Where Will the Garage Sales be This Weekend?

For many people, weekend mornings mean scouring streets for garage sales.

Carboard signs and fluorescent posters point toward eclectic mixes of mismatched cutlery, clothes Grandma once wore (vintage, score!) and crates of albums that might contain a mint-condition version of The Bay City Rollers. 

But how do you know if those treasures are more like trash? Good news: Now, there's an app for that! 

With a few key strokes on your mobile device, you can map out your morning, even before logging on to South Pasadena Patch. MOGASA is a new, free application for mobile devices from PennySaverUSA that searches for existing garage sales in regard to your location—and also allows users to check in and rate the sale for others. 

THE CONTEST

If you consider yourself an ultimate garage enthusiast (i.e. your kids will be really bummed if you drag them to one more) you might want to enter the "Ultimate Treasure Hunter's Challenge.''

In light of National Garage Sale Day, an e-mail with a list of treasures will be sent at 8 a.m Saturday. Using the MOGASA app, individuals and teams will hunt for all the items on this list. The individual and team that completes the challenge in the shortest amount of time within the 48-hour contest will win $150 for the individual and $350 for the team.

For full contest details, click here. To download the app, click here.   

PATCH ASKS: Are you hosting a garage sale this weekend? Got something you want to show off to the community? Send us a photo of your best swag for sale (plus the time and location of your garage sale), and your merchandise could be featured on our site! E-mail the editor at Kristen.Lepore@Patch.com.