Last week, Governor Schwarzenegger came up with the idea to sell items that were not in use via a large garage sale. Dubbed the Great California Garage Sale, the governor has championed this idea since he first announced he would cut 15 percent of vehicles in use by the state government.
There were 6,000 designated surplus items for the garage sale, which was held in a warehouse in Sacramento. People lined up as early as 5 a.m. to get a head start on others to bid on marked down items. All the items were sold.
The results came in this week and showed that around $1.5 million was generated for the state. Around 500 of the items sold were motor vehicles, which accounted for most of the sales at $1.2 million.
EBay and Craigslist were also used to sell the items online, bringing in around $58,000, said the report.
With a mounting debt, the governor felt that the sale would be a way to gain some additional revenue.
“We are very pleased with the tremendous positive response we've received on each and every item,” said Erin Shaw, spokesperson for the State and Consumer Services Agency, in a statement.
Some items listed such as used laptops went for $200, Blackberry cell phones for $25, and prison shirts for $5.
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