Miscellany: Out with the old...

It's rotation time here at Shangrila Towers - time to auction up all the old games and knickknacks in order to get some cold hard cash (which will probably fund further games and knickknacks, but I digress). Selling things via the Web, whether it's eBay or Craigslist, can be a time-consuming process, but it's better than letting stuff pile up.

One big part of being successful in online sales is describing your item. The majority of descriptions on these sites are either boilerplate from a reference catalog or the barely-coherent ramblings of teenagers, so something with some flair will stand out to any potential buyers.

In these descriptions, I tend to give things a personal slant, so people know they're not reading some computer-generated advertising copy. Additionally, unique photos of your item (not the stuff you pull off of the manufacturer's website, but a photo that you take yourself) show people exactly what they're getting, which can stimulate sales.

In the old days, people'd have a garage sale, but that'd require me to have access to an empty garage.