{"id":679,"date":"2012-03-28T20:41:20","date_gmt":"2012-03-28T19:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/londonerfromafar.wordpress.com\/?p=679"},"modified":"2020-05-24T17:25:33","modified_gmt":"2020-05-24T16:25:33","slug":"going-going-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alondonerfromafar.co.uk\/going-going-gone\/","title":{"rendered":"Going… Going… Gone!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I wonder, what\u00b4s this frenzy for selling stuff on television?\u00a0At the moment, there are a few \"Going...\u00a0programmes on British television that enable participants to walk away with a few extra\u00a0pounds<\/strong>\u00a0on their pockets. Sometimes, more than just a few extra quid.<\/p>\n

One of these programmes is even on prime time. The financial climate must have increased the interest on these type of programmes.<\/p>\n

It all reminds me of auctions.\u00a0Traditionally, we would only hear the expression `going, going, gone!\u00b4 in an auction. One of the first things that spring to mind when I think about auctions is rich people buying and selling. A bit\u00a0like in some episodes of Agatha Christie\u00b4s Poirot<\/em>.<\/p>\n

There are some differences though.\u00a0In these programmes, there are not any auctions as such. But, just people negotiating<\/strong> their `fair\u00b4\u00a0price for the objects they `really\u00b4\u00a0love with an expert brought in by the programme. The people are not deep in debt millionaires anymore as in The Artist<\/em>. But, ordinary people who may have found a source of income in a useless jar in the basement. The interesting thing is that it is a `staple\u00b4 programme on British TV.<\/span><\/p>\n

What would you sell if you had to? I have seen people selling the following:<\/p>\n