I await the annual yard sale in my neighbourhood (lawrence/allan/harvard)and look forward to making a few bucks and getting rid of some junk. This year, I get a notice saying somebody will be by to collect two dollarss to pay for advertising, etc should i have items for sale. I am outraged. I refuse to be hijacked. I will sell items on my doorstep and in my driveway! The paper that was thoughtlessly wasted, with no regards to the environment and valuable resources is a shame. Next year go the economical route and advertise in kijiji or here, at the Coast. I pity the person that will ask for money as I sit and sell my crap. It’s upsetting. It after the fact and so not necessary.
—In need of a hobby
This article appears in May 21-27, 2009.
So you are just going to profit from the advertising the rest of your neighbourhood contributes to?
It’s 2 bucks, if your junk is any good, you should be able to recoup the costs.
This bitch is pathetic! You’re a greedy, selfish ass and I hope no one buys any of your worthless crap.
It’s two dollars, for fuck’s sake. Surely you can afford that, even on your hippy salary.
It is only two dollars, and agree with miles on that if you sell on the same day you are profiting from the others that paid the money. But I can somewhat understand the ethical reason’s you are trying to make..maybe…
You’re going spinorky because of a fucking toonie? Queen Elizabeth would only blink from the light anyway. You are one stingy little fuck.
You’re like the guy who shows up to a potluck empty handed and hungry, ya know that.
FREELOADER!!!
If you’re looking for a hobby, try sleeping. It NEVER gets old.
OP must be joking. Come on now, two dollars? lol
“Someone” doesn’t have the authority to come by and demand money, whether its two bucks or two cents. Tell them to go fuck themselves, OP.
Its totally okay for you to question things. Most folks don’t believe in doing that because its ‘negative’ or ‘confrontational’.
Advertising? Did they put professional ads on Eastlink, the radio, the TV channel guide or elsewhere? Or did someone print a poster off the computer and photocopy it at work for free?
If something is annual, its going to happen again. Every yard sale I’ve seen has been a basic hand-made poster with marker. Or a piece of paper with marker (or printing).
if someone is collecting to pay for advertising, I sincerely doubt they need $2 from every single person in the neighbourhood – and OP listed three streets so far. Those little bits of $2 can easily end up pocketing $100-200.
Maybe someone is trying to make a quick buck off unsuspecting bleeding hearts. Look at all the signs people make to panhandle downtown.
Op has every right to question this. Same shit happens at walmart. Im broke!!! Why embarass me when i shop here by asking if i want to make a donation!! I donate my time when i can. We are freaking hijacked.
I agree the OP doesn’t have to pitch in, I just don’t see how you can get that offended over being asked for 2 bucks to contribute to something the OP is planning on participating in. It sounds to me like it is a fairly well coordinated event, so it doesn’t seem unreasonable that there might be some costs associated with setting it up.
It’s not quite the same as being ambushed in WalMart for donations. If the OP is concerned about what the money is going for of if the $2 value is too much, they should just ask. Getting bitchy about it is not really in the spirit of a community event.
Try selling your crap at my yard sale with out pitching in for advertising. I’d flip your card tabels over and dance on your abba collection.
Don’t like paying 2 bucks? Go to the fucking dollar store and buy a piece of Bristol board. It’s one dollar. then you’ve spent it on yourself and not fed the “marketing” people. Can you afford bus fare?
I guess people afford houses in that nice area of Halifax by watching every twoonie. In principal I think the twoonie thugs should have let people know ahead of time esp. if it’s an annual event and there’s so much free advertising available on line and in print. Perhaps at a rate payers meeting or something.
Personally I wouldn’t care.
Just ask them what the money is being used for. If they are actually putting some extra effort into the advertising this year, you may change your mind and decide that it’s justified. Maybe that money is being used for posters, markers, table rentals that someone else has been paying for out of pocket for the last several years.
Even if that’s not the case, is it worth pissing off all your neighbours over a fucking toonie?
2 bucks is a coffee!!
Raise the cost of some of your tiems to make up for it
An ad in the Herald is not cheap. My last yard sale raised just enough to pay for the ad! And my ‘stuff’ was good, or so I thought.
2 Dollars , jesus the nerve of them.
Pay the $2 – or you’ll be the talk of the neighbourhood…remember the friends episode when Ross never chipped in on the superintendents retirement present!!
I think everyone who reads your bitch should know that the Halifax Regional Cerebral Palsy Association takes care of our advertising as a fundraiser. They take out ads in the paper, make flyers, etc. so that everyone knows when it is happening and where. In return everyone participating gives $2 to this very worthy cause.
And so that is why I think you, OP, are unbelievable! You have got to be the biggest asshole I have ever encountered. As someone who lives on Duncan St (of the DUNCAN ST YARD SALE you surrounding streets like to tag along for) I can honestly say you are lucky I don’t know which house is yours.
Fuck off, elenizelios. You never actually encountered the person and cut your bullshit. You wouldn’t dare attempt to attack or fuck with the OP for this.
I hope you do find out which house is theirs, try some shit, and get a boot in the ass for being such a dumbski.
Now I wish I were the OP just to dare you to wander into my yard with your bad self.
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Fuck off, elenizelios. You never actually encountered the person and cut your bullshit. You wouldn’t dare attempt to attack or fuck with the OP for this.
I hope you do find out which house is theirs, try some shit, and get a boot in the ass for being such a dumbski.
Now I wish I were the OP just to dare you to wander into my yard with your bad self.
Posted by Nice Goin’ Fat on May 30, 2009 at 4:02 PM
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Personal Attack #10. Finally, a new target. Another physical threat. This is not going to look good on you Coast.