Exhibit 23.0

                     [SELLERS & ASSOCIATES P.C. LETTER HEAD]




                      CONSENT OF SELLERS & ASSOCIATES, P.C.

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Maxx International, Inc.
(f/k/a Area Investment and Development Company) Registration Statement on Form
S-8, of our report dated February 29, 2000, included in Maxx International,
Inc.'s Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 1999, filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.

/s/ SELLERS & ASSOCIATES, P.C.
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    Sellers & Associates, P.C.


August 23, 2000