A MARKET stall owner is selling her collectables shop on internet auction site eBay to open an animal rescue centre at her home.
Collectors Corner owner Christine Haveron, 46, of Wrexham, who is engaged to her partner Mike Davies, has had the stall in the Chester Market for 14 years but has put the specialist toy store up for sale for £49,000 to follow her dream - you can view the listing here .
“It’s something I have always wanted to do,” said Christine, who owns five cats and a dog. “I just thought if I don’t do it now I won’t be able to in 20 years time.
“Where we live in Wrexham we have got the land and the rescue centres cannot help them. I’m hoping the money from this can help.”
Christine, who also runs an online shop from eBay called devacollector, decided to use the website to sell the shop after agencies wanted extortionate amounts of money to advertise.
“If someone wants to move to Chester and they are looking to run a good business then the market is a great place,” she added.
“I deal in collectables and toys, the things you can’t get in the big shops, as well as the mainstream things.
“It doesn’t have to be collectables, I have got other things on the licence and you can ask the council to change it as well.
“The internet took off for me about six years ago and it’s brought people into the market.
“I’ll miss the people in here, I’ve made a lot of friends.”
A Cheshire West and Chester spokesman said: “We own the stalls and land that the market is built on.
“The stallholder can, if they want to, sell the business, the stock and the name.
“However, there are certain arrangements that have to be made and credit checks, they can’t sell it to anyone without Cheshire West and Chester’s agreement.”
