By NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Nick Hemphill started the KS Garage Sales site as a way for local residents to map out their strategy to get the most value out of their garage sale weekends.
"I try to take out a lot of the guesswork," Hemphill said. "Usually, when you drive around town, you notice a lot of people put signs in front of businesses and stuff like that. What I wanted to do was kind of bring all of that together so that people didn't have to kind of get lucky to find the sale they're looking for."
If there's something specific on your wish list, you can look for it, as well.
"If someone's selling a baby stroller, they can literally type it in there and it will only show the pins of those listing those particular things," Hemphill said. "They can also, even, essentially, click on the address and Google will give them the route to get there, as well."
The idea is to make it easy for sellers to use, too.
"Seeing some of the things that people do list, it's pretty remarkable," Hemphill said. "The site allows everyone to upload photos completely free for their sales. They can essentially take a picture of a particular item and post it so people can visually see what it is they may be looking for and maybe just through that photo they can actually see something else. I have to approve the photos. The reason for that is just to prevent any possible accidental postings of something, not only inappropriate, but also in case someone uploads something that may be a little too revealing of their location or maybe shows off something else in their house for their own privacy."
To get to the site, just click Area Garage Sales under the Hutch Post menu.