Garage Sale

List Price: $29.99 Discount Price: $16.99

Features:

• Intuitive Mac-like interface
• Step-by-step creation of an auction site, in less time than it takes to make an eBay site
• Integrates perfectly with iPhoto
• WYSIWYG text editing
• Over 90 free design templates

Customer Reviews:

Not Working [Posted on 2007-05-20]
I'm an avid ebay user, and heard that this was the MAC program to buy,the MAC alternative to TurboLister but unfortunately it has been a disappointment.. As I was about to "list" my first item, a caution sign appeared-No mention of this problem in booklet....I emailed the macsoft people who have yet to help me fix it..They are looking into it..Hopefully I can get my auctions up and running..It seems like a neat program-I'm just frustrated now..I even have the correct OS requirements..Lately, when I try to open program, it unexpectedly quits! If they can get the kinks out, I think it will be a great, timesaving program w/ebay...I'm just waiting!!

I wish I could give this five stars... [Posted on 2007-08-20]
When I first heard about Garagesale, I was ridiculously excited at having a program specifically for Macs...I downloaded the trial from their site which lets you list three auctions before you decide if you'd like to buy it or not. Listing was easy, and the templates were much better and more attractive to customers than what eBay has to offer. However, when I listed the item, a large white rectangular block appeared behind the listing title and appeared again randomly in the auction description behind the text or images. This happened again when I tried listing something else later that week. I know it sounds stupid, but these large blocks sticking out in weird places ruins the look of the layout, becoming an eyesore instead of a highlight! Also rather than taking up the entire page, the template designs would stop halfway down the listing description and then repeat, which looked awful.

I love the idea behind Garagesale, but these little glitches made my listings look worse, not better. If it were free I wouldn't be complaining, but thirty dollars for a program that doesn't even have all the kinks worked out?

...sorry Garagesale.

Like a Cheerleader-- Pretty but Stupid [Posted on 2008-01-17]
Last time I did a lot of business on eBay, I was using a PC, and I had a program called PosterToaster (I think...). I'm preparing for a move now, and liquidating my things, so I'm back at eBay posting a lot of my stuff. Now I use a Mac, so I wanted to find a program that would allow me to create auctions offline and then upload them to eBay with just a couple of clicks. I searched all the Mac sites, and they all suggest two programs-- GarageSale and iSale. I'm not pleased with either. At first glance, GarageSale seems alright. It's clean, it's slick and it's designed to look like a Mac program-- right down to the "Cover Flow" effect from iTunes, which here lets you flip through designs for your auction. However, when you get down to the task of creating an auction, form clearly rode roughshod over function in the creation of this software. First of all, the cover flow feature barely makes sense to me in iTunes-- when it's actually being used to flip through album covers. It's sort of cute and gimmicky, but isn't the fastest, simplest way to get what you're looking for. In GarageSale, it makes even less sense, and users are forced to endure it the entire time they're in preview mode. It's sort of like an email program, where cover flow hangs out at the top like an inbox listing, and the page preview occupies the bottom half like an email preview. This, unless you squish the cover flow all the way up to the top.
The main reason I hate this program is that in trying to simplify everything, it takes away the user's freedom to get what he wants. Granted, the program offers you a hundred choices on various aspects of your auction, but if what you want isn't already offered, there's no way to customize and get. Also, the huge number of choices makes it cumbersome, and in the case of page designs (over 100 of them), which are organized alphabetically in the cover flow, it's difficult to know where to find what you want. How can I know that I'll like the design called "Silver 2" without flipping all the way from A to S? If it's alphabetical, the names should give some insight into the design. The aspect of this that most annoyed me is the inability to place my photos wherever I want them in the auction. For any design, the program allows the user to choose images up (all images are displayed above the text of the description), images down, images right, images left, and and few more involving thumbnails. However, it doesn't allow you to drag an image wherever you want on the page, as any HTML editor-- and let's face it, that's a main function of any eBay posting program should. I post a lot of books, often in lots. In this case, I prefer to give text about the lot, then a description of the first book followed by images of the first book, then a description of the second book followed by images of the second book, and so on. With GarageSale, this is completely impossible. Users are not allowed to intersperse text and images. Huh? This seems ridiculous for a program that costs $30 and up. All because the creators want to make everything modular and buttonized and Mac-like. Stop it!
Another major annoyance and source of confusion is the simple fact that GarageSale uses the term "template" for what is in fact an auction. That "Create Template" button won't let you create a customized template, it's just for creating a new auction. What are actually templates GS calls "designs;" this is what you're forced to flip through in cover flow.
The program does handle FTP nicely, and once you've plugged your images into the auction (nicely clustered at either the top, bottom, or sides, mind you), GS will upload them to your host as it uploads your auction-- er, excuse me, "template."

Garage Sale Just Plain Works [Posted on 2008-03-30]
First, let me say that I am not an eBay power seller by any means but I do sell quite a bit. I wanted to sell more but I just hated going through the eBay process it was just so blah. I've been gradually migrating over to the MAC and I love the way the programs integrate with each other so seamlessly and GarageSale is no exception. I downloaded the trial version and it worked flawlessly and is very easy to use - I didn't even read the directions. The auctions appear much nicer, more professional, and cleaner than the ones I had been creating on eBay. I can now work in iPhoto or Aperature to quickly edit my photos and easly grab them when I'm creating my auction. It also allows you to reference images in your .MAC account (I haven't done this yet but I plan to with my next auction). I'm just starting to explore the possibilites but so far, for a seller like me, GarageSale seems to be just what I've been looking for!

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