tag sale

[kjc0123]

What is "tag sale" in the U.S.A.?

[Clanad]

A "tag", a piece of cardboard is attached to the item (usually clothing) with the new "sale" price which overrides the previously attached price...

[Ouisch]

In some areas of the US, a "tag sale" is the same thing as a yard sale or garage sale...I think similar to a jumble sale in the UK - people sell used or donated items at very low prices.

[Kingaroo]

Sorry, Clanad, I've never heard that. Some stores hold "red tag" sales or "blue dot" sales or use other such names for markdown prices when they use a sticker to indicate on the price tag that a standard discount will be applied at the register.

But as Ouisch says, a tag sale is a yard sale or garage sale -- held at a person's home.

What you call jumble sales in UK, we call rummage sales -- many people donate to a church, a school choir, or other organization, which runs a great big tag sale as a fundraiser for its worthy activities.

[sugarmags]

Where I live (East Coast USA) a tag sale is sort of like an estate sale....in a yard sale, you sell what you don't want. In a tag sale, everything in the house is for sale.