Yup... the garage sale. What will they think of next?

How about USEFUL laws like banning panhandlers? Why does the common taxpaying public always have to be made the criminal?

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City mulls crackdown on garage sales May 01, 2006 - 7:26 am By: Sneha Kulkarni The constant garage sale may soon become a semi-annual event. People who trot out their junk each and every weekend are being targeted by a proposed by-law that would limit them to twice a year. The city's planning committee will debate the new idea today. It was brought up because some individuals in the city have been masquerading their businesses as garage sales. Under the proposed by-law, a $500 fine will apply to anyone caught holding more than two garage sales a year.

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Originally posted by jester Everything in this country is illegal.

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Who exactly needs to hold more than two garage sales in one year anyways? They must have a lot of junk to sell.

IMHO garage sales are annoying for neighbours. Put your shit up on ebay and call it a day.

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Originally posted by zokissima Who exactly needs to hold more than two garage sales in one year anyways? They must have a lot of junk to sell.

I think that's the point. They're trying to cut down on people running a business selling "junk" and calling it garage sales. I bet no one claims capital gains from any profit they make selling crap at garage sales ... let alone PST/GST.

That being said, I think its a stupid rule, that will be next to impossible to enforce. I can't even imagine a squad of by-law officers hunting down all the neighbourhood garage sales, making sure everyone registered. I wonder how many billion a garage sale registry would cost?

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Originally posted by riskytrader IMHO garage sales are annoying for neighbours. Put your shit up on ebay and call it a day.

True, but this law is REALLY ridiculous

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Originally posted by TheVrk True, but this law is REALLY ridiculous

tax..

Who needs more than 2 garage sales anyways? The law is good... if you were to have garage sales every week, you're not cleaning out your garage, it's a business, so you should be taxed.

I have actually been to a yard sale on a Saturday selling an old bookshelf I threw out on Tuesday with my garbage.

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Originally posted by TO guy I think that's the point. They're trying to cut down on people running a business selling "junk" and calling it garage sales. I bet no one claims capital gains from any profit they make selling crap at garage sales ... let alone PST/GST. That being said, I think its a stupid rule, that will be next to impossible to enforce. I can't even imagine a squad of by-law officers hunting down all the neighbourhood garage sales, making sure everyone registered. I wonder how many billion a garage sale registry would cost?

I'll bet it's just like the parking enforcement where neighbours will be the ones snitching. In Mississauga they don't come out unless someone calls on neighbourhood streets.

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Originally posted by riskytrader I'll bet it's just like the parking enforcement where neighbours will be the ones snitching. In Mississauga they don't come out unless someone calls on neighbourhood streets.

But the parking enforcement officers can actually prove you are illegally parked. The by-law officers here won't be able to prove that you've already had two garage sales this year unless they were at those ones too. So the neighbours will have to go to court to prove all this ... over a $500 fine?

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Originally posted by Abercrombie Who needs more than 2 garage sales anyways? The law is good... if you were to have garage sales every week, you're not cleaning out your garage, it's a business, so you should be taxed.

Agreed!
besides, they are eye sores half the time, face it if you don't want it that means its the most useless or ugly crap you have, I'm not a big fan of seeing on peoples lawns every weekend. I compare to my place in Louisiana where my next door neighbour has a rusted out bus on his front lawn just because he can. Why would he pay to have it towed and thrown out if he can just pull a for sale sign on it and hope someone 20 years from now will want a rust covered gutted bus.

I hate having my Canadian neighbours flyer my house every single weekend... yeah I know you're having a garage sale, you've had one every week for your arts and crafts crap all summer long and your punk kid tries to sell me over priced craptastic lemonade every weekend too.

Hoooray for entrepreneurship!
They need to learn how to make a real business model.

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Originally posted by Jayx1 How about USEFUL laws like banning panhandlers? Why does the common taxpaying public always have to be made the criminal?

Because the pinko commie bleading heart socialists that run this city have to stop evil capitalizm every chance they get.... today garage sales tomorrow the manufacturing sector

Seriously, not everything preposed by a politition (other then harper... you like him right?) is an aweful invasion on your freedom. You need to look at things a little deeper, there are very good reasons for limiting this type of activity.... some of which have been mentioned.

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Originally posted by RickyM you're just a shit version of Moral Hazard. At least he knows what he's talking about.

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN lol, i love it when moral feels the need to lay the smack down

i think what they are referring to are the garage sales that sell brand new electronics etc etc etc...... :P