Mercantilism

I’ve really had a go at tidying up cupboards, “misc” drawers and the loft storage this spring and summer, and I’m nearing the end here. It’s amazing how much stuff piles up after a decade or two… After pulling stuff out and deciding what I’m gonna keep, the rest have gone into four piles: Junk to throw away/recycle, usable but non-valuable things to give away (in various venues), and valuable things to sell. And it’s really the first time I’ve done the latter, so I thought I’d blather a bit about that here. All in all, I ended up with 40-50 things to sell, so I thought I’d better get organisised before starting — I didn’t want to end up with a bunch of orders but then having to traipse around finding the right box to pack them in. I thought it would be nice to be able to expedite the orders sorta immediately — probably less complaints that way? So I went to the shop that sells all that kind of stuff, and got lots of bubble wrap, padded envelopes, and boxes in many different sizes. The…