The Backwoods Trader

When Indiana Steve’s grandfather was a boy, people lived further apart but closer together. They made do with what they had or traded what they had for something they needed more. Neighbors knew who made the best bread, caught the most fish, or raised the best carrots, and they negotiated based on the value of the item, not just the value of the dollar. If Indiana Steve’s can’t sell what you have, it may not mean that it has no value, it may just need a more personal touch. Try posting it on the Backwoods Trader Board. $1 will get you a 3x5” card on the board for 1 month. Say what you got and what you might be looking for. Who knows, you might make a sale, a trade, and maybe a new friend.

I got stuff . . . Sign me up!

Well now, slow down there young fella. Indiana Steve’s won’t take just all kinds of junk. Items needs to be mostly consistent with the store’s mission (exceptions can be made), and the items have to be sellable. Indiana Steve’s can’t consign some things like fireworks and homemade food products, and we won’t consign items that are too used to be of value (like that dented up canoe you got behind the barn). But if you have good equipment that could get people enjoying creation together we want to sell it for you.

Here is what you need to do:

• Clean your equipment and get it looking as good as it can. Clean items sell faster and make you more money.
• Bring your things in to the store and get them all looked over and checked in.
• Get an agreement signed listing the items and conditions of sale. Here
• consigns at a 50/50 rate, meaning you get half of whatever the items sell for. Tell everyone you know about the store while you wait for your check.

Items are consigned for 90 days (three months) at a time. Checks are written and mailed once a month to consignors who have earned more than $25. Unsold items need to be picked up after the 90 days or they will be thrown to the coons without regard for the 50/50 consignment rate.