Tuesday, July 03, 2007
In Case They Were Wondering Why Nobody Showed Up For Their Garage Sale...
While on my errands today, I picked up the June 29, 2007 Chicago Reader, which I thumbed through while at Adam's baseball practice today. I don't know why this garage sale ad jumped out at me-- maybe it's because it was missing a key piece of information that someone who would have wanted to go to it may have wanted. See if you can spot it.
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HA! Do you think they sat there wondering why no one showed up?
They probably thought addresses were too easy.
It said multi-family. Maybe it was the entire city?
Lulu-
My question is did someone look back at the ad and catch the mistake?
I love how they add the very obvious and unnecessary "Come early for the best selection"-- duh-- and and miss putting the address on.
Barbara-
Or maybe they were afraid of crowds.
I actually had a friend who owned a popular Chicago bar who told me he avoided advertising because he didn't like crowds. Seriously. I'll post about it soon in an upcoming post about great Chicago taverns that are no longer around.
Skyler's Dad-
Aha-- I wondered about all the strangers milling around my garage last weekend.
In the next neighborhood over, Ravenswood Manor, they have an "entire neighborhood" garage sale once a year. It's a pretty upscale neighborhood (Illinois' governor lives there) so you can get pretty good stuff there.
I missed it - no address. I get a cold shiver anytime I go to a garage sale. Growing up, my parents were professional garage sale shoppers. I don't think I had anything entirely "new" until college.
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