May 15, 2005
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Junk? Junk! We don't need no stinkin' junk!
One person's trash is another person's treassure. That people is called a yard sale.
For the past two weeks, roughly, we have been getting together
every-single-thing that we could sell for a one day event called:
Block-party Yard Sale. It is always (apparently) the weekend
before the long May two-four weekend (May 22 to 24) that all blocks in
this little town have a one or two day Yard Sale to get rid of
collective junk/treassure. Hey at least we cleaned out the
16-foot Trailer and the Side porch, you can't go wrong with a little
spring cleaning.From 7am till 4pm we (and by 'we' you know I meant my folks and I, just
checking
) and bartered, sold and virtually gave away a majority of
stuff.In fact, I did some pretty interesting dealing of my own. Now, I'm not
really a sales person but you toss in a little charm, a little flattery
and some solid lines about factory seals, good as new and other phrases
and the lot and you can sell virtually anything, at least when it comes
to yard sales...At the beginning, I solid a brand new (not good as new) Epson Printer
with software, 2 black cartridges and 1 colour for $20, a Mouse for 50
cents (Shhh, don't tell the IRS on me now, I'm not reporting this
increase of income), and a DVD/VCR player (that the DVD didn't work...
I had to say that our TV wasn't compatible with that player, the player
actually broke after the 2nd time it played a DVD.) for $20 as well. A
few hours later, a guy bought all my games for $2 a piece, a mousepad
for 50 cents.... My other big sale was, a Big Bertha Warbird 7-Wood for
$40 ... regular price is over 125 in golf stores, used.... here's the
convo:Guy (holding the BB and another 8.5 degree driver): So how much for this club (BB)
Vx: $40.
Guy: ok, how much for this other one...
Vx: $2 (I just wanted to get rid of it)
Guy: Hmm, well we'll have to get some cash out of the bank machine then... Would you take $30?
Vx: No. It was $75.
Guy: Ok then.Surprisingly to my mind, he actually came back... I really should of
increased the price to $75 at least to start and drop down to $55 at
the most.... but that's besides the point. Give them some rope and
they'll take it running. lolThe final person at the end of the day, a kid and his mother came up and were looking through my electronics stuff...
Vx: I'll make you a deal. Take the Mouse pads (there were three left), free
Kid: Really? Cool thanks
Vx: In fact I'll give you a mouse even for 10 cents.
Kid: Wow! Great thanks mister.Another kid stopped by, looking at the golf clubs....
Kid: How much for this set, it's for my brother...
Vx: $10 (it was a full set too) and I'll toss in the golf bag (This kid
must of been like 10 or something, if I was a mean person I would of
just told him that the bag was extra
)
Kid: Ok... how much for these clubs (single clubs) it says $3 a piece
Vx: $2 each
Kid: Ok, I'll come back with more money then...A few minutes later, he was looking at records in a bin we had:
Kid: Do you have any Beatles records?
Vx: Not sure you'll have to look through that box... (What are you
going to sell it on eBay or something? Pfffttt ya right, if there was a
Beatles Record I would of snagged it already. Nice try slick.)All-in-all I made $88.15. I'll try not to spend it all in one place
Use the force CoderMike... and so help you if you dress up like Jar-Jar, there is no way in hell that I'm an Ewok
Called up CoderMike at the end of the Yard sale and he asked if I
wanted to go see the Star Wars film on Thursday (I think when it opens)
Barring work I'm there
Here's just a little tidbit of an
alternate part of the movie (presented by CtrlAltDel-online.com)
May the Force be with you in your quest to become the ultimate Kickball
champion Anakin... Use your Force powers for the good of the game.. and
not the evil (which you know is kick ass way cooler )Vx Out to raid yet again
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