Trade #9-a

Say hello to Cathy.  No, on second thought, don't bother.  She can't hear you, and not just because she's not really on your computer... it's because she's too busy enjoying her new ipod.

Cathy has been wanting an ipod for years, and when she saw my ad on craisglist, she emailed me right away.  I had been asking for trades or cash, as you remember, and Cathy offered cash.  Eventually we agreed to a price of $110, plus she'd come to my location to pick it up.  That was a nice deal since for the first time I didn't have to waste time and gas for this 'trade'.

One of the obstacles I'm now dealing with is having my trades split into 4 units.  If all goes swimmingly, I'll sell the other 3 items for cash soon and take the whole wad & buy something nice.  If all I can do is tread water, it'll take a long time to sell them or I won't get much for them or I'll only be able to make trades for like-valued items.  And if I drown completely, I'll make no trades and no sales and I'll be stuck with $110 and 3 items I don't really want for myself (although the gaming chair is pretty cool and I can think of several people I'd enjoy pelting with my paintball gun).

Good news is I've already had several inquires on all 3 of the other items, including an offer of cash for the gaming chair.  Bad news is that that particular offer was too low for my liking and the other two inquiries have not panned out yet. 

In the meantime, I have $110 burning a small hole in my pocket.  Could think of a bill or two I'd love to pay with it, but that's something I refuse to do... no, any cash I make off a paperclip-traded item must be put back into the purchase of another item which will bring me one step closer to my wife's new bakery.

More later.  In the meantime... you know the drill... check out her cakes and add a comment if you like.