The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-04-28
Sold Out the Whole Lot
(By Everett T. Goodrich

| am said to be fairly lueky-some-
thing of a salesman. l rarely fail
to find customer for anything | have
to dispose of. but l have learned that
l can save a whole lot of time and
usually get little better price by
advertising in Everybody's Column.
That's just what | do. now, whenever
/ have anything to sell. You see, that
if you have just one customer. he sets
the price; if you can arrange to have
several men who want the same
thing, you set the price. 1t is ad
vantageous to have a little competi-
ton on the buying end. My last ex-
perience with Everybody's Ad had to
do with some stuff | wanted to sell
for my neighbor, George Rowell
Here's the ad:
BAY MARE FOR SALE-THIR-EEN
years old weighs about eleven hundred
lbs, good worker, fair driver. fine sad
die mare, safe for lady or children to
handle and drive; fearless OF every
thing; stand anywhere; also one wag-
on sleigh, harness, farm wagon, wagon
sleds, etc. III health the cause. This
team is going to be sold at some price.
Geo. T Rowell. 256 Madison Ave. or
z. T. Goodrich, go Madison Ave,
Skowhegan IFS
Thursday afternoon (the same day
your paper is put in the nails | got
a telephone call about the mare and
sold her so far as conversation is
concerned. AS it proved. however,
the first party who called up d dn't
get the funds as quickly as he ex-
pected and the horse finally went to
another fellow. I promised this par
ty that l would hold the mare until
4 O'Clock on Friday afternoon. and
by that time there VIE four others
waiting to take her if he didn't come.
AS the hour approached it was quite
exciting. These other people of course
didn't want the first customer to come
around and they would watch out
down the street When four O'Clock
came I practically had an auction of
that horse and sold him to the high
est bidder, and the man who made
the successful bid pulled out the cash
and settled forthwith. Five minutes
after this thing was over the first
party came around, having picked up
his cash somewhere. but of course he
was too late
To make a long story stort every
last thing went within about three
days after the ad first appeared. Mr..
Rowell had spring tooth harrow
that wasn't listed in the ad and as ii
wasn't a very valuable implement he
threw ii in with one OF the other
trades so that ii cleaned everything
out OF his barn; just exactly what he
started in to do
Now il is a very conservative state
ment to say that this ad in one pub
lication accomplished more than
could have in two weeks time The
expense was so small | have forgot
ten what il is You will remember
| came in one Monday. settled up and
told you not to run the ad any more
I understand you publish ads when
anybody wants to buy anything. free
of charge. I don't just see how you
get living that way. but | suppose il
isn't up to me to do the worrying
along that line. You might tell your
readers If YOU please that would
like to buy five cords of four foot dry
wood, delivered at my home on Mad
son Avenue. You might also tell your
readers that I can't understand why
anybody that has anything to sell Tor
buy either for that natter should
putter around a week or two when they
could dispose of the thing so prompt
ly by advertising in your Eyerybody's
Column.
EVERETT T. GOODRICH.
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