Warmish and moist. Real moist. The national map has us on the edge of an area of possible T storms. That’s gonna depend on who wins the Gulf vs continental weather pattern war. It is probably why it’s so hard to predict our weather. Move that edge 10-20 miles and you hit us or miss us. Mid 70sF at least, and probably hotter. And moist.
Did some auction stuff in the morning yesterday and some domestic bliss but not much of either. Then I went out and did my pickups.
Two of my auctioneers are going through some changes. One, with 12 years in the resale business, sent out email this week calling it quits. She’s not even doing one last auction. She’ll be “focusing on other things”. The other is based in The Woodlands, and had opened a second office closer to me. They are closing that office and no longer doing auctions there. They will wholesale pallets of product out of that warehouse, but they cut all but one employee. I can’t remember when they opened the office, sometime in the last year.
Small players come and go, but the bigger boys have been a more constant presence. Looks like going for some geographical diversity hasn’t worked out. This will make three in the last few months that closed their second office, and I think one of them is shaky even at their first location.
As an auction reseller, you make your money when you buy the items. If you don’t buy the right items, and at the right (cheapest) price, you will not survive no matter how many you sell. Getting the good stuff cheap is harder than it looks, and it’s very easy to lie to yourself and overspend.
I want choices and lots to bid on, so I can add to my stacks cheaply. It’s been a great way to buy tons of stuff from generators to fuel cans, solar panels to inverters, food, tools, woodburning stoves, cleaning supplies, medical supplies and equipment, pretty much anything a prepper might need.
I’ll keep stacking, but it might cost more….
Today I definitely need to do some office stuff. And the office clean up continues. Found a computer. Found some laptops. Found some test equipment. Found more sewing supplies than I thought I had. It’s way overdue and I hate doing it, but there are rewards.
Stack while you can. But also manage your stacks.
nick