Today was the big day of our garage sale. A chance for us to sell some of those little items that aren't worth putting on TradeMe and see if we can make a few extra bucks for the big move to Oz.
Well, we exceeded our expectations and sold just about everything we had out for sale. Right from when we opened at 7am, we had a steady flow of people through. At one point there where about 15 people milling around our tiny little garage foraging for deals. After we added it all up at the end, we made just on $400. Not a bad effort for a mornings work and a nice little bonus to help us get to Oz and make a start.
As a result of today, we have also sold our coffee table, couches, beside tables and probably the fridge. Lois has put her name on the bedside tables and young couple have snapped up the rest of the stuff. The lady was looking through a box of clothes and heard that we were moving to Oz and she said "so does that mean you have house stuff to sell too? Do you have couches? Do you have a coffee table?". Of course we said yes and showed her and her partner the goods and they were stoked. We have swapped details so hopefully that will save us a job just before we go!
Classic moment from today: One guy was looking at a pair of trousers and wanted to see if they fitted. So, rather than asking if there was somewhere he could try them on, he just dropped his daks in the middle of the garage and all the other people! What a legend.
Mrs B and I have booked ourselves a quiet night tonight after all the busyness of the week and garage sale prep. Gonna have the Kimbers for lunch tomorrow as they are moving to Opotiki.
Came across a great selection of student radio stations online the other day. Get all the special goodness here: www.listenlive.co.nz . My favourites are Free FM and BackBeat.
Bang thy head!
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