

Love, Liz