[Namron] Yard sale to benefit our tornado-affected populace

[Monica]

I just want to say way to go you guys! What a great thing you guys are
doing.
On Jun 14, 2013 8:01 PM, "Cynthia Teague" <cmt1708 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Here is an update on the progress of the yard sale after the first day.
> It was quite successful -- we sold a lot and have raised several hundred
> dollars so far.  Here's hoping that tomorrow will be even better!
>
> We have lots of clothes left but are running a little low on everything
> else, so if you have a chance to sort out a few things and bring them by,
> that would be wonderful.  (Address again is 1708 Pembroke, just north and
> west of Robinson & 36th in NW Norman.)
>
> It would also be very very helpful if anyone had another popup or two that
> we could borrow.  We used the one that Baron Orlando brought over to cover
> several of the tables during the heat of the day, and I think that really
> made a difference in people's willingness to stop.
>
> We are going to try to be a little flashy tomorrow, to help people decide
> to stop and take a look.  Danr is going to set up our Viking a-frame.  I
> will be wearing garb and spinning (although the garb and the wheel won't
> match).  Bo may be able to come and demonstrate leatherworking.  So feel
> free to come and be part of the attention-grabbing.  We do have a nice
> shade tree to sit under.  The sale will run from 8-2 again, with setup
> starting at 7:30.  We were able to just walk the loaded tables into our
> garage although there is NO ROOM at all to spare, so setup should go faster
> than it did this morning.
>
> People were very interested in the reason behind the sale, and we heard
> lots of tornado stories.  Valena got us pictures of Loemax's and Koke's
> houses to put on the donation jar and they were quite the conversation
> starters.  We are really hoping that tomorrow will be another good day.
>
> In service,
> Vigdis
> 360-3007 (home) or 474-3007 (cell)
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 11:28 PM, Cynthia Teague <cmt1708 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Wolfgang, I'm sorry I never followed up on this message. I don't think we
>> have the variety of items nor the level of staffing to benefit from the
>> ticket books. But thank you for looking into this.
>>
>> Vigdis
>>
>>
>> On Friday, June 7, 2013, JOHN KELLER wrote:
>>
>>> To make for a more professional sale, especially since it is a benefit
>>> you may want to consider a ticket system where items are written up on
>>> tickets (available from Copeland's) and cashed out at a central cashier who
>>> is set up at the entrance-exit.  This will also provide hard records to
>>> document what was sold and exact income.  Each salesperson has a ticket
>>> book on a clipboard (makes it easier to write) and when the customer cashes
>>> out, they keep the yellow copy and the top copy goes in the box.  Vigdis if
>>> you want to pursue this get hold of me and I will show you the "standard"
>>> way we write tickets at Estate Sales.
>>>
>>> Wolfgang
>>>
>>>
>>>   ------------------------------
>>>  *From:* Cynthia Teague <cmt1708 at gmail.com>
>>> *To:* Barony of Namron Mailing List <namron at lists.ansteorra.org>
>>> *Sent:* Friday, June 7, 2013 12:41 PM
>>> *Subject:* [Namron] Yard sale to benefit our tornado-affected populace
>>>
>>> Last night at populace meeting we discussed having a yard sale to
>>> benefit our tornado affected members.  The response was enthusiastic so we
>>> are going to go ahead with this.
>>>
>>
>
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