Maybe I Should Be a Detective
Sep. 29th, 2003 01:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
woodwardiocom-My sister once gave me some wisdom about selling on eBay: "People love stories." Tell them a story about the item, and they're more likely to buy it.
-So, I find a bunch of polisci books in Arlington, many of them have tick-marks in them (from the dark ages before highlighters), and most of them have the previous owner's name on the flyleaf. Hmm, can I expend on that story?
-I Google on the previous owner's name and "Tufts". Bingo! He used to be chair of the Dept. of Government & International Law at our esteemed local institution of higher learning. Now these books have a story.
-So, I find a bunch of polisci books in Arlington, many of them have tick-marks in them (from the dark ages before highlighters), and most of them have the previous owner's name on the flyleaf. Hmm, can I expend on that story?
-I Google on the previous owner's name and "Tufts". Bingo! He used to be chair of the Dept. of Government & International Law at our esteemed local institution of higher learning. Now these books have a story.
