Cable Ties Can Be a Garage Sale Savior!
Cable Ties
Cable ties can be a garage sale savior in so many ways. Obviously cable ties are useful for all kinds of things, the most obvious being a tool to wrap up and hide the electrical wire behind your home entertainment center. However, these little guys are no longer reserved for home theater installation. You can use them for all kinds of applications to support, secure or tie just about anything. Here are a few suggestions on how to use zip tools to make for a smooth-sailing garage sale.
Sign Protection
Have you ever seen those flimsy, cardboard garage-sale signs, half-blown away by wind or drenched in water? Well forget metal staples and duct tape. Here’s a safe way to secure your sign to the neighborhood light post without worrying about the weather taking its toll. First, be sure to use sturdy cardboard backing. You can buy industrial board at your local hardware shop or cut off the edges of a cardboard box. Next, clearly print your sign in bright colors (black Sharpe marker on bright construction paper works well). Glue your sign to your piece of cardboard and once it’s good and dry, punch two holes in the top and two holes in the bottom. Be sure to map out a well rounded amount of locations where potential customers might be, grab your signs and your cable ties and you’re ready to go.
When you get to the lamp post or telephone pole you wish to use, it might be a bit wide for just one zip tie. That’s okay. Simply zip your ties together until you have one long enough cable tie to go around. Loop one end through the first hole on top, wrap it around the pole, bring it back through the second hole on top and lock it up. It’s simple. Now do the same thing on the bottom so that your sign is fully secured and dare the gale force winds to have a ball!
Product Management
Cable ties also make great labels for your higher ticket products. Stickers are fine for your child’s fifth grade learning books, but you might not want to put anything adhesive on the cherry wood dining set you’re trying to unload. No one wants to remove all that sticky stuff. Enter the cable tie. Not only is it great to use for attaching your price sign to larger objects, but in this case, it’s also a great way to fasten all the pieces together. If you have a five-piece dining set, you certainly don’t want one of your chairs “walking” away. Tie them together for both display and security purposes.
Best Electronics Cable Policy
You have a VCR and believe it or not someone actually still wants to buy it. Great, but do you have all the bits and pieces? It’s highly unlikely that your prospective buyer is going to bother with this relic without the right cable or heaven-forbid remote control. Here’s a smart way to keep all your electric bits in one easy spot. Take any external cables (like RCA cables, speaker wire, etc.), bind them up in a back and forth s-shape, then take those cords and bind them to the main power cord that’s attached to the device. Finally take the remote control and put it with the rest. Using two cable ties zipped together, tightly secure all the components together, making sure the power cord is still attached to the device. Now all the cords and your remote control are right there with your VCR or whatever ancient technologies you’re hoping to get rid of.
Smooth Storage System
When it’s all said and done, you may not have been able to sell everything, and in the privacy of your garage you may admit, there are just some things you’re not ready to throw away. It’s okay; we’ve all been there. Some things are sentimental, and if you’re going to store them, you’ll also want to protect them. So before you head over to the storage unit, be sure to pick up some self locking stainless steel cable ties. These incredible tools are flame retardant with high tensile strength; corrosion-proof and temperature resistant. They are perfect for ensuring the safety of your beloved castaways against the caustic nature of outdoor storage units such as extreme heat, relentless moisture and international ninja junk warriors…that is until your next garage sale.
