BargainBasement, a simple name for a simple reason

Ever since I was a small girl growing up only a few miles outside of our Nation's capitol Washington, D.C., I have fond memories of walking the sidewalks of the big stores viewing the large moving displays at Christmastime.  Moving Santas, reindeer, elves, snow and Christmas music all filling the cold night air with excitement and wonder.

Just as everyone else, times were tough for our family and Christmas presents were few. We could each hope for one or two presents, but one of them had to be something practical like a dress or new pair of shoes.  Our Christmas stockings always contained apples, oranges, nuts and a few pieces of those fancy colorful hard sugar candies.  

Other than Christmas time, there were two other special occasions that warranted a trip on the bus to shop the large department stores; when they had their large advertised spring and fall sales just before re-stocking their summer and winter wares. All of the bargains would be in each of the store's large basements. I can close my eyes and see the large sign hanging at the top of the down staircase with the large red arrow under the words "Bargain Basement."  The quality of the merchandise was always top notch and the prices rock bottom. It was always exciting to anticipate finding something I wanted and that my mom could afford! Because of these fond memories, it seemed a natural for me to choose the name BargainBasement for my online selling with the promise to sell only quality items at the best bargain price.