Travelling On

redofromstart

Scrimpess, many years ago I worked in, and bought stock for, a second hand book shop. We used to pay a third of what we thought we could sell it for. What we could sell it for wasn't the 'list' value, it was the price where a dealer would buy it complete with his mark up. My advice would always be specialist auction with a reserve, and that's what I will do when I finally sell my small collection of pension books. I rarely needed to look up the market value of my specialist area, but I also knew just what we could hope to sell them quickly for, and the mismatch between the two was sometimes painful.

I read some Bronte in first edition (The Professor) which we bought in a mixed box sale. I couldn't afford to buy them, even with my staff discount but it was a joy to have held them, and to have lovingly cleaned them to preserve their future.

Apologies for highjacking Karmacat, I often read your diary but rarely post.

Karmacat

Cheery_Daff wrote: »

TV licences people are SO vexing - it's like they just can't believe people don't watch TV. Be prepared for them to NEVER believe you!

greenbee wrote: »

I didn't have any problems with them. Just a letter every so often asking to confirm I still hadn't bought a TV. I finally got a licence when you needed one to watch BBC on demand, although if they did pay-per-view it would probably work out cheaper for me!

I've had a break before, and didn't have any problems, but they've been incredibly nit picky this time, email after email, asking one question per email. Tiresome!

redofromstart wrote: »

Scrimpess, many years ago I worked in, and bought stock for, a second hand book shop. We used to pay a third of what we thought we could sell it for. What we could sell it for wasn't the 'list' value, it was the price where a dealer would buy it complete with his mark up. My advice would always be specialist auction with a reserve, and that's what I will do when I finally sell my small collection of pension books. I rarely needed to look up the market value of my specialist area, but I also knew just what we could hope to sell them quickly for, and the mismatch between the two was sometimes painful.

I read some Bronte in first edition (The Professor) which we bought in a mixed box sale. I couldn't afford to buy them, even with my staff discount but it was a joy to have held them, and to have lovingly cleaned them to preserve their future.

Apologies for highjacking Karmacat, I often read your diary but rarely post.

Hiya redo! Not a hijack, no way, thank you for posting - selling valuable stuff is absolutely what I want to see posts on, at the moment :rotfl: and even if it wasn't, posting is always a happy thing

Right, specialist auctions. Online, I'm seeing achieved prices of several records at £40-£60 or so. So I'd probably get a third, hope for a half Hmmm. It's not going to be as good as that book we sold! I've done the spreadsheet now, and I already have photos of the central "island" of each record, so I'll send out a few emails, I think, focussing on the auctions.

But fancy holding a first edition Bronte .... that's really something.

Karmacat

Morning dear me, I was awake early, and couldn't really get back to sleep. Coffee is a good thing. Little bit of clearing in the garden (brambles growing over nettles, ooh, not good) then a bit of a walk and off to the horticultural society autumn show. Hopefully I'll renew acquaintances I made last week, and I'll take my chequebook to rejoin. Hadn't used my chequebook so much in years as the last few years: sharing holiday costs with my sister (no online banking), U3A and the horticultural lot, none of whom can cope with direct payments. A bit surreal, really, but there we go. Hope everyone has a good weekend.

teapot2

Enjoy your day and the horticultural show . Your mention of cheques made me smile, I had a new client a few years ago and we were discussing payment methods. I mentioned a cheque as one possiblity and felt very old when I was told 'I've never written a cheque in my life' :rotfl:

rtandon27

The other day, one of my lovely colleagues asked if she could give me a cheque for money owed for a lunch I'd paid for...

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

I had to hold my mirth in & remind her that the deal when I use my credit card is always "transfer your share to my account"...

...then I patiently explained that I lived in the middle of nowhere & my 'local' bank branch, a 1 hour round trip from home, had recently shut...

...the branch closest to work meant I'd spend my whole lunch break queuing...

...so a cheque for me was not worth the amount written on it! as both my time and petrol for our car cost more than the lunch was worth!

It's funny to ponder how over the years MSE community has taught me to question how both my time & money are spent!

PS - I'd be hard pressed to even find my cheque book if I ever needed to use it :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Karmacat

Oh wow, RT! That's very interesting! I must say, I was gobsmacked when these little local organisations wanted cheques from me - I understand the issue of bank charges, but there must be a way round it - community banks, paypal personal, something! When I'm free and clear of the gardening focus, I might well look at that.


Stopping for an early lunch now, then I'm off I'm also cowering away from the kitchen window because the robin's discovered something tasty, and me being at the window disturbs him!

beanielou

Have a good day

Karmacat

Morning all! Yep, yesterday was good, thanks - popped in to the horticultural show, admired what people had done, and walked to the countryside-end of the village, there's quite a steep river valley along the whole north side, it was lovely. There's even a homesteader type place there - I saw goats and chickens in home made enclosures, put it that way

The evening ended badly I stubbed my toe while trying to rid myself of an invader plus completely poisoned myself with adrenaline .. so it goes, I guess. But the fatigue didn't get me after walking like that yesterday, so I'll count that as a win anyway.

Today ... yet more garden work, I won't be able to do anything for the next few days, as I have a little day-operation thing on cysts on my back - had it done before, I was told not to put both hands out in full at the same time! Pulls the stitches. I know nothing is malignant, so the big deal is that I can't do my navvying
ETA - got another voucher from SB - I focussed on it more than I wanted to this week, because of getting another voucher just before the latest promotion started. Nice and easy next week.

teapot2

Hope the gardening goes ok, good that you have energy after your walk yesterday.

rtandon27

:T Well done on another voucher! :T - you are doing so well with SB - I'm always amazed how much you glean from them

How is the new stick blender BTW?

On the subject of rewards points, I'm due a small voucher from a mail survey! - easiest 5 pounds ever - less than a minute a day for two weeks telling them how much mail I've received (or not).

Am loving that I can now request an electronic voucher rather than have to wait for a paper one in the post! ...and of course the inevitable chasing up with it's gone 'missing'... I'm a big fan of instant vouncher transactions!:D Will get it in the form of an @m@z0n e-voucher.

Also discovered recently that I can use my uk account to order from any @m@z0n shop around the world - so was able to purchase directly from across the pond & send B-day pressies to mom & sis without having them held up by customs & the postal service! They were both thrilled as there was so much choice, that I was able to get them exactly what they wanted! - even had everything gift-wrapped for pittance which is not allowed when sending from here as customs invariably slits the wrapping open and leaves it in a state so no point in bothering!:D