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03/20/2020 at 4:04 pm in reply to: Pioneer stereo, Empty Hewlett-Packard box, Picnic plates, Seth Thomas clock #75322
We have a fabulous Collective! π
1. When I tried this, no, I needed an account. This was about a year ago though, so they may have changed. Call your local FedEx office to ask if they’ll schedule a pick up. They may do it based on a call request if you tell them you have a printed label, so they know it’s prepaid.
2. 90 days. Not a day longer! Ask me how I know. Grrrrr….
I’m operational! Himself says I can’t say “I’m finished” because there’s more to be done, but my eBay business is moved in and I spent the last couple days sorting everything out. I feel so swish, I tell you!
These LED tube lights (instead of the old fluorescent tubes) were installed on both ends, one on this side where all the windows are and two at the other end between the shelving. You can also see the trim that has been added around the windows and door.
The back half is mostly done. ON the right wall is my eBay business. Behind the ladder is shelving, which is mostly eBay but I’ve “stolen” the bottom shelf for sewing.
The shelves hold the totes for clothing. Very bottom shelf has invisible sewing items (I hadn’t put them in there yet when I snapped the photos.)
The file cabinets hold mostly hard goods. I was given the wire shelf, which Himself mounted to maximize vertical space. On the very right (behind the wood shelf) are the plastic shelves used by Cricut folks to hold their paper and vinyl. I was given a box of it and it works to hold all my PFREs and polymailers.
The packing supplies station has a shelf to hold my giant photo lightbox. The packing supplies are above and below that shelf and overflow up into the loft. You can just see the totes with tissue paper on the top right. I have a tote with packing paper and a lot of extra large boxes flat packed up there too, with loads more room.
Next to the photo booth and packing supplies is my listing and packing station. You can see a space on the left of my big lightbox. The little lightbox will go there. I’ll have a lot more room left over, so I will have some space for extra items. Haven’t worked out what to add in there, perhaps more packing materials. I’m sure it will get used eventually. The peg board is only partially packed, I have a whole box of pegs to use, but I’m trying to be judicious in my set up, so adding as I need rather than just cluttering. To the right of the table, cut off in the photo, is a small triangular space created by the door opening inwards. I have a stool in there, so that I can sit if I’ve got a lot of work and I’m tired of standing.
The left wall is a bit of a work in progress. My quilt frame is there, for now. It will probably move at some point. We’re still trying to figure that out.
In this photo on the left you can see the stool I mentioned, and how the door opens into it. You can see the lovely trim around the windows and door. The beautiful vinyl plank floor needs a wash in this photo, and was washed before I locked up this evening. On the far wall, everything is temporary. I have an “intake shelf” on the very left next to the door, so that I can unload new stock straight onto it, and the totes are shoes that haven’t been put away yet.
This light-filled section will be my sewing area, with a large shelf to be built into the left corner to stay as my intake shelf, but the middle, right corner, and right wall will all be dedicated to my sewing machine and serger. And coverstitch when I eventually get my grubby paws on one! We will build in a floor to ceiling shelf unit on the right wall next to the window, and behind that will be the “parking” area for a sliding ladder (a la library) to get to the loft on this side.
That’s pretty much it for the cabin build, as far as eBay goes. Dunno if you all want to see the sewing and dance progression as they get built, but this is my functional work space for now. The other stuff will have to wait until the Crazy is over and we have spare funds. With me being laid off due to COVID-19, we’re being frugal until the cash flow kicks in again.
03/19/2020 at 8:09 pm in reply to: Pioneer stereo, Empty Hewlett-Packard box, Picnic plates, Seth Thomas clock #75304Nice sales! @Sharyn How do you identify a rug as a prayer rug?
I would change the listing to Vintage New Old Stock and leave it at that. This buyer is a jerk and deserves to have his armpits infested with the hungry fleas of a thousand skinny camels.
I’m confused. From the photos and videos I’ve seen of “the crazy” it’s low-income folks who are going to the wall buying supplies. What happens at the end of the month? Even worse if they’re laid off on unpaid leave due to closures. Are they going to pay rent in toilet rolls? What are they thinking?
If all of these messages are going through the eBay messaging system, you will have a record of feedback extortion. I strongly recommend you either call eBay or, so that you have it in writing, use the Facebook page to message eBay BEFORE they leave the feedback. The BUYER needs to learn this is unacceptable behavior. You have done nothing wrong and can stand proud behind your sale.
After experiencing crappy buyer behavior my stock response is send it back for a refund, and then I let them stew. No email tag, no arguments. Ok, perhaps I’ll reply once or twice more with a polite request to send the item back for a refund, but after that, as J&L say, they get the silent treatment. Sellers not standing up for themselves are fostering bad buyer behavior and I believe eBay is aware that it is happening more often. I’m fairly certain they’ll back you up, even if you are just a “hobby seller.”
And WE’RE all behind you! You got this, girl! You’ll be just fine!
Spreadsheet updated. Vintage Lacy wins the day, scooting past Libby to snatch the prize with a mere 3 listings! It’s going to be very interesting to see how the numbers change now with the new Hibernation Happening. π
Those who didn’t post numbers, let me know when you get a chance and I’ll update the spreadsheet.
Wishing you all a safe, uninfected, week with lots of listings and sales.
@Sharyn Sure, I can pick up April if you’d prefer. Mr T is happy to have his day!On the news this morning, they stated that Canada has closed its borders. Is that correct? I guess that answers the OP’s question. Now the question is do you stay open or go into vacation mode?
Zero for me this week.
SO excited to share photos of my cabin, but someone slipped a scorpion into Himself’s underpants and he insisted we clear out the garage! Now my cabin is cluttered to the hilt and I have to sort it out before I can post pictures. Sigh…
We spent a lot of time this week getting the cabin ready. The floor is in, the loft has a new vinyl floor, while the cabin has a vinyl plank floor, the same Allure Trafficmaster we use in our rental properties. In a MUCH nicer color! My packing station has been moved down there, we installed the filing cabinets I had, and Himself built a photo booth shelf and packing supplies storage facility. Then he built the shelves for my totes and installed the ladder to the loft. We moved my inventory inside and sorted out the shed to become my new storage center. Everything that has not yet been listed is in the shed. Well… almost everything. A few random boxes of stuff need to be rummaged out from under my desk and the bed and the spare room closet and – er – yeah.
I hope to get most of it sorted out this week and then will post photos.
On the COVID front, I’ve been shut down. After all the hard work the ladies and I have done on our incredible costumes, the entire facility is closed and our public performance has been postponed until further notice. So I’m quarantined whether I like it or not. Fortunately, I’m a born and bred farm girl and we’ve been on the ranch a couple years, so we’re pretty self-sufficient. If things get rough, we’ll be contributing heavily to the Texas feral hog eradication problem! π
I can’t help you, but I just wanted to tell you I did a Google image search and it returned “slug” π
Actually, the pictures it returned looked very close. Not the slugs you think of, but pretty, frilly ones.
03/12/2020 at 12:47 pm in reply to: Video cables, Bench Vice, Panasonic Stereo, Vtg Nintendo game, Mustang horn #75045Love those mugs!
Oh – and while we’re at it = has anyone used any of those mobile phone lenses?
Spreadsheet updated. Libby wins again, with a very close call offered by LittleBlueHouse, just five listings off the mark. Phew! Nailbiter!
JulieB, JunqueRedux and UtahBill, add your totals when you can and I’ll update you. Aperture – you coming back?
So glad there’s fun to be had with the Halloween Challenge. It ends on the last day of March, so you have 2/3 of the month still to get your listings up.
VL has the July Challenge and Sharyn has the April one, so we’re looking for Challengers for May and June. Anyone wanna step forward and issue a call to action?
VT, if you struggle to list DP items, why not set yourself a goal of adding one (or 3 or 5) to your daily listing total? As in, of the 39 you plan to list each week, if you’re working on 13 items in 3 days, make it 10 new items and 3 DP items. You’ll make a dent in your DPs without reducing your listing time or getting burnout.
List, dammit, LIST!
One thousand percent in your corner Sharyn. I hate the changes. I had thought to make it permanently on the winter schedule, but seeing as we’re on the “summer” schedule for eight months of the year, your idea sounds much better. Just leave it where it dang well is already!
And then I wouldn’t do stupid things like miss a shipping date!
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