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One order upends a day at HQ

This is not part of the 73-piece order; in fact, most of those Eddy Grant CDs are out of print and fairly scarce, but I didn’t take any pictures while rushing that order out the door.

The 73-piece order came in Sunday night, capping off one of the busier weekends I’ve ever had, and I already knew it wasn’t going to get shipped Monday if I wanted to get everything else done. I normally pride myself on quick turnaround, but I figured this one could wait one day.

Technically, orders like this probably cost me money, but I’m still happy to see them. This is someone who checks your threshold for free shipping (in my case, $75), narrows their eyes, and mutters “challenge accepted” at the screen. The order came in under $100 with tax, and you don’t have to be a mathemagician to realize that means most of the CDs ordered cost a buck or so.

I used to keep stuff like this in boxes in my garage and not list it online, because I assumed nobody would pay $4 shipping (oh, those innocent days) to buy a 99-cent CD. Then on a comedy trip to San Jose, crashing at a friend’s condo, I saw his neighbor pay to DoorDash one bagel. It was a lesson to midwestern me that just because I placed frugality above convenience didn’t mean everyone else did. When the pandemic hit, I listed all the cheap stuff, and it started selling.