Your Frigidaire, Nanook.

So, the question now becomes "how good of a salesman am I?"

Let me roll this back for you a little.

Right now I have 3 mixers.

Having burned out one mixer, I set upon getting a replacement mixer. It was a hand mixer, and such is what I sought. But those whose handmixer I destroyed felt that a more impressive stand mixer was to their liking. I adjusted course, told them that it would require some money on their part, and set upon purchasing one on ebay to their specifications (as close as I could get).

Once all the mixers (I intended on returning the handmixer shortly) arrived (as they did, on the same day, curse them) my neighbors decided that the stand mixer was not to their liking. They would prefer the hand mixer. Fortunately, I've got cash in hand before this shift occured...

but they are friends. Woe on to ye who would involve friends in financial dealings.

I hand over the handmixer, confident that we can sell the omega-mixer 2000 (refurbished 5 qt KitchenAid Professional (silver) for about $250, if anyone is interested. That's before shipping, mind (but shipping might be negotiable to the right people).) for what we paid and no loss, and such a deal.

The question is as I stated. I need to sell this thing, this seismic event of an appliance, within a week or be subject to the cruel percentages of Ebay.

I've not mentioned that the chief, true, reason that it was frowned upon was not really the cost, so much as that the color was silver, and not chrome. The husband had set his mind upon a Harley of the kitchen, and received something akin to a real motorcycle*.

*Before I get too much flak for that, allow me to explain that the image that Harley currently sells doesn't appeal to me much. Suddenly a CPA can feel like he's lived a life on the edge because he rides chrome and leather? Does that really make sense? Harleys are real in the sense that they go, but I don't think they've stayed true to their origins very well. I'd rather ride a BMW.