Nice people thread 2 - now even nicer

lostinrates

re auctions: i remember my horror as a student at furniture auctions realising the big, beautiful wardrobes were being bought as firewood. That told me a lot about modern bedroom sizes!

Cleaver anything ''vintage'' can command silly prices. If you were closer you'fd be welcome to a rifle in our storage containers. So much I'm going to ''ruin'' with paint or gold leaf, or ..um...beg someone to take a way.

fc123

lostinrates wrote: »

re auctions: i remember my horror as a student at furniture auctions realising the big, beautiful wardrobes were being bought as firewood. That told me a lot about modern bedroom sizes!

Cleaver anything ''vintage'' can command silly prices. If you were closer you'fd be welcome to a rifle in our storage containers. So much I'm going to ''ruin'' with paint or gold leaf, or ..um...beg someone to take a way.

I saw Edwardian wardrobes go for £1 and the most amazing deco walnut bedroom set (that would have needed a huge bedroom to do it justice) go for about £80.
When we ere deciding what to do with the shop I researched turning it into a more interiors based shop that would have been more suited to tourists and would have worked well online.I was going to give up the clothes and make cushion covers and loads of other stuff out of old textiles etc. We did this years ago but with clothing.

As OH is a carpenter/joiner, we were going to buy the £1 wardrobes and turn them into storage boxes or storage benches, change the finish etc.

We nearly did it and I was booked to go to a second auction and was watching a bale of textile waste on Ebay when we were offered the online opportunity.
That took off so quickly, we abandoned the idea but White Stuff opened nearby and I think it would have worked too...very high margins.

I would love to do it some day but don't think it will ever happen as life has taken a different turn.

SingleSue

Wageslave - You have had me in fits of laughter at your listings, I just wish I had such a natural style.

It's brilliant!

wageslave

SingleSue wrote: »

Wageslave - You have had me in fits of laughter at your listings

I am guaranteed £1.98 so far.

I may ditch the day job:cool:

1984ReturnsForReal_2

wageslave wrote: »

I am guaranteed £1.98 so far.

I may ditch the day job:cool:

Postage 2 quid and I will post out by First Class Royal Mail when I receive payment.

Quid?????? :rotfl:

I thought you had class...

wageslave

1984ReturnsForReal wrote: »

Quid?????? :rotfl:

I thought you had class...

I am a pi key at heart honey:p

1984ReturnsForReal_2

wageslave wrote: »

I am a pi key at heart honey:p

I was thinking perhaps you had a missing number 3 on your keyboard.

My MIL family were gypsies..

LydiaJ

carolt wrote: »

Totally agree - it's dull as !!!! - but it's paying for my summer holiday.

Oh - and it does pay more than minimum wage, and all from the comfort of my own PC - but boy, is it dull.

Glad they've upped the rate of pay. I did it in 2001, when it was still all on paper. Huge piles of exam papers arrived by post and had to be posted back again. I guess making it all electronic has created cost savings that have meant they could pay more, as well as improving security. What subject do you teach? Good luck with it anyway.

SingleSue wrote: »

Wageslave - You have had me in fits of laughter at your listings, I just wish I had such a natural style.

It's brilliant!

Me too. Thanks wageslave.

StevieJ

StevieJ wrote: »

There are occasional times that I agree with the Anti BBC brigade, tonight is one of those times pitching Creek versus Frost

Apologies to the BBC and ITV, forgot about those fantastic services I-Player and ITV-player :T

carolt

LydiaJ wrote: »

Glad they've upped the rate of pay. I did it in 2001, when it was still all on paper. Huge piles of exam papers arrived by post and had to be posted back again. I guess making it all electronic has created cost savings that have meant they could pay more, as well as improving security. What subject do you teach? Good luck with it anyway.

I used to do the paper ones too - I've been doing it since 2001. Not continuously, and it used to be just twice a year (though I marked for different boards). Now they've upped the number of marking sessions, meaning I could do it almost as often as I want :eek:. Which is partly why I got a job - I think my brain would turn to goo out of extreme boredom.

The worst thing with the paper marking, other than the physical space it took up, was trying to stop my toddlers drawing on the papers ('helping'), as they all had to be returned to the exam boards, and potentialy the candidates if there was a query, I think. :rotfl:

The best/worst thing about doing it online (other than the aching eyes and suddenly realised need for a proper computer chair ) is the amont of distractions available at the touch of a key - like you lot.