I’m way
behind on posting, so to conclude the year and kick off 2016 I’ll show a long
list of not so spectacular and other sales
that didn’t make it to the blog yet, but all fit in the category ‘I can’t believe
I sold that!’. Things I listed as an experiment or simply to make space in my
storage.
First late
August this dress, my first try at selling clothing on line. It may be a quite
nice beach dress, but I’m not even good at hanging up things that attract
attention at the markets… Over the years I’ve learned a bit though and I knew
this would have market potential, but who would buy a cheap second hand H&M
on line? Well, a lady who probably booked a last minute sun holiday. She paid
extra for fast shipping.
Who’d buy a
second hand plastic flower pot? Well, a very nice guy who came on his motor
cycle from out of town. How he managed to strap the huge thing on the back of his
machine still puzzles me. He promised me to not take the highway and cruise at
ease through town and sent me a message after he made it home safe.
Who’d look
for a set of used pillow inserts? Well, somebody did. I have piles of those to fill up empty cases if needed and these were the only matching set and I just wanted to see what would happen. They had silk covers that disintegrated when I washed them.
Who’d want this horrible useless part of a lamp? You must realize orange is connected to soccer and the royal family in my country and you won’t find it in a lot of interiors. Not since the Seventies at least. Well, it found its way to an artist who glues old glass lamp shades into structures.
This lamp
shade came still wrapped in plastic and seemed perfectly useful, but it looked really
cheap. It took months, but finally a young lady came for it.
These high
vases are really cheap too in a shop nearby me. I had given up on it after it
didn’t go in 2014 or even earlier. Relisted I flogged it fairly
quickly. Went to a Muslim family, fine!
Then two
packs of leftover laminate floor boards. Good for a narrow hallway or kitchenette. I believed I had something
good here, but gave up hope after several potential buyers changed their
minds. Made them even cheaper and
forgot. At last in December someone was very happy to take them and I bet he
was happy with my price as well.
So much for
the not so spectacular. Together they were good for a grand total of… EUR 14,
LOL, but the lesson is nothing is too cheap or weird to list! Now on to a bit
more interesting stuff.
Brought in
by the Man. His eye saw quality pieces of turned wood and he was right. Only I
didn’t have faith in finding a crafter who’d reuse them and left them in my
storage for years. Once listed nothing happened for a long time, but when that
one bid came it was good and the guy was thrilled.
After that
we had only car boot sales where I’ve never sold any paintings so I left them
at home. Listed them in September just for fun. The portraits as a set and the
others separately. And then there was an
email in October… Lady named an amount for the whole set that was not a street sale price. The wrapping up for shipping was a bit of a hassle but worth it.
Last, late
December finally someone showed serious interest in this pile of 41 English
books, that I listed as a lot just to get rid of. Books are hard to sell on
line but I hate the dragging to markets and even there it’s always just a few
at a time. I was ready to let them go for any price but wrote in my text that I
would prefer pick up. Payment came from a welfare society and the man paid
three times what I asked to cover the trouble of shipping and dragging the 9
kilo box to the shop. Nice!
These three
sales were good for a grand total of EUR 54. Maybe not so impressive, but for
me that’s good. The new year started off well with two sales at the door yesterday
and two payments in the pipeline for shipping out on Monday.
By the way,
yesterday I found my baby tree. Happy 2016!
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