Big City Lesson Number...Well, I Lost Count
February 20, 2004
"70 Bucks?!"
That seemed like quite a bit of money to place a small classified ad (see below) for my apartment. I wrestled with it a bit longer but finally gave into the salesperson on the phone from The Gazette, the major english newspaper in Montréal. It was Tuesday and the ad was set to begin the next day and run for a total of eight days. "Eight days for 70 bucks," I kept thinking. it just didn't ad up to me.
And then wednesday came.
The phone rang just after 8 a.m. and has not stopped now for three days. I have averaged around ten to fifteen calls a day since wednesday, and they all begin with something similar to, "Yes I am calling about the four and a half, is heating included?"
The lesson: You ain't in no small town no more, boy (triple negative mine). The Gazette is not just something people use to line bird cages and start up their fireplaces. After doing a little research I discovered that The Gazette has a circulation of almost a million readers a day, not too shabby and well worth the price.
Filed under Life in General
Comments
Comments are closed for this entry
Ace says:
BUT...........Have you actually rented the place yet? The interest is all for naught if it don't come with no commitment!
Just giggin ya a little. The hardest part for you is probably getting those "early morning" (before 11 a.m.) phone calls!
Love ya, Dad