Blogging With SurpieGirl

Readers of a certain age may remember the inflationary 70′s, when President Ford sported a button that read, “Whip Inflation Now!” Like his ‘diss’ to New York City — crime-ridden and teetering on bankruptcy — to “Drop Dead”, this slogan will be remembered as another one of Ford’s sorry misteps. He figured, if we wore the W.I.N. button and wished hard enough, we’d magically halt the dangerous inflationary spiral… Continue reading

Between high rents, high fuel costs, and high stress, how does an urban surpie, or surplus dealer manage?

It’s a challenge, for sure!

Ask my kids, who roll their eyes when friends notice the cartons of merchandise piled ceiling high in the apartment hallway. >My mom sells stuff,” they explain, making the ‘crazy’ circle with their finger, as friends pass the giant Elvis collectible that lights up while singing, “You ain’t nothin’ Continue reading

Autumn in New York: Selling quilts from the back of my VW

Posted Oct-08-07

It’s autumn in New York, and everyone is out on weekends enjoying (thanks to global warming) unusually warm and sunny weather. Your intrepid Surpie Girl has taken to the street and has joined the ranks of Sunday stoop sellers, sidewalk vendors, and street fair dealers.

This past Sunday I opened the back of my old VW… Continue reading

Why is this Frymaster different from all others?
Originally Posted Aug-23-07

When I picked up two new Frymasters at a liquidation last month, I was faced with a long series of product codes and the task of translating them into a set of features that would help me price them to sell on Ebay. What I discovered was: lots of folks sell the MJ45, but not all MJ45′s… Continue reading