Blogshopping

I only discovered online shopping in August last year. It was like discovering a whole new world of shopping. You can do it anywhere anytime, as long as you have internet.. And the thrill of transferring the money, waiting and waiting for your parcel to arrive.. And when it finally does, you rip the packaging apart to look at your new present.. You try it on and twirl a few rounds around your house on an epic high..

If you can't tell.. I LOVE blogshopping. :D



Anywayy, it's been more than a year of blogshopping already ahaha and my wardrobe is filled with all these affordable and awesome (some not so awesome) clothes. :D

But it really sucks when I get clothes that don't fit, or materials that are rough, or colours that look different from the ones in the pictures..

The more i blogshopped, the greater this pile of clothes got.. And like.. it was like money sitting in one corner that you couldn't spend. And then I discovered these livejournal communities and forums that cater to the consumer to sell their 'second-hand' goods originally bought from the blogshops.

You just post the original photos from the blogshops and the price you are willing to sell it for, as well as the status (eg Brand New, Worn, etc). Alternatively, you can set up your own lj of all the items you wanna clear, and go around emailing other seller with items that you like, to see if they are interested in trades. (:

I was just looking at my junkietreasures email account, created in May specifically for these 2nd hand sales.. And I have 16 successful transactions WOOTS~~~ :D

(and I have another 16 items posted on my blog page still for sale =XXX) -blush-


Anyway, I'm glad I've managed to do something about all these purchases that have been cluttering up the house. :D It's like recreating value. You either get cash back for a fairly illiquid asset, or get another asset (ie dress) which you really really like in return!