Sunday, September 24, 2006
Why I am like a Sim
If you haven't played The Sims, you might not know that they have to get jobs and eat and maintain their houses and stuff, like us reality-based folks do. But they have a monetary advantage--if they are out of money and need to buy food or pay the maid (and you BETTER pay the maid!), they can just sell a chair or light fixture or something to tide them over until they get paid again.
I am like a Sim because, while I can't yank the lights off my ceiling, all I have to do is look around my house to find something to sell online! Last week I unearthed a box of old manuals for the Apple IIgs. Listed some of the books on Amazon--cha-CHING, 25 bucks the next morning. Put all the rest up on eBay--one week later, $87!
It doesn't ALWAYS work out that well, no. But then, if it did, it wouldn't be so fun when it happens!
Another part of the fun is, sometimes, writing the descriptions. This auction for a 1961 booklet from Beltx on how to deal with Periods is one I let myself run wild on. It's all still HERE if you want to take a look.
In case you are in the shopping mood, this week we have a whole lot of different auctions of cross-stitch or embroidery picture kits, various books and book lots, some airplane stuff from the 80s, a Santa Fe Railroad coffee thermos, a 1953 prayer card, and a batch of Green Stamps. Yes, people buy those. No, no light fixtures this week.
I am like a Sim because, while I can't yank the lights off my ceiling, all I have to do is look around my house to find something to sell online! Last week I unearthed a box of old manuals for the Apple IIgs. Listed some of the books on Amazon--cha-CHING, 25 bucks the next morning. Put all the rest up on eBay--one week later, $87!
It doesn't ALWAYS work out that well, no. But then, if it did, it wouldn't be so fun when it happens!
Another part of the fun is, sometimes, writing the descriptions. This auction for a 1961 booklet from Beltx on how to deal with Periods is one I let myself run wild on. It's all still HERE if you want to take a look.
In case you are in the shopping mood, this week we have a whole lot of different auctions of cross-stitch or embroidery picture kits, various books and book lots, some airplane stuff from the 80s, a Santa Fe Railroad coffee thermos, a 1953 prayer card, and a batch of Green Stamps. Yes, people buy those. No, no light fixtures this week.
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