They specialize in store liquidations and collectibles and have sold board games, knickknacks and figurines on eBay for clients, most of whom find them through word-of-mouth.
Great American Group and Tiger Capital Group are among a handful of businesses that have managed store liquidations for years, hired to wring as much value from them as they can.
Last week, for instance, Mervyn's announced a 149-store liquidation sale just in time for the holidays.
A job holding store-liquidation signs beside the highway allowed for a climb back to a motel, but it didn't last.
In addition, I could save at least $10,000 by purchasing some of my initial inventory from Cartoon Corner's corporate stores at liquidation prices.
Last week, the bankrupt Gottschalks department store chain began liquidation sales.
This week, I visited a Sears Canada store during its liquidation sale.
The oversized signs in pink and green hang outside and throughout the store, where a liquidation consultant sits by the front door presiding over the going-out-of-business sale.
A day later, the moment was over, and here we all were, one foot in Tuesday's pageantry, the other in the dreary present, part of us in the drama unfolding in Washington, part in the priced-to-sell boxes of Guitar Hero and Rock Band, the Zen Mozaic MP3 players, the Aloha Hawaii mouse pads, the XP1 gaming chair, the techie detritus at a bankrupt store preparing for liquidation.
The owner of Vancouver's largest liquidation store is Canada's newest -- and perhaps least likely -- reality star.
