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….some of your outgoing Christmas gifts look suspiciously like inventory!
Don’t know if this will help anyone but when measuring pants, I use the acronym WHIRL, which stands for Waist, Hips, Inseam, Rise, Length. I keep a stack of Post Its next to my measuring table, write WHIRL on each one, then the measurements, then push the Post It over the top of the hanger. After photographing 20 or so items of clothing, I take them all to my computer, then start listing. In 24+ years of eBaying, I’ve never been asked for measurements other than those.
Jay, thanks for that link. If you choose the “Global” option at the top, it gives the whole picture. For me, it shows 19,952 total transactions. I have 14,026 feedback, so it’s about 70%. Since I have been selling on eBay almost from the beginning, I strongly suspect they started aggregating the total at some point after a lot of us started selling. My gut feel is that I’ve done MANY more than 20,000 transactions!
Thanks so much to everyone who answered, especially Mike for that wealth of information! I’ve never played golf that didn’t involve a giant lion’s mouth so had no clue. Really appreciate the help…this kind of information always comes in handy in the future plus keeps my eBay job interesting!
Good point Joe, thank you! This is all an experiment for me so I will try a messy junk lot next.
Jay is right…you do have to pay your taxes by April 15th even if you don’t file your actual return until later. If you don’t know the amount to pay by April 15th and your income is roughly the same as the year before, you can always just pay the same amount of taxes that you paid the year before. I believe the IRS will accept that as a legitimate estimation of taxes owed.
Absolutely, file for an extension. I’ve done that routinely for more than 25 years. My accountant (with one of the largest accounting firms in the country) recently told me that the risk of audit for late filers is actually quite a bit less than for those who file by April 15th. The reason is that the IRS hires a lot of seasonal auditors to handle the April returns. Once the bulk of that work is done, a huge number of them are laid off until the next year. By October 15th (the latest extension date), there are FAR fewer auditors working and the percentage of audits they can do is way less than earlier in the year. Avoiding audit risk is not the reason I initially started filing extensions but I have come to regard it as a nice perk of procrastination.
Thank you for posting these photos! I came up with a very similar system about 10 years ago. Not only is it extremely sturdy but it also meets the requirements of rental storage places to NOT attach anything to the walls. The cost of one floor to ceiling cinder block shelving unit was about $70. I put several of these up in climate controlled rental units and have never looked back. I dread the day when I have to take them down though!
Simplicio, thanks for that link! Since the shakers don’t have necks, I kinda doubt this will work but I’m still going to give it a try. It is certainly creative!
Jay, yes, I think you can buy different corks. The problem is that the holes in the bottom are usually so small you can’t get anything in there to cut up the old corks. If you do manage to get something in the hole, there isn’t enough room to manipulate the cutting tool. Still trying though…I have hundreds of S&P shaker sets and this is a common problem.
I have two light boxes that came with mini lights on stands. I use them daily but have noticed that the lights give off too much yellow. I use the camera’s white setting to offset the yellow but I know there are whiter bulbs out there. What kind do I need to buy to get truly white light?
That’s a really good point and something I’ve never considered. I ship a ton of fragile items but I’ve had so few claims over the years that I’m not knowledgeable about what is required to pursue a claim successfully. Definitely something to check out.
That must be the rationale. Just hard to believe there are any real benefits. I use big “Fragile” stickers all the time but I’m well aware that is mostly just for the benefit of the customer. It probably has no bearing on how the package is actually handled by the postal service.
