Grand Slam Garage Sales in the News
Our service is innovative and highly sought-after...it is not surprising that we've found ourselves in the news quite a bit!
Intuit
"I started Grand Slam Garage Sales after my mom had a garage sale..."
PBS - Biz Kids
PBS asked Grand Slam Garage Sales to teach young kids how to negotiate. The show is about teaching kids about business, so Grand Slam Garage Sales was glad to do it!
To see the article - go to show season 2, episode 206 - profile: Grand Slam Garage Sales.
Bellaire Examiner
With the economy slumping to levels that have not been seen since the Great Depression, businesses are struggling. Store closures, cutbacks and layoffs have become common place. All of which makes the current success of Grand Slam Garage Sales quite impressive.
Memorial Examiner
With the economy slumping to levels that have not been seen since the Great Depression, businesses are struggling. Store closures, cutbacks and layoffs have become common place. All of which makes the current success of Grand Slam Garage Sales quite impressive.
River Oaks Examiner
With the economy slumping to levels that have not been seen since the Great Depression, businesses are struggling. Store closures, cutbacks and layoffs have become common place. All of which makes the current success of Grand Slam Garage Sales quite impressive.
Fox 26 News
This is a clip of Fox 26 news after they asked us to do a quick interview for a garage sale story they were doing. In the story, the reporter talks about how "a bad economy is the perfect storm for garage sales."
Italian Millionaire Magazine
An Italian magazine wrote about us!:)
"Sono sempre stato un tipo intraprendente: ho cominciato a sette anni, facendo lavoretti per parenti e amici e vendendo limonata. Quando poi, due anni fa, ho aiutato mia madre a organizzare una garage sale a casa nostra, ho scoperto di essere bravo a mercanteggiare con i clienti e ho pensato a come offrire un servizio completo. Con 1.000 dollari e l'aiuto di un amico per la costruzione del sito Internet, ho fondato Grand Slam Garage Sales...
ABC 13 News
This is a clip from ABC 13 in Houston, Texas. ABC asked the local Grand Slam Garage Sales to give them some garage sale tips. Note to you viewers...there are a few things in this clip that are wrong. In the clip, the Houston manager (Kegan) says that GSGS is owned and operated by high school students. That was mistaken. He just didn't say it correctly as this was before we were franchising! The workers who work the jobs are high school and college students and the franchisees and corporate staff are made up of all sorts of people including many adults. Also, the news reporter says that everything is sold for $1. That's actually a humurous mistake!:) We sell many smaller items for $1 and never less, but by no means do we sell everything for $1.
About.com
One day not too long ago, Ben Weissenstein, a senior in high school at the time, was helping his mom set up her yard sale. Although he had been to numerous yard sales over the years, he had never been involved in the set up process before. As he was helping her, he had an idea. Why not do this kind of thing on a much bigger scale?
ABC 13 News
ABC 13 did a story on the Houston Grand Slam Garage Sales.