01 a 08
Kupita, Kupita ... Oops!
Zochitika zachigawenga: Galleryshend Auction Gallery ili pa Route 30 kum'mwera kwa Vermont, mphindi 15 kumpoto kwa Brattleboro ndi maola awiri kuchokera ku Boston, Hartford kapena Albany. © 2010 Kim Knox Beckius Mmodzi wabwino May, ndinabwerera ku chipinda changa chokongoletsa ku Windham Hill Inn ku West Townshend, Vermont, ndipo ndinayika izi:
Kim Knox Beckius adzakhala pambali yolakwika ya banja "amene ali ndi" equation "kwa nthawi yayitali pambuyo pa zomwe anachita lero.
Ndipotu, anzanga nthawi yomweyo ankafuna kudziwa zambiri zokhudza zolakwa zanga. Kwa nthawi yoyamba mu ntchito yanga yazaka 13 monga wolemba maulendo, ndinafunika kuti mwamuna wanga abwere kudzandipulumutsa. Ayi, sindinaphonye galimoto yanga kapena kutaya gasi. Ayi, thumba langa silinabidwe. Ayi, sindinagwidwe ndi imfa.
Zikanakhala kuti ine sindinaganize kupita ku nkhokwe yotchedwa Vermont yogulitsa malo angapange nkhani yabwino! Zikanakhala kuti ine sindinakule nambala yanga yochuluka kwambiri. Ndikadakhala kuti sindinayambe kuona kuti chifuwa chajambulacho chinkayang'ana patsogolo pa khamulo ku Townshend Auction Gallery ikungowonjezera mosavuta mkatikatikati mwa malo anga ozungulira.
02 a 08
Wolemba Maluso
Ayi, uyu si mwamuna wanga akufuulira kwa ine chifukwa chogulitsa malonda. Ndichosungira zithunzi za Townshend Auctioneer HK "Kit" Martin, yemwe ndimatsutsa kuti anditsogolere !. © 2010 Kim Knox Beckius Monga momwe mwakhalira kale mukuganiza, chifuwa cha zojambula zomwe ndadapindula mosakayikira mu nkhondo-yochepa chabe sizinayandikire pafupi ndi galimoto yanga. Ndipo, panthawi yochepa, nkhani yanga inasintha kuchoka poyang'ana kusangalatsa kwa kuyang'ana malonda okhutira ndi kutenga zidole zing'onozing'ono kuti: Osati kukhala adiresi ngati ine pamene uli pa ola limodzi maola awiri kuchokera kunyumba.
"Ndi njira yotani yomwe mungagwirire ntchito yanu!" Wokondedwa wanga About.com.com, Linda Garrison, akulembera pa Facebook pofuna kunditonthoza. Zowona: Winawake ayenera kulakwitsa pamsewu kuti muphunzire momwe mungapewere. Ndikuyembekeza kuti nsonga zomwe zili muzithunzi izi zidzakuthandizani kupeza zovuta zomwe mukuchita ku Galleryshend Auction Gallery ... popanda kuwongolera tawonani kwa mnzanuyo.
03 a 08
Phunziro 1: Onetsetsani Zotsatsa Zotsatsa, Ndipo Ingolembani Ngati Mukukonzekera
Msika wa Loweruka umene ndinapita ku Townshend Auction Gallery ku Townshend, VT, unayamba ndi zida zogulitsa kunja, zomwe zinakopa khamu la anthu. © 2010 Kim Knox Beckius Pamene ndinafika kudziko lino nkhokwe yosungirako minda ku Townshend, Vermont, Loweruka m'mawa, zida zogulitsa kunja zinali kale. Panali ogula ambiri ogwira ntchito, ndipo ndinalibe chidwi ndi zida, kotero zinali zophweka kuti ndisatengeke m'ndandanda.
Ndondomeko yanga inali makamaka kusunga ndi kuwona mitengo yomwe ilipo yotsatsa malonda. Sindikudziwa kanthu ka antiques, koma nthawi zonse ndimakonda kugulitsa zinthu, ndipo ndinaganiza kuti izi zidzakhala mwayi wophunzira zogula katundu wogulitsira, popeza ine ndi mwamuna wanga tinali kugula nyumba yomanga nyumba 1880.
Cholakwika choyamba chimene ndinapanga: kulembetsa nambala yotsatsa. Ndinkafuna kukhala wokonzeka ngati ndingagule, koma mukangokhala ndi malo ogulitsira mmanja mwanu, muli pamtunda wovuta!
04 a 08
Chidziwitso chachiwiri: Yesetsani kuwonetsetsa kwa Auction
Kuwonetserako kwa malonda ndi mwayi wanu wabwino kuti muyang'ane bwino momwe zinthu zilili ndi zinthu zina zogulitsa. Yang'anani zinthu zosangalatsa mosamala ngati mukufuna kupeŵa kukhumudwa. © 2010 Kim Knox Beckius Galimoto ya Vermont ya Townshend Auction nthawi zambiri imagwiritsa ntchito mawonetsero otsatsa malonda pa Lachisanu madzulo asanagulitsidwe ndi m'mawa kwambiri madzulo asanafike Loweruka. Chifukwa ndimadya nthawi ya kadzutsa ku Windham Hill Inn ... ndipo ndakhala ndikuyang'ana mndandanda kunja kwachitsulo ... Ndinangokhala ndi mwayi pang'ono kuti ndikuwonereni zinthu zomwe zingakhale zotsatsa.
Sindinayambe ndayang'anapo pachifuwa chajambula chomwe ndinagula. Ngati ndikanakhala wanzeru, kuti sindinayambe kufufuza chidutswacho, kapena kuyesa kukula kwake, ziyenera kuti zinandipangitsa kuti ndizengereze kuyesa. Nthawi yotsatira ndikapita kukagulitsa, ndithudi ndidzabweretsa tepi.
05 a 08
Mfundo 3: Dziwani zomwe Mukugula
Kodi njirayi ndi yotani? Ndipo ndikofunika bwanji? Ngati ndikanadziwa! © 2010 Kim Knox Beckius Chinthu chimodzi chimene ndachiwona panthawi yoyang'anira malonda ndicho chodabwitsa cha matabwa pakati pa chithunzichi. Sindinadziwe kuti inali kranberry yakale mpaka Kit Martin atalengeza chinthucho ndikuyamba kuyitanitsa. Ndikadakhala ndi chidwi chokhala ndi malo achilendowa a New England, koma anagulitsa $ 125 (kuphatikizapo 15% yogula premium), yomwe inkawoneka yokongola kwambiri. Fufuzani "kranberry kaleti" pa intaneti, komabe, ndipo mudzadabwa kuona mtengo wa zida izi zosawerengeka kuyambira kale zingathe kulamulira: wogulitsa mmodzi wamatsenga omwe ali ndi granberry pamtengo wa $ 1,250.00!
Kotero, ine ndichita ntchito yowonjezera yambiri asanapite ku yina yogulitsa. Chotsatira chimodzi cha nyumba ya nsombayi kumalo a kumwera kwa Vermont: Sindinatumikire pa smartphone yanga ya Verizon, kotero sindinathe kufufuza zinthu pamtunda kuti ndipeze mtengo wokwanira.
06 ya 08
Phunziro 4: Pitirizani Kukhumudwa Kwambiri
Otsatsa malonda omwe amadziwika nawo amabweretsa mipikisano ya mipando yokhala ndi zitsulo mkati mwa Galleryshend Auction Gallery. Pa Meyi Loweruka, komabe nyumba zambiri zogulitsa nsomba zinali zosowa. Gulu la anthu omwe anali ndi chidwi choposa zodzaza mipando imeneyi. © 2010 Kim Knox Beckius "Ndikufunika kwambiri kugulitsa lero. Ndili ndi zambiri zoti ndigulitse," Martin anayamba, koma pamene mabanki sakanatha kukwera, iye anadandaula kuti: "Ndi tsiku la wogula, ndithudi." Malingaliro ake owonjezereka kwambiri omwe anali ochulukirapo anali osatsutsika kwambiri kuti asagwere pansi:
"Ndilo mbale ya dola zana pa ndalama 10!"
"Kodi pali chilichonse pano chomwe aliyense akufuna? Zambiri, chifukwa ndikupita kukawedza."
"Tangotenga zinthu izi ku Boston.
"Iwe sungakhoze ngakhale kupereka zinthu kutali. Ine ndikudabwa."
"Palibe ogulitsa ma antiques kuno lero. Kodi palibe wina pano: anthu okha omwe alibe banja lokacheza!"
Ndikadapeza kuti banteryi ikunyoza, koma mmalo mwake, ndimamverera chifundo: kumverera koopsa pamsika! Ndipo zina mwa zolembera zomwe zinali kubwera zinkaoneka ngati zodabwitsa. Pamene chophika chachitsulo chosungunuka chachitsulo chomwe chinapangidwa ku Troy, ku New York, chinagulitsidwa madola 35, Martin anadandaula kuti: "Ndilo chophimba cha $ 300 paliponse m'dzikolo."
07 a 08
Phunziro 5: Gwiritsani ntchito Zotsatsa
Mtsogoleri wa Hitchcock uyu anagulitsa $ 80 pamsika umene ndinapita nawo ku Townshend, Vermont. Zowoneka ngati mipando zikuwoneka kuti zikugulitsa pa eBay kawiri mtengo umenewo. © 2010 Kim Knox Beckius Mosiyana ndi nyumba zamagulitsidwe, zomwe zimapereka olemba ndi mndandandanda wa zopereka za tsikulo momwe adzalandidwira, Galimoto Yotsalira ya Townsnd inayendetsa mwachisawawa, ndipo izi zinapangitsa kuti zikhale zovuta kuyembekezera pamene zinthu zomwe zidagwidwa diso langa likanati liwonetsedwe ndi kulingalira momwe angathere.
Ndinali wojambula pamtengo wa Art & Crafts wogulitsidwa $ 50, bwalo lakale la Bar Harbor wanyamula $ 40, ndipo chithunzi chowotcha moto cha Victorian chinabweretsa ndalama 10 zokha. Ndinagula madola asanu onse pa bokosi lamoto ndikusiya $ 45 pamapiritsi awiri omwe anandigwira. Ndinadzithamangira pambuyo poti sindinapereke pa tebulo la mtengo wa oak ndi nsomba yomwe inagulitsidwa kwa $ 30 okha, koma ndinakondwera kuti ndinakwera pa $ 90 ndikulola wina wogulitsa kuti abwere kunyumba kunyumba yotentha ya bedi kwa $ 100. Awo, ndinaphunzira kenako, mungagule pang'ono pa eBay.
Zosungiramo malonda zimayenda mofulumira, ndipo palibe chitsimikiziro kuti simungadandaule ndi chisankho mobwerezabwereza. Koma, mukawona chinachake chomwe mumakonda-ndipo mtengo uli wolondola-musazengereze kugwira ntchitoyo.
Panali pafupifupi 1 koloko madzulo pamene wogulitsa wolemala Kit Martin anapempha kuti atsegule ndalama zokwana madola 50 pa chikhomo chojambula chomwe chinkawoneka chokongola patali. Ndinayendetsa pandeti yanga ngati chithandizo. Wotsutsa wina adalumphira, ndipo ndinali wotsimikiza kuti sindiyenera kudandaula kuti ndidutse ndi chidutswa. Ndikuitananso, ndikudandaula. Wotsutsa wina adatuluka. Ndipo ndi pamene mavuto anga okwatirana anayamba.
08 a 08
Zonse Ndizo Zabwino Zomwe Zimathera
Pa mbali yowala, ine ndiri ndi chinthu chodabwitsa: chovala cholimba cha matabwa chomwe chikukwanira bwino mu chipinda changa chodyera cha $ 65. Nthawi yotsatira, ine ndikutsimikiza kuti ndiyendetse SUV yathu ku Vermont. © 2010 Kim Knox Beckius Kotero, kodi mwamuna wanga anakwiya bwanji pokonzekera ulendo wopita ku Vermont Lamlungu mmawa? Ndipotu Bruce anachita bwino kwambiri. Iye ananditsimikizira kuti inali nthawi yambiri asanachite chinthu chofanana ndi minofu komanso ngakhale mphambu. Ndipo, ngakhale kuti adakonzekera kugwira ntchito, adandiuza kuti adamva kupweteka kwake panthawi yomwe adadutsa boma la Vermont.
Mwana wanga wamwamuna wazaka zisanu ndi ziwiri, amene amayenera kupita ndi bambo ake paulendowu, anasangalala kuti abwerere nane. Tinayima ku fakitale ya Grafton Village ndi sitolo ku Brattleboro, ndipo tinadutsa kuti tifotokoze milatho iwiri yomwe ili pafupi ndi Njira 30 kuphatikizapo imodzi yomwe inateteza tizilombo tosomba. Mtsikana wanga anati, "Bye-bye agulugufe: Sindidzaiwalika," tinati tasiya mtambo wofiira, ndipo ndinadziwa kuti ndikupeza ndalama zambiri.