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Okay, round 3, ding ding!
For some reason, since my BitDefender antivirus started running a VPN, I’ve had a lot of problems. Facebook doesn’t like it, and the Scavenger Life bots have advised me that I’m a “recognized scammer.” Wait, what? Generally it takes about 4 days for me to be removed from the naughty list and I usually have to change browsers or computers, and clear caches and all sorts of stuff. So now I’m going to try again.
Spreadsheet updated, Lacy takes the win!
Please post please post please post!
Bah humbug! One whole listing and it was NOT travel related.
Bummed!
Even worse, I had a buyer who said the item does not work and wants a refund. It’s a knife sharpener. The manual kind, not electronic. In other words, he doesn’t know how to use it. He blew up my phone with rude messages telling me he wanted a refund, at night while I was in my dance class, so I didn’t reply. The next morning I woke to a return request. It was auto-accepted, as I do hassle-free returns. Later he messaged me again that he couldn’t ship the return, he was out of the country and he wanted a refund. Per J&R, radio silence, as I had already accepted the refund. The (censored) put in a payment dispute! In the old days of PayPal, sellers were protected. Now, we have no recourse whatsoever. I hate the new system! I’ve had more returns, more hassles with payments, and fewer sales since eBay started “improving” everything.
I’m NOT feeling the e-mojo today!
November Challenge Winners.
Well, this was a bit of an underwhelming response this month. Only 4 people participated. :'(
VL managed the sum of the other two winners! 7 Death Boxes cleared for 4 points. VT clocked 4 boxes to earn 3 points. Sharyn did 3 for 2, and I logged one to get my participation point.
Well done, ladies!
December Challenge: TRAVEL
Maps, photo books, destination coffee table books, backpacks and luggage, car/train/plane related items, RV linens, city name magnets or curios (Statue of Liberty made in China – really get the world in one!) Tea towels with destinations on them. Starbucks city mugs. Hoodies with names of places. Eye masks, neck pillows, car rugs. Folding chairs, folding tables, camping equipment. Digital hand held scales, portable gaming systems (like the old Nintendos!) Garment bags, portable laundry bags, car coats, car driving loafers. Passport covers, plugs and international plug converters. Jewelry wallet, luggage locks.
That should give you a good starting point! If you have something that doesn’t sound like a travel item, you’re welcome to justify!
Great week, everyone! Spreadsheet updated and VL rolled in for a deserved win!
Today is the last day of the November challenge. Please post final numbers by tomorrow.
Good freezing morning, y’all! Yup, frost on the ground this morning, our lawn is white. Brrrr… I’m so grateful to be in Texas, though. We’re forecast 70s for our daytimes this week. Yippeeeee!
Managed an acceptable 15 this week, and finally cleared one death box. One! Sigh…
If they have a gluten free version, I shall have to try one when I’m next over there.
Which will be never, the way this Coronavirus is going! (>_<)
Wow, Antique Frog! I’ve never heard of this guy before and he’s worth an estimated £300 Million from raising turkeys! I had to google for more information
Good morning! Spreadsheet updated!
Vintage Lacy wins the week with an excellent number of listings and a stunning number of Death Piles cleared! Go Lacy!
Please remember this is the last week for the Death Pile Challenge, which will end next Tuesday. For those who like to plan ahead, the December challenge theme is Travel!
Have a great week, everyone!
Antique Frog! You’re so funny! And only a Brit would think of the practical side effect of putting your tea bag on the side! Not only that, the spin would slide off as you lifted the mug. Lol
Interesting pottery collection but, ugh, I would not have wanted to live in his house! I need space!
Hey guys, I’ve got an early Thanksgiving/Christmas gift for you. A Thanksmas gift? LOL
https://www.dropbox.com/s/917x3bv0gaew10e/Weekly%20Goals%20%26%20Listing.pdf?dl=0
For a challenge I’ve been working on, I created a document similar to this. It has proven really useful to me, and I’ve amended the document for future use on a monthly basis. And I thought I would share it with you!
On the left are 5 weekly boxes, one for each week of the month (5 because some months start or end in the middle of a week.) The Challenge Area is one area that you want to challenge yourself to work on for the week. This can be a physical area, like Hall Closet Shelf #3; or an online area, like creating your eBay store front or redesigning your work flow system. Or, it can be an area that you want to organize, for example, shelves that need to be restocked. The Project line is for you to work on a particular project. Again, this is all subjective, it can be anything you personally want to focus on for that week. (Psst: I use this for my sewing projects, not for eBay! But then, I’m not normal. *wink*) Below those sections are days of the week. Fill in the date of each day (the month is at the top) and then write in each day’s number of listings. On the right you have a TDL for the week and a space for any notes you want to make.
It’s a single page, so you could actually file these away and then have a full year’s record of your listings, your challenges and projects, and your progress.
LMK if this works for you and any proposed changes that might make it better for all of us.
Enjoy! Happy Thanksmas!
12 listings for me this week, and I’m still working on 2 death piles. I started one two weeks ago, and the 2nd last week, and haven’t managed to finish either! I’m with VT, it’s really hard work to slog through DPs. They’ve been set aside for a reason! What I am learning, though, is that having focus is the key. Being able to focus, I mean really, deliberately focus, is incredibly hard for me. I have “off the charts” (to quote the psychiatrist) ADHD and my attention span is minuscule. I can’t sit still in one place for longer than maybe 20 minutes. I can’t sit still for that 20 minutes, now that I think about it. Something is always twitching or tapping or wiggling. Drives family members nuts! LOL. I’m one of those people who drums on the back of a book that I’m utterly absorbed in! Aaaand…. back to the subject. (See?)
I’ve been learning to deliberately focus on one listing, get it complete, move on to the next, and working only out of one box. It has been difficult for me. So difficult! What a great lesson, though! And I’m clearing death pile items. I love it! This week’s goal is to finish both DPs, so I hope to have 2 up for next week.
Congrats VL for being a DP wizard, and VT for making it to 900! Woot woot!
Oh no! That’s just the worst and you have my ardent, heartfelt sympathies!
Do you have a good chiropractor? Mine really helped. He told me to take Aleve, and ice it, and to stretch it very gently by bringing my knees up and hugging them into my chest, one at a time. I have a TENS machine similar to the one linked and I use that once a day. But I think it all helped as well as it did because he put me back into alignment.
Sending you some warm and fuzzies!
Please accept my sympathies for your loss.
My daughter jokes that I’m the only person she knows who, as they age, has less stuff. I too had to go through a senior person’s home after death some years ago and it was sobering. All of these items, so precious to him, had little to no value to anyone else in the family. We keep so much stuff that our executors have to clear up at the end, and what’s the point, really? From that time onward, I began to de-hoardify my own life. I’m not a minimalist, by any means, but I would like to have as little “junk” for my family to dispose of. Having eBay available as an option is most convenient.
Sending you best wishes for strength and comfort as you work through this family member’s life and possessions.
