Impulse Purchase

I must say my speakers sold surprisingly well on ebay tonight. Though I am not a big fan of ebay, I do admit I followed the last 3 minutes of the auction live through the ebay application on my iPhone with growing excitement.

3 minutes before the end, the highest bid was around 170 Euro. Then nothing happened until the last 30 seconds, when the price was pushed to the final bid of 212.50 Euro.

Not bad for 15 year old speakers.

The buyer called me tonight shortly before 9 pm because he wanted to pick them up right away. Given that I was anyhow still busy in my old apartment, and given that I was interested in getting them out quickly, too, I obviously had no problem with that.
The buyer was a likable dude, maybe 25 or so. Really a nice guy. After he had checked the speakers and was satisified with what he saw, I tried the following:

Leo: Do you need anything else?
You know, I also have a Denon amplifier
I would like to sell...

I didn't have time to put the rest of my hifi equipment on ebay, so this was worth a shot.
The amplifier is as old as the speakers, but likewise in great condition. It hence only took a little bit and we agreed on a package deal of 300 Euros for speakers and amplifier.

That went well... he didn't want to buy the CD changer and the record player, though.
Anyhow, I was more surprised that he actually had 300 Euro in cash on him...