Well in the first steps of my move, also known as Operation Goat, (why on earth is it called operation goat?! well, originally i was planning on moving to a place where there was lots pastures, shepherds, and um, goats. However, I’ve since decided that was a very silly idea, and I’m not going anywhere near there… so anyway), and put everything I’ve had in storage up for auction on TradeMe. Now, if you live outside of New Zealand, you’ll probably never have heard of TradeMe (think eBay, but with nicer graphics), but it’s big here, in fact it accounts for 60% of the entire country of New Zealand’s Internet traffic and is banned/blocked in many workplaces.
My friend Stoo happens to work for TradeMe and on his advice I’ve put everything up on $1 reserve (€0.50). The logic behind this is people are more likely to bid on $1 reserve auctions, and once you’ve bid on something there’s more commitment to try to win the auction. This hopefully will mean, if there’s two or more bidders the price will escalate quite quickly. Of course, this is just the theory and I’m waiting with bated breath to see the final result.
The reason for the clean out, apart from my eventual move, is my mum is moving house at the end of the year and she is cleaning out the cupboards/spare room/basement beforehand. All of us have to go through our junk and either throw it out or move it before then. Granted that most the stuff I’m selling I’ve haven’t looked at in years, so it’s not really of great concern what the auctions close for—though more money is always better, lol.
Physiologically though, the sorting through everything—old school/university stuff and other clutter that seems to accumulate over the years—and throwing the bulk of it out, was kind of like putting the past behind me and moving on so to speak. I’m looking forward to a fresh start and the new challenges of the coming year, and this was a good step in that direction.
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