Unwanted but still usable items and objects left at the curb or in the alley for other people to take.
Sheila was lucky to find a small bookshelf for her new apartment at the midnight garage sale.
We don't need that old pot anymore. Put it in the midnight garage sale.
We don't need that old pot anymore. Put it in the midnight garage sale.
by MamaBear63 July 22, 2010
Get the midnight garage salemug. when an individual pulls up to a garage sale and is disappointed by the sales contents. can also be applied to car boot sales, yard sales and estate sales.
john went to this garage sale today trying to find some new games for his system but instead found a empty iphone box priced at 20 bucks, multiple old microwaves, and a hoodie with a hole in it. thats what i call a Poor Mans Garage Sale!
by kieralovedanny October 9, 2025
Get the Poor Mans Garage Salemug. when a person tries to pawn off their crap on you from either their cube at work when they clean it out or from home because they are too lazy to get rid of it themselves.
Dude, no I don't want your poster of a cat "hanging in there." Stop trying to garage sale me your crap.
Dude, stop trying to garage sale me your old "recylce" bumper sticker. I don't want your crap.
Dude, stop trying to garage sale me your old "recylce" bumper sticker. I don't want your crap.
by downwithgilmore July 8, 2009
Get the garage sale memug. Person 1: (hangs up sign for garage sale)
Person 2: I'd better get out of here, this is starting to look like a Garage Sale
Person 2: I'd better get out of here, this is starting to look like a Garage Sale
by Shuastereno October 23, 2012
Get the Garage Salemug. Let's put it in the garage sale.
I got it from a garage sale.
Your mom loves garage sales. So does my dad.
I got it from a garage sale.
Your mom loves garage sales. So does my dad.
by penis exhalation October 19, 2019
Get the Garage Salemug. by WhistlerBum September 27, 2020
Get the Garage 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.