Sunday, October 4, 2009

Like Craig's List -- but Better!

This is yet another attempt to explain the pleasure of yardsaling.

You know how fun it is to surf Craig's List or Ebay? You could (you do, you know it) spend hours clicking around, marveling at the many weird things people have for sale, wondering who these people are, where they got this stuff in the first place, and why they want to part with it.

Yardsaling is just like that! But yardsaling is a richer and more robust human experience. It includes all the joys of second-hand internet shopping plus:
  • fresh air,
  • coffee,
  • bake sales,
  • face-to-face interaction with weird, wonderful people,
  • erratic driving,
  • practice in the reading of maps,
  • exposure to various types of residential architecture,
  • occasional charitable giving if the sale is at a church or something,
  • instant shopping gratification,
  • no shipping costs,
  • and a constant quest for a clean public toilet.

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