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Jay: I believe he stated on ebay radio that too many auctions were selling for low or initial amounts. He was very pro auction for highly sought after or commodity items. The more esoteric stuff was selling for low amounts, too few bidders.
Jay: I thought I would mention that mrcustomerservice was on Ebay Radio recently. He said he is no longer exclusively doing auctions. I don’t know his percentage, but I think he said he list a fair amount using BIN now.
Is anyone else having trouble listing items due to an inability to specify a return policy? I have this problem. I called Ebay. They said it is a known problem and they are working on it.
I use https://evernote.com/ for taking notes at my day job and for personal use. It is great. I used to create HTML pages on my computer, but it was cumbersome.
Jay, Ryanne: I bought a new truck from GM. Later, I went back and told them I paid too much. This truck is probably worth $25,000 instead of the $35,000 I paid. They are going to get back to me. I’m still waiting.
It’s all part of the AI (Artificial Intelligence) revolution that’s coming our way. Even if this doesn’t work very well Ebay and other sites will be expanding beyond textual-based searching. I agree, this could be very hacky out of the gate, but these times are a-changing.
eBay will soon allow buyers to search for items using images Similar to what they are looking for. https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/27/16048884/ebay-shop-photo-matching-artificial-intelligence-ai
T-Satt: I can whole-heartedly agree with you on newbies or maybe not-so-newbies who come to work for whatever sized company and immediately have unrealistic demands. I was green at one time too and it took me a while to realize that it takes a lot of work to be successful, stay ahead of the competition, etc.
I’m actually going to disagree or augment what Jay and T-Satt stated about, “We’d be better off if the majority ran a small business rather than be an employee”.
1. Not everyone is up to the task of running their own business.
2. I believe we are better off when we have strong businesses all across the spectrum.
a. Strong small businesses tend to be more nimble.
b. Medium sized business are great as well.
c. Large businesses have the resources to take on tasks that small and medium sized business can achieve. Large companies can also make products affordable for people other than the wealthy. You’d never have a smartphone developed by a mom-and-pop company.
3. I agree people would be better off and certainly appreciate what it takes to run a business if we all had to have some idea of how accounting, sales, customer satisfaction, etc. worked.I saw this news story. I thought of Jay and that he might like it. http://www.nbcnews.com/business/your-business/why-does-everyone-suddenly-seem-have-side-hustle-n783771
I agree with Jay and Ryanne that spending money should be painful. I know you guys aren’t into buying new cars and that’s fine. I have a few automatic payments set up for our land-line phone (my wife refuses to allow us to get rid of it) and heating/cooling. However, I refuse to automate any other bills like our credit card. We buy lots of stuff on the credit card, but pay it off each month. It would be a very poor move on my part, in my opinion to have that bill automatically deducted each month. It is way to easy to spend. I tell my teenage daughter that I need to feel the pain of writing out that check each month.
T-Salt: I am not talking about detailed investment or financial planning. I talking about a person who miss represents himself. The President of the U.S. gets criticized for “alternative facts” as well he should if he’s making stuff up. I’m saying Robert Kiyosaki is selling lots of books, giving paid seminars (some are free where he sells merchandise) and panders to people with his “alternative facts”. Remember Oprah and, “A Million Little Pieces”? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Million_Little_Pieces
Same thing with Kiyosaki except he’s still selling his lies and becoming more rich as a result. I’d prefer to buy a book from someone who really has used these techniques. Check out this book, “The Millionaire Next Door“. Excellent book with a similar, but truthful message
There are so many good sources for financial guidance. I would not suggest Robert Kiyosaki or his “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” book as a source for this information. He did declare bankruptcy, which doesn’t necessarily prove him to be bad. A person could learn a lot form that experience. However, the main premise of his book, Rich Dad, Poor Dad was made up. I think Kiyosaki’s book even states in the front of the book that some portions may not be factual. See this link for more information.
It is Saturday 9:45 PM CST. Ebay is having trouble producing labels. I called Ebay. They said lots of people are having this problem. Told me to wait an hour or so to try it again.
