Sales boom

I have been trying to sell off my fan and my microwave oven since three weeks (maybe four) ago. I put up a notice in my residence, and even asked my friend to put an announcement in a Chinese forum. For two weeks (maybe three) I didn't get a single call...then on Monday I got a call from a girl who asked whether I couldn't lower the price. I had said 10 on my announcement, she asked for 6. I said I maybe 7 or 8...and asked her to come and see the fan. I was pretty desperate at that time...that was the first call I had received since putting up the announcement a few weeks ago! But she was hesitating quite a lot and kept saying she wasn't sure whether she would come...whereas I kept asking her when she wanted to come. lol Anyway...in the end she said she'd call me if she wanted to drop by.

Then that very night, another person called me. At first I thought it might be the same person it was earlier, but turned out it wasn't (besides the first girl had a slight accent, so I think she was probably a foreigner...and I don't think the French bargain that way :P ) Anyway, I told this second caller that I had to wait and see whether the other girl called back; I had already asked whether she had called me earlier, so she knew there was another person interested...and I didn't want to seem so callous, selling it to her right away when someone else had called me earlier. So she said that if the other person didn't call me back, I could just drop the fan over to their room...the 703. Those who know my room are probably having the same reaction I had. That is next door! lol I even asked her to repeat the room number...just to make sure I hadn't misheard.

In the end I sold the fan to my neighbour later the same night, since she (they, actually, they're a couple) was willing to pay the 10 bucks, whereas for the other girl I would surely have to give a discount (and I wasn't even sure she would call back, which, actually, she still hasn't done) And I was pretty desperate to be rid of it, 'cos a friend had left me her fan and microwave oven, with this in mind: She would have a place to put her stuff during the summer, and I can sell mine off earlier. A good partnership :P So I had TWO microwave ovens and TWO fans in my room...and now one fan is gone. (still two microwave ovens :( )

Anyway...today I got another call at 7:19pm asking me about my fan. This time I had to say "sorry, it's sold", and I was telling myself that I had to mark it as sold on my notice downstairs. But then, less than two hours later, just as I was going to type a post about this (which I wasn't sure of posting yet) I got another call (at 8:46 if you wanna know). This one went "Ah non!" when he heard that it was already sold, adding "it's hot!" Yeah, well, that I know... And he also added "You don't have a second one?" Haha...I told him "Yeah, but I'm using it!" I also heard someone laughing in the background...which was probably why he was so merry about it all. People probably don't do jokes like that if they haven't got an audience...

But seriously, these few days are super-duper hot... I feel like I reach melting point each time I walk to or from work. At home it's better 'cos it's shaded and I have a fan (without it it'd be hell!) So you see, it's the perfect time for selling fans. So juniors, my advice is, during your final year, borrow a fan from someone's who's left for the summer, and sell your own at the beginning of summer. :P

Now for my microwave...what, don't tell me people only need it in winter?
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