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Garage sale maps

The Backstory My wife is an avid garage sailer. She finds garage sales she thinks have promise, then cruises by them to see if there is anything of interest. She is so accomplished at this that she routinely turns a profit by snagging things that folks didn't realize had resale value, and flipping them at local consignment shops. While this doesn't pay the bills, it DOES provide enough extra cash to actually have her garage sailing at least pay for itself with a little left over. This is, however, not without it's share of problems: First, the postings online (or paper) for garage sales are scattered to the four winds. At this point, craigslist.org is the hands down winner for quality and quantity of posts. Local newspapers/classified also have a good quantity, but the few sites I found on google geared toward this are suffering terribly from a strategic chicken and egg problem. Second, while craigslist has a fairly high quality set of sales established, it h...