City Of Dallas Proposes $25 Permit To Have A Yard Sale

[Danke]

They should be grateful it is not $125!

 

[speciallyblend]

75 dollars to have chickens in our town. I plan to have chickens and not pay the 75 dollar fee so something will come to a head in 2011 summer!!

 

[Minuteman2012]

very sad. The last form of the freemarket is coming to an end.

You didn't think they would let it survive would you?

 

[oyarde]

75 dollars to have chickens in our town. I plan to have chickens and not pay the 75 dollar fee so something will come to a head in 2011 summer!!

Well , 75 dollars would certainly wipe out any savings you would attain buy raising your own chickens / eggs . What is the penalty if you have the chickens and not the evil govt. chicken permit ?

 

[MelissaWV]

People will just sell on craigslist, and donate whatever doesn't sell to charity.

The charity thing is actually not bad for many things. Furniture, in particular, that doesn't sell is greatly appreciated by Salvation Army and Veterans' organizations, since most of the donations seem to be clothes and stuff. Old electronics are also nice, because some charities train people to repair them (and no one cares if one of the "students" screws it up), which can lead to jobs in the future.

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The way to "get around" a per instance fee like this is to consolidate your instances. The trouble comes with all the taxation implications associated with the sales. I don't remember who sponsors it, but I know that in Morgantown there's a mass garage sale once or twice a year. You bring your stuff there and sell it at a stall/booth. The advantage, of course, is that you attract a massive crowd and there's a lot of swapping that goes on. The disadvantage is that it draws the attention of the folks who want "their" tax dollars from your venture.

 

[bruce leeroy]

this is ridiculous
I would LOVE to see the city enforce this south of the trinity river LOL
and to think Im thinking of moving back to the cliff next year