They hire students to get up at 3 a.m. and stand in line for them. As the opening time approaches, traffic gets tied up, sometimes for miles. Just another tag sale by Those Two Girls.
People come to find a bargain.
Flower pots, paint brushes, pitchforks, Tiffany lamps, Queen Anne mahogany furniture, cookie jars, quilts, linens, cut glass, cross-country skis, artist's brushes, hockey sticks, vintage anything. They pounce or pull a no-no and hide a new found treasure in hopes to get it for a bargain price the next day. Savvy tag salers know the ropes. For example, if you see a wonderful Dhurry carpet you just have to have, but don't want to pay the asked price, you can place a bid by writing what you will pay on a piece of paper and leaving it with one of the sales people. After the sale is over, if the item is still unsold and if the owner agrees, the highest bidder gets the piece.