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I teach belly dancing and fitness classes at my local adult education and recreation center.

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I’ve seen them used to store Vinyl LP’s too, but that could be the person didn’t know what it was for and used it for that. She was a bit odd…

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They’re super buttons. Perhaps sell them separately?

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I use 9x4x4 or 9x6x4, depending on how high the cap or how wide the brim is. Ships USPS First Class.

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Ah… okay, thanks. I’ll take them back to the Post Office then.

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Does anyone use Tyvek envelopes and, if so, for what? I got a bunch of them under the impression they worked for cheap and easy shipping, but they seem very flimsy.

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My phone has survived an unbelievable amount of abuse in the Supcase I bought for it. Here’s the Amazon brand page and this is the case I bought for my Nexus.

The black belt clip broke when I dropped it and stepped on it (the “catch” on the side broke, not the case itself) but I’ve dropped my phone off high places like the top of my car pulling out of the drive, accidentally bounced it off the concrete floor of my garage, ridden over it with a trolley, spilled water on it (not advisable, but if you catch it quick, it dries off no hassle) and more. I’m really bad with phones, so getting a protective tank was more important than a case. LOL.

Best of all, the one for my phone was only $20 delivered. For a $600 phone, best investment ever.

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Thanks Jay. Good point.

On this plate I started in eBay, then went to Google, then ended up with Google Image. I put that plate up and got an offer on it within 12 hours, that was auto-declined. The buyer upped their offer by $5, and that got me suspicious. I felt confident when I listed that I was asking a fair price, but I didn’t want to be unfair about the offer received either. I think I’ll just counteroffer and see what happens. And I’ll change my auto-decline to the counter offer value. If I’m not happy with an offer, I should up the limit, I think.

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Gladys & Belle hats are a little odd. They make a fun one using feathers.
http://imgur.com/fo6xxGX

I’ve not seen the hair version before though. I wondered at first if it was a hairpiece, you know, for a guy.

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Ryanne – I did search eBay before I did my listing, but as you notice, there are no tomato plates. What struck me was that the last tomato plate sold 3 years ago, but the onion plate has listings on eBay currently.

Mike – thank you, appreciate your opinion. I had that lady in mind who posted last month about listing an item for $30 when it was worth $300, or something like those prices. Despite being a starter seller, I do believe in research and taking the time to find and price things properly. I was on the “get it up fast” bandwagon for a while, but I actually enjoy the investigation and the confidence that I’ve priced things correctly. However, I have always felt restricted with eBay’s 90-day history. I had considered Terapeak for a while too. Both Terapeak and Worthpoint are expensive, but seeing as I tend to go for unusual one-of-a-kind items in about half my store, I wondered if getting a subscription to one of them was worth the cost. I’m grateful for your feedback.

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+2

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Looking forward to listening to the podcast. I usually listen while I’m doing housework. 🙂

Numbers this week:
March 20-26, 2017
Total items in store: 150
Items sold: 2
Cost of items sold: $1
Total sales: $19.94
Highest price sold: $14.95
Average price sold: $9.97
Returns: 0
Money spent on new inventory: $0
Number of items listed this week: 22

Listing is still slow because of photographs. I spent one day rearranging the garage to re-position my photo area and it seems to be helping – more than half my listings are from after the change. However, on the positive side, it’s the highest number of items I’ve ever had in my store! I have also been working on the inventory migration to the new system. Sales are dismal, though. I do hope they pick up soon.

Sheldon is responsible for my scavenge of the week: I didn’t buy any inventory this week, but in my death piles I found a set of 4 nested pantry boxes. If it wasn’t for Sheldon’s What Sold video last week, I’d not have known what they were! Thanks, Sheldon!

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Thanks for your help. I decided to put it up as a DIY project.

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If you don’t mind paying for them, Uline has 24x18x8 http://bit.ly/2n4EDOr

And so does Shipping Supply http://bit.ly/2mC3HQF

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Linda, you’ll see one and buy it, and then spend forever trying to find this post to get the name of it again! LOL

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