10.22.2011

True Customer Tales: Forty Dollars on Ebay!

First customer of the day roulette, selling stuff edition.

He had a couple of things we could use and one well-worn copy of one of Updike's Rabbit books.  An okay seller, but he wanted cash so I passed.

"You don't want this one?  But it's $40 on Ebay!"

"Sounds like Ebay is the place to sell it, then."

I'm sure if I poked around I could find a copy for $40, or $75, or $500.
But a regular old beat up copy, even if it's a 1st edition, is $5-7 on the shelf.

The cash for the stuff I did buy made a fine compress for his bruised expectations and everyone walked away happy.

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