Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Souvenirs
It wasn't until the afternoon that I really got going today.
A couple of weeks ago I had bought some crested china from somebody who came into Pilgrims, along with some brooches.
Some sell well and others not; what is needed is an unusual object, a place that is not visited by tourists and for it to be manufactured by William Goss.
None of mine is Goss and not all are very unusual shapes
and some are from seaside resorts.
I decided that EBay was the best place for them - the chances of somebody coming into the Dorking shop wanting a crested vase from Marlow in Buckinghamshire are quite small. At least people from Marlow will be looking on EBay.
There were 9 pieces to describe.
This is the one that has a bid already.
I also had some things finishing on EBay this afternoon.
Most sold this time - and for some of them it was their 4th attempt!
The 4 books describing aspects of Brighton history were there for the 4th time. The buyer lives in Horsham and has already been over to pick them up. He particularly is looking for this series of books and was quite sad that he had missed "some others that I had sold in January". Well there were others - plus the 4 he bought today. If there are things you want, then it is a good idea to have a look at least once a week.
This evening we did some shopping. My aim is to get to Asda at the right moment when the reductions are being much further reduced. On the whole we missed that moment today. I must ask our neighbour, Lisa, who works in Asda, when the best time would be. I bought a pack of leeks and potatoes for soup for 20p and a portion of thick beef stock for the same price.
But despite missing the real bargains, we found it a pleasant time to shop with not too many people about.
A couple of weeks ago I had bought some crested china from somebody who came into Pilgrims, along with some brooches.
Some sell well and others not; what is needed is an unusual object, a place that is not visited by tourists and for it to be manufactured by William Goss.
None of mine is Goss and not all are very unusual shapes
and some are from seaside resorts.
I decided that EBay was the best place for them - the chances of somebody coming into the Dorking shop wanting a crested vase from Marlow in Buckinghamshire are quite small. At least people from Marlow will be looking on EBay.
There were 9 pieces to describe.
This is the one that has a bid already.
I also had some things finishing on EBay this afternoon.
Most sold this time - and for some of them it was their 4th attempt!
The 4 books describing aspects of Brighton history were there for the 4th time. The buyer lives in Horsham and has already been over to pick them up. He particularly is looking for this series of books and was quite sad that he had missed "some others that I had sold in January". Well there were others - plus the 4 he bought today. If there are things you want, then it is a good idea to have a look at least once a week.
This evening we did some shopping. My aim is to get to Asda at the right moment when the reductions are being much further reduced. On the whole we missed that moment today. I must ask our neighbour, Lisa, who works in Asda, when the best time would be. I bought a pack of leeks and potatoes for soup for 20p and a portion of thick beef stock for the same price.
But despite missing the real bargains, we found it a pleasant time to shop with not too many people about.
