I hate having yard sales.

But I do like making money off my junk that I don’t want anymore. Trade-offs. I did manage to make a little money. Sold most everything but 2 boxes of stuff, and some books and VHS tapes that will be donated to the library. So I made out pretty well.

It’s amusing the people who frequent yard sales. Older ladies who you know have some money, but would much rather bargain you down to next to nothing for everything. Moms (who had nothing to buy from me since I don’t have kids). Trashy people who wander around mid-day in pajama pants, stained over-sized t-shirts and Crocs, looking (and smelling) like they haven’t showered in weeks. I met a lot of my neighbors, but of course they say things like “I live over there”, and point off in some direction. So I have no idea where they live. Some had stories to tell of the man who lived in my house before me. The elderly lady next door (who I had never seen in the YEAR I’ve lived here) was quite sweet.

The bargain ladies were at my sale Saturday morning BEFORE my advertised hours, as I was setting up. And they were already trying to get lower prices. If you’re going to do that, wait until I’m about to pack up for the day and I’m looking to get rid of things for cheap. Not when I just set up am STILL setting up, and have hope that I might get my asking prices.

I am SO happy I got rid of the piles of stuff I had in my living room, waiting to go out in the yard sale. I still have my desk that I was trying to sell, but my mum is planning to take that next week. I found a new glass and metal desk (no more particle board in my life!) that I want from Best Buy, but they don’t have it in stock. And, ridiculously, you cannot order it online and have it shipped to the store and go pick it up (to avoid shipping costs). They only let you do that if the store you want to pick it up from already has it in stock… so why would you even order it online? Ridiculous. I will be checking their availability this week. They had better assist me in some way to order the item I want. That is piss-poor customer service if I have to call them every day to try to get a fucking desk. I tried finding a similar desk from another store, but what they had cost more than the one I really want from Best Buy. So here’s hoping. Right now my desktop computer is sitting on a card table. But I had it on the floor for like a week now, so I guess the card table is a step up. I want a new desk!

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