"Nearly all her life, [she] has compulsively collected the odd and unusual. Some things are beautiful, such as a porcelain encased French clock built in 1870 that still works. Other things, such as a 1950s crabby-looking black poodle sculpture that doubles as a pin cushion, might fall into the so-ugly-it's-cute category. Or just ugly."She is Becky Jones, a St. Petersburg, Florida woman who's made the decision to pack it up, sell it, and move to the fulltimer lifestyle. But she has a lot of "packing it up" to do in order to make that dream come true. Decades of collecting, including 65 pairs of shoes (eat your heart out, Imelda), a over two dozen silver place settings.
What may interest many aspiring fulltimers is how Jones is unloading it. One word: eBay. Jones is parlaying her collection into money to buy a fifth wheel and tow rig through an eBay "shop." This is a fair warning: If you're trying to get ready to hit the road, you may want to avoid the site, lest you be tempted to pick up that Victorian era pickle jar.
For the full story, check out the St. Petersburg Times.
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2 comments:
I would like to know how fulltimers handle their vehicle registrations and maintaining primary residency for voting purposes. How about some of you FULLTIMERS kicking in as to how you all handle these and other important legal matters.
I am NOT recommending this for anyone. However, it worked for me. I took everything I thought I had to have including a very few keepsakes into my RV, packing it to the gills & weight limits. I then enticed my daughter-in-law to help herself to anything/everything in my home in exchange for her emptying out my house & keeping all proceeds. It worked for me because I don't value possessions for much beyond their useful value and I have a MOST accommodating daughter-in-law (and my son's an only child and my husband's deceased).
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