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<p>[QUOTE="Jeff Drum, post: 1919644, member: 6444"]I decided to vacate the antique mall I have been renting space in for the last four years. They expect to continue to collect rent though they are closed up tight. Sales always suffer in winter so I was barely breaking even there for the past several months including the first month of shutdown. Now that spring sales are non-existent (now) and likely to be weak (for some time), it just didn't make sense to me to keep it going. I'll try online if I can force myself to go through the pain of getting it set up.</p><p><br /></p><p>I went in the first day the mall had limited hours for dealers - I was the only one there. Strange for so large a building to be empty of people. Looked like no one else had moved out yet. My space was fairly empty since I had been planning to move a lot of items there, but the shutdown happened a couple days before I could move them in - lucky in retrospect. Because of that I don't have that much inventory there, so moving out will be pretty easy. I'm moving everything there to storage, which is far cheaper per square foot and paid for a year in advance so my expenses are fixed. That will give me a chance to see what is happening with the market. Who knows, I may really like selling online?? (said doubtfully).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jeff Drum, post: 1919644, member: 6444"]I decided to vacate the antique mall I have been renting space in for the last four years. They expect to continue to collect rent though they are closed up tight. Sales always suffer in winter so I was barely breaking even there for the past several months including the first month of shutdown. Now that spring sales are non-existent (now) and likely to be weak (for some time), it just didn't make sense to me to keep it going. I'll try online if I can force myself to go through the pain of getting it set up. I went in the first day the mall had limited hours for dealers - I was the only one there. Strange for so large a building to be empty of people. Looked like no one else had moved out yet. My space was fairly empty since I had been planning to move a lot of items there, but the shutdown happened a couple days before I could move them in - lucky in retrospect. Because of that I don't have that much inventory there, so moving out will be pretty easy. I'm moving everything there to storage, which is far cheaper per square foot and paid for a year in advance so my expenses are fixed. That will give me a chance to see what is happening with the market. Who knows, I may really like selling online?? (said doubtfully).[/QUOTE]
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