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Congrats, ChristineR! It’s a great feeling to start clearing DPs.
According to Himself, it’s a Wolf Spider. Good bug hunters, no kill um. Scary little duckers, if you ask me, but I left him alone. I have to admit this article freaked me out some (no, I’m NEVER getting close enough to count the eyes!) but it was pretty informative. And, while they show cute little furry spiders in the palm of their hand (seriously? are they kidding?) I’ve seen them on my screen door big enough to cover the ENTIRE palm of my hand! They’re often mistaken for tarantulas. Which, yes, we have here too!
I think I’m gonna establish a second chicken coop down by my cabin. They’re incredible pest control! We have very few pests around the house.
Thanks, Julie B, for clearing that up.
But doesn’t it strike anyone as odd that it’s a required field? What about foreign sellers and the Chinese? They don’t have SSNs!
That looks similar to one I used to have that I bought from Ghana
I’ve had that too, recently. Very strange! I guess I’m so used to “instant” cash that it is very odd.
I was astounded today at the price difference! A good $30 cheaper, as Groovy Grasshopper mentioned.
We’re not allowed to peek? Darn! I was in my shed today, taping cardboard to the windows as my inventory is getting sun damage, and looking around at all my boxes with some horror! I’m even more traumatized that my smallest boxes are packed full of hundreds of sewing machine feet, that would need to be unpacked, identified, and sorted by type. For once, the smallest box in my stash is NOT going to be my selection for the June Challenge!
Oh, and this was my listing buddy today. I wonder if that had any bearing on my quitting early?Spreadsheet updated. Libby wins again, even though she’s out of consignment items. The woman is magic, I tell you, creating listings out of thin air! π
@Sharyn, I had to think about your question real hard and I think the answer has to be no. Every Challenge is geared to high listers – the one who lists the most, wins. The idea for this Challenge is to make it an even playing field, so that low listers have a chance to win for a change. If high listers get multiple entries, then the game is skewed towards high listers again, which takes away the whole point of the format. Yeah? It was a tough call for me, as I want to reward effort, but I worked it through in my mind (okay, out loud, but I’ve been told it’s crazy to talk to yourself!) and I have to keep the end goal in mind.Does anyone else want to weigh in on this?
Forgot to mention I had another two sales from my auction items, so I’m up to three sales for my May Challenge. One was the item I ended last week because it had free shipping, and it sold this week. Makes me laugh – it has been up for two years on GTC, but it sells immediately on auction!
3 down, 7 more to relist for another week’s auction.
Just 3 for me this week. I was in eBay Jail, which was demotivating, so I got stuck into my paperwork and cleared my desk. Wait.. desk? I have a desk? Woohoo! π
I’ll get back to work this week and bring my listing numbers back up. Wishing everyone a great week!
05/13/2020 at 10:55 am in reply to: eBay will start requiring 30-day free returns in order to get Top Rated Seller #77382Oh! Thanks MyCottage! That’s a relief.
Can I ask how much of a benefit the “Plus” portion of TRS is?
05/12/2020 at 9:46 pm in reply to: eBay will start requiring 30-day free returns in order to get Top Rated Seller #77375There goes my TRS…
Wow, what a listing week! You guys rock!
Spreadsheet updated, and a brand new winner this week: Junque Redux! Woot woot! (Feels good, doesn’t it?) π
Sharyn – Thanks, but I’ve been on Business Policies for a few years now. I was one of the first on the forum to start using them. The problem was that the listing had free shipping, so the auction defaulted to that. Since corrected it, but thought I’d warn others.
LittleBlueHouse – so sorry you’re still having problems. Hope they get resolved soon!
Jen, I’m happy to fill in previous weeks, if you know what your numbers were.
ChristineR – one of the problems with the Challenge is that it doesn’t have much room for folks who aren’t big listers to win a challenge. How about we even the playing field on this one? EVERYONE who empties a Death Pile box gets entered into a random draw for winner. So whether your box had five items or fifty, you have an even chance of being a winner. We’ll draw for first, second and third place, as usual. What do you think?
Very respectable, @TrishSpin. Looks like that turned out a great haul for you!
Sounds like a great plan, ChristineR. Formulate how you would make it into a goal and you can post it on June 1st.
Libby, what do you sell? All consignment items? Clothes?
I’ve worked my way through all the stuff I had piled up in my work area, but I haven’t touched my shed of death piles yet. I reckon I could keep going another three months on what I have stored. Hmmm… if this keeps up, I might be out of DPs this year. Now, wouldn’t that be something!
Listed 30 this week. Out of my 10 auction items for the May Challenge, sold one, got a bid on one but cancelled the auction when I realized that I had it set to Free Shipping. In fact, ALL my auctions were set to Free Shipping, so I would have lost a ton of money if they’d all sold. The one that did sell went for $4 and the shipping will probably cost $7, so I’m out of pocket there too. Learn from my mistakes everyone, make sure you have shipping turned on for your auctions!
Will relist my unsold auctions tonight and ensure shipping is correct.
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