I put an antique cast iron rivet punch in my booth recently

[Marthe48]

I went in a few days later, and it was laying on the shelf in pieces. How anyone could demolish a cast iron tool is a mystery. I brought it home. My first effort to get it back together failed, but I went back to it today, and got it reassembled. If I put it back in the booth, I might put a couple drops of Gorilla Glue on it.

[multigraincracker]

1. I'm pulling out the first of the year. Sales have been off all year.

I’m tired.

Good luck.

[Marthe48]

5. I'm downsizing

My goal is to reduce the amount of stuff I have. I'm not getting what it's worth, but I'm selling it. If I don't want to sell something at a low price, it goes back in a box. Glad I'm not doing it for a living, or even extra cash.

Maybe you can rest up, and try again after that.

[multigraincracker]

2. I do better on FaceBook Marketplace and

Graigslist. No rent to pay.

[Marthe48]

6. If I were younger

and a few other things, I'd sell some of the things that way. I used Marketplace a few years ago. Noticed that there are some people who claim every item, but don't really want to come and get it. It held me up when I wanted to move ahead.

For now, having the booth gives me storage with benefits, and some socializing with people that have the same interests.

[multigraincracker]

7. I've been in malls for over 40 years.

Just tired of it now. Too much stuff and want to stop buying.
There is a local on line auction I’m going to try. Just drop it off and let it go. Try not to buy anything iffy. Just look for home runs on eBay.

[Marthe48]

8. We stopped buying in 2016

I didn't do anything to downsize for a couple years, then started chipping away. I miss buying, but I can always got through a box or 2 and feel better. lol

[Chainfire]

3. I worked at a major university for nearly ten years. I discovered that students could

tear up an anvil...

[Marthe48]

4. Creative!

How in the world?

[bucolic_frolic]

9. Sometimes older cast iron is brittle here or there if dropped the wrong way

Metallurgy added more ingredients to strengthen and flex as time moved by.

[Marthe48]

10. I should've said it was in parts,

not pieces. The body, a spring, a plate and a handle. Between my eyesight and the narrow area that everything went into, I was truly grateful that I got it back the way it was supposed to be.

it really looked like someone took it apart to see how it worked :/ I guess it could've fallen and landed the wrong way.

[ZonkerHarris]

11. your lucky they didn't steal it too. My mall stopped caring about security so I left my booth