Where Are the Garage Sales This Weekend? There's an App (and a Contest) for That!

For many people, weekend mornings mean scouring streets for garage sales. Why, just recently, La Crescenta locals banded together to have !

Carboard signs and flourescent 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?

Welcome to MOGASA, a new, free application for mobile devices from PennySaverUSA that not only searches for existing garage sales according to area, but also allows users to check in and rate the sale for other users. PennySaverUSA is a national print and online publication for free classified advertising.

Now with a few key strokes on your mobile device, you can map out your morning, even before logging on to Montrose Patch or checking Crescenta Valley Weekly or fetching the Glendale News Press from your driveway.

According to a press release from Kate Call of Maletzky Media, MOGASA was derived from MOre GArage SAles. Feature highlights include:

• Simple Search Options: Search by location, sale date, or keyword to locate nearby garage sales.
• Custom Treasure Trails: Browse, create and share garage sale treasure trails.
• Connect with Friends: Check-in and tell friends about sales worth exploring.
• Ratings and Reviews: View garage sale and trail ratings from fellow explorers and post reviews of visited sales.
• Post Garage Sales: Having a sale? Spread the word! Post a garage sale right from MOGASA and it will be displayed on PennySaverUSA.com and available in the mobile app to find and share with friends for free.

The Contest

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

Open to residents of California and Florida, anyone interested should download the MOGASA app for iPhone or Andrioid and register to "Join the Hunt" by Wednesday.

On Saturday, National Garage Sale Day, an email with a list of treasures will be sent at 8 a.m. 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-time period will win $150 for the individual and $350 for the team.

For full contest details, visit http://www.mogasa.net/online-contest.

To download the app, visit http://www.mogasa.net.