I’m back on the road, traveling full time in a small RV. I am open to working on select Purge Genie projects as I travel. Obviously, due to travel efforts, the projects I choose would have to be pretty much large household wide projects that have a high potential of compensating me for my time and travel (such as estate liquidations, divorce consolidations or other major purging attempts). I would need to plan to stay about a month in your area – working at your property. I will spend at least a week or two preparing and listing everything, and then another week or two shipping.
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One of the things I love about doing Purge Genie, is getting to use office supplies. I’ve always loved office supplies, and I’m enjoying having an excuse to buy them. When looking for where to purchase my next supply of bubble wrap from, I came across colored bubble wrap for about the same price as what I had been paying for clear.
And bonus.. they had it in purple! So now, most Purge Genie buyers will receive their fragile items safely wrapped in purple bubble wrap, complimenting my spiffy new purple logo!
And who could resist not wrapping themselves up in bubble wrap??
Originally uploaded by Serolynne
Introducing my new Purge Genie Logo – designed by the very talented Heather Reinert in Melbourne, Florida.
I’ve been selling ‘stuff’ online for years. And earlier this year, when I did my massive purge – I learned a lot more about how to figure out if stuff is worth selling, what it’s worth and how to most efficiently get rid of stuff. And.. I actually *enjoyed* the process.
As I’ve traveled across the country, I discovered that a lot of folks have a block against going through their stuff, despite a desire to purge and reclaim space. So many people remarked with a bit of envy on my purge process, and how they have bookshelves of books, DVDs, clothing, software, old electronics, etc. just sitting around taking up space. I was even surprised to discover that my own partner, Chris, was toting around gobs of gadgets because the thought of figuring out if they were worth anything (and doing something about it) was too overwhelming. So even while I was purging my entire house from 1600 sq ft to 50 sq ft, I sold a bunch of his stuff too and netted him well over a grand for his ‘junk’. It was an easy task for me.
When I had the opportunity to stay with folks for any length of time, one of the ways I offered to help out and earn my keep was helping them purge stuff taking up space. I helped our friend Martha in Oregon get rid of a bookshelf full of old books she just really didn’t have room for anymore. And I helped Chris’ parents sort through piles of old electronics and LP albums.
And I’ve discovered.. it’s FUN to do this stuff. I actually enjoy it. And I’m good at it.
So, now that I’m stopped in Florida for a bit, and looking to establish sources of income that might become mobile in the future – I’m playing around with the idea of offering purging assistance as a service.
So, I introduce to you my new service website:
For now, I’m limited to offering my service to places reasonably driveable from Melbourne (or folks willing to otherwise pay my travel expenses, I suppose). So, if you or anyone you know might be able to benefit from this service – please contact me. I figure this is the sort of service that will be best spread by word of mouth – but I’ll also be placing flyers up on community bulletin boards, and keeping an ad on Craigslist too.
