Lately I have been a bit apathetic. So I need a challenge. I will be going on vacation in two weeks, so I will have to set my starting date at today, June 30th and end date at July 13th.
My first goals, which have been on my to-do list for quite some time, but have been ignored there:
- Post some of my wedding photo's on the Norwegian variant of Graig's list to sell my wedding dress. It was not a real wedding dress, but an evening gown. Only worn once.
- Take a picture of a bodice that my DH bought for me, but that I don't want to wear. Has been unused in my drawer for 10 years.
- Throw away an electric device in my bedroom that isn't in use. Problem is that I cannot deliver old electronics anywhere near where I live. I WILL find a solution in the next 2 weeks.
- Lower the price on a time trial cycle helmet that I already have out for sale. No reactions so far.
Things have happened. My unused bodice/corsett and g-string have been for sale now for a week or so. I have described it in another thread, but something else happened today as well.
I had photographed the corset lying flat on the terrace. First thing that happened was that I got a text message from a person with a girl's name. Very misspelled (wrong autocorrection on phone) and not referring to any advertisement, asking me to put it on a doll so she would be able to see it better. After a while I figured out that it might be about this advertisement with corset. I sent a message back to double check that it was about the add and that I didn't have a doll, but would try to improvise some picture. She answered that I could perhaps put it on my body. I did so and surprisingly, I fit into it. I took some pictures with the auto-release on the camera, but it was on autofocus. I had to stand close to press the button and step back for the picture. So the pics were not very sharp. That actually fit me well. I cut out the part of the picture that covered the corset, put it on the add and sent the girl a message that is was there.
Next morning I got an email from a guy named Karim, who said he didn't want to buy anything, but wanted to compliment me on looking really good in the corset, showing nice curves. That I had a great looking body. As that was not my intention. I removed the picture van de add again.
This morning, on my way out of the door, I got a phone call from a Swedish man. He said he called the the add and that I has a very good price on this corset. He wanted to buy it, and transfer a much higher sum, so that it would cover sending. Fine for me. Then he asked if I had more underwear that I wanted to sell. I said "I have more underwear that I don't use, but that is all used". Then he said that he also bought used underwear. WHF? What is he intending to do with my used underwear??? I just said I didn't have anything more and ended the call. On my way to work I started imagining this guy running some trafficking business and needed to buy nice underwear for his girls, working as slaves.
At work I asked my male colleague who I share an office with that the hell a Swedish man could want to do with my used underwear? He laughed and said it was probably just a fetish. There is apparently a market for man who like to sniff used ladies undergarments. :-D He thought that was much more likely than my trafficking theory. I still think that is quite turning me off, but I don't it as much as my first theory. Of course I have no business with what he is going to do with it.
Now I might actually have another bodice left, only very little used. When I come home late on Monday, I will look for it and ask the guy if he wants to buy that as well. Should be worth a good sum.
Who had thought I could be earning money on selling used underwear???
I have taken pictures of my non-electronic wedding pictures. But I still don't want to sell it now a week before going on vacation.
The cycle helmet is still not sold, even with lower price. So I'll put it up for sale again after the summer, for a bargain price. And maybe also on a local facebook selling group (different sales channel).
Electronic waste will need to wait.