01 ngo 08
Ukuhamba, Ukuhamba ... Hamba!
Isimo solwaphulo-mthetho: Igalari yeCallshend Auction iko kwiNdlela 30 eningizimu yeVermont, imizuzu engama-15 kumntla eBrtletleboro kunye neeyure ezimbini ukuhamba ukusuka eBoston, eHartford okanye e-Albany. © 2010 Kim Knox Beckius Ngenye imini Ngamhla, ndabuyela kwigumbi lam elityebileyo kwi- Windham Hill Inn eWest Townshend, eVermont, kwaye ndathumela ukuhlaziywa kwesimo se-Facebook:
UKim Knox Beckius uya kuba kwicala elingalunganga lomtshato "oboleka" olinganayo ixesha elide emva koko ayenzayo namhlanje.
Ngokuqinisekileyo, abahlobo bam bafuna iinkcukacha zobuncwane bam. Ngowokuqala kwimisebenzi yam iminyaka engama-13 njengomlobi ohambahambayo, kwafuneka ndibize indoda yam ukuba ifike ndiyihlangule. Hayi, andizange ndiqhube imoto yam okanye iphephe i-gas. Hayi, i-wallet yami ayizange ibiwe. Hayi, ndingazange ndigule ukufa.
Ukuba kuphela ndingazange ndicinge ukuya e-Vermont nendawo yokugcina intengiso ingenza ibali elikhulu! Ukuba nje ndingazange ndiphakanyise inombolo yam eninzi kaninzi. Ukuba nje ndingazange ndibonise isifuba sabadwebi abaqhubekile phambi kwesihlwele kwigalari yeCallshend Auction ehamba ngokukhawuleza ngaphakathi kwinqanaba eliphakathi kwam.
02 ngo 08
Umthengisi onobuchule
Hayi, oku akuyena umyeni wam ukukhalazela ngenxa yam yokuthengwa kwintengiso. Umthengisi we-Galleryshend auctioneer HK "Kit" uMartin, endimangalela ngokumkhohlisa! © 2010 Kim Knox Beckius Njengoko usenokuba uqikelele ukuba, isifuba sabadwebi endingazifumananga ngandlela-thile kwimfazwe emncinci yebhidi ayizange ifike kufutshane nemoto yam. Kwaye, ngokukhawuleza, ibali lam ibhinqa litshintshe ukusuka ekugxileni kumnandi wokubheka intengiso yentengiso kunye nokuthabatha amancinci amancinci athile kuwo: Ungathini ukuba ube idiot njengawe xa unesitishi ezimbini kwieyure ukusuka ekhaya.
"Yeyiphi indlela yokuzibandakanya emsebenzini wakho!" Umhlobo wam we-About.com, i-Cruises Guide Linda Garrison, eposwe kwi-Facebook kumzamo wokundithuthuzela. Liyinyani: Omnye umntu kufuneka enze iimpazamo endleleni ukuze ufunde indlela yokuziphepha. Ndiyathemba ukuba iingcebiso kule tourist photo ziza kukunceda wenze amanqaku angabonakaliyo kwigalari yeCallshend Auction ... ngaphandle kokuphazamiseka ubone iqabane lakho.
03 we-08
I-Tip 1: Gcina iNkqubo yeeNtshonalanga, kunye neRejista kuphela xa Uceba ukuTyala
Intengiso yeMigqibelo ndaya kwiKgalarind Auction Gallery e-Townshend, VT, yaqala ngokuthengiswa kweethuluzi, okwakubangele isihlwele esihle. © 2010 Kim Knox Beckius Xa ndifika kweli lizwe ibhanki yendoda e-Townshend, iVermont, ngoMgqibelo ekuseni, ukuthengiswa kwezixhobo zangaphandle kwasekuqaleni. Kwakukho abathengi abaninzi abakhutheleyo, kwaye ndandingenalo umdla kumatshini, ngoko kwakungelula ukuphepha ukukhutshulwa kwi-bidding.
Isicwangciso sam ngokuyinhloko sasigcina kwaye sibone ukuba yeyiphi ixabiso lezinto ezithengiswa kuyo. Andizi nto malunga neengqungquthela, kodwa ndihlala ndibathanda i-auctions, kwaye ndicinga ukuba oku kuya kuba ithuba lokufunda malunga nokuthenga izinto ezithengisayo, njengoko mna nomyeni wam sasisesendleleni yokuthenga i-farmhouse e-remodele ye-1880.
Impazamo yokuqala ndiyenzile: ukubhalisa kwinani lomthengi. Ndandifuna ukulungiswa nje xa ndigqiba ukuzithengisa, kodwa emva kokuba unesitampu esisesandleni sakho, usemthambekeni osisigxina wesilingo!
04 we-08
Icebiso 2: Yiya kwi-Preview Preview
Inkcazo yokubhenela iyona thuba elihle kakhulu lokufumana ukujonga ngokusondeleyo kwimeko ye-antiques kunye nezinye izinto ezithengiswayo. Hlola izinto ezinomdla ngokucokisekileyo ukuba ufuna ukuphepha ukuzisola komthengi. © 2010 Kim Knox Beckius Igalari yeVermont yeCall Auction ibonisa imiboniso yehorensi emva kwintengiso ngoLwesihlanu ngaphambi kokuthengisa kunye nakwiyure ekuseni ngaphambi kokuba i-auction yomgqibelo iqhubeke. Ngenxa yokuba ndihlala ixesha lokudla kwasekuseni eWindham Hill Inn ... ndachitha ixesha ndijonge ityitye ngaphandle ... ndandifumana ithuba elifutshane lokujonga izinto eza kuba ziza kubhidi.
Andizange ndiyibonise isifuba sabadwebi abathengayo. Ukuba ngaba ndiyilumkile, into yokuba andizange ndiyihlolisise isiqwengqo, okanye ndingalinganisa ubukhulu bayo, bekufanele ndiyenze ukuba ndizithengele ukubiza. Ngexesha elizayo ndiya kwintengiso, ngokuqinisekileyo ndiya kuzisa iteksi.
05 ka 08
Icebiso 3: Yazi oko Uthengayo
Yiyiphi inkontsho? Kwaye kubaluleke kangakanani? Ukuba nje ndingazi! © 2010 Kim Knox Beckius Enye into endiyibonayo ngexesha lokujonga kuqala kwintengiso yayiyi sixhobo sokuqala sokhuni phakathi kweli mfanekiso. Andizange ndiyazi ukuba yi-antitic cranberry scoop kude kube yiKit Martin ethengise into kwaye yaqalisa inkqubo yokubhalwa. Ndingaba nomdla wokuba ndibe nelifa eliyingqungquthela elitsha le-New England, kodwa lithengiswa nge-$ 125 (kunye ne-premium ye-15% yomthengi), okwakubonakala ngathi ihle kakhulu. Khangela "i-antique cranberry scoop" kwi-intanethi, nangona kunjalo, kwaye uya kutshitshiswa ukubona ixabiso lezi zinto ezinqabileyo ezivela kwangexesha elide zingalawula: umthengisi omnye we-antiques ane-cranberry scoop ebhalwe kwi $ 1,250.00!
Ngoko, ndiza kwenza umsebenzi ophezulu wesikolo ngaphambi kokuba ndiye kwenye i-ndandisi. Enye impendulo yendlu yeeyunivesithi yasezantsi yeVermont indawo: andinayo inkonzo kwi-smartphone yami yaseVerizon, ngoko andinakuphanda izinto kwindawo leyo ukuze ndibone ukuba yiyiphi intengo efanelekileyo.
06 we-08
Icebiso 4: Gcina iimvakalelo zakho kwi-Check
Abathengisi bezaziso abazaziyo bazisa iintambo zokutshiza izitulo zokubamba zetsimbi ngaphakathi kwegalari yeCallshend Auction. NgaloMeyi ngoMgqibelo, nangona kunjalo, ezininzi izindlu zendwendwe zihlala zingekho. Isihlwele esasizifuna ngakumbi kunokuba sizalise izihlalo. © 2010 Kim Knox Beckius "Ndifuna ukuthengisa ngokukhawuleza namhlanje. Ndinezinto ezininzi zokuthengisa," uMartin waqala, kodwa njengoko amabhidi ahluleka ukunyuka, wakhonkcoza: "Ngumhla womthengi, ngokuqinisekileyo." Amazwi akhe akhukhulayo ayengenakunqunyulwa ukuba angabikho phantsi:
"Yileyitidi eyi-dollar ye-10 bucks!"
"Ngaba kukho na apha umntu ofunayo? Ngokukrakra, kuba ndiya kudoba."
"Siza kuthatha nje izinto eziya eBoston. Cima zonke iindwendwe apha."
"Awukwazi ukunika izinto ngaphandle. Ndiyothuka."
"Akunabathengisi be-antiques apha namhlanje. Akukho mntu apha: abantu nje abangenawo usapho ukuba bahambe!"
Ndakufumanisa ukuba lo mbhinqa uhlambalaza, kodwa endaweni yoko, ndandiva novelwano: imvakalelo eyingozi kwintengiso! Kwaye ezinye zeentengiso zabathengi beza kubonakala zingenakwenzeka. Xa isitofu esityebileyo sesitye esenziwe eTroy, eNew York, sathengiswa ngama-$ 35, uMartin wakhalaza wathi: "Yiyo isitofu se-300 seyiphi na into ebudeni."
07 ka 08
Iphulo lesi-5: Bambisa iiNtengiso
Sihlalo we-Hitchcock uthengise i-$ 80 kwintengiso endiya kuyo e-Townshend, eVermont. Izitulo zezixhobo ezifanayo zibonakala zithengisa kwi-eBay malunga nokuba kabini lelo xabiso. © 2010 Kim Knox Beckius Ngokungafani neendwendwe zendwendwe, ezibonelela ngeenkcukacha zoluhlu okanye uluhlu lweminikelo yosuku ngokulandelelana apho baya kuba neendandesi, igalari yokuThengwa kweTyala yaseKapa yaqhuba le ntengiso ngeendlela ezingaqhelekanga, kwaye oku kwenza kube nzima ukukulindela xa izinto ezazibambe Iliso lam liza kuboniswa kwaye lihlalutye imali eninzi yokuyibiza.
Ndakubukela njenge-rocker oak ye-Arts & Crafts ezithengiswa ngama-$ 50, isihlalo se-Bartique ye-Bar Harbor sathatha i-$ 40, kwaye isihenqo somlilo sase-Victorian sakhupha ama-10 bucks. Ndichitha ii-dollar ezintlanu kwibhokisi lezinkuni kwaye ndilahle enye i-$ 45 kwiincwadana ezimbini ezifakwe kweso. Ndazikhangela emva koko ngenxa yokungafuni ukuthenga ibhola kwi-table ye-poker ne-top top eyayithengiswa nge-$ 30 nje kuphela, kodwa ndonwabile ukuba ndaguqa kuma-90 kwaye ndavumela omnye umthengi ukuba athathe ikhaya elifudumeleyo lokulala elitshatsheli i-$ 100. Abo, ndafunda kamva, ungathengela kakhulu kwi-eBay.
Iintengiso zihamba ngokukhawuleza, kwaye akukho siqinisekiso sokuba awuyizisola ngesigqibo ngokuphindaphindiweyo. Kodwa, xa ubona into oyithandayo-kwaye ixabiso lilungile-ungazithengi ukubamba loo nto.
Kwaba malunga no-1 ntambama xa umnxeba otyhafazayo uKit Martin wabuza ibhidi yokuvula eyi-$ 50 kwisikhumba sabadwebi ababebukeka bekhangelele kude. Ndagqogqa i-paddle yami njengesenzo sokuxhasa. Omnye umthengi wagijima wangena kwi-fray, kwaye ndiqiniseke ukuba andiyikukhathazeka ukuba ndiza kuphephelela. Ndiyaphinda kwakhona, ndicinga. Omnye umthengi wehla. Kwaye apho iindibano zam zomtshato zaqala.
08 ka 08
Yonke into ephelile kakuhle
Ngecala eliqaqambileyo, ndinezinto ezintle: into enqabileyo yefenitshala yokhuni ehambelana ngokupheleleyo kwigumbi lam elitsha lokudlela i-$ 65. Ngexesha elizayo, ndiya kuqinisekiswa ukuqhuba i-SUV yethu kwiVermont. © 2010 Kim Knox Beckius Ngoko, umsindo wam umyeni wam malunga nokwenza uhambo olungalindelekanga ukuya eVermont ngeSonto ekuseni? Enyanisweni, uBruce wathatha kakuhle. Wandiqinisekisa ukuba kwakuyinkcazo yexesha ngaphambi kokuba enze into efana neyethambo kunye namanqaku. Kwaye, nangona wayecebise ukufumana umsebenzi, kamva wandixelela ukuba wayeziva uxinzelelo lwakhe ngethuba elithile eliwela umgaqo welizwe laseVermont.
Intombi yam eneminyaka ezisixhenxe, eyayihamba noyise ekuhambeni, yayivuyisayo ukubuyela ekhaya nam. Sayeka eFrafton Village Cheese factory kunye nevenkile eBrtletleboro, kwaye satsho ngaphaya kwifoto iifowuni ezimbini ezifakwe kwi-Route 30 kuquka enye ekhusele iindwangu ze-Swallowtail. I-bye-bye butterflies: andiyi kukulibala, "intombi yam yathi sishiya ifu lokuhlutha izilwanyana ezinobumba obuphuzi, kwaye ndazi ukuba ndiza kwenza i-auction ingcono kakhulu.