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The postal route

We meet many people through selling our excess stuff. Some are fascinating. Some funny. Some odd. Some a little weird.

Today a local buyer declined to pick up their desired item. Or to have me bring it to him/her. I say him/her because even their profile name sounded more like a code name, giving away no information.

The instructions were to wait for the all-clear and then deposit the item at a designated letterbox (presumably theirs). The money would be in a side compartment.

This was definitely a first. Unexpected and a little strange. I might not have done it, but being very local I did it during my afternoon walk. I'll probably never know who the buyer was - or why they wanted this secretive method.

In my free ebook Less Clutter More Cash I said selling to people can be fun and interesting. At the time I didn't expect that to include doing a spy-like drop-off to a secret identity.

Now that I've done it, I think they're onto a pretty good idea. Letterboxes are handy for local transactions. No need to arrange a mutually convenient time. No waiting around when someone's late. The buyer only travels as far as their letterbox. At first it's odd, but now I like the idea of discarding my excess stuff and collecting cash from neighbourhood letterboxes.

Like a reverse vending machine - I deposit the item and take the cash
Like a reverse vending machine
I deposit the item and take the cash

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