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<p>[QUOTE="bosko69, post: 4592509, member: 16283"]Houseful-Do You in the UK have Medicare payments like we do here in the US ? Here in the States we have basic Medicare (free)-pays hospital & thats pretty much it.It's all the add-ons that cost the $800 (or more) per month.That monthly bill is one of the reasons I'm sitting here drooling over Your finds and not ploughing thru $100 in petrol a week doin' my own pickin.</p><p>I do find stuff,but it aint' exactly easy anymore.If I put in 6 to 8 hours of driving and searching I'll find goodies,but how much will the masses of bottom-feeders on Ebay pay for them.This is not the level of quality item Sotheby's or Christies consigns (in my dream life-i surf Chairish & 1stDibs).</p><p>I (as a Seller) was caught in the 2007-08 crash-stuff that was generally bringing $50-$200 plummeted to $10-$20.</p><p>Friend Marko- With Putin/Ukraine/Oil prices,possible or probable (hopefully minor) increases in 'civil disturbances' in the US,extreme weather,etc,etc-You might to consider cashing-out via auction your 'joolies' sooner than later for liquid cash.</p><p>Humans obsession with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tchotchke" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tchotchke" rel="nofollow">Tchotchke's </a>may soon be subsumed by other basic needs... hopefully not-because art and beauty are a very real essential to a lot of Us.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bosko69, post: 4592509, member: 16283"]Houseful-Do You in the UK have Medicare payments like we do here in the US ? Here in the States we have basic Medicare (free)-pays hospital & thats pretty much it.It's all the add-ons that cost the $800 (or more) per month.That monthly bill is one of the reasons I'm sitting here drooling over Your finds and not ploughing thru $100 in petrol a week doin' my own pickin. I do find stuff,but it aint' exactly easy anymore.If I put in 6 to 8 hours of driving and searching I'll find goodies,but how much will the masses of bottom-feeders on Ebay pay for them.This is not the level of quality item Sotheby's or Christies consigns (in my dream life-i surf Chairish & 1stDibs). I (as a Seller) was caught in the 2007-08 crash-stuff that was generally bringing $50-$200 plummeted to $10-$20. Friend Marko- With Putin/Ukraine/Oil prices,possible or probable (hopefully minor) increases in 'civil disturbances' in the US,extreme weather,etc,etc-You might to consider cashing-out via auction your 'joolies' sooner than later for liquid cash. Humans obsession with [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tchotchke']Tchotchke's [/URL]may soon be subsumed by other basic needs... hopefully not-because art and beauty are a very real essential to a lot of Us.[/QUOTE]
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