E-commerce – Text
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belongings – personal items that one owns; possessions
bid – an offer
bidder – someone who makes an offer
futon – a thin mattress
to deliver – give
to take up – occupy oneself with the study or practice of
healing – the act or process of curing or of restoring to health
stuff – property, as personal belongings or equipment; things; material of some unspecified kind
to care – be concerned or have a special preference (usually used in negative constructions)
scary – provoking fear or terror
liberating – feeling of freedom
to back out – withdraw from something before completion
to fall short – not fulfill expected quantity or amount
Woman selling most of her belongings on eBay
Lisa Perry wants a fresh start. So she's decided to sell nearly all of her belongings in one massive auction on eBay.
Perry, 45, said the top bidder in the auction, ending on Thursday, will get more than 300 items -- including snowshoes, a futon, a bed, a Village People album, seashells and more.
Perry is keeping just a few things: her dog, her cat, photo albums and some clothing.
"This might be mid-life, but it's not a crisis. It's mid-life excitement," she said. "I don't need it all. I don't use it all. I just have it all. Actually, it has me."
Perry has worked as a lawyer in Montana, a communications professor in Mankato, Minnesota, and a bookseller in North Carolina. She now delivers legal documents. In June, she plans to move west, possibly to take up creative writing or holistic healing.
"I've been carrying this stuff across the country for more than 20 years," she said. "I'm tired of thinking: 'Oh my God, what if it breaks in the next move?' Who cares? I think it will almost be scary how liberating it will be."
As of Sunday night, the top bid was $100. Perry has a reserve number of $2,000, which means she can back out if the top bid falls short of that. But she said she might lower the reserve.
"I'm at the point I just don't want it all anymore," she said