{{Short description|Sale to raise funds for a good cause}} {{More citations needed|date=October 2013}} [[File:BB Jumble Sale.JPG|thumb|Clothes piled high at the 5th Manchester Boys' Brigade Jumble Sale]] [[File:Yard sale, rummage sale, garage sale, tag sale, charity sale - horizontal.JPG|alt=|thumb|The most commonly sold items include used clothes, books, and toys.]]
A '''jumble sale''' (UK), '''bring and buy sale''' (Australia, also UK) or '''rummage sale''' (US and Canada) is an event at which [[second hand goods]] are sold, usually by an [[institution]] such as a local [[Boys' Brigade|Boys' Brigade Company]], [[Scouting|Scout group]], [[Girlguiding|Girlguiding group]] or [[church (congregation)|church]], as a [[fundraising]] or [[Charity (practice)|charitable]] effort. A rummage sale by a church is also sometimes called a church sale or [[white elephant sale]].
[[Garage sale]]s usually differ from rummage sales in that they are not event-related and are often organised individually (rather than collectively).
==United Kingdom== Organisers will usually ask local people to donate goods, which are set out on tables in the same manner as at [[car boot sale]]s, and sold to members of the general public, who may have to pay a fee to enter the sale. Typically in the [[UK]] the entry fee is a few pence or pounds.
Jumble sales may be becoming less popular in the UK, as car boot sales and the [[World Wide Web]] enable people to sell their unwanted goods rather than donate them to charity.<ref name=secondhandcultures />
==United States and Canada== Rummage sales in the [[United States]] and [[Canada]] as a rule do not charge any entrance fee, but sometimes charge a fee, or reserve for paid members or donors access to "preview sales" before the general public is admitted. Sometimes the sponsoring organization excludes donations of certain items, such as furniture or exercise equipment, or have a sale restricted to a single type of goods, such as [[book sales]] or [[sports equipment|sports-equipment]] sales.
Some larger churches or charities have permanent [[thrift store]]s where donated goods are offered either daily, weekly, or monthly, etc. The [[Salvation Army]] and [[Goodwill Industries]] are known for their daily-operated thrift stores, frequently located in donated space in major retail locations. Other thrift stores are either for-profit, or operated by corporations which are a charity in name only, as only a small fraction of profits are used charitably.{{citation needed|date=September 2013}}
In Canada and the U.S., the term "[[flea market]]" refers to many commercial venues where informal sales are conducted, of both second-hand and new goods by different private sellers. Frequently the sellers pay a fee to participate. Churches and other groups also sponsor flea-markets where the organization collects seller fees, and may also sell food and have its own "white elephant" or "rummage" tables or booths.
==See also== * [[Charity bazaar]] * [[Charity shop]] * [[Flea market]] (or ''swap meet'') * [[Garage sale]] * [[Give-away shop]] * [[The Freecycle Network]]
==References== <references> <ref name=secondhandcultures>{{cite book|title=Second-hand cultures|author=Nicky Gregson, Lousie Crewe|page=220|year=2003|isbn=9781859736777|publisher=Berg}}</ref> </references> {{Retail}}
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