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Fair Game's Famous Garage Sale is Back!
Our incredibly popular used game program is coming back for the Halloween season! Soon, we will be accepting submissions for our Garage Sale taking place at our Downers Grove location on October 26th through the 27th. This is an opportunity to give the lightly used board games from your collection a new home and earn store credit in the process. It is also an opportunity to find an amazing deal on a legion of other used games coming in for the event! Check out the details below!
2024 Garage Sale Preview Spreadsheet
Here are the important details for the garage sale this year:
This year's Garage Sale will take place on October 26th and October 27th!
We are normally open from 10 AM to 9 PM on Saturdays and 12 PM to 5 PM on Sundays. We will announce any changes to this schedule closer to the event.
All the garage sale items left on Sunday will be 30% off the Saturday prices.
We will limit the number of shoppers in store at any one time.
Can I drop off my used games at the La Grange location?
No. Because of the extra care and details required to host an event like this right now, we are only accepting games at the Fair Game Downers Grove location. If getting to Downers Grove is difficult for you, we encourage coordinating with a neighbor or friend to help transport your games along with theirs.
What types of items can I sell at the garage sale?
Any lightly used game that is priced at $5 and above. Historically, we have not allowed miniatures and miniature games (Warhammer/Warmachine/etc.) that require assembly and painting. We will also be excluding Puzzles and Books from being entered into the sale. If you have a game that fits this description that you'd like to submit, please send us an email with the details and we can discuss. As mentioned above, we reserve the right to refuse any game for any reason
How should I go about setting prices on my games?
We always recommend that people “price to sell.” Keep in mind that we’re AUTOMATICALLY going to make all games that haven’t sold on Saturday 30% off on Sunday. Remember that most people don’t come to the Garage Sale looking for a particular item, they come looking for a good value. So price it to sell on Saturday. Please keep in mind that all games and prices submitted will be set as the Final Price and it will not be able to be altered after submission.
Why do I only get 80% of sale price as store credit?
In 2019, we had over 1500 submissions to the garage sale, which is a HUGE amount of games to receive and process for the Garage Sale. The entire process consumes a significant amount of time and resources, and this helps to offset the cost of hosting an event like this
My game is really unique – how can I help people browsing the games to understand that?
We are encouraging people to provide some context and/or color commentary about the games they are selling. Maybe you added some extra accessories, a custom box insert or there’s a story behind how you acquired this particular gem, feel free to add those details on an index card sized piece of paper. Use painters tape to tape it to the box when you bring it in
How and when do I use my store credit from games I sold?
Our computer system is able to handle all of this electronically and for the items that are sold, we will add that amount of store credit to your account. No papers or gift cards to worry about. Just purchase what you want and if there’s available credit on your account, you’re free to use it. We fully intend to have all the accounting wrapped up within two weeks and in the event we finish significantly before then, we’ll send out a notice that everything is loaded and ready to be used
What if a game I purchase has pieces missing or damaged components?
While we hope that anyone bringing in a game to sell will make note of any issues like those, everything purchased at the Garage Sale is sold AS IS, and would be similar to any other flea market or garage sale purchase you make with no warranties. If parts are missing, you can reach out to the manufacturers directly, as most are very good about sending out replacement pieces. We are NOT checking any of the games for quality/completeness or providing any representation of completeness or condition (however if we do get complaints on a game after the fact, we will be keeping track and it will impact that seller’s ability to participate in future Garage Sales)
Why can't I sell my game for less than $5?
While there are many great small, inexpensive games available, we need to put some limits in place to make sure we are able to efficiently received and process the games that come through. We are allowing people to create up to 2 "Bundles" of games, if you would like to package together several smaller games that you think would be interesting for community members to acquire together
I still have some questions that you didn’t answer. Who can I talk to?
If you still have some things you’re not clear on, feel free to give the store a call (630-963-0640), email ([email protected]) with the subject "Garage Sale Questions" or send a Facebook message. We will be happy to help.
