Nella Vita di Keyboards

Ever wonder what happens to that old keyboard, monitor, or random computer asseccory that you throw out, freecycle, good will, or leave on the curb? Chance are they end up in my library/guest-guest room:

Now if this picture makes you cringe, you should realize that all of these boxes had been exploded all over the family room before Shane and his sister Jonelle (who is such a good sport) stopped me from having a nervous breakdown by packing up the hundreds of keyboards and moving them into the library/second guest room.

Perhaps you find yourself wondering where did the boxes full of keyboards come from? Well Shane and I have found that we can nicely supplement our incomes by selling things on ebay. We've found that we are particularly successful with computer accessories (mice, wires, speakers, etc). So we have been going to many auctions and garage sales looking for good deals. Leave it to my man to find it. Where others would be intimidated by a pallette (in otherwords a stack) of boxes of 'misc. computer things' that are well over the average person's head, my man gets giddy. And don't get me wrong, there is something strangely satisfy of going through each box looking for the true treasures (or things that we can actually sell).

But of course, after picking out the things of worth we're still left with boxes full of keyboards and a bald spot where we've been scratching our heads wondering 'what the hell do we do with all these keyboards?' We have given some to freecycle (schoolteachers love them), but they can't all be worthless (not that the educational enrichment of the young is worthless). There are far too many to ship, but as I am begining to realize, ebay has the answer to everything. They have a new feature 'want it now' in which potential buyers tell sellers what they are looking for. So on the long shot I searched 'keyboards' hoping to find some poor schmuck to unload on or two on. Wonderously, the first post that pops up is some guy from Bethany, Missouri (take a left at bumbleseal and keep going) is literally looking for hundreds of keyboards as well as forming a possible long term relationship with his supplier. So now Shane and I are trying to determine the best way to get the keyboards to MO. If you should hear about us taking an unexpected roadtrip to Misery, realize the real misery would be my library remaining a keyboard wharehouse.

Along those lines...is anyone in need of a keyboard? I'll give you a good price...