National Garage Sale Day

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I didn't really get to go to garage sales until my family came over a year and a half after I arrived in Aotearoa New Zealand.  We were living in Hamilton then, when my wife and I decided to have as our date, going to garage sales.  There is this on-going joke between the two of us that our dates nowadays are going to the supermarket, laundromat, farmer's market, and now we added garage sales.  We were fortunate that the Waikato Times' Friday edition usually had a list of garage sales around Hamilton.  The trick in getting the best deals is to get in as early as possible on a Saturday morning.  Most garage sales would start at 8:00 a.m. but we also encountered several that started as early as 7:00 a.m. It would also be to your advantage if you know the area so that you'll have a general idea of who are the people living in that neighborhood and the kind of items you'll get to see being sold.  Through the years, we've seen all kinds of things being sold.  The beauty of garage sales are these pre-owned items are still of good quality and at a fraction of it's original price.  I also liked it when I saw items that had some history behind it (meaning it's not only old stuff but things from yesteryear's).  I do hope I'll get to do this leisurely, fun activity here in Auckland too.