Sentence 1: Bob sent an email to the local mailing list with his remaining items. 
 Sentence 3: Bob hoped that he'd be able to sell the rest 
 Sentence 4:  Otherwise, he'd have to put them in storage 
 Sentence 5:  Bob winced at the thought of needing to pack even more stuff 
 Option 1: He thanked everyone who had already bought some of his stuff. 
 Option 2: He thanked everyone and decided to not sell the rest of his items.