Yup, I’m late to catch on.

This week, I listed my old fridge on Trademe. The aim was to sell it painlessly.

What eventuated was a quite hilarious foray into the world of the second hand marketplace. I received 12 QUESTIONS about my fridge, ranging from the obvious, to such things as the existence of a butter conditioner. Half the questioners couldn’t spell. Half obviously couldn’t read, because they repeated previous questions.

Then, I became addicted to my own auction. My life froze in those final 5 minutes while the battle of wills dragged on… And wouldn’t you know it… Now I’m RICH! Last night, I had $111 extra dollars… Today I have $376.50!!!! This was a great surprise to me and I now feel justified paying almost $500 to get to Te Anau in April.

But life has to be fair and to contribute my end to the online economy, I am now also addicted to 1-day.co.nz

I have bought:

• Voodoo knives
• 12 vacuum pack bags (that I don’t need) for storage
• Two stainless steel rubbish bins (that I don’t need)
• An $11 mystery package, which I have received. The package is not worth $11, but the anticipation was worth twice as much

I am now going to list a rubbish bin and some vacuum pack bags on Trademe.

Now I understand why business block Trademe from their staff. You can waste hours on that thing.