6 months ago, I was sitting at the house, and none of this existed. I needed a dock to unload pallets, and then was going to load those 26 or so pallets, 3 at a time, on a box truck, or in an 18 ft trailer, and take them to the farm for processing. In nosing around for a solution, I reconnected with Carly Thompson, and her husband Jason. They had a space that was being used for storage. It had a dock door, a hydraulic dock plate, and some space. I informed Carly that I had had the overhead for many years, and wanted no part of it.
She said what if? What if it was affordable? What if it included internet, cleaning, security, phone, office, meeting room, parking, and some publicity?
She solved a problem for me that I didn't even know I had. I rented it, and bought a truckload of merchandise. Then another. I was able to buy a 1966 forklift, a new pallet jack, and quite a bit of racking. Then.... I got a couple of bad loads, took on a poor estate, and almost had to shut down.... or at least things looked bleak.
Then, last month, a gentleman called me, a referral from one of his family members, that had had their own set of auctions, and had also purchased from some of my online auctions, with a problem. He had a collection of Beatles albums that he wanted to sell.
I know nothing about Beatles memorabilia, vintage vinyl, and the like, or rather, I didn't. But, I said what if? I certainly know nationally known auctioneers that do, plus.... I know how to leverage the internet. That auction resulted in me doing the auction myself, with my own crew, and netted us 225 bidders that were happy to bid that auction to nearly double my sellers expectations. As a matter of fact, we started talking about his car, an 88 foxbody mustang GT that had been wrecked and rebuilt, and was as mint a car as it could be. I'll never forget, when I posted that car online. Marketplace requires you put a price. I put close to the price he was looking for. I got a pile of negative comments, and laughing emoji's. Funny part is, I, as a prior Used Car Dealer, agreed with them, but the car was clean.
At the end of 7 days, the naysayers weren't laughing. Why? The car sold for more than the seller was asking... to a used car dealer....
In short, don't ever be afraid to ask What if?
She said what if? What if it was affordable? What if it included internet, cleaning, security, phone, office, meeting room, parking, and some publicity?
She solved a problem for me that I didn't even know I had. I rented it, and bought a truckload of merchandise. Then another. I was able to buy a 1966 forklift, a new pallet jack, and quite a bit of racking. Then.... I got a couple of bad loads, took on a poor estate, and almost had to shut down.... or at least things looked bleak.
Then, last month, a gentleman called me, a referral from one of his family members, that had had their own set of auctions, and had also purchased from some of my online auctions, with a problem. He had a collection of Beatles albums that he wanted to sell.
I know nothing about Beatles memorabilia, vintage vinyl, and the like, or rather, I didn't. But, I said what if? I certainly know nationally known auctioneers that do, plus.... I know how to leverage the internet. That auction resulted in me doing the auction myself, with my own crew, and netted us 225 bidders that were happy to bid that auction to nearly double my sellers expectations. As a matter of fact, we started talking about his car, an 88 foxbody mustang GT that had been wrecked and rebuilt, and was as mint a car as it could be. I'll never forget, when I posted that car online. Marketplace requires you put a price. I put close to the price he was looking for. I got a pile of negative comments, and laughing emoji's. Funny part is, I, as a prior Used Car Dealer, agreed with them, but the car was clean.
At the end of 7 days, the naysayers weren't laughing. Why? The car sold for more than the seller was asking... to a used car dealer....
In short, don't ever be afraid to ask What if?
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