Don't Be Greedy Continuation

I just realized that I did not finish my account of buying eight storage units. First off, these storage units were about an eight hour drive from my house and we only had two pickup trucks with us. Eight storage units will fill two trucks, a 20' trailer AND the largest U-haul truck you can rent.

In order to get everything packed in the vehicles, we were unable to keep the units separate and we did not think to mark the boxes with identifying marks. Therefore, when we got home and started sorting through all the stuff, we could not throw anything away that appeared to have a missing part because we did not know if that part would show up later in another box. It only took a year to to sort through and sell the stuff.

The main lesson I learned... Never buy that many units at one time. The "fun" of the project quickly is gone and it becomes plain WORK!



Sharon

treasures2yourdoor

Roofing Specialists

 

A Little More About Rocks

Now if you find yourself with a big bunch of rocks, don't be in hurry to sell them to the first person with $100. They may be getting a really good deal. Did you realize that some people pay good money for rocks -- especially if they are all catagorized, clean, and in some cases shiny.

The person who purchased the storage unit that was full of rocks learned lots of lessons on that one. He sold the rocks too cheaply not realizing that they did have value. Then he had an adventure with the box that he accidently kept. It was a box of geodes - sort of pretty. So he thought he would see if he could sell them at the flea market. This is how he related the story...

I was sitting in my booth during a lull in business. A woman walked up to me and demanded to know where I had gotten the geodes I was selling. She was rather rude and bossy acting. I asked, "Why do you want to know that?"

"Because these look like MY geodes and I want to know where you got them!"

"What do you mean 'your' geodes?"

"Someone broke into my house a few months ago and stole my rock collection. It was worth thousands of dollars. These geodes look like the ones I had. WHERE DID YOU GET THEM?"

"I bought them at an auction in a town about 2 1/2 hours from here."

"Oh, then, they are probably aren't mine. Sorry to have bothered you."

My friend now wonders if perhaps he did sell a stolen rock colletion worth thousands of dollars for a measley $100!