More Big, Scary Fun travel plans

[vanillafluffy]

I've been mulling over the feasibility of my proposed trip this summer...namely, the money issue. Travel expenses look like they'd be in the neighborhood of $1K, and that doesn't allow much for sightseeing, shopping and souvenirs. That's a pretty hefty chunk of change.

Then the "two birds with one hunk of rock" principle kicked in, and I thought,

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[pwcorgigirl]

Parting with junk was how I managed to buy the $700 washing machine a few years ago. I sold to eDish a big set of Christmas Spode dishes I never used and then had a huge yardsale at which I off-loaded lots of my gran's crocheted items and about 400 record albums.

Lest anyone think I'm ruthless, my gran crocheted constantly for decades, and I had enough bedspreads, doilies and table runners to outfit the town. I kept only my favorites. I needed the low-energy, ultra-quiet washer a lot more than the junk.

[vanillafluffy]

I have a boatload of books, and a lot of miscellany that can most charitably be called collectables. I sold my mom's Noritake china to a friend a couple years ago---didn't get anywhere near its value, but at least it's not taking up house room. (Hell, it's not like I'm going to have kids to pass it down to!)

I think it'll probably be enlightening, seeing what people will pay for random stuff....

[pwcorgigirl]

You would be amazed at what people will buy. My husband sold part of his guitar collection (so he could go buy more) and eventually deduced that a couple of clear photos and a lucid, well-written description make all the difference in the world. One of his sales was of a nice but not remarkable acoustic guitar given to us by a friend after her husband, who had owned it, died. It had a lovely tone but wasn't collectiable. The description included a short paragraph on what type of music the original owner had preferred to play on the guitar, and that's what sold it! It brought twice what he'd expected to make on it.

The same thing happened when we sold an Hermes scarf that had been a gift from a friend of a friend. The description sold it at twice what we'd expected.

So there's gold in them thar writin' skills!