On Sunday, we went to Blacktown! Wow, we've been to Blacktown, although sadly we never met Betty! We loaded the company car with a whole gamut of un-wanted or un-needed household items on Saturday night, and awoke at 5.15am to head to Blacktown and had the expected row en-route over the map. Finally, we arrived at 7am to find an endless line of vehicles packed with crap for the local bogans to pick through, and only through cue jumping did we gain the advice (from the man who directed the line of cars) to book online using our 'smartphone' (as he insisted on calling it several times) to get in straight away. We did, and quickly we were renting our twin tables, and under attack from Boganvillia's finest bargain hunters - We were surrounded by eager beavers handing us $5 notes for our wares before we'd even set up a quarter of our toot! It settled down a little but by 9am, much had already gone and our glorious stall was looking rather sparse. We joked with each other to knock it out quicker, like pros selling frost damaged carrots at Romford Market. We continued for another few hours, and by 1 o'clock, thick black clouds started to roll in. We decided to call it a day, with just a few items left, before the heavens opened, ruining many people's day, and much of the stuff they left out in exchange for dry trousers. I guess Blacktowns unsuspecting punters will be fighting for flood-damaged laptops, TVs and microwaves next week, but I can't imagine we will ever go back. Betty, I'm sorry we missed you.
Result - $220 profit for stuff that would normally have gone to the charity shop!
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