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canyonwalkerWe sold our old dining room set! Recall we bought a new table and chairs three weeks ago and had it delivered a few days later. That meant selling the old set... which didn't work so well at first. We wondered if "kids these days" still use Craigslist (where we advertised). Yes, they do; we just needed to give it more time. A lower asking price might have helped, too.
A prospective buyer texted Hawk on Friday afternoon. Good news/bad news: It was our first nibble in over two weeks. Bad news: it was one hour before we were trying to leave for the weekend!
Hawk asked if they could come right away to avoid waiting until Monday. They agreed! They arrived a bit after 5:30pm Friday, negotiated the price down a bit, then started carrying the pieces out to their car. Note relative to the pic above: the table leaves unscrew and the 18" wide leaf in the center can be removed. They got the main table top, the leaf, all the legs, and two of the chairs in their car. We agreed on a time Monday afternoon for them to come back and get the remaining 4 chairs.
One thing amusing all around about this transaction is that the buyers recognize the set. A middle-aged man owned a set virtually like this, if not exactly like this, for many years. When he replaced his set a few years ago he sold it to his niece who was furnishing her first apartment. Well, now his daughter is furnishing her first apartment. This one's now hers! She quipped as we were carrying the table out to her car, "I grew up with this table. Now I'll feel like I'm back home again!"
A prospective buyer texted Hawk on Friday afternoon. Good news/bad news: It was our first nibble in over two weeks. Bad news: it was one hour before we were trying to leave for the weekend!
Hawk asked if they could come right away to avoid waiting until Monday. They agreed! They arrived a bit after 5:30pm Friday, negotiated the price down a bit, then started carrying the pieces out to their car. Note relative to the pic above: the table leaves unscrew and the 18" wide leaf in the center can be removed. They got the main table top, the leaf, all the legs, and two of the chairs in their car. We agreed on a time Monday afternoon for them to come back and get the remaining 4 chairs.
One thing amusing all around about this transaction is that the buyers recognize the set. A middle-aged man owned a set virtually like this, if not exactly like this, for many years. When he replaced his set a few years ago he sold it to his niece who was furnishing her first apartment. Well, now his daughter is furnishing her first apartment. This one's now hers! She quipped as we were carrying the table out to her car, "I grew up with this table. Now I'll feel like I'm back home again!"
