While Teresa Wilson was rummaging through her late mother’s attic, she came across a mysterious item: a colorful patchwork quilt with high-quality fabric—unfinished yet beautiful. After doing a bit of digging, she learned it was her great grandmother’s work. “It would have been constructed with my mom, grandma and great grandma,” she explains. As a child,…
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Today is a good day. Why, you ask? To put it simply, VarageSale got a makeover. A very pretty one. Now when we look at our website, we see a reflection of who we are staring back at us. She is helpful, trustworthy and welcoming. She cares deeply about her community. She’s passionate about buying,…
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What do you call 150 kids running around a local baseball field, excitedly searching for brightly colored plastic eggs while parents watch on and smile? You call that community. At least that’s what community looks like for these families in Erie, Pennsylvania. What began as a simple swap meet among members of a local buy…
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On a really bad day, do you ever wonder why oh why you decided to manage a local buy and sell group? Do you sometimes question whether being an admin is worth all the hard work? Are there days where you feel like just giving up on your group? If this sounds like you, this…
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Imagine spending months preparing for that special life inside of you, weeks decorating the nursery, hours in labor—only to be robbed of those first moments with your child. What if those moments turned into days, weeks even? For parents of babies born prematurely, an unexpected separation can be devastating. One VarageSale community decided to do something about…
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This post is part of our ongoing series on buy and sell acronyms. For more lingo, check out parts two and three. Think you’ve been buying and selling long enough to give this post a pass? Think again. Just last week, VarageSale’s own Chief Mom got a surprise when she learned the actual meaning of BUMP. Like…
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Valentine’s Day is just a few days away! What better time than to contemplate the secret to relationship success? Just last week, we learned how Chief Mom at VarageSale runs an award-winning startup and keeps the spark in her relationship. Today, we’re talking to her hubby! The good sports that they are, both Tami and Carl happily…
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With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, the VarageSale team decided it was high time to pop the question to our favorite office couple: How do you run an award-winning startup with your spouse and keep the spark in your relationship? So we sent Tami and Carl a short questionnaire to find out their secrets to a healthy, successful company…
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We’re very excited to announce that we’ve been named Techvibes’ 2014 Startup of the Year. Thousands of you voted for us. Thank you! We are humbled that our passionate members and admins feel so strongly about VarageSale. It’s truly incredible to see how an idea that started as a conversation in our kitchen evolved into a product…
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Welcome to the VarageSale Friendship Series, featuring stories about swappers who are making real connections in their community. This month, we introduce you to one lucky little girl named Bridget. Lucky her mom joined VarageSale because she’s made a BFF for life! After we heard about Bridget (9) and Lizzie (8), we wanted to learn how they…
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