In the any sales role. A big sale with low margin is considered Sales Crack. The first sale (hit) is amazing, but afterwards you continue to chase it to reap the same reward and never get that benefit of the first time.
Jesse sold a catering job at much less than she should have. Now shes on sales crack and will continue selling at that margin to keep her employees working but doesn’t see any profit for all the work.
by Sellbot May 10, 2023
Get the Sales crackmug. "hey were going to the tack sale on october 15th wanna come?"
"Yeah ill grab my flannel and cowboy hat and head on down to the tack sale"
"Yeah ill grab my flannel and cowboy hat and head on down to the tack sale"
by portiajeronimo October 10, 2011
Get the Tack Salemug. "The desirability of and/or your need for an item at a garage sale will be in direct inverse proportion to the likelihood of your actually being able to purchase it."
The four most common/infuriating occasions when Murphy's Law of Garage Sales holds true:
(1) A desired item is something that's just stored in the family's garage; it’s not one of the items for sale.
(2) The item has already been sold, and the homeowner is just “holding” it till the buyer gets back with either the money or a vehicle to transport the item to his own home.
(3) The item is too expensive, and the seller will not budge on the price. (Note: this is not always an "all hope is lost" situation --- you may have at least two additional options. First, try coming back again later in the day to see if the item is still unsold --- if YOU think that the item is overpriced, then most OTHER yard-sailers may think so, too, and so nobody else may have bought the item yet, either, giving you a second crack at possibly purchasing it at a reduced price, especially since by now the seller may likely feel a bit "desperate" to get rid of it. And second, have a glance at the trash-heap out front of the person’s house that evening --- sometimes unsold yard-sale items will simply be tossed out, and so you can then get them for free.)
(4) The item is something that you would logically want to test out first to make sure it operates satisfactorily, but there is no hookup for electricity/water/telephone/internet/antenna/audio/video at the site of the sale, and the stubborn owner will not allow you to either bring the item into his house or temporarily take it somewhere else to test it.
(1) A desired item is something that's just stored in the family's garage; it’s not one of the items for sale.
(2) The item has already been sold, and the homeowner is just “holding” it till the buyer gets back with either the money or a vehicle to transport the item to his own home.
(3) The item is too expensive, and the seller will not budge on the price. (Note: this is not always an "all hope is lost" situation --- you may have at least two additional options. First, try coming back again later in the day to see if the item is still unsold --- if YOU think that the item is overpriced, then most OTHER yard-sailers may think so, too, and so nobody else may have bought the item yet, either, giving you a second crack at possibly purchasing it at a reduced price, especially since by now the seller may likely feel a bit "desperate" to get rid of it. And second, have a glance at the trash-heap out front of the person’s house that evening --- sometimes unsold yard-sale items will simply be tossed out, and so you can then get them for free.)
(4) The item is something that you would logically want to test out first to make sure it operates satisfactorily, but there is no hookup for electricity/water/telephone/internet/antenna/audio/video at the site of the sale, and the stubborn owner will not allow you to either bring the item into his house or temporarily take it somewhere else to test it.
by QuacksO August 1, 2018
Get the Murphy's Law of Garage Salesmug. by He-he-ha-he June 10, 2025
Get the Jard Salemug. An emotional state that affects a few people while attending a SALE promotion at large department stores. Usually when a shopper is so focus on obtaining an item that have been reduced in price, but was thwarted in obtaining it by a competing shopper. Related to Trolley Rage; Road Rage.
"The woman was in a Sales Rage when she missed the last of 50% discounted LV hand bags, after waiting outside Harrods store since 2am."
by LawBlader December 27, 2009
Get the Sales Ragemug. by tbclycan October 4, 2011
Get the 2-for-1 Salemug. A weekend cash-raising event where either you are selling strips of sod from your front lawn, or all the items for sale are three feet long.
I was gonna widen the asphalt parking-area in front of my house, so I carefully cut the grassy sod into easy-to-manage three-foot-long strips, neatly rolled it up and bagged it, and then held a yard sale.
by QuacksO September 9, 2018
Get the yard salemug.