captain_slinky | 076 - Oddmall 2016 (Part Two) (Reply)

Feel so good typing about this, why not make it a two-part post? So okay, DAY TWO! As you can see, my stock was depleted enough to where i could condense everything down to a single table... which i now kind of regret. NOTE TO FUTURE SELF: Keep the shelves behind you full, they look much awesomer than a table full of lamps.

I had gone home and rush-finished two new lamps as filler for the table, knowing that i had room now. This brought my total up to TWENTY-TWO LAMPS for the show, just two away from my original goal of 24, which was NOT. TOO. SHABBY.

Chuck Anderson greeted us and asked how the old Self Esteem was doing today, but i didn't really have time to answer as I was already making my FIRST SALE OF THE DAY:

"Halo Helmet Lamp", destined to be a beloved fixture in a happy customers game room (though i jokingly insisted that it should be the focal point of their living room). Lesson learned: Not all lamps need to be painted gold to make them classy :)

I then made my first of many trades for the day with Chuck Anderson. He and his wife had brought Molly a Kindle Fire that they no longer had a use for, so Molly was absolutely over the moon! In part one of this trade was for his original trilogy of "Black irish" books - Vampire hunting in Seattle, with non-sparkly Vampires (more on THAT later, in a different post).

"Tale As Old As Time", my only non-lamp (just a kick-ass clock featuring a Jedi Vs. Flying Shark With Laser Machine Gun).

Next sale was to a Grandmother, buying this lamp for her grandson out of frickin' NOWHERE. I was used to talking to kids all day long, kids LOVE my lamps, we have a good time, we talk about how silly/awesome they are, it's my Santa Claus Moment happening over and over again and I LOVE IT! I'm used to telling nervous parents that it's okay to touch my lamps and take as many pictrures as they like because pictures are free and I highly doubt that anyone is going to steal my designs, right? So when Grandma says "You can have whatever lamp you want, honey... which lamp do you want grandma to buy you? he chooses this one:

"Mario Kart Championship Trophy", one of the higher-priced lamps I have left! It puts me over my "You Can Do This Professionally" goal and - AND! And the Grandma (and the Mother, who is also there during the sale) RAVE over my lamps and inform me that my prices are SO REASONABLE!

I had heard this a few times, actually, but this was when it really clicked - the prices I had agonized over, the prices I always thought were WAAAAY TOO HIGH, the prices that I then MARKED UP BY AN ADDITIONAL TEN DOLLARS EACH for Day One of Oddmall because i figured i could always come down on the prices and make it look like a bargain - THOSE PRICES WERE JUST FINE!

And then I had my last "Sale" of the day...

"Temple Of The Sacred Midiclorian", which is destined to be a wedding gift for a Star Wars themed wedding. I'm all warm and gooey from THAT one :)

Well above my goals now, all that's left is to do some trades :)

Secomd lamp traded to Chuck Anderson and Family, "SyFy Presents: Sharnado Went Down To Georgia", in exchange for the rest of the Black Irish series ("Dark Molly"), and for having been such awesome neighbors :)

And the final trade of the day, across the way for a Huffelpuff Plaque and some other stuff (I let Crystal run this trade):

...And that was it! I went and I bought a book of poetry i had my eye on, i bought a 20-sided coin, I left some lamps with a local shop for them to try and sell on consignment, and I resolved to get an etsy shop so i can do this up PROPER :)