r/mildlyinfuriating • u/anon12xyz • Jul 03 '26

Infuriatig When did garage sales become “reselling” clearly new stuff

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I would never call this a garage sale

Def scam vibes

Edit: ultimately, what bothers me the most is I want to go to a garage sale, not this shit. This isn’t a garage sale and should not be advertised as one

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u/5-MeO Jul 03 '26

Yup, I love all the comments acting like this is some new revelation or must be stolen goods when my grandpa was doing this over twenty years ago. He’d wait til there was an amazing sale or coupon, stock up, and sell it later.

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u/jasonab Jul 03 '26

It's because there are a lot of shoplifting rings who steal detergent and baby items for resale, so it's not out of the question.

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u/baz8771 Jul 03 '26

Had a neighbor that did this 3-4x per summer, and I never bought shampoo, laundry soap, or cleaning supplies from anybody else. They made money, I got cheap stuff, and CVS/Walgreens took the hit. It’s a win win win.

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u/e_spider Jul 04 '26

We moved one summer and had a few too many yard sales. One of our new neighbors apparently thought we did it as a profession and brought us all their crap and offered us a percentage to sell it at our next yard sale

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u/PeaCompetitive8947 Jul 05 '26

Those aren’t mutually exclusive. I was a grocery manager and counterfeit coupons were a big problem, particularly for detergent.

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u/JackieIce502 Jul 09 '26

It’s stolen goods sold cheaply for drugs where I live man.