Garage Sales Make Good Neighbors: Building Community through Neighborhood Sales

A conceptual model of motivations for consumer resale on C2C websites

“…There is evidence from offline secondary markets that garage sales in the USA frequently function as social gatherings where personal belongings are traded like gifts between sellers and buyers. These trades encompass more the value of socializing than making a good deal economically (Herrmann, 2006). Similarly, socializing may drive consumers to shop at online auction sites such as eBay, where interaction is part of the shopping process.…”

“…There are four main streams of research related to consumer resale behaviour and second-hand markets: (1) consumer disposition behaviour (Jacoby, Berning, & Dietvorst, 1977;Paden & Stell, 2005); (2) informal markets, such as farmers' markets, car boot sales, charity shops, garage sales, flea markets and overall second-hand shops (Gregson & Crewe, 2003;Herrmann, 2006); (3) the meaning of goods as physical belongings (Lastovicka & Fernandez, 2007;Parsons, 2006) and (4) item value creation and circulation (Parsons, 2006). Sellers at these physical markets display a wide range of styles and motivations, from periodic housecleaning and socializing to making a profit and generating cash (Herrmann, 2006;Herrmann & Soiffer, 1984).…”

Toward A Conceptual Model of Consumer Online Resale Behavior: An Exploratory Study in Taiwan

“…Consumer sellers in the secondary market, such as garage sales and flea markets, have a wide range of resale styles and motivations, spanning from periodical housecleaning, socializing, to profit-making and cash generation (Belk, 1988;Cameron & Galloway, 2005;Herrmann, 1997;Herrmann, 2006;Herrmann & Soiffer, 1984;Sherry, 1990). Herrmann & Soiffer (1984) classified sellers in garage sales into 10 types.…”

Buying while expecting to sell: The economic psychology of online resale

“…How consumers resell goods online remains relatively less known, and has mostly been investigated in the context of face-toface interpersonal transactions such as garage sales and flea markets (Belk, 1988;Herrmann, 2006;Herrmann and Soiffer, 1984;Sherry, 1990). However, in this era of e-commerce, an increasing number of consumers not only purchase but also resell merchandise via consumer-to-consumer (C2C) Web sites, and thus it is important to gain a better understanding of this rapidly growing sector of the market.…”