Consumer Advocate Anne Garber Announces My Million Things Project

Seattle, WA, May 01, 2008 --(PR.com)-- Consumer reporter Anne Garber's 'ex' has long thought she was an obsessive hoarder. For Garber, letting a 'real bargain' get away was always tantamount to a criminal act.

Many years ago, Ms. Garber encountered fellow bargain-hunter Lorraine Gannon. One aspect of shopping that the two had in common from the moment they met was the drive to hang onto much of what they collected. Over the years, both of their collections grew to the point that they threatened to overwhelm their homes, their lives, and even their relationships with two very tolerate husbands.

"We've both known we were more-or-less 'Compulsive Shoppers' for ages," confesses Ms. Garber. "But there's a level of inertia that sets in, because the task of nicking away at the masses of stuff is so daunting and intimidating. We have both found it difficult to even make a start."

Ms. Gannon echoes this sentiment: "Initially, I think we both imagined that all we had to do was organize our stuff better. We thought that if everything was in neat boxes, somehow it would all 'fit in' better. But the truth is that we both just have 'way too much precious 'junque' and we both arrived at that realization, oh, two or three years ago, but we were unable to move forward. We were even interviewed about five years ago by a television program whose theme was 'Simplification' and down-sizing. What a laugh that was. We told the producers that we were the opposite of simplified and they wanted to interview us anyway -- maybe as an example of what not to do."

The momentum for the duo's optimistic project came when Garber told Gannon that her ex-husband had informed her she was already a millionaire, saying: "You've got a million things crammed into your house, and they've got to be worth at least a dollar apiece." You could almost see the light bulb go on over Gannon's head when she heard this. "That's what we've got to do," she told Garber. "We've got to do this together, so it will actually happen. We've got to make a project of selling these 'million things' and get out from under our stuff once and for all."

So the project -- My Million Things -- was born. The two have even registered a domain name under that title (you can find it easily by searching Google for "My Million Things"), and officially launch the project on May 1, 2008, as a working project under the banner of evalu8.org's commitment to consumer support.

"We will count every item we sell and add it to our online counter," says Garber. "It doesn't matter if we sell via a garage sale at one of our homes, on online auction, on Craig's list or simply by word-of-mouth, that will count toward our total."

Adds Garber: "The funny thing is that once we started telling friends about this idea, everyone -- even my ex-husband who inspired the idea -- has been coming out of the woodwork to offer us their stuff for sale. So, who knows? Maybe if we're successful, we'll even branch into operating a real store. But first things, first: We have to sell those first Million Things, and then we'll see."

MyMillionThings.com is a subsidiary project of evalu8.org Media Inc.

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